Mark Dawson on self-publishing

This week Mark Dawson join us on the pod to discuss self-publishing and how he has succeeded in selling over 2 million books in just five years.

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Show notes

Mark Dawson joins us this week to discuss his road towards indie publishing success.

Hosted by Simon Jones, writer and Digital Marketing Manager at the National Centre for Writing.

Find out more about the National Centre for Writing: nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/introduci…-writing/

 

Useful links:

Mark Dawson’s website: markjdawson.com/
Mark’s Self-Publishing Formula courses: selfpublishingformula.com/

Music by Bennet Maples: sonicfruit.co.uk/

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