From Published to Profitable: The Author’s Business Accelerator

• Deadline to register for November, 2025, is October 31, 2025.​

• 2026 cohorts begin in February, May, August, and November

• Minimum of 6 registrants required.

• Invite your author friends to join with you!

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• Start 2026 moving from published author to profitable entrepreneur.

• Begin the new year with a business plan, not just a publishing plan.​

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From Published to Profitable: The Author's Business Accelerator is an 11-week group coaching program led by Sharon Woodhouse, former indie book publisher (25 years); owner of Conspire Creative, an entrepreneurship agency for authors and indie publishers; and author of the award-winning The Profitable Author: 1,001 Ways to Build a Business You Love Around Your Books.

 

The program includes:

• Three (3) individual 30-minute coaching phone calls

• Eight (8) 90-minute group coaching calls on Zoom

• Readings related to each meeting’s topics mailed to you weekly

• Email support throughout

• One (1) copy of The Profitable Author: 1,001 Ways to Build a Business You Love Around Your Books

• One (1) one-year full subscription to The Profitable Author / An Author Business You Love Substack author business community

• Small group size (limited to 6–8 participants)

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Week 1 – Week of 11/3–11/8, 2025 – Individual 30-minute coaching call

A call to discuss your personal goals and challenges. Where are you now, where do you want to go?

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Week 2 – November 13, 2025, 1–2:30pm CT – 90-minute group coaching call online

Business mindset shift: From writer to CEO

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Week 3 – November 20, 2025, 1–2:30pm CT – 90-minute group coaching call online

Revenue stream assessment and diversification

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Week 4 – December 4, 2025, 1–2:30pm CT – 90-minute group coaching call online

Outreach, sales, and building a business for income-generation (not just visibility)

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Week 5 – December 11, 2025, 1–2:30pm CT – 90-minute group coaching call online

Marketing and branding. What are your promising? How are you serving?

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Week 6 – Week of 12/15–12/19, 2025 – Individual 30-minute coaching call

A personal mid-stream check-in call. How’s it going? Challenges? Wins? Course corrections?

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Week 7 – January 8, 2026, 1–2:30pm CT – 90-minute group coaching call online

Strategic partnerships and collaborations; volume sales

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Week 8 – January 15, 2026, 1–2:30pm CT – 90-minute group coaching call online

Pricing strategy, value creation, budgeting, collections

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Week 9 – January 22, 2026, 1–2:30pm CT – 90-minute group coaching call online

Systems and processes for growing; hiring help

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Week 10 – January 29, 2026, 1–2:30pm CT – 90-minute group coaching call online

90-day implementation plan

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Week 11– Week of 2/2–2/6, 2026 – Individual 30-minute coaching call

Your personal plan for going forward in 2026 with your supercharged author business framework

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Who is this for?

• Authors with at least one published book

• Authors of all genres (nonfiction, fiction, scholarly, children’s, etc.)

• Authors who are already making a little bit of money on their books and authorship

• Authors who want to formalize, refine, and/or stabilize their business

• Authors who want to increase revenues and profit

• Authors who want to diversify and develop new revenue streams

• Authors who want to add intentionality and a business mindset to their author activities

• Authors who want a sustainable, income-generating author life they love!

 

Why at the holidays?

• The end of the year is the right time to reflect on where you are and where you want to go.

• The end of the year is the right time to envision where you want to go next and strategize about how to get there.

• Start the new year with an intentional plan in the works!

• Start the new year with momentum.

• There is never an ideal time to do big things…there are always competing obligations and priorities.

• Practice running a business in the midst of competing obligations and priorities…with group support.

 

Pricing and Terms

• $1,500 – regular price

• OR $1,299 – discounted price for agreeing to offer feedback and a testimonial at the end

• OR 10% discount if you pay all at once up front ($1,350 or 1,169)

• OR 3 equal payments with credit card on file ($500 or $433 each)

  • Charged at registration

  • Charged after week 4

  • Charged after week 8

• No refunds given after Week 1.

• No substitutions or refunds for weeks missed.

• Sessions are not recorded.

• Optimal results come with showing up for every session and doing the work.

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Are you ready to fast-track your author business?

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