Thank you for (re)sharing this, Mark. I appreciate the honest hope yand specific guidance ou bring as you look back. Most "overnight" success stories on Substack make me roll my eyes and YAWN.
My first side-hustle (not that I even considered it as such at the time) began in 1996, give or take a year.
Although I’ve written an article about this, here’s the short version,
In 1995, I became a member of The Magic Circle by writing a book about magic squares.
After that, I thought, why not make this book available to others?
So I did.
Since then, I’ve sold 116 copies by myself (before I realized POD was a thing) and 353 copies via Amazon. It doesn’t sell a lot, but it still makes me a bit of money 30 years after I wrote it.
Thank you for (re)sharing this, Mark. I appreciate the honest hope yand specific guidance ou bring as you look back. Most "overnight" success stories on Substack make me roll my eyes and YAWN.
I’ve yet to meet anyone who is genuinely an overnight success
My first side-hustle (not that I even considered it as such at the time) began in 1996, give or take a year.
Although I’ve written an article about this, here’s the short version,
In 1995, I became a member of The Magic Circle by writing a book about magic squares.
After that, I thought, why not make this book available to others?
So I did.
Since then, I’ve sold 116 copies by myself (before I realized POD was a thing) and 353 copies via Amazon. It doesn’t sell a lot, but it still makes me a bit of money 30 years after I wrote it.
P.S. Here’s the article I wrote for anyone interested enough to want to read it: https://thoughtsofmark.com/my-very-first-side-hustle-that-still-makes-me-money-30-years-later-07ab30d5f110?sk=046065ae9a1f510c59063e4f9292b659