Book Business

1 Tips For Starting A Successful Book Business (2025)

Pat Walls

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Updated: April 15th, 2025

Want to start your own book business? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting a book business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a book business?
-> Pros and cons of a book business

Need inspiration?

-> Other book business success stories

Other resources

-> Blog post ideas for a book business

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for writeing a book business:

#1: John Lee Dumas, founder of EOFire LLC:

We chatted with with John, founder of EOFire LLC ($150K/month). In our interview, John says:

Modeling and researching are great, but the key to building a successful business is not constantly turning to others for answers; action reveals answers.