TITLE: 75 How To Be A Bestselling Self Published Author with Alice Clover

Alice Clover is a highly successful self-published children’s author. Her first book ‘Girls Love To Fart’ was released in 2020, and Alice has just released her second book ‘Princesses Don't have Stinky Bums'. Alice is passionate about encouraging girls to love themselves, and their bodies, and changing the narrative around bodily functions.

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Today I’m thrilled to welcome my first returning guest, Alice Clover, a self-published children’s author. Alice has sold over 14, 000 copies of her first book ‘Girls Love To Fart’ and has just released her second book, Princesses Don’t Have Stinky Bums.’ I was keen to catch up and find out how she has found the process of self-publishing a book the second time around, and what has changed. We discussed ways to market and promote a book yourself and the process for deciding to self-publish again.

Listen in to hear Alice share:

• An introduction to herself and her work (0:56)
• How the process has differed with her second book (2:38)
• Why she chose to self publish again (7:28)
• What she did differently the second time around (13:56)
• How networking with other authors has helped build her audience (16:56)
• The impact of the release of a second book on the sales of the first (22:03)
• How she has marketed the book, and driven sales (24:09)
• Using Facebook groups for advice and support (31:22)
• Her main piece of advice for other self-published authors (37:22)

USEFUL RESOURCES:

Alice Clover’s website

Princesses Don’t Have Stinky Bums on Amazon

Girls Love to Fart on Amazon

Alice Clover on Facebook

Alice Clover on Instagram

Alice’s First Podcast Episode

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