Between Pages and Profit

Between Pages and Profit is for authors building a business their way. Explore ads, Shopify, Kickstarter and AI tools.

Why you should join: Honest discussion of what actually works for your books and your life, free community access with case studies and free courses, and paid tiers for deeper support on building a sustainable author business. Free to join, with paid tiers for deeper support.

The one-liner

A free author-business room rejecting one-size-fits-all publishing advice.

What they actually sell

Between Pages & Profit is run by Melissa Cummins. Its own pitch: "Build your author business your way across ads, Shopify, Kickstarter and AI tools." The public offer is free to join. Melissa Cummins invites authors to build a business their way across ads, Shopify, Kickstarter and AI, listed as free to join. Inside sit 16 courses. The offer is easy to understand in one read, which is half the job of a sales page.

Who pays and why

Authors who followed all the advice and still feel stuck. The pain is forcing someone else's blueprint onto their life and books. They join for practical talk on ads, Shopify, Kickstarter, AI tools and sustainable author businesses. The emotional pull is being around people chasing the same thing, which matters as much as any single lesson.

Where the members come from

The page links no outside channels, so most members probably find it through Skool's own discovery and word of mouth. That puts a lot of weight on the about page itself, which has to do the whole selling job.

What's holding it back

A free room scales in members faster than in depth. Without strong facilitation it becomes noise.

Steal this

Reject one-size-fits-all author advice in public copy so exhausted writers feel immediately understood.

Would this work in another niche?

Yes for other creator businesses tired of guru templates. Weak for first-time writers needing basics.