SW 332 FBF – Finding Success in Self-Publishing with Matthew Mather

Today’s Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 134, originally published in February 2014.

Matthew Mather is the best-selling author of “CyberStorm” and a leading member of the world’s cybersecurity community. He joins the show to discuss a “Third Path” to publishing that winds between the traditional publishing and self-publishing models.

Mather was rejected by more than 100 agents and publishers. He never believed that self-publishing would make you so much money, but he’s now sold nearly 200,000 books in the past 18 months and sold the film rights of his latest novel, “CyberStorm,” to 20th Century Fox Walk. Mather explains the process he used to make a lot of money and market his books.

Matthew is the best-selling author of CyberStorm and the six-part hit series Atopia Chronicles. He is also a leading member of the world’s cybersecurity community who started out his career working at the McGill Center for Intelligent Machines. He went on to found one of the first tactile interface companies, which became the world leader in its field, as well as creating a major award-winning brain training video game. In between he’s worked in a variety of start-ups,everything from computational nanotechnology to electronic health records, weather prediction systems to genomics, and even social intelligence research. His writing credits include #1 best-selling Atopia Chronicles and CyberStorm novels. He spends his time between Charlotte, NC, and Montreal, QC, hanging out with his bright and beautiful girlfriend Julie and their three dogs and a cat.

Website:

www.MatthewMather.com