Joanna: And I mean you mentioned you have an agent, and you know, you're in these multiple languages. I do sell paperbacks, but not in the quantities that you'd expect from, you know, one of the traditionally published authors. It's not paperback sales and things like that, obviously.
But to know that I was so high up in the list of all writers including some of my favorites who weren't even there, I thought, “Oh my goodness.” That's always a really great thing to know. I mean it was nice to hear that I was the number one independently published author. And to be in the top 15 of all UK authors. My books have been now published in over 20 languages.
I've written four more full length novels and one novella. But since then I've got an agent which is the best decision I ever made. Since I spoke to you I don't know when about in 2012 it was that last spoke to you. And it's full of white sand beaches and turquoise seas, and a lot of people who like to party. It's close to Guernsey, and there's only 2,000 people on the island. Rachel: Alderney is a tiny island in the Channel Islands.
Joanna: And for people who don't know, what is Alderney? So that's one change, because I've never even heard of Alderney four years ago. Now, I spend part of my time in Italy and part of my time in Alderney. I can still remember sitting out, because I was actually in Italy when you did the last one. I can't believe it's actually four years ago. What has changed in your writing career? Give us an update. But I wondered if you could give us an update, like you know, going back to that first book over four years ago. And your first book, “Only the Innocent,” came out and reached the top of the UK charts. But what's great is you were first on the show back in 2012.
Rachel, I'm so pleased to have you on the show. Rachel Abbott is the internationally bestselling author of six crime thriller novels including the recent “Kill Me Again.” In August 2015, Amazon revealed that Rachel is the UK's bestselling independent author over the last five years, and is listed at number 14 in the list of UK bestselling authors, both traditional and indie, which is super exciting outselling authors like Jeffrey Archer and Jojo Moyes which is amazing. Joanna: Well, it's super exciting to have you on the show. I'm Joanna Penn from, and today I'm here with Rachel Abbott. You can find Rachel at Transcription of Interview with Rachel Abbott
In the intro, I talk about how Amazon has overtaken Flipkart as India's biggest online retailer, plus how sanity has prevailed at the Hugo awards giving diversity a chance. In today's interview, I talk to Rachel Abbott, one of the UK's top crime authors, who also happens to be indie. Success as an indie author is not about luck, it's about putting significant effort into all aspects of the author business. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Podcast: Download (Duration: 57:56 - 46.4MB)