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Steve Sarner

Steve Sarner has over 20 years of experience in digital media and marketing. He leads the Goodreads revenue team, serving advertisers with an emphasis on the book industry, including publishers, authors, and agents. He joined Goodreads in 2016 and has written a book for authors who want to think and act like entrepreneurs, publishing books that create real opportunity and lasting impact.
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Before The Bestseller: Your Proven Path to Book Sales Without Wasting Time

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Published by ShelfLife in March 2025, Before The Bestseller: Your Proven Path to Book Sales Without Wasting Time & Money is a nonfiction guide co-authored by Alex Strathdee, Laura Russom, and Steve Sarner, designed to walk authors through a structured, actionable process for building book sales and a lasting readership — with or without an existing platform. Early readers on Amazon have rated it 4.8 out of 5 stars across 56 ratings.

Reviewed Apr 28, 2026

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