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Author Income Institute™ has grown 21% between 4 Sept 2026 and 1 Nov 2026, by its published member count. It is free to join, with paid tiers inside.

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Author Income Institute™ is a Skool community for authors, coaches and creators, founded by Ash Cash and Brian Johnson around writing a book and building a brand on it.[1] The group was created in September 2025.[1] Ash Cash's website describes it as book coaching and a publishing community run through Onebrick Publishing.[2]

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Members
1,029
Published price
Free to join, paid tiers inside
Members, last 31 days
+83
1 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026
Rank by members
#1,641
of 6,073 sellers listed here
Size rank in niche
#378
of 1,230 sellers listed in content and audience building, by published members
Check the Course score
89
B+, strong
Niche
Content and audience building
1,308 listed here
Created
3 Sept 2025
Skool publishes this date
Readings
12
since 4 Sept 2026

About Author Income Institute™

Members get step-by-step book publishing systems, AI-driven marketing tools and live coaching sessions, along with training, accountability and expert support.[1] The community also covers press features, podcast placements, funnels, branding and automation.[1]

The same website presents Ash Cash Exantus as a bestselling author, financial educator and speaker, and is published by Ash Cash Enterprises, LLC.[2] Ash Cash also hosts Inside The Vault with Ash Cash, a weekly show recorded at Barnes Content Studios.[2] The institute hosts Author Econ, a conference for authors who want to turn a book into a business.[2] Onebrick Publishing, which appears as 1Brick Publishing on its own site, sells ghostwriting and manuscript development, editing, cover design, formatting and publishing, distribution setup and book launch strategy.[3] It also offers author coaching on writing, publishing, launching and growing a book.[3]

Sources

  1. Skool listing: skool.com/authorincomeinstitute, as collected 24 Sept 2026
  2. Official website: iamashcash.com, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
  3. Other: 1brickpublishing.com, retrieved 28 Sept 2026

Compiled by Check the Course from the sources listed, to the best of our ability.

What the listing describes
NicheContent and audience buildingFormatMentorship or coaching

Read from the listing’s own words: what is offered, never how well.

What is inside

Course modules
121
Courses
10
Posts, all time
1,256
People running it
8

Counts published by Author Income Institute™ on its own page, read on 9 Oct 2026: how much is included, never how good it is. Listed as run by ash-exantus-5954.

How we knowSourced & dated
Observed on 1 Nov 2026 from Skool source page archived copy 70c660860dcf.
Observable monthly ceiling
Not calculated

This community is free to join, with paid tiers inside. The readings record the free join price, not the prices of the paid tiers, so no ceiling is calculated.

Against the content and audience building niche

Percentile among the other 1,307 content and audience building listings here, each seller counted once for size.

Size69th
smallestlargest
Check the Course Score
89B+Strong

Ahead of 89% of the 13,589 Skool communities we track, including ones without a page here, on the measures below, each read from a figure Author Income Institute™ published itself.

  • Size 53% of the scoreahead of 81%
  • Growth 27% of the scoreahead of 82%
  • Track record 20% of the scoreahead of 43%

An algorithmic position among tracked listings: not an endorsement, a guarantee or advice. How the score works.

  • Top 25% by size on Skool. Measured by Check the Course.Top 25% by size on Skool. Measured by Check the Course.
  • Members up 21% since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.Members up 21% since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.

    Net member count up 21% between our first reading, on 4 Sept 2026, and our latest, on 1 Nov 2026.

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Evidence and signals

Listed on 1,029 members.

Evidence: measured.

First recorded
4 September 2026our first reading, not its launch

Tracked over time

Member change
+3+0.3%over 3 days+83+8.8%over 31 days
Price change
Unchanged at every reading

12 observations over 57 days.

Member count
8608809009209409609801,0001,0201,0294 Sept 20261 Nov 2026change

Observation log

Observation log
ObservedMembersChangePriceCeiling / month
1 Nov 20261,029+3Free + paid tiersNot calculated
28 Oct 20261,026+5Free + paid tiersNot calculated
24 Oct 20261,021+4Free + paid tiersNot calculated
20 Oct 20261,017+8Free + paid tiersNot calculated
17 Oct 20261,009+11Free + paid tiersNot calculated
13 Oct 2026998+8Free + paid tiersNot calculated
10 Oct 20269900Free + paid tiersNot calculated
9 Oct 2026990+18Free + paid tiersNot calculated
5 Oct 2026972+26Free + paid tiersNot calculated
1 Oct 2026946+35Free + paid tiersNot calculated
24 Sept 2026911+62Free + paid tiersNot calculated
4 Sept 2026849Free + paid tiersNot calculated
Average per week, last 31 days1 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026+19
Average per week, since first reading4 Sept 2026 to 1 Nov 2026+22

Milestones observed

Milestones observed
MembersCrossingBetween readings
1,000Passed13 Oct 2026 and 17 Oct 2026

Course content readings

Course content readings
ObservedPostsModulesCourses
9 Oct 20261,256+72121+2110+3
12 Sept 20261,1841007
Added per week12 Sept 2026 to 9 Oct 2026+19+5.5+0.8

Common questions about Author Income Institute™

What is Author Income Institute™?
Author Income Institute™ is a Skool community for authors, coaches and creators, founded by Ash Cash and Brian Johnson around writing a book and building a brand on it. The group was created in September 2025.
How much does Author Income Institute™ cost?
Author Income Institute™ is free to join on Skool, with paid tiers inside, read 1 Nov 2026.
How many members does Author Income Institute™ have?
Author Income Institute™ lists 1,029 members, read 1 Nov 2026.
How has Author Income Institute™'s membership changed?
From 849 members on 4 Sept 2026, our first reading, to 1,029 on 1 Nov 2026: up 180, or 21%.
How does Author Income Institute™ compare with other content and audience building communities?
The niche median is 541 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.
What do you get inside Author Income Institute™?
Author Income Institute™ publishes 121 course modules, 10 courses, 1,256 posts, 8 admins. Communities with the most course content.

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