SPI 895: What's Working in Publishing Books Right Now
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Hey, let's talk about books. Books have been on my mind this entire year. And only just recently have I been able to, in a way, come up for water or uh no, not come up for water. I've been in water, coming up for air. That's how out of it I've been, to discuss the book publishing industry now that I have some more experience to share.
Now many of you know that I published my book Lean Learning. how to achieve more by learning less and that came out in June and that was a big deal that was a lot of fun and a lot of you have picked it up and I still continue to get really nice things said about it. We are now very close to 100 reviews on Amazon. So if you've read it and you enjoyed it, and even if you didn't, I'd love your feedback and A review on Amazon that always helps more people decide whether or not to pick it up or not.
But I do want to discuss for the next few minutes here today during this episode about just book writing in general and ultimately answer the question for you, is it worth it to write a book? Books have been the primary way that a lot of people have separated themselves. from their industry to become more authoritative, to become more of a thought leader, right? If you had two people who had the exact same experience and one had a book and the other didn't, you would kind of gravitate toward the person who did have a book because somebody else or just even them because they self-published or or a publisher came in and said, you know, we believe in this, we we're gonna work on it and you have this book, this work of authority. And that is something that is still important today.
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