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Side Hustle School

#1019 - Kids’ Books Prove To Be More Than Child’s Play

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Careers, Small Business, Side Hustle, Entrepreneurship, Business, Entrepreneurship,

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.


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0:00.0

This is Chris Gill about your host of Sadistle School.

0:13.6

For every single day I'm telling you a different story of somebody who creates a little bit

0:17.0

more freedom for themselves through the form of an income generating project.

0:20.7

They do this without quitting their day job usually by using a skill they already have.

0:24.9

Oh and also they usually do so without spending a lot of money.

0:28.4

I make this short program seven days a week to shine a spotlight on all the different

0:32.0

opportunities and possibilities that are available for you.

0:35.5

So if you're out there and you're like, well I never thought about being an entrepreneur,

0:38.6

well guess what?

0:39.6

You don't have to be an entrepreneur.

0:40.9

But there is something you can do to make extra money, which again will open up

0:44.2

more options, possibility and freedom for you.

0:47.5

Now, in today's story when an uncle responds to a family tragedy by creating a children's

0:51.7

book, he weaves a story that's inspiring for both kids and adults.

0:55.9

He goes on to write and self publish a whole series of kids books offering them for sale

1:00.0

online as well as at arts fairs and comic cons.

1:03.6

Along the way he learns a creative approach for coming up with the best possible topics

1:06.7

for his books.

1:07.7

And once he does, he sees a big increase in his monthly sales volume.

1:11.4

So we'll talk about that as well as the pros and cons of self publishing, specifically

1:15.0

related to this project and how he's able to make a significant amount of money by

1:18.8

selling a relatively small number of books.

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