#1519 - Q&A: Should I create a pre-order campaign for my book launch?
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2021
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Today’s listener is self-publishing a book on personal finance—and he’s wondering about the launch process. Should he make the book available for pre-order or just put it up for sale?
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| 0:28.0 | third parties. |
| 0:29.0 | Hey friends, hey listeners, hey community, thank you so much for joining today. |
| 0:38.8 | My name is Chris Gil about this program is called Side Usual School. |
| 0:42.0 | It is all about helping people in whatever situation they are in life, often very busy people |
| 0:46.4 | with jobs, families, responsibilities, maybe some other stuff on the side, on the side, |
| 0:52.3 | try to find a way to create more personal freedom through the form of an income generating |
| 0:55.4 | project. |
| 0:56.4 | It is about making money and not just making money, but what symbolizes freedom? |
| 1:02.8 | It symbolizes choice. |
| 1:04.2 | It symbolizes the ability for you to determine your own future. |
| 1:08.8 | Lots of different ways to look at that topic, which is what we have been going for more |
| 1:12.4 | than 1500 days so far. |
| 1:14.6 | 1500 days all thanks to you and our amazing community. |
| 1:18.0 | Today's question is about launching a book. |
| 1:21.2 | I personally am out of book launch mode for the moment, usually every 18 months or so, |
| 1:26.8 | it depends, but usually about that range. |
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