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way, which releases on August 11th. And as a thank you, and as a way to tide you over,

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Hey everybody, you're listening to The Lazy Genius Podcast. I'm Kendra Dachy, and

I'm here to help you be a genius about the things that matter, and lazy about the things

that don't. Today is episode 166, book launching 101. There's something so fun about getting

it behind the scenes look at something like publishing. We all read books, but all the

whole industry is something else. There's so much happening, and it's all really interesting.

Well, I mean some of it is. I will share only the interesting parts, but today I want

to share with you five things I learned about launching a book that I didn't know before,

and that will be interesting to you if one of the following three things are true. One,

you like me and the idea of my book, The Lazy Genius Way, and want some scoop about

how it's gone down.

Number two, you have curiosity about publishing and launching because you hope to do that

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