#1830 - Self-Published Kindle Books Produce Full-Time Income
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
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A government administrator builds an offramp to his day job by self-publishing books using Kindle Direct Publishing.
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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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.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:38.2 | In the first episode of the year, I mentioned that we're going to have a $1000 giveaway |
| 0:42.1 | for one listener this year who starts an income generating project. |
| 0:46.0 | Yesterday was our first episode of the first $1000 series. In case you missed it, |
| 0:51.1 | it's all about how somebody makes their first $1000. So that's a new series we're going to |
| 0:55.4 | run. I believe once a week, at least for the next few months, we'll see how listeners enjoy it. |
| 1:00.3 | But just to mention that throughout the year, I'm going to refer back to this giveaway, |
| 1:04.2 | the $1000 giveaway. I'll explain more as we go along how it works. |
| 1:07.8 | But basically, if you start a money-making project in 2022, you are eligible. |
| 1:12.8 | And that's really all you need to know for now. So stay tuned for more. |
| 1:16.7 | And today, we're going to talk about this self-published Kindle book empire. |
| 1:21.9 | I read an article in the New Yorker recently that was all about how the book publishing |
| 1:25.9 | industry has changed. Kind of been response to the development and advancement of Amazon's Kindle |
| 1:31.0 | Direct Publishing. And especially in the world of genre fiction, romance, sci-fi, thrillers, |
| 1:37.4 | etc. Some authors now produce multiple books a year. And they make other decisions like |
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