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Side Hustle School

#955 - Sports Writer Wins Big Gambling On His Own Book

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

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

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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When a sports blogger creates an accidental success story, he becomes an independent publisher helping people write winning books of their own.

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0:00.0

Whether your dog is in their puppy adult or senior years, there's nothing better than

0:05.4

more years together.

0:06.8

And the best way to feed their happy healthy life is with fresh healthy food.

0:10.8

The farmer's dog makes it easy to keep your best friend healthy inside and out, with

0:15.2

fresh recipes made from real meat and veggies.

0:17.7

Their pre-portion just for your pup and delivered right to your door.

0:21.4

Help your dog live a healthy life and get 50% off your first box of real fresh food at

0:26.2

the farmersdog.com slash time together 23.

0:29.8

Did you know that there are now over 1 million books self-published in the US every year?

0:44.6

Amazon.com and other platforms have made it very easy to publish your book.

0:48.2

Talked about that a couple times recently in some different ways.

0:50.6

It doesn't mean your book is going to be any good.

0:53.0

Hand it doesn't mean anyone will ever see it, let alone choose to purchase and read it.

0:57.0

Just because you can publish a book in a day or two doesn't mean it's a good book or

1:00.0

the people will buy it.

1:01.3

Just to restate the obvious.

1:02.7

In situations like these, I'm always interested in understanding what sets apart the few successes

1:07.2

from the many failures.

1:08.2

And as an author myself, I'll tell you something right up front that pretty much everyone

1:12.1

in this industry agrees upon.

1:14.1

And that is that we don't always know.

1:16.2

There are a lot of great books that never get the audience they deserve.

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