Ep. 3055 - Q&A: “Can you really publish a book in a week?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Can you really write and publish a book in just one week? In this episode, we explore whether speed-publishing is realistic—or just a recipe for creating low-quality content.

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0:28.1	Lemonada.
0:32.7	Can you really write and publish a book in just one week?
0:41.2	Got this question from a listener.
0:43.2	I'll just be real here.
0:44.4	I'm a little bit skeptical as an author who spends a long time writing books.
0:47.9	But let's talk about it.
0:48.9	In this episode, we're going to explore whether speed publishing is realistic
0:52.4	or just a recipe for creating low quality content.
0:56.6	If you use the internet these days and who doesn't, you probably encounter a lot of what we
1:01.0	might call low quality content. Nevertheless, let's take the question at its face value.
1:06.8	Writing a book is no small task, but the internet is full of claims that you can publish a book quickly.
1:12.2	Apparently, there's a company now claiming you can do it in just one week.
1:15.6	So is this legit?
1:16.8	Are we being sold a fantasy?
1:18.9	Or could there be a middle ground?
1:20.3	I mean, we'll be fair.
1:21.5	So let's hear from Jasmine in New York.
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