Ep. 3055 - Q&A: “Can you really publish a book in a week?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 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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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
If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼
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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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