SPS 095: The Five Love Languages: Behind The Scenes Of The Book, The Series, And Selling 15 Million Copies with Gary Chapman

Self Publishing School: How To Write A Book That Grows Your Impact, Income, And Business

Chandler Bolt, Founder of selfpublishing.com

Courses, How To Publish A Book, Self Publishing, Business, Books, Arts, How To Write A Book, Education, Book Marketing, Traditional Publishing, Book Publishing

4.8 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Joining me today is Gary Chapman, author of "The Five Love Languages" - one of the most successful books of all time with over 15 million copies sold. In this interview with Gary Chapman, we delve into the fascinating journey behind the creation of the 5 Love Languages framework. We also discuss his hilarious first self-publishing story, valuable tips for working with co-authors, strategies for crafting compelling book titles, and insightful lessons learned from writing a memoir. This i...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Self Publishing School podcast. This is the podcast to listen to if you're an
0:07.7	aspiring writer or an author who wants to be more successful. On this show, you'll learn how to
0:13.1	write and launch a book successfully, all from the top authors and people just like you
0:17.8	who are doing it at the highest level. I'm your host, Chandler Bolt, the founder of self-publishing school, the author of the book
0:24.7	called Published and the CEO of Selfpublishing.com.
0:29.0	For free training on how to publish a book that sells 10,000 copies, go to selfpublishing.com
0:34.5	forward slash free training.
0:38.2	Hey, Chandler Bolt here and joining me today is Gary Chapman.
0:42.3	Gary's a speaker, counselor, and the bestselling author of the Five Love Languages
0:47.3	series, one of the most successful books of all time.
0:51.6	It's sold over 11, 10, 11, 12 million copies at this point. He's got a bunch of
0:57.1	other books turned into a whole series. This is one of my favorite books of all time. I was telling
1:01.4	them right before we started the interview. My whole family's read it. I've read it. I bought it
1:07.0	from my whole company. We did a book club around it. So I love the book and I'm excited to go kind of in behind the scenes on this book, how it's become so successful, how it's turned
1:16.8	into a series, just kind of the whole story. So Gary, great to have you here. Well, thank you,
1:22.4	Chandler. It's good to be with you. So I want to go back a little bit because I think it was 1992. The book was first
1:29.4	published. How did how did you decide how and why did you decide to write the book and how'd that come
1:35.0	about? You know, that book grew out of my counseling. I discovered years ago that what makes one person
1:42.5	feel loved doesn't make another person feel love.
1:46.3	And they would sit in my office and one of them would say, you know, I just don't feel any
1:50.8	love coming from him or her. And the other would say, I don't understand that. I do this and
1:56.4	this and this. Why would you not feel loved? And I knew people could be sincere and still miss each other.
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