SPS 246 Using Atomic Habits To Write & Publish A Book, 4M+ Copies In 3 Years with James Clear

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

🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Ever struggled to transform a fleeting thought into a habit that sticks, or a scribble into a story that sells? We had the pleasure of sitting down with James Clear, the mastermind behind the transformative bestseller "Atomic Habits," who shared his remarkable journey from blogger to celebrated author. James gave us an intimate look at how attentive audience engagement and a steady email list growth were the backbone of his content development, and ultimately, his book's explosive launch. Du...

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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
0:22.0	of self-publishing school, the author of the book called Published and the CEO of
0:27.5	Selfpublishing.com. For free training on how to publish a book that sells 10,000 copies,
0:32.5	go to self-publishing.com forward slash free training. Hey, Chandler Bolt here, and today I'm joined by James Clear.
0:41.3	James is the author of the number one New York Times bestseller, Atomic Habits.
0:45.8	This book is sold over 4 million copies in less than three years.
0:50.2	It's got to be one of the fastest selling books I've seen recently.
0:56.1	Now, James and I met, gosh,
1:04.4	years ago at an event and kind of became friends. And then I look up. And this book is published and it sold four million copies. I looked on Amazon this morning, over 46,000 reviews on Amazon, which is unbelievable. So I'm very excited
1:14.2	to have James here. Today, we're going to be talking about a couple things. Number one, behind
1:17.9	the scenes on this launch, how he sold so many books, all that stuff, but then also how you can
1:22.6	use atomic habits to write and publish a great book. So James, welcome. Great to have you here.
1:28.1	Hey, great to talk to you. Thanks for thinking of me. Hey, so you've been writing for years,
1:32.7	obviously. You've got the newsletter, which we'll talk about later, but I mean, kind of in writing
1:37.7	for years and you had a couple, I think, e-books before that. Why don't you finally decide to
1:42.3	write this book, Atomic Havits?
1:49.7	Yeah, it was sort of a natural evolution of what I was working on. So I started writing articles at jamesclair.com in November of 2012. And really, so right around the end of that year.
1:57.0	And so for the first three years, I wrote a new article every Monday and Thursday. And
2:02.9	that led to the growth of the audience and the growth of the email list. And there was also,
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