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Welcome to part four of my interview with guy kawasaki who has written 12 books, 10 of which were traditionally published. The book is released on monday dec 10th and was coauthored by ios developer shawn welch over the last few months ive read a few books and countless articles on how to selfpublish your first book. Guy kawasaki goes ape over selfpublishing part 4 huffpost. If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the rss feed for updates on this topic. It might help to grade the extent that this factor contributes to the site being suitable on a scale like this one. Today, hes a brand evangelist for mercedes benz, a keynote speaker for premier business conferences, and the author of books.
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Guy shares his thoughts on publishing and why he decided to forgo the traditional model and go indie. Dec 04, 2012 ape short for author, publisher and entrepreneur is guy kawasakis guide to all three aspects of the process. To get the best answerin business, in lifeyou have to ask the best possible question. Each deserves a book in itself, so trying to cram all that into one is a major challenge, one that cowriters as a writer who has a book in each camp professional and selfpublished i picked up a netgalley version of ape hoping to learn more about the process and to pick up some good tips. By selfpublishing, we generally mean creating and selling a book online. And, if you get all the way to the end of it we have a link to get guy kawasakis fabulous ape author, publisher, entrepreneur book absolutely free from the folks at book baby enjoy. Author, publisher, entrepreneur by douglas karr on martech zone. Author, publisher, entrepreneur how to publish a book website.
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