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Why Are You Keeping Your Children's Book a Secret? Be a Podcast Guest! · Adventures in the Heart of Children's Book Authors Podcast

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  Episode
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  34
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  why
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  are
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  you
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  keeping
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  your
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  children's
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  book
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  a
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  secret?
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  Be
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  a
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  podcast
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  guest
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  with
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  over
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  35
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  children's
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  book
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  author
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  podcast
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  episodes,
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  I'm
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  on
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  track
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  to
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  produce
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  a
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  new
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  podcast
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  every
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  week.
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  I'm
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  learning
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  that
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  becoming
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  a
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  children's
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  book
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  author
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  is
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  driven
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  by
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  passion
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  and
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  love,
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  not
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  by
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  fame
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  and
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  fortune.
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  Most
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  children's
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  book
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  authors
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  don't
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  have
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  a
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  formal
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  business
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  plan
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  and
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  are
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  not
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  concerned
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  about
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  generating
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  sales
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  revenue
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  or
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  breaking
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  even
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  on
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  the
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  publication
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  of
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  their
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  children's
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  book.
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  The
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  average
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  indie
• 1:00
  and
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  self
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  published
• 1:01
  book
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  sells
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  between
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  between
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  100
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  and
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  500
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  copies
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  in
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  its
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  entire
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  lifetime.
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  This
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  got
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  me
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  thinking
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  why?
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  There's
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  a
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  vast
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  void
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  when
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  it
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  comes
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  to
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  children's
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  book
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  authors
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  understanding
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  the
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  sales
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  and
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  marketing
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  side
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  of
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  their
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  business.
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  They
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  don't
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  think
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  of
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  publishing
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  their
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  children's
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  book
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  as
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  a
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  business.
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  If
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  you
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  don't
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  think
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  of
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  your
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  children's
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  book
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  as
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  a
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  business,
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  it's
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  easy
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  to
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  justify
• 1:28
  spending
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  thousands
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  of
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  dollars
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  to
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  publish
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  a
• 1:30
  children's
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  book.
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  As
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  long
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  as
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  you
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  are
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  a
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  published
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  children's
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  book
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  author,
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  you've
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  reached
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  the
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  pinnacle
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  of
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  your
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  book
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  authorship.
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  Getting
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  a
• 1:39
  children's
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  book
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  self
• 1:40
  published
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  is
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  easy
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  in
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  today's
• 1:42
  world.
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  If
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  you
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  have
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  the
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  money,
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  you
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  can
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  work
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  with
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  many
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  hybrid
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  book
• 1:47
  publishers
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  in
• 1:48
  the
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  publishing
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  world.
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  They
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  are
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  happy
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  to
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  take
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  your
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  money
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  and
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  help
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  you
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  bring
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  a
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  children's
• 1:53
  book
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  to
• 1:54
  market.
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  Before
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  you
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  think
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  I
• 1:56
  will
• 1:56
  give
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  a
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  negative
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  rant
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  about
• 1:58
  these
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  hybrid
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  services,
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  I
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  won't.
• 2:00
  These
• 2:00
  hybrid
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  services
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  excel
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  at
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  creating
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  a
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  beautiful
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  finished
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  children's
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  book.
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  I
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  will
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  link
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  to
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  three
• 2:07
  different
• 2:08
  books
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  in
• 2:09
  the
• 2:10
  show
• 2:10
  notes
• 2:10
  that
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  utilize
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  hybrid
• 2:11
  publishing
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  services.
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  Have
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  a
• 2:13
  look
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  at
• 2:14
  each
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  of
• 2:14
  these
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  books,
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  decide
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  which
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  one
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  looks
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  the
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  best
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  to
• 2:17
  you,
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  and
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  do
• 2:18
  your
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  research
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  on
• 2:20
  hybrid
• 2:20
  publishing
• 2:21
  companies
• 2:22
  that
• 2:22
  might
• 2:22
  work
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  best.
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  The
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  one
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  thing
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  you
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  are
• 2:24
  responsible
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  for
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  is
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  finding
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  an
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  illustrator.
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  But
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  once
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  you've
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  secured
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  an
• 2:29
  illustrator
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  and
• 2:30
  the
• 2:30
  illustrations
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  get
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  produced,
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  these
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  hybrid
• 2:33
  services
• 2:33
  bring
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  your
• 2:34
  book
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  to
• 2:34
  market.
• 2:35
  The
• 2:36
  services
• 2:36
  provided
• 2:37
  include
• 2:37
  online
• 2:38
  courses,
• 2:39
  editing,
• 2:39
  book
• 2:40
  formatting,
• 2:40
  and
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  everything
• 2:41
  else
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  needed
• 2:42
  to
• 2:42
  bring
• 2:42
  your
• 2:42
  children's
• 2:43
  book
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  to
• 2:43
  life,
• 2:44
  except
• 2:45
  illustrations.
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  Most
• 2:46
  of
• 2:46
  these
• 2:47
  hybrid
• 2:47
  book
• 2:48
  publishers
• 2:48
  also
• 2:49
  help
• 2:49
  you
• 2:49
  to
• 2:50
  get
• 2:50
  your
• 2:50
  book
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  distributed
• 2:52
  by
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  uploading
• 2:53
  your
• 2:53
  files
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  to
• 2:54
  Amazon
• 2:55
  and
• 2:55
  ingramsparks.
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  However,
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  most
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  don't
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  offer
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  any
• 3:01
  sales
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  or
• 3:01
  marketing
• 3:02
  Support.
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  In
• 3:04
  episode
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  35,
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  children's
• 3:07
  book
• 3:07
  author
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  Cody
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  Bogart
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  uses
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  a
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  hybrid
• 3:11
  publisher.
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  She
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  likes.
• 3:12
  This
• 3:12
  hybrid
• 3:13
  publisher
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  does,
• 3:14
  however,
• 3:15
  offer
• 3:15
  marketing
• 3:16
  and
• 3:16
  sales
• 3:17
  services
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  for
• 3:18
  a
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  fee,
• 3:18
  but
• 3:19
  it's
• 3:19
  not
• 3:19
  inexpensive.
• 3:20
  You
• 3:21
  might
• 3:21
  say,
• 3:21
  wow,
• 3:22
  I
• 3:23
  don't
• 3:23
  have
• 3:23
  to
• 3:23
  do
• 3:23
  any
• 3:24
  work
• 3:24
  to
• 3:24
  publish,
• 3:24
  distribute,
• 3:25
  sell
• 3:26
  and
• 3:26
  market
• 3:26
  my
• 3:26
  book.
• 3:28
  Yes,
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  that
• 3:28
  is
• 3:29
  true.
• 3:29
  The
• 3:29
  only
• 3:30
  thing
• 3:30
  I
• 3:30
  I
• 3:31
  ask
• 3:31
  you
• 3:31
  to
• 3:31
  do
• 3:31
  is
• 3:31
  contact
• 3:32
  these
• 3:33
  hybrid
• 3:33
  companies
• 3:34
  Obtain
• 3:34
  all
• 3:35
  the
• 3:35
  costs
• 3:35
  of
• 3:35
  the
• 3:36
  services
• 3:36
  I've
• 3:36
  mentioned
• 3:37
  and
• 3:37
  calculate
• 3:38
  the
• 3:38
  total
• 3:39
  investment
• 3:39
  you
• 3:40
  will
• 3:40
  make
• 3:41
  before
• 3:41
  selling
• 3:42
  one
• 3:42
  book.
• 3:43
  If
• 3:43
  you
• 3:43
  are
• 3:44
  a
• 3:44
  regular
• 3:44
  listener
• 3:45
  to
• 3:45
  our
• 3:45
  podcast
• 3:45
  show,
• 3:46
  I
• 3:46
  encourage
• 3:47
  you
• 3:47
  to
• 3:47
  take
• 3:48
  on
• 3:48
  more
• 3:48
  book
• 3:49
  publishing.
• 3:49
  Work
• 3:50
  yourself
• 3:50
  with
• 3:51
  a
• 3:51
  team
• 3:51
  you
• 3:51
  manage.
• 3:52
  It's
• 3:52
  a
• 3:53
  viable
• 3:53
  option.
• 3:54
  If
• 3:55
  you
• 3:55
  listen
• 3:55
  to
• 3:55
  episodes
• 3:56
  29,
• 3:57
  30
• 3:57
  and
• 3:57
  31,
• 3:58
  you
• 3:59
  will
• 3:59
  learn
• 3:59
  much
• 3:59
  about
• 4:00
  how
• 4:00
  to
• 4:00
  assemble
• 4:01
  your
• 4:01
  own
• 4:02
  indie
• 4:02
  publishing
• 4:03
  company.
• 4:04
  I've
• 4:05
  been
• 4:05
  tracking
• 4:05
  the
• 4:06
  average
• 4:06
  selling
• 4:07
  price
• 4:07
  of
• 4:07
  soft
• 4:08
  covered
• 4:08
  books
• 4:09
  of
• 4:09
  children
• 4:09
  book
• 4:10
  authors.
• 4:11
  The
• 4:11
  average
• 4:12
  is
• 4:12
  $13.70American.
• 4:15
  If
• 4:15
  the
• 4:15
  average
• 4:16
  indie
• 4:16
  book
• 4:16
  or
• 4:17
  self
• 4:17
  published
• 4:18
  book
• 4:18
  sells
• 4:19
  between
• 4:21
  100
• 4:22
  to
• 4:22
  500
• 4:23
  copies
• 4:24
  over
• 4:24
  its
• 4:24
  lifetime
• 4:25
  and
• 4:25
  you
• 4:25
  net
• 4:27
  between
• 4:27
  $1
• 4:28
  to
• 4:28
  $5
• 4:31
  over
• 4:31
  the
• 4:31
  lifetime
• 4:32
  of
• 4:32
  your
• 4:32
  book,
• 4:33
  your
• 4:33
  net
• 4:34
  return
• 4:34
  would
• 4:35
  be
• 4:35
  between
• 4:38
  500
• 4:39
  and
• 4:40
  $2,500.
• 4:41
  In
• 4:42
  most
• 4:42
  cases,
• 4:43
  using
• 4:43
  a
• 4:43
  hybrid
• 4:44
  publisher,
• 4:44
  you
• 4:45
  own
• 4:45
  all
• 4:45
  the
• 4:45
  rights
• 4:46
  and
• 4:46
  files
• 4:46
  to
• 4:47
  your
• 4:47
  children's
• 4:47
  books.
• 4:49
  However,
• 4:49
  additional
• 4:50
  charges
• 4:50
  apply
• 4:51
  if
• 4:51
  you
• 4:51
  want
• 4:51
  to
• 4:51
  change
• 4:52
  the
• 4:52
  files.
• 4:53
  If
• 4:53
  you
• 4:53
  listen
• 4:54
  to
• 4:54
  episode
• 4:55
  33,
• 4:55
  you'll
• 4:56
  hear
• 4:56
  that
• 4:57
  my
• 4:57
  guest,
• 4:57
  Ferrielle
• 4:58
  English,
• 4:59
  author
• 4:59
  of
• 4:59
  children's
• 5:00
  book
• 5:00
  Charlie
• 5:00
  and
• 5:01
  Sophie's
• 5:01
  Great
• 5:01
  Escape,
• 5:02
  has
• 5:03
  earned
• 5:03
  several
• 5:04
  book
• 5:04
  awards.
• 5:05
  I
• 5:05
  asked
• 5:06
  Ferrielle
• 5:06
  why
• 5:07
  didn't
• 5:07
  she
• 5:07
  add
• 5:08
  these
• 5:08
  award
• 5:09
  icons
• 5:10
  to
• 5:10
  the
• 5:10
  front
• 5:10
  of
• 5:11
  her
• 5:11
  book
• 5:11
  cover.
• 5:11
  She
• 5:12
  said
• 5:12
  it
• 5:12
  would
• 5:12
  cost
• 5:13
  $500American
• 5:14
  to
• 5:15
  make
• 5:15
  the
• 5:15
  edition.
• 5:16
  She
• 5:17
  wasn't
• 5:17
  sure
• 5:18
  she
• 5:18
  would
• 5:18
  recoup
• 5:19
  this
• 5:19
  expense.
• 5:20
  Once
• 5:21
  you
• 5:21
  have
• 5:21
  completed
• 5:21
  a
• 5:22
  book
• 5:22
  through
• 5:22
  the
• 5:22
  hybrid
• 5:23
  services,
• 5:23
  understand
• 5:24
  that
• 5:25
  any
• 5:25
  changes
• 5:26
  you
• 5:26
  want
• 5:26
  to
• 5:26
  make
• 5:27
  to
• 5:27
  your
• 5:27
  book
• 5:28
  files
• 5:28
  will
• 5:29
  cost
• 5:29
  more
• 5:29
  money.
• 5:30
  Here
• 5:31
  is
• 5:31
  where
• 5:31
  the
• 5:31
  rubber
• 5:32
  meets
• 5:32
  the
• 5:32
  road
• 5:33
  in
• 5:33
  children's
• 5:33
  book
• 5:34
  publishing.
• 5:35
  You
• 5:35
  are
• 5:35
  responsible
• 5:36
  for
• 5:36
  the
• 5:36
  sales
• 5:37
  and
• 5:37
  marketing
• 5:37
  of
• 5:38
  most
• 5:38
  hybrid
• 5:39
  published
• 5:39
  books.
• 5:41
  Most
• 5:42
  hybrid
• 5:43
  book
• 5:43
  publishers
• 5:44
  offer
• 5:44
  no
• 5:45
  sales
• 5:45
  and
• 5:45
  marketing
• 5:45
  support
• 5:46
  for
• 5:46
  your
• 5:46
  children's
• 5:47
  book.
• 5:48
  Why
• 5:49
  sales
• 5:49
  and
• 5:50
  marketing
• 5:50
  are
• 5:50
  the
• 5:51
  most
• 5:51
  challenging
• 5:52
  aspects
• 5:52
  for
• 5:53
  you.
• 5:53
  No
• 5:53
  one
• 5:54
  has
• 5:54
  a
• 5:54
  magic
• 5:55
  formula
• 5:56
  to
• 5:56
  create
• 5:56
  profitable
• 5:57
  sales
• 5:58
  for
• 5:58
  most
• 5:58
  indie
• 5:59
  or
• 5:59
  self
• 6:00
  published
• 6:00
  children's
• 6:01
  books.
• 6:02
  Be
• 6:02
  cautious.
• 6:03
  Of
• 6:03
  all
• 6:03
  the
• 6:04
  social
• 6:04
  media
• 6:04
  and
• 6:05
  marketing
• 6:05
  gurus,
• 6:06
  99%
• 6:07
  of
• 6:07
  these
• 6:07
  individuals
• 6:08
  are
• 6:08
  the
• 6:09
  only
• 6:09
  ones
• 6:09
  profiting
• 6:10
  from
• 6:10
  your
• 6:11
  book.
• 6:12
  After
• 6:13
  you've
• 6:13
  approached
• 6:15
  every
• 6:15
  family
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  the
• 12:00
  show
• 12:01
  on
• 12:01
  our
• 12:01
  social
• 12:02
  media
• 12:02
  platforms
• 12:03
  and
• 12:03
  website
• 12:04
  and
• 12:05
  leaving
• 12:05
  a
• 12:05
  five
• 12:06
  star
• 12:06
  review
• 12:06
  for
• 12:07
  our
• 12:07
  children's
• 12:08
  book
• 12:08
  the
• 12:08
  Adventures
• 12:09
  of
• 12:09
  Caboose
• 12:09
  the
• 12:10
  Rocky
• 12:10
  Mountain
• 12:10
  Bear,
• 12:11
  all
• 12:11
  of
• 12:11
  this
• 12:12
  support
• 12:12
  would
• 12:13
  be
• 12:13
  appreciated.
• 12:15
  One
• 12:15
  huge
• 12:16
  thing
• 12:16
  I'm
• 12:16
  most
• 12:17
  proud
• 12:17
  of
• 12:17
  is
• 12:18
  that
• 12:18
  we
• 12:18
  use
• 12:18
  your
• 12:18
  book
• 12:19
  cover
• 12:19
  as
• 12:19
  the
• 12:20
  podcast
• 12:20
  cover
• 12:21
  for
• 12:21
  for
• 12:21
  your
• 12:21
  episode.
• 12:22
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• 12:23
  of
• 12:23
  my
• 12:23
  guests
• 12:23
  reached
• 12:24
  out
• 12:24
  while
• 12:24
  she
• 12:24
  was
• 12:24
  in
• 12:25
  her
• 12:25
  car
• 12:25
  and
• 12:26
  our
• 12:26
  episode
• 12:27
  played
• 12:27
  with
• 12:28
  her
• 12:28
  book
• 12:28
  cover
• 12:28
  displayed
• 12:29
  on
• 12:29
  the
• 12:29
  video
• 12:30
  screen
• 12:30
  in
• 12:30
  her
• 12:30
  vehicle.
• 12:31
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• 12:31
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• 12:32
  me
• 12:32
  a
• 12:33
  picture
• 12:33
  of
• 12:33
  it,
• 12:33
  immediately
• 12:35
  said
• 12:35
  this
• 12:36
  was
• 12:36
  so
• 12:36
  cool
• 12:37
  and
• 12:37
  appreciated
• 12:38
  the
• 12:38
  support.
• 12:42
  What's
• 12:42
  stopping
• 12:42
  you
• 12:43
  from
• 12:43
  reaching
• 12:43
  out
• 12:44
  and
• 12:45
  booking
• 12:45
  a
• 12:46
  podcast
• 12:47
  guest
• 12:47
  interview?
• 12:49
  Let's
• 12:49
  shine
• 12:49
  a
• 12:50
  light
• 12:50
  on
• 12:50
  your
• 12:51
  children's
• 12:51
  book
• 12:51
  authorship
• 12:52
  adventure
• 12:53
  out
• 12:53
  and
• 12:54
  enjoy
• 12:54
  the
• 12:54
  listen.