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Dec 08 2017

Episode 034: Baker Books Editorial Director Chad Allen

Chad R. Allen serves as the editorial director for Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group. He is also a writer, editor, speaker, entrepreneur, and creativity coach. Chad is also the creator of Book Proposal Academy, which is an online course that shows you how to build a compelling book proposal so that you can get your book out of your head and into the world. He and his family live in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • What to do if you want to write a book
  • The process of publishing the NBA on TNT’s Ernie Johnson’s new book
  • Whether traditional or self-publishing is right for you
  • How to build a platform and market yourself and your future book

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Baker Books, Best-Seller, Book Camp, Book Proposal, Book Proposal Academy, Book Publishing, C.S. Lewis, Cal Newport, Ernie Johnson, evernote, Grant Baldwin, Jeff Goins, Jonathan Milligan, Michael Nichols, Mridu Parikh, New york Times Best-Seller, Perseverance, Readers are Leaders, Self-Publishing, Success, The Amazing Race, Tribe Conference, WordPress

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