Dr. Henry Cloud Sold 40,000 Copies Before Securing Second Book Deal
Dr. Henry Cloud · EP 337: How'd he Sell 12,000,000 Books and What About "The Other"? · Jun 26, 2016 · at 26:35
Dr. Henry Cloud explains to Nathan Latka the initial sales volume required to secure leverage with publishers for subsequent book deals.
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“Before I had my next book deal and it would have been, you know, later that year I probably sold, I'm guessing 40 to 50,000 copies for sure.”
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