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Ducey has sold around 20,000 copies of 'The Purpose Principles'

Jake Ducey · EP 310: You Won't Believe How Many Books This 24 Year Old Has Sold · Jun 22, 2016 · at 11:52

Author Jake Ducey shares sales numbers with Nathan Latka for his book 'The Purpose Principles', published by Penguin Random House in January 2015.

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“It's about at that same, I'm about at 20 right now.”

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