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Guillebeau spends three months on pre-orders and runs 30-city tours

Chris Guillebeau · The Art of a Profitable Book Launch with Born For This Author Chris Guillebeau EP 208 · Mar 29, 2016 · at 5:01

Author Chris Guillebeau describes his pre-launch preparation and marketing routine for his books.

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“I spent three, three months kind of working on my pre-orders, you know, I do this major tour, I'm doing a thirty-city tour, and I absolutely love that.”

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Assertion Not checkable as stated
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