Summary: <div class="smart-track-player-container stp-color-ffffff-EEEEEE"></div> <p> </p> <p>After establishing himself as a successful author, Tucker accidently stumbled upon a winning business idea: Book In A Box, a book-writing and publishing service that’s on track to disrupt the publishing industry as we know it.</p> <p>In today’s episode Jay talks about his experience using Book In A Box to write his own book, <em>Hack Your Fitness, </em>so tune in to learn:</p> <ul> <li>How to turn an idea into a book in less than a year</li> <li>Why being an author today is not about how many books you sell</li> <li>How authoring a book can open up a world of opportunities for entrepreneurs</li> </ul> <p><strong>Listen to this episode on </strong><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/jay-kim-show-entrepreneurship/id1195300022?mt=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">iTunes</a><strong>.</strong></p> <p>Continue the conversation with Jay on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/jaykimmer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@jaykimmer</a>.</p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Links from Today’s Episode</span></h2> <ul> <li>Read the <a href="https://www.jaykimshow.com/2017/03/tucker-max-transcript/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">full transcript</a> from Tucker’s interview</li> <li>Follow Tucker on <a href="https://twitter.com/tuckermax" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tuckermax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LinkedIn</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TuckerMax" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> </li> <li>Discover the <a href="http://bookinabox.com/our-authors/our-books/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Book In A Book method</a> and get started on your book today</li> <li>Learn more about Tucker’s past at <a href="http://tuckermax.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TuckerMax.com</a> </li> </ul> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Detailed Show Notes</span></h2> <ul> <li>(3:25) Who is Tucker Max?</li> <li>(4:18) The birth of Book In A Box, Tucker’s most recent company</li> <li>(9:34) Tucker almost misses the winning business opportunity right under his nose</li> <li>(12:04) How Book In A Box differs from the traditional and self-publishing process</li> <li>(16:20) The creative benefits of the Book In The Box method</li> <li>(17:33) On the power of ideas and the arrogance of the traditional publishing world</li> <li>(21:38) How to make money as an entrepreneurial author (hint: it’s not from selling books)</li> <li>(23:41) On the benefits of writing for a very specific niche when starting to build your credibility</li> <li>(25:58) The Book In A Book method, step-by-step</li> <li>(32:53) How Tucker plans to grow Book In A Book in 2017</li> </ul>
