Episode 22

How To Write, Publish & Launch Your First Non-Fiction Book - w/ Soundarya

Aug 29, 202400:45:00On YouTube too
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Soundarya is a founder at and the author of two books - Unshackled and Admitted. Today’s discussion is for anyone who wants to write and publish a non-fiction book today, although we do briefly touch on Soundarya’s next novel which falls into the realm of some fiction as well.

Who this is for

  • You are trying to start something that still feels a little awkward and expensive.
  • You would rather hear Soundarya's version while the mess is still fresh than get another polished hindsight sermon.

Key takeaways

  • Write, Publish & Launch Your First Non-Fiction Book - w/ Soundarya
  • Today’s discussion is for anyone who wants to write and publish a non-fiction book today, although we do briefly touch on Soundarya’s next novel which falls into the realm of some fiction as well.
  • We go over the steps to write your first book, choices for how you want to go about publishing, marketing as well as setting up and executing the launch of your book.
  • We also cover steps to optimize sales and some key differences between YouTubers and authors.
  • Welcome to the Ready Said Do podcast, where we learn from journeys of not experts who are just two steps ahead of us. I...
  • Sondaria is the founder at Unshackled.club and the author of two books, Unshackled and Today's discussion is a...
  • Although we do briefly touch on Sondaria's next novel, which falls into the realm of some We go over all the steps that...
  • and consistency various choices for how you want to go about with publishing, marketing as well as optimizing for sales...

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Welcome to the Ready Said Do podcast, where we learn from journeys of not experts who are just two steps ahead of us. I am Naman Parnay and in this episode my guest is Sondaria Bala Subramani.

00:00:14

Sondaria is the founder at Unshackled.club and the author of two books, Unshackled and Today's discussion is a masterclass for anyone that's interested in writing and publishing their own non-fiction book.

00:00:27

Although we do briefly touch on Sondaria's next novel, which falls into the realm of some We go over all the steps that you need to take to write your first book, including note taking

00:00:38

and consistency various choices for how you want to go about with publishing, marketing as well as optimizing for sales using what is called a book launch. In keeping with that theme of learning from somebody that's just two steps ahead of us

00:00:50

instead of an expert, my goal with this episode is to highlight Sondaria's journey across the writing and publishing of her two books and what we can learn from it. This is the Ready Said Do podcast and to support me, please subscribe to the YouTube channel

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Soundarya is a founder at and the author of two books - Unshackled and Admitted. Today’s discussion is for anyone who wants to write and publish a non-fiction book today, although we do briefly touch on Soundarya’s next novel which falls into the realm of some fiction as well. We go over the steps to write your first book, choices for how you want to go about publishing, marketing as well as setting up and executing the launch of your book. We also cover steps to optimize sales and some key differences between YouTubers and authors.

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