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How Long Until Your Book Becomes A Bestseller?

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Wilko van de Kamp
Aug 24, 2023
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How long is it going to take until your book becomes a bestseller? In my book writing program I steam budding authors ready to help them become the next bestselling author. Good books aren’t written, they’re structured in a certain way that helps them become a success. The same applies to authors. Becoming a “bestseller” usually doesn’t happen by mistake or out of sheer luck. It takes work, careful planning, and some targeted efforts to attract the right buyers for your work to help you get to the desired status of “bestselling author”. But, I’m impatient by nature, so how long does it take?

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Many people ask me how long is this process of becoming a bestseller going to take? It sounds like a hell of a lot of work. The short answer: I believe you can see results within about 30 days after publication. I didn’t move that fast. Within about 3 months after it got published in 2014, my travel hacking book ended up on the bestseller list. It didn’t enter on number 1 righ…

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