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Maybe you want to write down the story of your life or maybe you’re thinking about the insights you learned through your work and feel it’s time to share them with others. Or maybe you woke up in the middle of the night with a great idea for a children’s book!

Over the last two decades, big changes in the publishing industry have made it easier than ever to usher an idea into print. While the large New York publishing houses are still churning out books, a growing number of self-publishing businesses have evolved to help writers put their work directly into the market.

more than two million new titles have been self-published each year

, according to Bowker, the company that issues every published book with a unique identification number.

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a book agent and a publisher about what it takes to publish and sell a book.  

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Do you have a book in you? MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a book agent and the founder of a small publishing company about changes in the publishing industry and what it takes to get your story in print.

Do you have a book in you?

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Do you have a book in you?

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