A college student successfully self-published an ebook on achieving academic success after finding a class by searching 'How to Make Money Online'. The ebook titled 'How to Be a 4.0 student in college like me' was published at Big Luca's self-publishing revolution. The success of the ebook led him to collaborate with his twin brother, Rasmus.
Vox senior correspondent Constance Grady went inside the seedy underbelly of online self-publishing and lived to tell the tale.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn with help from Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Rob Byers with help from Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King.
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