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Pre-order Releases Feb 9, 2027

Paperback

Try Hard: Creative Work in Progress

by Max Kerman

$12.40 / copy at 25+ copies As low as $10.00 at 1,000+Your best volume price

240 pages Penguin Canada ISBN 9780735248878
Try Hard: Creative Work in Progress book cover by Max Kerman
Ships on release · Feb 9 Releases Tuesday, February 9, 2027. Pre-order now: your copies ship on release and usually arrive around the release date.

About the book

Try Hard

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“Try Hard is the book I wish I had when I was starting out in my career. . . . Hilarious, relatable, and incredibly insightful.” —Michael Bublé, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter

Funny, conversational, and relatable, Try Hard is for anyone looking to make sense of their own creative pursuit or bring more creativity into their life, offering a framework for how to do it and where to begin.


Let’s say you see a familiar musician from a globe-trotting, touring band hanging out at your local coffee shop, reading the newspaper and typing away on his laptop. This doesn’t look like a musician at work. He seems approachable enough, so you ask him what exactly he does all day. With a grin on his face, he admits the job might not be what you think. So you take a seat, and ask him every question you’ve ever had about how it all works: the nuts and bolts of writing a song, preparing for a show, marketing a band, and the day-to-day business of a creative life.

With each answer—none of it about talent—you realize this musician is a bit of a . . . try hard. And the mystery of being a creative person isn’t actually mysterious at all: it’s just exploring ideas with an enthusiastic and determined curiosity. Over and over.

Max is that musician in the coffee shop, and this is what reading Try Hard feels like: one-of-a-kind tales from a dynamic frontman, and a companion to your own creative work in progress. With a brick-by-brick attitude, Max explores his own growth in the craft of storytelling and performance, the pleasure to be found in collaboration, and the creative spirit required in sharing your art.

The book, Try Hard: Creative Work in Progress [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9780735248878 in Paperback by Max Kerman may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.

Details

Publisher
Penguin Canada
Author
Max Kerman
Format
Paperback
Release date
Feb 9, 2027
ISBN-13
9780735248878
ISBN-10
0735248877
Pages
240
Carton quantity
24 copies

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