Publishing and Book Marketing

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In this episode 359, we’re featuring the last release in our Write Quotes series, Publishing and Book Marketing, with some of our favorite quotes from the book and a discussion of your three hosts’ perspectives on traditional publishing, indie publishing, and marketing. Plus we’ve got new book recommendations and elevator pitches and some upcoming events.

Today’s Featured Topics

Act 1: 

This month we’re celebrating the release of book 8 in The Write Quotes series,Publishing and Book Marketing. In this episode we’ll share the foreword and reflections from the book and some of our favorite quotes.

Act 2:

Listen to hear a discussion based around Landis’s experiences with independent publishing, Sarah’s experiences with traditional publishing, and Hannah’s experiences with book marketing and publicity.

Act 3:

Elevator Pitches:

Ben Crane – A Man of Lies

James Lindsay – Befriending My Brain: A Psychosis Story

Kathleen Hannon – The Confession of Hemingway Jones

Bridget Van der Eyk – Ten Dates

D.J. Williams – Hunt for Eden’s Star

Grace Ly – Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

Anne Leigh Parrish – A Summer Morning

Tracy Hewitt Meyer – Generation Annihilation

Book Recommendations:

In addition to the recommendations below, check out Philip Gerard’s memoir Words and Music. Jason Mott calls it “The story of a life, told with elegance and craft, that all readers owe it to themselves to read.”

         Hannah recommends: 

         Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

         Sarah recommends:

        Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

        It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway by Elizabeth Passarella

         Landis recommends:

        The Longmire Defense by Craig Johnson

        Holly, by Stephen King

The Write Quotes Series:

Support the show by purchasing one of more of the eight books in The Write Quote series, a collection of writing quote books compiled from 500+ interviews with bestselling, award-winning, and hard-working authors.

Learn more about our series of quote books and download Book 1 for free at https://charlottereaderspodcast.com/writequotes/

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