Podcast: Launch Your Book

Through solo question-and-answer episodes as well as interviews with best-selling authors, entrepreneurs and publishing insiders, New York Times bestselling author and TEDx speaker Anna David breaks down the best ways to launch a book that will change your career—and life.

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A book’s journey is far from over once it’s been launched. In fact, it’s got a whole lifetime ahead of itself. And so while this podcast leads you through writing and launching a bestselling book, its ultimate goal is to help you create a book that changes your career—and your life.

How to Get Your Book Everywhere with Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch is an actress, activist, and the author of the New York Times bestseller and Thurber Prize finalist I See You Made an Effort. Her other books include: Wherever You Go, There They Are, and You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up (coauthored with Jeff Kahn).  She was the co-host of Dinner & a…

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Get Your Book in Stores with Ashlea Hearn

Ashlea Hearn is not only a 1st Lieutenant in the Army Reserves but also the author of Genesis Mortalis, Book 1 of the Take It Trilogy. We met when she reached out to me about the upcoming release of that book. But here’s what’s relevant: by that point, I had noticed this lovely person named…

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Make Sure Your Readers Can Afford You with Scott Duffy

Scott Duffy is an entrepreneur and business strategist who’s listed as a “Top 10 Speaker” by Entrepreneur and has been named one of the “Top Influential People To Follow” by Yahoo! Finance. ‘But that’s not why I brought him on the pod. I brought him on because he’s also the author of three different business…

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What It’s Like to Be Chosen by Oprah with Greg Behrendt

Greg Behrendt is the #1 New York Times best-selling co-author of He’s Just Not That Into You and It’s Called A Breakup Because It’s Broken. He’s appeared on every TV show known to man, including Oprah, The Tonight Show and The Today Show, is a life long standup comedian and co-hosts the relationship podcast Don’t…

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Use Your Book to Build Your Brand with Katie DePaola

Katie DePaola is an author, speaker, entrepreneur and the founder of Inner Glow Circle, a company dedicated to helping women entrepreneurs find their glow and live purpose-driven lives. But most relevantly for our show, she is the author of At Least You Look Good: How to Glow Through What You Go Through, the latest release…

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How to Set Up an Author Podcast Tour with Alex Sanfilippo

Alex Sanfilippo is the host of the top-rated podcast Podcasting Made Simple, the founder of PodPros.com, a software company focused specifically on the podcasting industry and the co-creator of PodMatch, a service that matches podcast guests and hosts together for interviews. That’s not all! He also co-founded PodcastSOP, a project management tool that helps podcasters…

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Raising Money for Your Book with Craig Stanland

Boy, does Craig Stanland have a story to tell. It starts with the FBI knocking on his door, followed by two years in prison. But that’s not really what we delve into here. Instead we talk about the book he wrote on his experience—and the one major mistake he made. Now that he’s at work…

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Getting Press for Your Book with Peter Shankman

Peter Shankman is many things, among them a five-time best selling author, entrepreneur and corporate in-person and virtual keynote speaker who focuses on customer service. But in this episode I got him speaking about something so many of you ask me about: HARO, or Help a Reporter Out…the website he started (and sold to Cision…

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How a Book Could Make You $5 Million with Rich Goldstein

Rich Goldstein is a patent attorney, speaker, host of the Innovations and Breakthroughs podcast and, most relevantly for this show, the author of the bestselling book The ABA Consumer Guide to Obtaining a Patent, which was published by the American Bar Association. He’s someone who understands through and through what a book can do for…

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Use Social Media to Sell Books with Zara Barrie and Dayna Troisi

I literally don’t have the words to describe the experience of recording this episode but suffice it to say that it was the most fun interview I’ve ever done. Back story: Zara Barrie and I knew each other online (I find her incredibly glam and we’re mutual fans of one another to the point that…

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