Launch Your Book

Hosted ByAnna David

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.


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How to Get a Journalist’s Attention with HARO Creator 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…

Approaching Your Book Like It’s a Business with Bonnie Habyan

 is a communications marketing professional with an MBA in banking and finance. She’s been a news reporter, a wedding DJ and even a Miss Baltimore Oriole. But now she’s taken on a whole new role: as an author. Her book, The World…

What Your Non-Fiction Book Needs with Elizabeth Lyons

Elizabeth Lyons is the creator of the  and a five-time author whose , which she wrote because she couldn’t find another book on the topic and really needed it, sold over 20,000 copies. As someone who helps aspiring authors…

Hollywood Special: Turning Your Books Into Movies with Ben Mezrich

 has sold over 10 million copies of his books. And, by the way, that’s not even the impressive part. The impressive part is that he sells EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HIS BOOKS as a movie or TV show; in fact, if Hollywood isn’t interested in the…

Hollywood Special: Making A Book Into a Movie with 50 Shades Producer Mike DeLuca

Mike De Luca has, arguably, more experience than anyone else out there when it comes to turning books into movies: three of the four times he’s done it (for The Social Network, Moneyball and Captain Phillips), he has been nominated for…

Ready-Made Book Special: Turning a Book Into a Course with Paul Angone

Paul Angone had an extremely unusual journey to success as an author. First, he tried to sell a book. For eight years. Nary a bite. Then a blog post he dashed off went viral. Very viral. From there, he was able to sell a book based on that blog…

Ready-Made Book Special: Making a Newsletter Into a Book with Jeff Kober

While Jeff Kober is a terribly successful actor—having appeared on The Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, Shameless, New Girl, NCIS: Los Angeles,  Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, 24, The…

Writing a Book in Public with Jesse J. Anderson

Jesse J. Anderson’s journey to bookdom is unlike any other guest I’ve had on the show.  For one, he’s not launching a book to help build his business.  Also, that book—Refocus: A Practical Guide to Adult ADHD—hasn’t launched yet. In…

Web 3 Special: Selling Your Book as a Series of NFTs with Elle Griffin

Elle Griffin is the Editor-of-Chief of Utah Business and a freelance journalist and co-founder of Cryptopia, a web3 festival that debuted in 2022. But I most wanted to talk to her about how she’s brought her books into the Web 3…

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