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.


All Episodes

Why a Book Is the World’s Best Business Card with Chris Voss

Chris Voss is someone who seems to have popped up out of nowhere before beginning to appear everywhere.   A former hostage negotiator, Voss watched his New York Times bestselling book, Never Split the Difference, become an instant classic in the business

How to Fix a Broken Book: Misty McAfee

Misty McAfee is an author, marketer, real estate agent and delightful human. She’s also someone who has some writing out there that could be relaunched—in particular a book on codependence she released in 2015 and a play she released in 2021.   In this ep

How to Sell 1000s of Books Before Even Writing it with Dan Nicholson

Dan Nicholson graduated summa cum laude from Seattle University with degrees in accounting and information systems before completing a fellowship at the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. He went on to work at Deloitte and various Fortune 500 compan

How to Fix a Broken Book: John Checki

Did you launch a book and have it not go according to plan?   That’s what happened to John Checki, which is why he’s the ideal person to feature on my new type of episode, “How to Fix a Broken Book.”   He released his book, Spend Time and Save Money, in 2

How Authors Can Avoid Getting Sued with Maria Riegger

Many authors are afraid of getting sued.   Many authors are confused about copyright. (It’s legit confusing.)   Many authors don’t know that they should establish an LLC.   That’s why author and attorney Maria Riegger’s advice and suggestions were so usef

“My First Launch” (Round Table!)

Oh, wait a treat this one is!   Here you’re getting four for the (free!) price of one: a round table interview with four of my clients at ONCE: Barbara Legere, Tamar Hermes, Chris Joseph and Lauren Schwarzfeld on the anxieties and excitement of their firs

How to Make Your Book Into a Podcast with Jeremy Enns

Jeremy Enns is the founder of Podcast Marketing Academy, the only growth-focused podcast education platform for experienced creators, brands and marketers looking to build long-term, sustainable audience growth systems.   We met five years ago at the Worl

The Big Mistake You Need to Avoid 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 mis

Author Newsletter Musts with Holly Darling

Holly Darling is the owner of Holly Darling HQ, a business that focuses on helping authors create and implement their email marketing strategies to sell more books and build their brand loyalty.    In other words, she was the perfect person for me to inte

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