In this episode, Anna draws on her years of experience as an author and publisher to walk you through every aspect—design, story, marketing, cost, tools—necessary to create a great book cover. WANT TO LAUNCH A BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
Dec 08, 2021•13 min•Ep 388•Transcript available on Metacast What are the five books Anna recommends this month to Portland's KATU viewers? Find out in this audio version of the TV segment. WANT TO LAUNCH A BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
Dec 01, 2021•9 min•Ep 387•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, actor Brianne Davis tells all about her roman a clef, The Secret Life of a Hollywood Sex and Love Addict, and how it’s launched her massive coaching business and speaking career. WANT TO LAUNCH A BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
Nov 24, 2021•38 min•Ep 386•Transcript available on Metacast Listen in on the hilarious virtual event Jeff Garlin and I did with Book Soup and find out why one of the key elements of getting a movie made is to first write the book. WANT TO LAUNCH A BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep 385•Transcript available on Metacast Ashlea Hearn is a recent college graduate, a 1st Lieutenant in the Army Reserves and the author of Genesis Mortalis, Book 1 of the Take It Trilogy . She's also my mentee, and a completely delightful one at that. Listen in on our chat, hear how she got her book in countless bookstores and see why I think she's going to take over the world. WANT 7 DAYS OF FREE WRITING TIPS? GO TO WWW.YOURBOOKWRITINGTIPS.COM...
Nov 10, 2021•33 min•Ep 384•Transcript available on Metacast Brian D. Meeks writes under his name and the pen name Arthur Byrne. He’s currently working on his 20th novel and has six non-fiction titles, including Mastering Amazon Descriptions: An Author’s Guid e. Additionally, he has a thriving author copywriting business. And he's obsessed with NFTs—and how they fit into the writing world. In this episode, we talked about how his NFT project has inspired him to love writing again, why he writes some of his books on Facebook and how we can all start sellin...
Nov 03, 2021•58 min•Ep 383•Transcript available on Metacast Ed Kressy has a much crazier story than your average addict with a crazy story. He also got a much bigger blurb-er than the average author. We got into both of those things in this episode. WANT A WEEK'S WORTH OF FREE WRITING TIPS? GO TO WWW.YOURBOOKWRITINGTIPS.COM
Oct 27, 2021•41 min•Ep 382•Transcript available on Metacast Ohhhhh, does your own book launch teach you some lessons and that goes double when it's a re-launch like my recent one for Party Girl . In this episode, I broke down what went right (fun events out of town, asking someone I knew to help me get in a cool store), what didn't (Launch Squad, I'm talking to you if you said you'd review the book and still haven't!) and what was kinda ehh for the money put out (a publicist). That last question really comes down to... Is this story worth $5k ? Hear the ...
Oct 20, 2021•19 min•Ep 381•Transcript available on Metacast "Bad Art Friend" is a story that ran in the New York Times last week and it has the publishing world abuzz in a way only the publishing world can be . In this episode, I broke down my thoughts about the scandal and what I think it means for the future of publishing. WANT A WEEK OF FREE WRITING TIPS FROM ME? GO TO WWW.YOURBOOKWRITINGTIPS.COM ....
Oct 13, 2021•17 min•Ep 380•Transcript available on Metacast Erika Schickel author of You’re Not the Boss of Me: Adventures of a Modern Mom (2007) and whose work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times , LA Weekly , Tin House and Salon , discusses the launch of her new book The Big Hurt . WANT TO RECEIVE A TIP A DAY FOR A WEEK THAT WILL GET YOU STARTED WRITING YOUR BOOK? GO TO: WWW.LEGACYLAUNCHPAD.COM/FREE-TIPS...
Oct 06, 2021•49 min•Ep 379•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, I read the final excerpt from my recently re-released first book, Party Girl . WANT TO WRITE AND LAUNCH YOUR OWN BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
Sep 29, 2021•19 min•Ep 378•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, I'm giving you another excerpt from my recently re-released first book, Party Girl . WANT TO WRITE AND LAUNCH YOUR OWN BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
Sep 22, 2021•14 min•Ep 377•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, listen to the first chapter from my recently released first novel, Party Girl. WANT TO WRITE AND LAUNCH YOUR OWN BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
Sep 15, 2021•14 min•Ep 376•Transcript available on Metacast Mimi MacLean is an angel investor who focuses on female-led companies with something to say. A mom of five, she’s also a CPA, a Columbia Business School graduate and the host of The Badass CEO, a weekly podcast where she interviews entrepreneurs and high-level executives to discuss business strategies, life experiences and what a Badass CEO needs to know. And I'm proud to say that Legacy Launch Pad has just released her first book, How to Be a Badass Female CEO: Slay the Competition and Reach th...
Sep 08, 2021•29 min•Ep 375•Transcript available on Metacast What you do after you've written your book can be just as crucial to its success as writing it. In today's episode, I'll walk you through what to do 60 days, 30 days and 7 days before your launch. WANT TO LAUNCH A BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
Sep 01, 2021•13 min•Ep 374•Transcript available on Metacast Career happiness coach Sarah Alaimo wasn't planning to write a book, let alone release it. So how did she come to launch her debut memoir? Listen to this episode to find out! WANT TO WRITE AND LAUNCH YOUR OWN BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
Aug 25, 2021•33 min•Ep 373•Transcript available on Metacast Re-launching your book once it's been traditionally published can be more complicated than you may imagine. In this episode, I walk you through how I did it for my first book, Party Girl. WANT TO LAUNCH A BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
Aug 18, 2021•15 min•Ep 372•Transcript available on Metacast Your party, no matter how awesome, won't help with book sales. Chances are, you'll actually be giving books away! So why do it? In this episode, we explain why it's worth it. WANT TO WRITE AND LAUNCH YOUR OWN BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
Aug 11, 2021•10 min•Ep 371•Transcript available on Metacast From creating graphics to reaching out to the media, there are numerous ways to bring attention to your book without spending a dime. We go into a bunch of them in this episode. WANT TO WRITE AND LAUNCH YOUR OWN BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
Aug 04, 2021•18 min•Ep 370•Transcript available on Metacast The crucial steps to publishing a book are writing, editing, cover design, layout and back end Amazon wizardry. This episode walks you through them all. WANT TO WRITE AND LAUNCH YOUR OWN BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
Jul 28, 2021•14 min•Ep 369•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, John Corcoran explains how you can promote your book on podcasts, when you should be reaching out and why having your own podcast is the best promotional tool of all. WANT TO WRITE AND LAUNCH YOUR OWN BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
Jul 21, 2021•25 min•Ep 368•Transcript available on Metacast Alex Strathdee is no ordinary writer. That's because he's as much an entrepreneur as he is a writer. And it's how he got 40,000 students to read his first book. WANT TO LAUNCH A BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
Jul 14, 2021•38 min•Ep 367•Transcript available on Metacast A newsletter list is the single most important tool a writer can have when launching a book. But how do you get started—and what do you do once you have? First off, you need to, no matter how daunting it seems and how much it seems like you don’t have time to. WANT TO WRITE AND LAUNCH YOUR OWN BEST SELLING BOOK? VISIT WWW.BESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
Jul 07, 2021•14 min•Ep 366•Transcript available on Metacast Pat Flynn is one of the kings of the marketing world and that showed in the way he launched his 2016 Wall Street Journal bestseller, Will it Fly? Because he’s very open about the methods he used, I was able to do research and determine some of his most effective strategies. In this episode, I broke them all down. WANT TO WRITE AND LAUNCH YOUR OWN BESTSELLING BOOK? VISIT WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM....
Jun 30, 2021•15 min•Ep 365•Transcript available on Metacast The king of podcasting is also quite kingly when it comes to launching a book. This episode breaks down how he blew his most recent release up. WANT TO LAUNCH A BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
Jun 24, 2021•12 min•Ep 364•Transcript available on Metacast Oh, do I have a great guest for you today. Rea Frey is the award-winning bestselling author of three suspense novels and four nonfiction books with St. Martin's as well as the CEO of Writeway , a multiple six-figure business that helps connect authors to agents so they can land publishing deals (Writeway does proposal writing, query letters...the whole shebang.) Frey also knows her way around a book launch, having built up an active Instagram through a very specific strategy and landing herself ...
Jun 16, 2021•42 min•Ep 363•Transcript available on Metacast Obviously, the length of time it takes to write and launch a book varies from writer to writer; Anthony Burgess wrote A Clockwork Orange while Junot Diaz took a decade to write The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. And I know people who have written massively successful books in a weekend. But the rough statistic I've heard quoted is that if you’re going to write it yourself, expect to spend about 300 hours on the first draft. This episode breaks down how long not just the writing but also the ...
Jun 09, 2021•13 min•Ep 362•Transcript available on Metacast One thing I need to tell you right off: there was no bigger snob about self-publishing back in the day than the person writing this post. My, how times have changed. This episode breaks down how. WANT TO LAUNCH A BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
Jun 02, 2021•10 min•Ep 361•Transcript available on Metacast The audiobook market is a $1.2 billion business but recording and launching your own isn't as easy as you may think. This episode breaks down the sound requirements, what it takes out of you and whether or not you should publish exclusively on Audible, among many other topics. WANT TO LAUNCH A BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
May 26, 2021•15 min•Ep 360•Transcript available on Metacast Do you need a ghostwriter, editor or coach—and what's the difference between those three, anyway? I answer all that and more in this episode. WANT TO LAUNCH A BESTSELLING BOOK? GRAB MY CHEAT SHEET AT WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
May 19, 2021•12 min•Ep 359•Transcript available on Metacast