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Chapter 45 - Never-ending Stories

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Chapter 45 - Never-ending Stories

This month, Keith, Paul, and Rana welcome John Champion and Ken Ray of the Mission Log Podcast to discuss never-ending stories.

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Chapter 26 - Bookstore Events

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Chapter 26 - Bookstore Events

We’re one short his month as Keith and Paul welcome guests Pablo Sierra and Karen Coca of Walls of Books in Washington, DC, to discuss bookstore events. We go over everything we’ve done wrong in the past and talk about what we can do moving forward, especially with the aois21 birthday extravaganza coming up on Saturday May 13th. Check it out to get some new insight into the world of Indie Bookstores, the community surrounding them, and how to make your event a success.

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Chapter 24 - Book Marketing Strategy

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Chapter 24 - Book Marketing Strategy

Here we are again with the great and powerful Publish Me! podcast, now with extra host as designer Rana Gainer joins us as a new cohost. Keith, Paul, and Rana welcome Marketing specialist Christine Merser of Blue Shoe Strategy as she helps Paul decipher a launch campaign for his young adult post-medieval fantasy epic fiction book, The Will of the Magi. We also get an update from Rana about the cover design process and some notes from Paul’s beta readers.

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Chapter 20 - Navigating the Publishing Industry

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Chapter 20 - Navigating the Publishing Industry

It’s been a month since Paul shared the news that the book is done, so he checks in with Keith on the early stages of editing and the beginning of the beta reading process. They then welcome new aois21 Creative Thomas P. Athridge to discuss his book American Presidents at War and the many pitfalls he sustained in trying to get the book published over the past 7 years.

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