Fri, 27 March 2015
Brain Burps About Books Podcast #221 When You Get Interest from Traditional Publishers But Say No ThanksAn Interview with KeeKee’s Big Adventures Series Creator Shannon Jones Announcements
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This Week's Guest is Shannon Jones!This week’s guest is Shannon Jones. Shannon's first book KeeKee's Big Adventures in Paris, France won the Independent Book Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Awards Silver for Best First Children’s Book in April 2014 and Gold Mom’s Choice Award in Autumn 2013. KeeKee's Big Adventures in Rome, Italy received a Gold Mom's Choice Award in April 2013. Her third book, KeeKee's Big Adventures in Athens, Greece, landed October 2014 and just received a Gold Mom's Choice Award. Shannon and I talk about
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Category:Children's Book Publishing -- posted at: 3:00am EST |
Fri, 20 March 2015
Brain Burps About Books Podcast #220 Kelly Light’s Top Tips to Getting Traditionally PublishedAn Interview with Kelly Light: How She Got Five Offers Before Ever Getting an Agent Announcements
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This Week's Guest is author-illustrator Kelly Light!This week’s guest is Kelly Light. Author Illustrator, Kelly Light was born in 1970 off exit 149 of the Garden State Parkway. She grew up down the shore surrounded by giant roadside dinosaurs, cotton candy colors and skee ball sounds. Schooled on Saturday morning cartoons and Sunday Funny pages, she picked up a pencil and started drawing and never stopped. Kelly and I talk about
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Category:Children's Book Publishing -- posted at: 3:00am EST |
Fri, 13 March 2015
Brain Burps About Books Podcast #219 Avoid the Slush Pile with PubslushAn Interview with Pubslush Vice President Amanda Barbara Announcements
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This Week's Guest is Pubslush Vice President Amanda Barbara!This week’s guest is Amanda Barbara. Pubslush was founded by mother and daughter entrepreneurs, Hellen and Amanda Barbara. Pubslush is a global pre-publication platform that offers crowdfunding and pre-order options for authors and publishers. Amanda and her mother were inspired to create a more democratic publishing process after learning about the struggles of authors like J.K. Rowling, whose bestselling series was rejected by the 12 publishers to which it was initially sent. So many great authors have been dismissed to the infamous "slush pile." The Pubslush name is derived from their mission to give authors the opportunity to get out of the slush pile, prove their talent and market viability, and successfully publish quality books. Amanda and I talk about
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Category:Business of Children's Publishing -- posted at: 3:00am EST |
Fri, 6 March 2015
BBAB 218: Reedsy | Connecting Publishing Professionals to WritersAn Interview with Reedsy Chief Operating Officer Richard Fayet Announcements
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This Week's Guest is Reedsy Chief Operating Officer Richard Fayet!
This week’s guest is Richard Fayet. Richard is one of the co-founders of Reedsy, a curated marketplace designed to streamline self-publishing. On Reedsy, authors can connect with vetted, industry-experienced editors, designers, marketers and translators and work with them through in-built project management and collaboration tools, keeping all the workflow in one place. Richard and I talk about
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Category:Children's Book Publishing -- posted at: 3:00am EST |