Retired teacher and BookBaby author Analee Carlin Wiser Brown joins the podcast to discuss her inspirational songbook, Discover the Power in You!. To learn more about her work, check out discoverthepowerinyou.com. And get your advertising orders for the holidays in now: https://www.bookbaby.com/facebook-ads-for-authors/ To browse thousands of independently published books: store.bookbaby.com

BookBaby Spotlight

Back to School with Analee Carlin Wiser Brown

The unsung hero of late night writer’s block and crumpled pages is that fresh pot of coffee, helping countless writers push on with their labors of love! But did you know that humble cup of joe comes with incredible health benefits too? Dr. Sanjiv Chopra joins the podcast to talk about his book "Coffee: The Magical Elixir" being published this Fall with BookBaby. Info about Dr. Chopra can be found here: Dr. Sanjiv Chopra: https://sanjivchopra.com/ If you're interested in publishing with BookBaby, find us here: www.bookbaby.com  

Coffee: The Magical Elixir

The president of BookBaby, Steven Spatz, zooms with us to talk about the second half of 2021 and how indie authors should be prepping for their Christmas release! We also catch up with Angela Bole, CEO of the Independent Book Publishers Association! Don't miss our Facebook Live event Thursday 7/29: https://www.facebook.com/events/377762920493379/ For more info on the IBPA, check them out here: https://www.ibpa-online.org/ And if you're interested in self-publishing with BookBaby - we want to hear from you! Reach out: info@bookbaby.com 

Christmas (Marketing) in July

Comedian and TV writer Lois Bromfield joins the BookBaby Spotlight Podcast to talk about her new memoir, My Dirty Life In Comedy, available on the BookBaby Bookshop now: https://bit.ly/35KnPnV  If you want to self-publish your memoir, or any other book, contact our staff now: info@bookbaby.com

An Old School Comic

Oriana Leckert of Kickstarter joins the podcast and BookBaby author Ryan Brolliar tells us about his crowdfunded national tour! For more on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/publishing Ryan Brolliar's work can be found here: https://musicismedicinetour.com/ To help with safety alarms in the AAPI community: https://www.gofundme.com/f/aia-safety-alarms To help fund a permanent home for Harriett's Bookshop: https://www.gofundme.com/f/harriettsbookshop And to get started on your own self-publishing project, check out: https://www.bookbaby.com/kickstarter-book-publishing/ 

A Real Honest Accounting - Crowdfunding and Self-Publishing

BookBaby-published poets Patricia Vollmann-Stock and Christina Lee join the podcast to discuss their work during National Poetry Writing Month! We also hear about Brad Eck’s story of hope in the face of autism and BookBaby sales-person Ramona Pina shares her poem “Beacon” in this jam-packed episode of the BookBaby Spotlight! For publishing with BookBaby: https://www.bookbaby.com/ Learn more about Honeycomb Poetic: https://honeycombpoetics.com/ Ramona’s book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1098346750/ Christina’s: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/greenspace Patricia’s: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/Raindrops1 And Brad’s: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/Specialisms-Autism-Perspectives

Poetry, a real way to connect

Lots cookin' on this month's episode of the BookBaby Spotlight! Indie authors Tracy Wilk and Patience Awazi join us to talk about their respective cookbooks and a BookBaby designer explains how she works with mouth-watering recipes! Check out Patience Awazi, Tracy Wilk, and thousands of other indie authors at store.bookbaby.com. 

People Want to Look at Beautiful Food

BookBaby author Renee Berry talks about diversity in children’s literature and traditionally-published author Steven Rowley discusses his journey to a debut advance in the February episode of the BookBaby Spotlight! For more about Renee: https://www.reneeberry.com/  And Steven’s site: https://www.stevenrowley.com/  And if you want to publish with BookBaby: www.bookbaby.com  

Meaningful Consultation w/ Renee Berry & Steven Rowley

Welcome back! It’s season 2 of the BookBaby Spotlight and we’re welcoming a new co-host! Our first episode of the year focuses on the Covid-19 pandemic’s effects on the self-publishing industry. Prisha Hedau (https://www.facebook.com/PrishaHedau), Kristi Nelson (https://www.facebook.com/KNelsonSketches) and Henry Cox (https://www.facebook.com/HRCoxDotS) discuss their publishing journeys and Steven Spatz shares a timely story of a peaceful transfer of power!   To check out our guests’ books and thousands of other indie artists: store.bookbaby.com or to publish with BookBaby: www.bookbaby.com.  

Self-Publishing in the Time of Covid

Editor, literary coach, and co-executive of the EFA, Christina Frey joins the podcast to discuss all things editing!  Info on BookBaby's editing services can be found here: https://www.bookbaby.com/book-editing-services/ The EFA can be found here: https://www.the-efa.org/ Learn more about Christina's work: https://pagetwoeditorial.com/ And to buy books from thousands of indie authors: https://store.bookbaby.com/

Christina M. Frey

Happy Halloween BookBaby-ers! Pendleton Weiss joins me to talk horror writing and his anthology That Old, Misty Country! For more about BookBaby Publishing: www.bookbaby.com To read Pendleton's book and find thousands of other indie authors: store.bookbaby.com 

Pendleton Weiss

BookBaby author Susan Soares had her book unexpectedly highlighted by Jimmy Fallon! For more about BookBaby Publishing: www.bookbaby.com To read Susan's book and find thousands of other indie authors: store.bookbaby.com 

Susan Soares

Karen Jefferies (insta: @hilariously_infertile) was our guest on this episode of the BookBaby Spotlight podcast to talk about her book, Hilariously Infertile, along with an appearance from BookBaby president Steven Spatz. To read Karen’s book and thousands of other indie authors: store.bookbaby.com For face shields: amerishield.com

Karen Jeffries & Steven Spatz

A writer for the TV show, Invader Zim, Eric Trueheart comes up with new slogans for BookBaby and tells us about his Medium-Sized Book of Zim Scripts! You can buy it here: store.bookbaby.com Or learn more about BookBaby here: https://www.bookbaby.com/

BookBaby Spotlight - Eric Trueheart

Prolific writer of 20+ children's books with BookBaby, Dr. Cleophas Jones skypes with us to discuss his URead ULead program and explains why he keeps coming back to BookBaby! For find his books, and thousands of other indie authors: store.bookbaby.com For more info on BookBaby: https://www.bookbaby.com/

BookBaby Spotlight - Dr. Cleophas Jones

Interviews with authors, illustrators, editors, and self-publishing industry-insiders, presented by BookBaby! www.bookbaby.com store.bookbaby.com

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