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The Author’s Voice, Candy, Colleen, and Peter, talk with each other and guests about how writers can take their book from Blank Page to Bestseller. From published authors to industry professionals and everyone in between, Blank Page to Bestseller sheds light on the many facets of the publishing industry.
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Tuesday Apr 14, 2026
Tuesday Apr 14, 2026
Biz Buzz
How Readers AND Authors Can Support Local Bookstores!
They say that bookstores are dying. That's not really true and whether you are a reader, an author, or a publisher you can help your local bookstore by buying books online. We discuss the site bookshop.org in this week's Biz Buzz segment. It's not always possible to visit your local bookstore and sometimes you want to support more than just one store, by using bookshop.org you can do just that!
Book Review
The Bookshop
Peter goes back into the archives for this week's show to bring back his review on The Bookshop. This book takes a closer look at the history of the American bookshop from Colonial times all the way to the recent present and everything in between. Where do you buy your books today?
Plus, he reviews the Kobo app with his book review as this was his first time reading a book on the Kobo phone app.
Timestamps
Biz Buzz Segment: How Readers AND Authors Can Use Bokshop.org (3:13)
Book Review: The Bookshop Review (27:20)
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Tuesday Apr 07, 2026
Tuesday Apr 07, 2026
Biz Buzz
What Are My Self-Publishing Options?
There are many options authors have to self-publish their book. We begin by defining the term self-publishing and then go into more details about some of the options authors have to self-publish. We cover some of the major players like Amazon, IngramSpark, and Draft2Digital but we mention a few newer options as well. This is by no means an exhaustive list but it does cover the major players in the publishing industry. Finally, we offer up a few different red flags to watch out for when working with a self-publisher.
Timestamps
Biz Buzz Segment: What Are My Self-Publishing Options? (3:47)
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Tuesday Mar 31, 2026
Tuesday Mar 31, 2026
Biz Buzz
Celebrating International Children's Book Day
Happy International Children's Book Day to you! Coming up on April 2, ICBD is a celebration of all things children's books. In this week's Biz Buzz segment, we dive a little deeper into the celebration like why it's on April 2, who puts the celebration together, and how we can all celebrate this day. Plus, we talk a little about the book award that accompanies this celebration - the Hans Christen Andersen Book Award.
Timestamps
Biz Buzz Segment: Celebrating International Children's Book Day (4:22)
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Book award episode: And the Award Goes To...
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Tuesday Mar 24, 2026
Tuesday Mar 24, 2026
Biz Buzz
What Is Poetizer?
In this week's segment, we review the Poetizer platform where poets can share their poems in a social media platform geared specifically towards poetry. Plus, the platform offers poets a way to create and publish a book using the poems they create and share on the platform.
We look at the platform from our experience as publishing professionals and share what we learned and some pros and cons of using the Poetizer platform.
If you are a poet, we'd love to hear about your own experience with Poetizer or if we have missed anything in our poetry disucssion!
Timestamps
Biz Buzz Segment: What Is Poetizer? (2:41)
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From Publisher's Weekly - Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks
From The Guardian - "We're Losing Accessibility": the US says goodbye to the mass-market paperback
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Tuesday Mar 17, 2026
Tuesday Mar 17, 2026
Biz Buzz
Ghost Categories On Amazon
What is a ghost category and why should you stay away from them? Amazon rarely makes it easy for us to understand the inner workings of the website. In this week's Biz Buzz segment we talk about one of the confusing parts of Amazon's website - the ghost category.
When a publisher puts a book on sale, they have the option to select three categories from a prescriptive list. But Amazon doesn't have to use those categories to sell books to it's customers. Often times a publisher (or author) will inadvertently select a category that does not match with the categories on Amazon which places the book into what we call ghost categories.
We talk all about these categories, how to avoid them and even if you should avoid them, and much on in this segment.
Timestamps
Biz Buzz Segment: The Ghost Categories On Amazon (4:45)
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From Publisher's Weekly - Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks
From The Guardian - "We're Losing Accessibility": the US says goodbye to the mass-market paperback
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Tuesday Mar 10, 2026
Tuesday Mar 10, 2026
Biz Buzz
The Death of the Mass Market Paperback
Recently, news came out announcing the death of a popular book format - the mass market paperback. At the end of 2025, the largest distributor of the mass market paperback disclosed they are no longer distributing them to retailers.
So what is a mass market paperback and why are we sad to see them go?
We look at the life of the mass market book and their impact on the publishing industry in this week's segment.
Want to learn more? We've linked two articles down below where we did most of our research.
Timestamps
Biz Buzz Segment: The Death of the Mass Market Paperback (2:04)
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From Publisher's Weekly - Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks
From The Guardian - "We're Losing Accessibility": the US says goodbye to the mass-market paperback
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Tuesday Mar 03, 2026
Tuesday Mar 03, 2026
Biz Buzz
What does it mean to have won a book award? Who gives these awards? And how can you apply? We take a closer look at the book award industry to help authors (and publishing professionals!) better understand how book awards fit into the publishing industry.
We look into some of the more well know awards, discuss what these awards recognize, and look at how authors or their publisher put their books into consideration for these awards.
Guest Interview
Dani Rosenblad James is back as a returning guest to discuss what she's been up to in the past year and half. We start off reflecting on her book launch for The Wandering Heart where she became an international bestseller! Then Dani talks about her newest venture working with other writers on their own stories. Finally, Dani gives us just a little teaser look into her new project!
Timestamps
Biz Buzz Segment: And the award goes to... (2:49)
Guest Interview: Dani Rosenblad James (26:28)
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Guest Links
Dani Rosenblad James: Website - Instagram - Facebook - The Wandering Heart - The Storyteller's Path
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Tuesday Feb 17, 2026
Tuesday Feb 17, 2026
Romance Is In The Air!
This week we celebrate Valentine's Day by talking about the romance genre! Everyone has fallen in love with romance so we talk about the effects this has on the genre specifically and the industry as a whole.
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Biz Buzz
Happy Valentine's Day from The Author's Voice! On this week's Biz Buzz we talk about the popularity of romance books. From the image of a shirtless Fabio-type on the cover of the book to the varied genres of romance books, there is a romance book out there for pretty much anyone. So we talk about what makes a book a romance book, the genres romance tropes can be found in, and why everyone seems to fall in love with romance lately.
Timestamps
Biz Buzz Segment: Why Romance Books Are So Popular! (2:44)
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