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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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Monday Jan 29, 2024
Monday Jan 29, 2024
This week's show is our second Biz Buzz grab bag! We start the off 2024 looking ahead at what trends we see within the publishing industry. CaZ, Colleen, and Peter each delve into one area of publishing they see will take off in the coming year.
First CaZ talks about niche markets, specifically in regards to Amazon.
Then, Peter talks about the rapid rise in audiobooks.
Finally, Colleen talks about copyright protections looking at AI.
What trends do you see coming for 2024? Shoot us a message and we'd love to cover your trend in a future episode.
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Niche Markets: (5:52)
Audiobooks: (15:57)
Copyright: (27:06)
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Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Are you listening to what others are saying?
If you are an author, you're probably looking at what readers have to say about your book. If you're an avid reader, you probably take a look at what other readers have to say before you buy a book. So what does this mean? Reviews are KING!
This week's Biz Buzz talks all about reviews, what they are, who writes them, and why they are so important. In our second segment, we discuss what a review bomb is in general and more specifically about a rather high profile case of review bombing that came to light at the end of 2023.
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Biz Buzz - Book Reviews: (2:06)
Discussion - Review Bombing: (19:35)
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Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Welcome to 2024!
We kick off the new year with a great discussion about Goodreads! What features are good for readers? What features are good for authors? Learn all about Goodreads in this week's show.
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Biz Buzz: Good Reads (2:19)
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Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
This week's episode is a special one as we highlight Chantelle Moynihan-Rector who launches her book today!
Peter interviews Chantelle in our guest segment and she speaks about the ideas and process that went into making Max & Jules: How to Be Brave.
In our Biz Buzz segment, we throw it back to the first episode where we talked about Amazon keywords and categories.
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Biz Buzz: Amazon Keywords and Categories (2:02)
Guest Interview: Chantelle Moynihan-Rector (13:15)
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Max & Jules: How to Be Brave: Amazon
Working Dog Foundation: Website
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Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday! We're back this week with a full episode with both our Biz Buzz and Guest Interview segments.
We begin this week's episode with our latest Biz Buzz segment. Peter, Colleen, and CaZ talk about the basics on marketing. It's never too early (or too late!) to start marketing you and your book. We share some of the best ways you can begin your marketing push in this week's segment.
Then, Peter talks with colleague and friend Ellen Seigel about her book Be Happy No Matter What, her journey of writing, and much more!
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Biz Buzz: Intro to Marketing (1:46)
Guest Interview: Ellen Seigel (13:58)
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Be Happy No Matter What: Website - Amazon - Facebook
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Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
The Doctor is in!
This week's episode is a short one as we had a bit of a tech snafu with our Biz Buzz recording.
But no worries, we still have a great interview with Dr. Matthew Surburg about his book, Cyberpocalypse: Inside the Digital Assault On Healthcare. Dr. Surburg shares the inspiration behind the book and how he made the decision to write about this story. He also shares some of the differences between writing a book and writing for journals. Listen in for a great interview!
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Cyberpocalypse: Inside the Digital Assault On Healthcare - Amazon
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Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
We are excited to announce our first ever collaboration book, The Write Way! To celebrate us opening submissions, we are giving you a full episode of collaboration book content!
Our Biz Buzz segment revisits an earlier segment where we talked about collaboration books.
This week's guest is Melissa Kirkpatrick, a four-time collaboration book author! She talks with Colleen about the reason she's been a contributor to all of these books. Plus, she shares why she is happy with sharing a part of herself with readers and hasn't taken the plunge to writing a book by herself.
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Biz Buzz - Collaboration Books (2:09)
Guest Interview - Melissa Kirkpatrick (12:12)
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Melissa Kirkpatrick: Facebook - Website - LinkedIn
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Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Welcome to NaNoWriMo! This week Peter and Colleen talk about what NaNoWriMo is and how you can participate.
Then, Peter interviews author Sandy Phillips Kirkham about her writing journey. Sandy is the author of Let Me Prey Upon You, about her journey of healing after being preyed upon by her youth minister.
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Biz Buzz - NaNoWriMo (1:25)
Guest Interview - Sandy Phillips Kirkham (14:07)
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Sandy Phillips Kirkham: Website - Facebook - Let Me Prey Upon You
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