Building Books Podcast
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsBuilding Books is a publishing podcast for anyone who wants to learn more about how book publishing really works. It’s hosted by Glenn Yeffeth, the publisher of BenBella Books.
Every week Glenn dives into a variety of topics on book publishing, marketing, and business via conversations with industry professionals and authors, or with monologues on what’s going on in the publishing world.
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Episodes
Thad McIlroy
December 19, 2018 13:00 - 57 minutes - 132 MBThe Building Books podcast is excited to welcome Thad McIlroy, publishing expert, futurist, and author. With his extensive experience as an electronic publishing analyst, consultant, and author that explores technology and marketing issues surrounding electronic publishing, he brings an interesting and thought-provoking perspective to the publishing discussion.
Rick Pascocello
December 13, 2018 13:00 - 54 minutes - 125 MBRick Pascocello is a literary agent with the renowned Glass Literary Agency, a full-service literary agency founded by Alex Glass in 2014 that is designed to take a hands-on approach with book authors at every stage of the development and publication process.
Peter McCarthy
December 05, 2018 13:00 - 51 minutes - 119 MBPeter McCarthy is widely known as one of the most knowledgeable people in the digital marketing space for books. He is currently the director of digital products at Ingram Content Group. Ingram later purchased the company that McCarthy co-founded, OptiQly, and now he's rolled into it as part of Ingram.
Scott Hoffman
November 28, 2018 13:00 - 1 hour - 149 MBThe Building Books podcast welcomes Scott Hoffman, a globally known and well-respected literary agent. He is co-founder of Folio Literary Management, a literary agency that has sold close to 2,000 titles with more than 200 New York Times bestsellers to date.
Elizabeth Marshall
November 21, 2018 13:00 - 37 minutes - 84.8 MBThe Building Books podcast welcomes award-winning author and consultant, Elizabeth Marshall. With her extensive experience in marketing, sales, and publishing, Marshall partners with thought leaders, speakers, and authors to expand their level of influence and success.
James Breakwell
November 14, 2018 13:00 - 44 minutes - 20.5 MBJames Breakwell is a professional comedy writer, husband, and father of four young girls. He is best known for his family humor Twitter account @XplodingUnicorn, which boasts more than a million followers. The account went viral In April 2016 and transformed him from a niche comedy writer into one of the most popular dad brands on social media.
Gwen Cooper
November 07, 2018 13:00 - 43 minutes - 20 MBThe Building Books podcast is thrilled to welcome New York Times bestselling author, Gwen Cooper, to the show. Gwen is the author of four books, including one of the most successful cat memoirs of all time, the breakthrough bestseller, Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat.
Ross Baird
October 31, 2018 12:00 - 17.7 MBRoss Baird is President and founder of Village Capital, a venture capital firm that takes a unique philosophy and approach to choosing the entrepreneurs they fund. He has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs in over 50 countries and has visited over 100 cities worldwide in an effort to find new entrepreneurs and help the people supporting them.
Mike Shatzkin
October 24, 2018 12:00 - 52 minutes - 24.1 MBThe Building Books podcast is thrilled to welcome publishing industry icon, Mike Shatzkin, to the show. Influenced by his father, Mike has been involved in the publishing business for nearly 50 years. He has written or co-authored six books, and is the founder and CEO of The Idea Logical Company, co-founder of Publishers Launch Conferences, and co-founder of Logical Marketing.
Willie Jolley
October 17, 2018 12:00 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBIn this episode we welcome Dr. Willie Jolley, an award-winning speaker and singer, best-selling author and popular media personality. Dr. Jolley has achieved remarkable heights in the speaking industry, having come from humble beginnings as a fired singer who was replaced by a karaoke machine. You’ll have to listen in to hear that full story!