Hi, book lovers. This is Ellen Hilderbrand, best-selling author of 30 books, including the Hotel

Mantucket and The Perfect Couple. And this is Tim Arenberg, creator of Tim Talks Books, and

you're listening to Books, Beach and Beyond, presented by N Magazine.

We'll be diving into the wonderful world of books and featuring special guests from

bestselling and award-winning writers, publishing industry insiders, agents and editors,

book influencers, and more.

There's nothing Ellen and I love more than talking about books.

And our favorite question to ask each other is, what are you reading?

But we'll go even further here on the show, exploring the craft of writing, the process of book publishing,

and that wonderful connection a reader has with a favorite book.

But before we head into our episode, we want to take this opportunity to thank our incredible

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So thank you. And now, on to the show.

Hi, Ellen. Hi, Tim. I'm going to start today talking about a word that I love to apply to reading,

and that's the word connection. Because I think when you're reading a book, there are so many

connections that you have,

reader and writer, reader with the characters. And I want to talk about connection that you have

with your readers on the page and off of it. Well, I mean, my connection with my readers is extremely

special. How did that happen? I don't know. I think it was the fact that I have a book out

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