This episode is for anyone interested in the peek behind the curtain of the book publishing industry. Back when writing a book was just a dream, I made a promise to myself that if I ever published, I would share the experience openly and candidly. I used to crave all the information about agents and book deals and publicity and marketing and all the things that it seemed like authors very rarely talked about. Back on Ep 73: I wrote a book! I shared about everything I knew up to that point: getting attention from agents, shopping a book proposal, and, of course, writing and editing my first book. Because I'm now on the other side of the book launch, this episode is a follow up to Ep 73. Here we're going to talk about mostly marketing: Are preorder bonuses a bribe? Is traditional publishing going the way of the dinosaur? Who pays for the publicity? How does getting paid to write a book work? I'm joined for this conversation by my friend Kelly Gordon, because I knew she would be a great person to talk through this topic. Kelly is a co-host of the Sorta Awesome podcast. Follow Kelly on IG Follow Sorta Awesome on IG Also on the show, I mention two other places I'm doing a deep dive on the publishing process: The Big Boo Cast BONUS episode with Laura Tremaine Laura Tremaine as a Tuesday Teacher for hope*writers FULL SHOW NOTES HERE Sponsors: BetterHelp. Go to BetterHelp.com/YOU for 10% off your first month. Native Deodorant. Go to NativeDeo.com/YOU for 20% off your first order. * Thank you for listening to 10 Things To Tell You. Rating and reviewing the show on iTunes and sharing on social media really helps to grow our audience. Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on FB Follow @laura.tremaine on IG Follow @mslauratremaine on FB Sign up for episode emails Join the 10 Things To Tell You Connection Group Buy SHARE YOUR STUFF. I'll GO FIRST. by Laura Tremaine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices