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Hello, creatives. I'm Joanna Penn. And this is episode number 570 of the podcast. And it's Friday the 20th of August 2021 as I record this.

In today's show, I'm talking to David Christinger on Stories are What Save Us, a survivor's guide

to writing about trauma, which is really about understanding what pain and trauma is on a personal level and the

fact that it's different for everyone, as well as thoughts on writing these difficult topics

in our work. Whether it's your trauma or your characters, we all have difficult times,

and writing can help you and others. So that's coming up in the interview section.

In publishing and book marketing news,

Jane Friedman has an article on the value of book distribution

is often misunderstood by authors,

which tackles the discussion on whether you do a print run,

which is you pay up front for a load

of books to be printed, then warehoused, then shipped to various locations to be sold, or use

print on demand. Jane says you get the most important distribution of all by simply having your

book available for sale at Amazon through KDP Print.

She says even traditional publishers sell 60 to 70% of their books through Amazon.

And of course this is US-centric.

So although it's probably true in the UK as well now,

but, you know, it might not be true in the rest of the world.

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