Working: Surviving the Book Release Process

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🗓️ 8 August 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

June Thomas recently published her book A Place of Our Own: Six Places That Shaped Queer Women’s Culture, and on this episode of Working Overtime co-host Isaac Butler asks her what went into the release and its promo-campaign. The weeks leading up to a release can be long and exhaustive, with questionnaires, blurb requests, and audiobook recordings to take care of. However, once the book is out in the world, there’s even more to think of, with live events, interviews, and reviews. Both June and Isaac share their experiences with book publishing and what it takes to stay positive through it all. Do you have questions or advice of your own about the creative process? Reach out at (304) 933-9675 or email us at working@slate.com. Podcast production by Kevin Bendis and Cameron Drews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	Exchange fees and fair usage limits apply. Welcome back to Working Over Time, the advice focused bad Hamburg open to Working's Wimbledon. I'm your host Isaac Butler.
0:44.3	And I'm your other host, June Thomas.
0:46.9	Isaac, what have you got for us today?
0:50.0	Well, June, what I've got for our listeners today is more of you.
0:54.0	What no?
0:55.0	Look, I realize that you're going through a pretty rarefied experience right now.
0:59.0	You are in the midst of the actual book release process.
1:02.0	Your book came out last month, you've done a... the think they know things about worry about it's something I've been through and you're right
1:14.6	in the middle of it while we were taping this so I thought let's demystify the
1:18.9	bring your horse to market phase of creative work a bit what do you say I I say, what's that thing that you say about actors?
1:25.0	They are both the ham hock and the bacon slice. What's that phrase?
1:29.0	The painter and the paint. Yes, they are the painter and the paint.
1:32.8	Yes, they are the painter and the paint.
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