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Hello, creatives.

I'm Joanna Penn.

And this is episode number 561 of the podcast.

And it is Friday the 9th of July 2021 as I record this.

In today's show, I am talking to Scottish author Ed James on writing crime fiction and some of the

important elements of the genre, as well as how his publishing choices have evolved over time,

why he had to reboot his book marketing and how he did it, and how his publishing choices have evolved over time, why he had to reboot his book marketing

and how he did it, and how his engineering background helped him become a better writer.

And of course, Ed is Scottish, so you get to listen to his lovely accent.

So that's coming up in the interview section.

In publishing news, well, Jeff Bezos stepped down as CEO of Amazon last week and

Andy Jassy stepped in.

So Jeff is remaining as executive chair, but he's focusing on Blue Origin, his space venture,

which he's always said has been his focus since childhood.

In fact, he apparently became the richest man

in the world in order to go to space. I mean, he's got a hand to him. He's very driven.

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