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How to Hook Readers in the First 50 Pages
Learn how to optimize that tiny window to grab your reader within the first 50 pages and convince them to finish your book.
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Author Media presents Novel Marketing, the longest-running book marketing podcast in the world. This is the show for writers who want to build their platform, sell more books, and change the world with writing worth talking about. Whether you self publish or are with a traditional house, this podcast will make book promotion fun and easy. Thomas Umstattd Jr. interviews publishers, indie authors, and bestselling traditional authors about how to get published and sell more books.
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The following guests are featured in two or more episodes of Novel Marketing.
James L. Rubart
Hall of Fame Novelist
Joanna Penn
Bestselling Indie Author
Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith
Award Winning Author
Chris Fox
Bestselling Indie Author
Mary DeMuth
Literary Agent
Lacy Williams
Bestselling Author
Alex Newton
Founder of K-Lytics
Bryan Cohen
Bestselling Indie Author
James Scott Bell
Legend
Angela Hunt
Christy Award Winning Author
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Thomas Umstattd Jr.
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Thomas has been in the publishing industry for over a decade an author, literary agent, marketing director, podcast host, and CEO of Author Media. He has traveled the world speaking at writing conventions, sharing his special approach on how to build a powerful online platform. Thousands of writers have attended his popular workshops and breakout sessions
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