{"id":207596,"date":"2023-09-28T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/?p=207596"},"modified":"2023-09-28T00:07:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T05:07:28","slug":"book-marketing-what-works-ask-us-anything-ep143","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/blog\/book-marketing-what-works-ask-us-anything-ep143\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Marketing: What Works? Ask Us Anything! \/\/ EP143"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The team comes together to answer questions about every author's favorite challenge: marketing their books!<\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/52202497-e57e-4b8c-83ea-fba725b8d464\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Book Marketing: What Works? 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