{"id":208084,"date":"2024-04-04T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/?p=208084"},"modified":"2024-04-04T02:08:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T07:08:58","slug":"book-marketing-and-launch-plans-ep169","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/blog\/book-marketing-and-launch-plans-ep169\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Marketing and Launch Plans \/\/ EP169"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephanie Chandler, CEO of the Nonfiction Authors Association, joins us to talk about best practices when it comes to marketing and launching your book.<\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/a0c026d6-765c-4117-a2c1-2dd6ce68d0e3\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Book Marketing and Launch Plans\" allow=\"autoplay\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Book Marketing and Launch Plans | Self Publishing Insiders 169\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6IOPDc1Yejw?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"episode-notes\">Episode Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Publishing and distributing your self-published books is the easy part. 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That's the best kind of business plan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Get started now:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/\">https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Learn the ins, the outs, and the all-arounds of indie publishing from the industry experts on the D2D Blog:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/Draft2Digital.com\/blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Promote your books with our Universal Book Links from Books2Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/books2read.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure you bookmark&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/d2dlive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/D2DLive.com<\/a>&nbsp;for links to live events, and to catch back episodes of the Self Publishing Insiders Podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"transcript\">Transcript<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode Summary Stephanie Chandler, CEO of the Nonfiction Authors Association, joins us to talk about best practices when it comes to marketing and launching your book. 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