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#163: David Moldawer — Diving deep into book publishing with an industry insider


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David Moldawer has spent more than a decade in book publishing, acquiring and editing best selling books for Penguin, Saint Martin's Press, McGraw Hill, and Amazon Publishing New York. Those books were predominantly nonfiction in the areas of business, technology, health, and memoir.

Today, David is an independent writer and editor with his business Bookitect. David helps authors create bulletproof book proposals.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • Who should write a book
  • When they should write a book
  • Why they should write a book
  • What they should write a book about
  • And how the publishing industry works - from royalties to advances, the auction process, hybrid publishing, self publishing, and more
  • Full transcript and show notes

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