BookBaby Spotlight

Fresh off her Netflix debut, metal-welder Rae Ripple joins the BookBaby Spotlight podcast to discuss self-publishing her children's book When I Grow Up.

For more on Rae Ripple: https://raeripple.com/

We're talking memoirs this month! BookBaby author and memoirist Donya Ziraksari shares her publishing journey with us, from a childhood in the shadow of the Iranian Revolution to self-publishing with BookBaby this year.

If you want to publish with BookBaby, check us out: www.bookbaby.com

BookBaby author and professor Candice Rowser joins the podcast this month to discuss her book, Engaged Citizen, and explain how she's using Linktree and TikTok. We also talk about the Newberry Medal's 100th Anniversary.

The BookBaby Spotlight is back for season 3! Learn tips for avoiding scam artists in the self-publishing space and hear from Rob Anderson (@heartthrobanderson), who became our bestseller for the year with some well-timed tweets and tik-toks.

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Happy Halloween BookBabies! Self-published horror writers JS Nelson and Nati del Paso join the podcast to talk about their craft and upcoming releases, while VP of Operations, Joel Maxey, calms everyone's fears over the state of our printshop heading into the holidays, on the season finale of the BookBaby Spotlight podcast!

For more about JS Nelson: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21291011.J_S_Nelson

And for more about us, check out www.bookbaby.com

For more on supply chain issues, check out our blog: https://blog.bookbaby.com/2021/10/supply-chain-woes/ 

Retired teacher and BookBaby author Analee Carlin Wiser Brown joins the podcast to discuss her inspirational songbook, Discover the Power in You!. To learn more about her work, check out discoverthepowerinyou.com. And get your advertising orders for the holidays in now: https://www.bookbaby.com/facebook-ads-for-authors/

To browse thousands of independently published books: store.bookbaby.com

The unsung hero of late night writer’s block and crumpled pages is that fresh pot of coffee, helping countless writers push on with their labors of love! But did you know that humble cup of joe comes with incredible health benefits too? Dr. Sanjiv Chopra joins the podcast to talk about his book "Coffee: The Magical Elixir" being published this Fall with BookBaby.

Info about Dr. Chopra can be found here: Dr. Sanjiv Chopra: https://sanjivchopra.com/

If you're interested in publishing with BookBaby, find us here: www.bookbaby.com 

The president of BookBaby, Steven Spatz, zooms with us to talk about the second half of 2021 and how indie authors should be prepping for their Christmas release! We also catch up with Angela Bole, CEO of the Independent Book Publishers Association!

Don't miss our Facebook Live event Thursday 7/29: https://www.facebook.com/events/377762920493379/

And if you're interested in self-publishing with BookBaby - we want to hear from you! Reach out: [email protected] 

Comedian and TV writer Lois Bromfield joins the BookBaby Spotlight Podcast to talk about her new memoir, My Dirty Life In Comedy, available on the BookBaby Bookshop now: https://bit.ly/35KnPnV 

If you want to self-publish your memoir, or any other book, contact our staff now: [email protected]

Oriana Leckert of Kickstarter joins the podcast and BookBaby author Ryan Brolliar tells us about his crowdfunded national tour!

For more on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/publishing

To help with safety alarms in the AAPI community: https://www.gofundme.com/f/aia-safety-alarms

And to get started on your own self-publishing project, check out: https://www.bookbaby.com/kickstarter-book-publishing/