By popular request, it’s the 2021 The Addiction Inoculation Launch Story! Jess fills us in on the weirdness and craziness that was a mid-pandemic non-fiction book release. Her advice includes: don’t try to do too much, target your energy—and ask for help making choices when you don’t know what to do when. We talk balancing an outside and an inside publicist, working with local booksellers for signed copies and larger orders, the challenges of a world with far fewer speaking opportunities and just generally what went right and what could go better next time.

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Jess:

The Guncle by Steven Rowley

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

Horns by Joe Hill

Sarina:

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall

KJ Recommends:

Battle Royal by Lucy Parker

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