The 4 Publishing Things Thursday Newsletter
Anna David
NYT bestselling author who turns top entrepreneurs into bestselling authorities | Keynote speaker | TEDx, Today Show, GMA
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THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION...
So many entrepreneurs ask me what book they should write in order to build their business and so I decided to record a "booktervention"—where I talk to an entrepreneur about their business and brainstorm on the spot what their book should be. I plan to do more of these in the future but the first one up is Tim Westbrook, the founder of Camelback Recovery. (You may be surprised by how many ideas someone else's case study can give you.) Get links to the pod and all that jazz?here .
PUBLISHING SUCCESS STORY
This one is a big deal and I'm thrilled to say it involves one of the books Legacy Launch Pad published. Zibby Owens (more about that kween in the PS)?wrote a list of the best books about female friendship for Katie Couric's site ?and on that list of some of the greatest writers of the 21st century (Nobel Prize winners and all!) is nestled Kelsey Chittick's exquisite memoir,?Second Half: Surviving Loss and Finding Magic in the Missing.?Why is this relevant to you? Because it is further evidence that indie publishing, where you can be listed among the greats AND own your IP,?has never been bigger.?SEE THE?FULL LIST?HERE .
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PUBLISHING NEWS STORY
This is a wild one: When author Cristina Rivera Garza launched her book about her sister's unsolved murder over three decades ago, she asked anyone who had information about the case to email.?According to the?NYT , she got a tip that?the suspect?had likely been living in Southern California under an assumed name.?With the help of authorities, she's come very close to identifying the man as her sister's ex-boyfriend. While?the man is now dead, it does provide some closure. And while this is all undeniably tragic, it certainly does show that books can be so much more than just something people read.
PUBLISHING-RELATED QUOTE
"It takes something special for a first line to capture the heart of a reader...for a work of literature to transform [them] from stranger to intimate."
I read that line this week in a?wonderful LitHub story about first lines . While the piece is about fiction, I often hammer home the importance of having a memoir's first line (and not just the first line of the book but the first line of every chapter) stop a reader in his or her proverbial tracks. Read the full story here .
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