# Behind the Book Cover Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349.md RSS feed: https://feeds.transistor.fm/behind-the-cover Official site: https://www.legacylaunchpadpub.com/behind Author: Anna David Episodes: 248 ## Resource You've heard the book publishing podcasts that give you tips for selling a lot of books and the ones that only interview world-famous authors. Now it's time for a book publishing show that reveals what actually goes on behind the cover. Hosted by New York Times bestselling author Anna David, Behind the Book Cover features interviews with traditionally published authors, independently published entrepreneurs who have used their books too seven figures to their bottom line to build their businesses and more. Anna David has had books published by HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster and is the founder of Legacy Launch Pad, David is the founder of Legacy Launch Pad Publishing, a leading hybrid book publisher for entrepreneurs. In other words, she knows both sides—and isn't afraid to share it. Come find out what traditional publishers don't want you to know. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/behind-the-book-cover-737349 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349.md ## Episodes - [Most Authors Want Sales. The Smart Ones Want This.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/most-authors-want-sales-the-smart-ones-want-this) — 2026-06-02T00:00:00+00:00 - [The Real Way Smart People Are Using AI (It’s Not Writing Books)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/the-real-way-smart-people-are-using-ai-it-s-not-writing-books) — 2026-05-26T00:00:00+00:00 - [Publishing Promised Everything and Delivered Almost Nothing. So He Built His Own Version.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/publishing-promised-everything-and-delivered-almost-nothing-so-he-built-his-own-version) — 2026-05-19T00:00:00+00:00 - [He's Doubling Down on AI and IP While Everyone Else Is Panicking](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/he-s-doubling-down-on-ai-and-ip-while-everyone-else-is-panicking) — 2026-05-12T00:00:00+00:00 - [She Got Her Sixth Book Deal Because of Her Podcast, Not Her Books](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/she-got-her-sixth-book-deal-because-of-her-podcast-not-her-books) — 2026-05-05T00:00:00+00:00 - [The Book Deal Was the Goal—Until the Industry Changed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/the-book-deal-was-the-goal-until-the-industry-changed) — 2026-04-28T00:00:00+00:00 - [He Said the Book Would Never Lead to a Business. It Became His Entire Second Career.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/he-said-the-book-would-never-lead-to-a-business-it-became-his-entire-second-career) — 2026-04-21T00:00:00+00:00 - [The Grief Memoir That Became a TV Pitch, a Sex Podcast and the Book Everyone Gives When Someone Dies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/the-grief-memoir-that-became-a-tv-pitch-a-sex-podcast-and-the-book-everyone-gives-when-someone-dies) — 2026-04-14T00:00:00+00:00 - [He Sold 87 Copies—and Made $2.5M](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/he-sold-87-copies-and-made-2-5m) — 2026-04-07T00:00:00+00:00 - [Why Your Book Is Never “Done”—And How It Can Keep Making Money for Years](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/why-your-book-is-never-done-and-how-it-can-keep-making-money-for-years) — 2026-03-31T00:00:00+00:00 - [What 50 Years in the Business Taught Him—And Why He Finally Wrote the Book About It](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/what-50-years-in-the-business-taught-him-and-why-he-finally-wrote-the-book-about-it) — 2026-03-24T00:00:00+00:00 - [He Raised His Prices 60x After Writing a Book](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/he-raised-his-prices-60x-after-writing-a-book) — 2026-03-17T00:00:00+00:00 - [The Book Launch That Became a Movement (Billboards, Celebrities and Sold-Out Events)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/the-book-launch-that-became-a-movement-billboards-celebrities-and-sold-out-events) — 2026-03-10T00:00:00+00:00 - [He Lost Everything—Then Wrote the Book That Rebuilt His Authority](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/he-lost-everything-then-wrote-the-book-that-rebuilt-his-authority) — 2026-03-03T00:00:00+00:00 - [He Spent Decades Behind the Scenes on ER and The West Wing—His Book at 78 Put Him in Front](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/he-spent-decades-behind-the-scenes-on-er-and-the-west-wing-his-book-at-78-put-him-in-front) — 2026-02-24T00:00:00+00:00 - [How One Book Turned Into $1M (And Why Most Don’t)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/how-one-book-turned-into-1m-and-why-most-don-t) — 2026-02-17T00:00:00+00:00 - [The Book That Led to a TEDx Talk—and 350,000 Views](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/the-book-that-led-to-a-tedx-talk-and-350-000-views) — 2026-02-10T00:00:00+00:00 - [The Book That Started Legacy Launch Pad—and a Foundation That's Sent 200+ People to Treatment](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/the-book-that-started-legacy-launch-pad-and-a-foundation-that-s-sent-200-people-to-treatment) — 2026-02-03T00:00:00+00:00 - [One Book → TV Show, Harvard Role and a 61-City Tour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/one-book-tv-show-harvard-role-and-a-61-city-tour) — 2026-01-27T00:00:00+00:00 - [The Book Party That Changed Everything](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/the-book-party-that-changed-everything) — 2026-01-20T00:00:00+00:00 - [Ethlie Ann Vare on Going From Gatekeepers to Algorithms](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/ethlie-ann-vare-on-going-from-gatekeepers-to-algorithms) — 2026-01-13T00:00:00+00:00 - [Jamie Rose on Finding True Fulfillment After Traditional Publishing's Broken Promises](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/jamie-rose-on-finding-true-fulfillment-after-traditional-publishing-s-broken-promises) — 2026-01-06T00:00:00+00:00 - [Mark Ebner on How to Survive the Death of Publishing (and Still Tell the Truth)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/mark-ebner-on-how-to-survive-the-death-of-publishing-and-still-tell-the-truth) — 2025-12-30T00:00:00+00:00 - [Tom Zoellner on Letting Go of the Hustle to Find Meaning in Writing Rather than Publishing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/tom-zoellner-on-letting-go-of-the-hustle-to-find-meaning-in-writing-rather-than-publishing) — 2025-12-16T00:00:00+00:00 - [Dennis Hensley on Going from Landing a Book Deal to Working at Crate & Barrel (And Everything in Between)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/dennis-hensley-on-going-from-landing-a-book-deal-to-working-at-crate-barrel-and-everything-in-between) — 2025-12-02T00:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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