{"podcast":{"title":"Behind the Book Cover","slug":"behind-the-book-cover-737349","podcast_index_feed_id":737349,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/behind-the-cover","website_url":"https://www.legacylaunchpadpub.com/behind","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Xo5QNr_YatKuzQSR2QbP1-huKA3e3RHnG9y2cQTjLoQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lYWIx/MGM4YTQxNjY2ODgx/YmY4YmY1YTM0NzBm/NWNhZi5wbmc.jpg","author":"Anna David","episode_count":253,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T16:22:57.542990+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349"},"episode":{"title":"Why I'm Re-Releasing My Book Three Years Later (and What I Got Wrong)","slug":"why-i-m-re-releasing-my-book-three-years-later-and-what-i-got-wrong","published_at":"2026-06-09T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/why-i-m-re-releasing-my-book-three-years-later-and-what-i-got-wrong","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/63102e4a","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/63102e4a/9713190d.mp3","summary":"If you're thinking about writing an authority building book, and I really hope you are, and you don't want to be counting pennies or checking your book sales all the time, you actually want a book that's going to change your life, I can tell you how. Just go to sevenfigurebooks.com. I'm not trying to capture your email or anything. You can just download this PDF that's going to tell you exactly how to turn an authority building book into revenue, speaking, authority, and no exaggeration, a whole new life. In 2023 I opened my book On Good Authority by saying AI wasn't going to replace writers. Three years later, I still believe that. But so much that I thought about publishing in 2023 has shifted that I'm re-releasing the book—two new chapters, an updated audiobook and a free upgrade for anyone who bought the original. Because the gap between what was true then and what's true now is the whole story. There are three main things that made me feel like a new edition was necessary. First, AI went from a hallucinating curiosity to a tool I use all day every day—not to write books, but for design, for thinking partner work, for the personal-relationship triage I sometimes do when I'm about to send an email I shouldn't. I would argue that AI has made it so that mediocre writing has become more irrelevant, not less, since anyone can prompt their way to passable now. Also a 2026 study finally proved what I've been saying for years: entrepreneurs with books charge 37% more than competitors without one. But the point I want to land hardest in this version is one I couldn't fully prove in 2023 and now can: book sales matter less than they ever have. A New York Times bestselling author profiled in New York Magazine this March makes $49,000 a year, and that figure includes retreats…","meta_description":"If you're thinking about writing an authority building book, and I really hope you are, and you don't want to be counting pennies or checking your book sa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":696,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/behind-the-book-cover-737349/episodes/why-i-m-re-releasing-my-book-three-years-later-and-what-i-got-wrong/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-book-cover-737349/why-i-m-re-releasing-my-book-three-years-later-and-what-i-got-wrong.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}