{"podcast":{"title":"Novel Marketing","slug":"novel-marketing-569504","podcast_index_feed_id":569504,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2253681.rss","website_url":"https://www.authormedia.com/","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/t517no6u8005rzmh9h7dqd6pbib2?.jpg","author":"Thomas Umstattd Jr.","episode_count":497,"summary":"The longest-running book marketing podcast in the world. This is the show for writers who want to build their platform, sell more books, and change the world with writing worth talking about. Whether you self publish or are with a traditional house, this podcast will make book promotion fun and easy. Thomas Umstattd Jr. interviews publishers, indie authors, and bestselling traditional authors about how to get published and sell more books.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/novel-marketing-569504"},"episode":{"title":"Amazon Algorithm Secrets That Separate Bestsellers from the Slush Pile","slug":"amazon-algorithm-secrets-that-separate-bestsellers-from-the-slush-pile","published_at":"2025-11-25T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/novel-marketing-569504/amazon-algorithm-secrets-that-separate-bestsellers-from-the-slush-pile","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/novel-marketing-569504","url":"https://www.authormedia.com/amazon-algorithm-secrets-that-separate-bestsellers-from-the-slush-pile","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2253681/episodes/18247047-amazon-algorithm-secrets-that-separate-bestsellers-from-the-slush-pile.mp3","summary":"Authors talk about “the algorithm” the way the little aliens in Toy Story talk about “the claw.” Does the algorithm randomly choose your book, or is someone else controlling the claw? In this week’s episode, you’ll discover what we know about how Amazon decides which books to show, and how to get your book in front of the readers most likely to love it. In this episode, you’ll learn: How Amazon “decides” which book recommendations to give shoppersWhich readers you should persuade to click Ama...","meta_description":"Authors talk about “the algorithm” the way the little aliens in Toy Story talk about “the claw.” Does the algorithm randomly choose your book, or is someo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2950,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/novel-marketing-569504/episodes/amazon-algorithm-secrets-that-separate-bestsellers-from-the-slush-pile/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/novel-marketing-569504/amazon-algorithm-secrets-that-separate-bestsellers-from-the-slush-pile.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}