{"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":"How to Build an Email List before publishing your novel","slug":"how-to-build-an-email-list-before-publishing-your-novel","published_at":"2025-10-08T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/novel-marketing-569504/how-to-build-an-email-list-before-publishing-your-novel","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/novel-marketing-569504","url":"https://www.authormedia.com/how-to-build-an-email-list-before-you-publish-your-novel","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2253681/episodes/17972783-how-to-build-an-email-list-before-publishing-your-novel.mp3","summary":"Many authors make the mistake of writing a book first and then trying to find readers. This is backwards and rarely works. However, if you follow these three steps, your book will be set up for success. Step #1: Identify your target reader.Step #2: Start growing an audience of readers like that person.Step #3: Launch your book.But how do you find your Timothy? How do you grow your audience? And how do you write the kind of book they'll love? In this week's episode, you'll hear from Josiah DeG...","meta_description":"Many authors make the mistake of writing a book first and then trying to find readers. This is backwards and rarely works. However, if you follow these th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3017,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/novel-marketing-569504/episodes/how-to-build-an-email-list-before-publishing-your-novel/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/how-to-build-an-email-list-before-publishing-your-novel.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}