{"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 Format a Book with Vellum","slug":"how-to-format-a-book-with-vellum","published_at":"2026-02-11T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/novel-marketing-569504/how-to-format-a-book-with-vellum","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/novel-marketing-569504","url":"https://www.authormedia.com/how-to-format-a-book-with-vellum","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2253681/episodes/18659648-how-to-format-a-book-with-vellum.mp3","summary":"Many authors assume book formatting is complicated, expensive, or something only professionals can handle. In ​this week’s episode​, I talk with Bryan Canter about why that assumption is outdated, and how tools like Vellum have changed what authors can do. If you’ve ever wondered whether you need to pay a pro or learn to format your book’s interior yourself, this conversation will give you clarity. In this episode, you’ll discover: When you should format the book or reader magnet and when you...","meta_description":"Many authors assume book formatting is complicated, expensive, or something only professionals can handle. In ​this week’s episode​, I talk with Bryan Can…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2641,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/novel-marketing-569504/episodes/how-to-format-a-book-with-vellum/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-format-a-book-with-vellum.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}