{"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":"The Four Loves That Drive Book Sales","slug":"the-four-loves-that-drive-book-sales","published_at":"2026-05-14T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/novel-marketing-569504/the-four-loves-that-drive-book-sales","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/novel-marketing-569504","url":"https://www.authormedia.com/the-four-loves-that-drive-fiction/","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2253681/episodes/19169236-the-four-loves-that-drive-book-sales.mp3","summary":"Have you ever finished a book you loved, handed it to a friend, and heard back, \"It was fine\"? That disconnect has nothing to do with the quality of the writing. It has everything to do with a principle C.S. Lewis understood well enough to write classics that have endured for decades. In this week's episode, I sat down with bestselling novelist Angela Hunt to break down the four ancient loves that drive all fiction, and how mastering them can help you produce a bestseller and a classic. You’l...","meta_description":"Have you ever finished a book you loved, handed it to a friend, and heard back, \"It was fine\"? That disconnect has nothing to do with the quality of the w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4531,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/novel-marketing-569504/episodes/the-four-loves-that-drive-book-sales/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/the-four-loves-that-drive-book-sales.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}