{"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":"Your Friends Lied About Your Book Cover","slug":"your-friends-lied-about-your-book-cover","published_at":"2026-03-25T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/novel-marketing-569504/your-friends-lied-about-your-book-cover","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/novel-marketing-569504","url":"https://www.authormedia.com/your-friends-lied-about-your-book-cover/","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2253681/episodes/18904438-your-friends-lied-about-your-book-cover.mp3","summary":"Your author friends are lying to you about your book cover. Well, not on purpose. They can’t help it. When authors are trying to pick a book cover, they often ask their friends which cover they like best. But that strategy doesn’t work because your friends look too closely. They think about your feelings. They vote based on which cover has more votes. But your cover isn’t for your friends. It’s for strangers. In this week’s episode, we unpack why beautiful covers, which are loved by your frie...","meta_description":"Your author friends are lying to you about your book cover. Well, not on purpose. They can’t help it. When authors are trying to pick a book cover, they o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2652,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/novel-marketing-569504/episodes/your-friends-lied-about-your-book-cover/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/your-friends-lied-about-your-book-cover.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}