The Bestseller Experiment

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Ep520 - Philip C. Quaintrell — The Bestseller Breaking All The Rules Sep 02, 2024

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Philip C. Quaintrell is in Amazon’s top 1.8% of self-published authors. He does this with no marketing spend, no newsletter, and epic fantasy novels so massively epic that even Brandon Sanderson would quake at their page count. He’s also one of the nicest authors we’ve interviewed. He gives us the lowdown on how he moved from full-time job to full-time author in just a few years. Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

Ep519 - Richard Armitage Returns - “Hobbits, Audiobooks and How to Manifest Your Dreams” Aug 26, 2024

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Hollywood actor Richard Armitage is best known as Thorin in The Hobbit, appearances in Ocean’s 8, Captain America and the seventh most viewed Netflix show - Harlan Coben’s ‘Fool Me Once’. Richard also starred in shows including Obsession, Red Eye, Spooks, Robin Hood and North & South, as lead John Thornton. As a seasoned audiobook narrator, we talk with Richard about his second novel The Cut, as well as The Hobbit, how he sets life-changing goals and so much more. Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

Ep518 - Kim Bretton – Working with ACX Audiobooks Producers Aug 18, 2024

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Kim Bretton is an actor and has worked in theatre, TV and film, but these days she’s found great success producing and narrating audiobooks in Nashville. We talk to Kim about her career shift into audiobooks and the spooky connection she had with Back to Reality. Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

Ep517 - Our Listeners’ Challenges and Triumphs Aug 12, 2024

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What better way to celebrate our 400th episode than by speaking to some of our longtime listeners and members of the Bestseller Academy who have faced their greatest writing challenges and come through the other side: Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

Ep516 - Writers & Mental Health – Live Show Highlights Aug 04, 2024

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We discuss one of the most important topics we’ve ever covered: writers and their mental health. With questions from our live studio audience we share our experiences of loneliness, anxiety, self-doubt and support. Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

Ep515 - Angela Marsons – 3 million sold in 3 years Jul 28, 2024

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Angela Marsons’ first novel Silent Scream was rejected by every major UK publisher, but she never gave up and now she’s sold an incredible three million copies and counting. Her story is incredible and inspirational and she may just be the loveliest author we’ve ever interviewed… Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

Ep514 - Defying the Odds with Sherrilyn Kenyon Jul 21, 2024

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Sherrilyn Kenyon’s first book was published when she was still in college, since then she has had more than 80 novels on the New York Times list, and more than 70 million books in print. We talk to Sherrilyn about her rise from childhood poverty to eBook pioneer and a bestselling phenomenon. Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

Ep513 - Ask the Editor with Emad Akhtar Jul 14, 2024

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Editor Emad Akhtar has worked with authors like Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin and Justin Cronin and was kind enough to join our show and answer our listeners’ questions! Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

Ep512 - Steve Cavanagh – Author on the verge of a massive breakthrough Jul 07, 2024

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Steve Cavanagh is the author of the Eddie Flynn legal thrillers The Defence, The Plea, The Liar and now, with his new book Thirteen, he is on the verge of a bestselling breakthrough. Steve brings his legal expertise to his writing and creates compelling characters and nail-biting thrillers, and co-presents the Two Crime Writers And A Microphone podcast… Which we’re not going to plug on the show. No way. Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

Ep511 - Into The Woods With John Yorke Jul 01, 2024

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John Yorke is one of the world’s leading lights in the art of storytelling. As former head of Channel Four Drama, Controller of BBC Drama Production and head of Company Pictures, he has worked on shows like Shameless, Life On Mars, and the UK’s most popular soap opera EastEnders. He is also the author of Into The Woods, one of our favourite books on the craft of storytelling. Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

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