The Author’s Voice, Candy, Colleen, and Peter, talk with each other and guests about how writers can take their book from Blank Page to Bestseller. From published authors to industry professionals and everyone in between, Blank Page to Bestseller sheds light on the many facets of the publishing industry.
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Sep 29, 2026 · 50:42
Biz Buzz Common Tech Used by Publishing Professionals Writing a book is just the very beginning of the publishing process. Seasoned vets in the industry know that it takes a…
Sep 22, 2026 · 33:51
Biz Buzz Networking in the Publishing Industry Why is networking so important? Whether you are an editor, a designer, a marketer, or another publishing professional, networking,…
Sep 1, 2026 · 1:04:17
Biz Buzz The Imagination Library The world recently lost a great person in Dolly Parton. In this week's Biz Buzz segment, we talk about one of her most endearing legacies and one…
Aug 25, 2026 · 38:09
Biz Buzz Writer vs. Non-writers CaZ and Peter discuss the differences in the industry between writers and non-writers. Peter disucsses how he came to the industry through his…
Aug 11, 2026 · 39:30
Biz Buzz Book Blurbs That Hook What is a book blurb and why are they so important? The book blurb is a piece of marketing copy authors or their publishing professional creates to…
Jul 28, 2026 · 38:00
Biz Buzz Where Have All the Book Reviews Gone? We discuss a great article discussing a new place the find book reviews. After seeing the end of a number of national book review…
Jul 21, 2026 · 36:53
Biz Buzz A Grab Bag of Questions We are bringing back the grab bag question format! This week's episode is focused on a few questions or topics that we are often asked when…
Jul 7, 2026 · 37:36
Biz Buzz Time Blocking For You In this week's Biz Buzz we talk about time blocking. Whether you are an author or a business owner (or BOTH!) the way you manage your time is…
Jun 30, 2026 · 58:26
Biz Buzz The Resurgence of Indie Bookstores Where do you enjoy buying your books? Recently there has been a resurgence in the number of indie bookstores. Why are these bookstores…
Jun 23, 2026 · 38:19
Biz Buzz What's happening with the nonfiction paperbacks? We talk about an article Peter read recently about the changing times of the nonfiction format, specifically the…
Jun 16, 2026 · 38:44
Biz Buzz An Intro to The Author's Voice Short Courses We just released a brand-new short course which goes through the full checklist you need to upload a book into a printing…
Jun 9, 2026 · 41:29
Biz Buzz How To Prepare Your Book For Design Once your book is all written, you've sent it off for the edit and proofread, and polished it as much as you can, it's time to set…
May 26, 2026 · 32:35
Biz Buzz FROM THE VAULT - Summer Beach Reads This week's episode is everything you ever wanted to know about summer beach reads! June is the start of summer which means vacation…
May 19, 2026 · 39:18
Biz Buzz How You Can Turn Your Book into a Film Since the beginning of film, filmmakers have turned stories found in books, magazines, and other print formats into film adaptions…
May 12, 2026 · 36:20
Biz Buzz Creating Our Mt. Rushmore of Authors In this week's Biz Buzz, we celebrate our 100th episode with a monumental discussion! We each create a Mt. Rushmore of authors. What…
May 5, 2026 · 28:58
Biz Buzz Celebrating Mother's Day We celebrate Mother's Day this week with a fun discussion about our favorite memories of reading or books with our mothers! What was each of our…
Apr 28, 2026 · 36:42
Biz Buzz What Are the Classics and Do We Need to Read Them? This week, we ask the question, do we need to read the classics? As people who work inside the publishing industry do…
Apr 21, 2026 · 32:40
Biz Buzz What Are Distributors and Do I Need One? There is one area of the publishing industry authors do not normally interact with: distribution! But what are book…
Apr 14, 2026 · 49:26
Biz Buzz How Readers AND Authors Can Support Local Bookstores! They say that bookstores are dying. That's not really true and whether you are a reader, an author, or a publisher…
Apr 7, 2026 · 36:03
Biz Buzz What Are My Self-Publishing Options? There are many options authors have to self-publish their book. We begin by defining the term self-publishing and then go into more…
Mar 31, 2026 · 27:40
Biz Buzz Celebrating International Children's Book Day Happy International Children's Book Day to you! Coming up on April 2, ICBD is a celebration of all things children's books.…
Mar 24, 2026 · 37:17
Biz Buzz What Is Poetizer? In this week's segment, we review the Poetizer platform where poets can share their poems in a social media platform geared specifically towards…
Mar 17, 2026 · 43:01
Biz Buzz Ghost Categories On Amazon What is a ghost category and why should you stay away from them? Amazon rarely makes it easy for us to understand the inner workings of the…
Mar 10, 2026 · 38:24
Biz Buzz The Death of the Mass Market Paperback Recently, news came out announcing the death of a popular book format - the mass market paperback. At the end of 2025, the largest…
Mar 3, 2026 · 48:51
Biz Buzz What does it mean to have won a book award? Who gives these awards? And how can you apply? We take a closer look at the book award industry to help authors (and…
Feb 17, 2026 · 27:04
Romance Is In The Air! This week we celebrate Valentine's Day by talking about the romance genre! Everyone has fallen in love with romance so we talk about the effects this has…
Jan 27, 2026 · 31:08
Readers Can Now Ask Your Book A Question In what surprises no one, Amazon released a new feature on some Kindle apps that allows readers to ask a book a question with a response…
Jan 13, 2026 · 40:11
Changing how DRM works with Amazon e-books Amazon is always changing and evolving and we're staying updated with all those changes so you don't have to. In the latest big change,…
Jan 6, 2026 · 1:06:05
Kicking Off The New Year! This week, we are kicking off the new year with a double episode! We're looking back at what we accomplished in the year 2025 and also looking forward…
Dec 18, 2025 · 40:23
Biz Buzz Memories of Our First Clients The three of us, Peter, Colleen, and CaZ look back at some of our first clients and how e each got into the industry. We cover each of our…
Nov 26, 2025 · 30:51
All about BookBub This week we begin with a quick overview of our upcoming holiday schedule. We're planning on having a normal schedule until the week of Christmas where we'll…
Nov 18, 2025 · 37:57
Protecting Your Book with Copyright What does it mean to have copyright protection? Copyright protection helps authors (and other creatives and businesses) protect their…
Oct 28, 2025 · 1:06:40
What Metrics Should I Know When Marketing? With the upcoming holiday season (literally days away now!), we wanted to talk about the ways authors can maximize their sales and…
Oct 22, 2025 · 1:09:31
Get Paid For Your Book Before You Publish How can you get paid for your book before you even finish writing it? We talk about crowdfunding options in this week's Biz Buzz segment…
Sep 30, 2025 · 28:23
Why Industry Standards Matter What are industry standards? Why do they matter? Colleen, Peter, and CaZ talk about the importance of standards in any industry but specifically the…
Sep 23, 2025 · 30:28
Gearing Up For Holiday Sales Don't look now but the holiday season is almost upon us! In this week's episode, Peter, Colleen, and CaZ take a look at the upcoming holiday season…
Sep 10, 2025 · 35:09
Reminiscing On 2 Years of the Blank Page to Best Seller Podcast! Join us as the three of us, Peter, Colleen, and CaZ reminisce on two years hosting the Blank Page to Best Seller…
Sep 5, 2025 · 1:14:58
Celebrating 2 Amazing Years! Come and celebrate our second anniversary with us today! We look back on our best segments of the last 2 years in this week's episode. What is your…
Aug 12, 2025 · 36:55
Is My Book Ready to Publish? This week, the three of us answer the question, "Is my book ready to publish?" While the question sounds straight forward, the answer is a little…
Aug 5, 2025 · 29:07
What Are Little Free Libraries? Have you ever wondered what those little colorful boxes are in your neighborhood? Or in the park? Or by the front of a school? Little Free…
Jul 22, 2025 · 1:04:10
Biz Buzz Memories of Our First Clients The three of us, Peter, Colleen, and CaZ look back at some of our first clients and how e each got into the industry. We cover each of our…
Jul 17, 2025 · 43:03
Your Book Is NOT Your Business Card Biz Buzz Beta Readers v. Street Teams v. Arc Readers What are Beta readers? What about ARC readers? Or a street team? These are all different…
Jul 9, 2025 · 37:16
A Bit of Reading Fun What are some of your favorite reading memories? Did you stay up late reading way past your bedtime? Did you take a vacation with a backpack overflowing with…
Jun 24, 2025 · 37:38
The Importance of Your Author Brand This week's show is all about your author brand and Colleen is main character of this week's show. Colleen begins with her third segment in…
Jun 10, 2025 · 43:53
Biz Buzz Segment A Case Study In Publishing - And How To Spot a Fraud Recently, news came out about missed royalty payments from Unbound (now known as Boundless). With the news…
Jun 3, 2025 · 39:56
Biz Buzz Segment Questions From Around the Industry Each of us answers a question we've heard asked from around the publishing industry. From trusted places to publish to the…
May 20, 2025 · 38:46
Biz Buzz Segment Selling Your Book Online How do authors sell their book online? From Amazon to their own website to book box and more, there are many avenues authors can take to…
May 13, 2025 · 1:21:12
How do you sell your book? This week we discuss two separate avenues for book sales - bookstores and audiobooks. Biz Buzz Segment Bookstores and Authors Peter and CaZ talk about…
May 6, 2025 · 47:30
This week we talk about bookstores and libraries. The Biz Buzz segment covers how authors and libraries can work together. Then Peter takes a look at the book, The Bookshop by…
Apr 29, 2025 · 41:24
This week's theme on the show is Reader Magnets. What are they and why are they important for authors to create in their marketing plan? Biz Buzz Segment The Best Reader Magnets…
Apr 15, 2025 · 37:32
In this week's episode we talk popularity. They say that life is not a popularity contest but it certainly is in the publishing world! This week we talk about the popularity of…
Apr 8, 2025 · 37:56
Biz Buzz Segment Was your book used to train AI? Peter, Colleen, and CaZ talk about the recent news, originally from The Atlantic, which published a database of books Meta used…
Mar 18, 2025 · 24:15
Biz Buzz Segment Intro to Marketing What does it take to market you book? It's never too early to begin to market your book and it's not too late start either! We talk about the…
Mar 11, 2025 · 34:46
Biz Buzz Segment What It Takes To Be A Bestseller Do you know what it means to be a bestseller? Did you know there are a variety of bestseller lists? Is the author a bestseller…
Mar 4, 2025 · 29:04
Did Amazon remove their downloads? Amazon recently made a change to how readers can download books but it's not as bad as some might think. Biz Buzz Segment Catching Up On Amazon…
Feb 25, 2025 · 59:45
What does it take to publish your book? We have a great episode for authors this week! Our Biz Buzz breaks the myth behind going wide in distribution and Tara Hayes joins Colleen…
Feb 18, 2025 · 46:03
Biz Buzz Segment What's On Your Back Cover? How do you sell your book, especially your physical book? YOUR COVER! This week's Biz Buzz segment is a from an older episode where we…
Feb 11, 2025 · 39:22
What is going on with the writing and publishing industry? Change and innovation are always happening. Biz Buzz Segment We talk about what we're most looking forward to in the…
Feb 5, 2025 · 26:27
What are book blurbs and why do so many authors fret over them? We talk about that in our Biz Buzz segment this week. But this all comes about after the shock news that Simon &…
Jan 28, 2025 · 47:48
Join us once again for as new episode of Blank Page to Bestseller! This week we are back again with our regularly scheduled show and we're bring a few great segments to you this…
Dec 3, 2024 · 1:11:20
This week's episode is all about writing and writers! We begin with a throwback Biz Buzz segment where the three of us share our writing and self-editing tips we use. Then in the…
Nov 12, 2024 · 1:09:59
This week's episode is all about editing! We start the episode off with our discussion on the types of editing a book will undergo in the publishing process. From developmental…
Nov 5, 2024 · 32:33
A few months ago, a controversy involving a statement made by a NaNoWriMo official sparked a controversy surrounding the use of AI. While the initial response and outcry from the…
Oct 29, 2024 · 1:06:48
We are excited to begin our second 50 episode run this week with a special guest, Kathleen Gage! Colleen and Kathleen have a wonderful conversation in this week's episode talking…
Oct 15, 2024 · 29:25
It's time to celebrate that big number 50! That's right, this is our 50th episode of the Blank Page to Bestseller podcast and we are so happy you have taken some time to listen…
Oct 9, 2024 · 28:23
BLANK PAGE TO BESTSELLER COURSE NOW LIVE The NEW Blank Page to Bestseller Course is now LIVE and ready for writers and authors to help them refine their book to become a success…
Sep 25, 2024 · 22:03
What's the secret to making your book a bestseller? It's having a list of readers excited for your book! On this week's episode, we talk about the background work you need to…
Sep 17, 2024 · 29:26
The secret not many people know when it comes to taking their book from blank page to bestseller is that writing is only a small part of that process! In this week's Biz Buzz…
Sep 10, 2024 · 25:09
This week we delve into all the research, keywords, and design that goes into making your book a bestseller. One area of publishing many authors do not know about is the research…
Sep 3, 2024 · 1:05:36
In this week's episode we open up a new Biz Buzz series talking about the most important areas of writing, publishing, and marketing your book. All of our topics for the next few…
Aug 27, 2024 · 33:00
In our final August episode, we're peeling back the curtain on three terms used to describe publishing. This week's Biz Buzz defines traditional publishing, self-publishing, and…
Aug 20, 2024 · 1:15:57
This week's episode we continue with our monthly series on defining terms used in the publishing industry. We talk about the differences between Developmental Editing, Line…
Aug 19, 2024 · 35:04
What are Beta readers? What about ARC readers? Or a street team? These are all different variations on a theme: how writers can leverage their fans to help their book succeed.…
Aug 6, 2024 · 1:08:50
This week we begin a fun series in our Biz Buzz segment where we try to define commonly misused and misunderstood terms in the publishing world. Each week this month we'll take a…
Jul 30, 2024 · 53:15
What goes into creating a back cover? Once a reader has decided to pick up a book, one of the first places they look is the back cover. When it comes down to it, the back cover…
Jul 23, 2024 · 1:15:39
What does a certification mean? This week's Biz Buzz answers that question in relation to publishing. Each of us highlight one benefit an author receives when working with a…
Jul 16, 2024 · 55:26
On this week's show we dive into a topic which has been a topic of conversation on Threads recently and is a general question many authors have: Book Blurbs! What are they? Why…
Jul 9, 2024 · 55:59
One of the biggest questions an author needs to ask themselves, is how much they value their time. Writing and publishing cover many different areas of expertise. As an author…
Jul 2, 2024 · 1:13:03
We begin this week's episode with our Biz Buzz segment talking about the different types of reader magnets. How can you get your readers interested in your book? What types of…
Jun 25, 2024 · 44:39
This week's show is all about the many different tools authors can use when writing, publishing, and marketing their book. We begin by talking about Booksprout for book reviews…
Jun 18, 2024 · 1:01:02
The best laid plans of mice and men... In this week's episode we focus on the theme of a book launch! We begin the show with our Biz Buzz segment where we discuss three areas of…
Jun 11, 2024 · 1:00:11
This week's show is all focused around publishing done your way! In the Biz Buzz segment, Peter, CaZ, and Colleen each share the best/most important tip from our upcoming book,…
Jun 4, 2024 · 48:00
This week's episode is everything you ever wanted to know about summer beach reads! June is the start of summer which means vacation season. It seems like every bookseller,…
May 28, 2024 · 37:48
We want to begin this episode with a giant THANK YOU to all our listeners! This month is officially our most listened to month and we are thankful for all of you who have…
May 21, 2024 · 1:12:36
Have you ever wondered if AI is okay for you to use? Or maybe wondered how AI could help an author? This week's episode talks all about AI. Our Biz Buzz segment covers many of…
May 14, 2024 · 56:11
On this week's episode we have two great segments lined up. First up, our Biz Buzz segment introduces a publishing model called serialization. While this isn't anything new,…
May 7, 2024 · 59:00
We're back this week with two great segments. We begin the episode as we always do with our Biz Buzz segment where Peter, CaZ, and Colleen all share our thoughts on flow state,…
Apr 30, 2024 · 59:50
On this week's episode of Blank Page to Bestseller, we share our best writing tips and ask our guest, how can a dog share a story? Our Biz Buzz segment this week is all about…
Apr 23, 2024 · 39:23
This week, we have two great segments lined up for you! First up, in our regular Biz Buzz segment, Peter, Colleen, and CaZ take a look at the reader's/listener's perspective of…
Apr 16, 2024 · 1:05:05
What do publishing and pigs have in common? Not much outside of this episode! We start of the episode with this week's Biz Buzz segment where Peter, Colleen, and CaZ talk about…
Apr 9, 2024 · 49:23
We have another great episode lined up for you this week! In our Biz Buzz segment, Peter, CaZ, and Colleen ask the question, "Who is the customer?" The answer to this important…
Apr 2, 2024 · 44:02
This week's show is full of all things books! First up, Peter, CaZ, and Colleen talk about the recent rise in print book sales. We discuss what the industry is seeing plus some…
Mar 26, 2024 · 41:50
We have a special episode of Blank Page to Bestseller this week! This week we're introducing a brand new segment, led by our host CaZ called Tales and Threads. This segment is a…
Mar 19, 2024 · 45:56
Podcasting is all the rage! Just look at us! This week's show is full of great advice for authors and writers looking to become the next great podcaster. Peter, Colleen, and CaZ…
Mar 12, 2024 · 22:26
There is a new player in the e-commerce game! Ingram has a new e-commerce option to help authors sell their books to readers! This week, Peter, Colleen, and CaZ talk all about…
Feb 27, 2024 · 19:13
Many authors, especially indie authors, talk about becoming an Amazon Bestseller. But Amazon is not the only Bestseller list for books! In this weeks Biz Buzz segment, Peter,…
Feb 20, 2024 · 24:17
This week's show is all about the app everyone can't stop talking about: TikTok! Specially we dive into what BookTok is and how writers and authors can connect with their readers…
Feb 13, 2024 · 18:22
In this week's show Peter shares more about book reviews. After taking some time to discuss Goodreads and review bombing, we wanted to share what is included in a good book…
Jan 29, 2024 · 37:12
This week's show is our second Biz Buzz grab bag! We start the off 2024 looking ahead at what trends we see within the publishing industry. CaZ, Colleen, and Peter each delve…
Jan 23, 2024 · 36:14
Are you listening to what others are saying? If you are an author, you're probably looking at what readers have to say about your book. If you're an avid reader, you probably…
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