BTB45: David Hancock on building Morgan James Publishing and which authors are having the most success with writing and marketing their books

Before the Bestseller


In this episode, we bring David Hancock back on to talk about how he grew Morgan James Publishing into one of the most respected modern publishers today but re-inventing how publishing is done.

Since he’s worked with so many authors, you know I had to also ask him which books are selling right now, and how authors are able to best market their books for the long term.

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