# Anna David — RSS Amplifier Everything Anna David publishes, via the RSS Amplifier directory. Page: Feed: --- ## [Why I'd Rather Spend $1,000 Giving Books Away Than Make $1,000 Selling Them](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/why-id-rather-spend-1000-giving-books) _2026-08-11 · Behind the Book Cover_ A listener asked me a two-part question: as she gets ready to publish her book and launch her speaking career, what’s the simplest, most economical path to having a box of copies on hand, and what should she budget to get there? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207340460/4a314bd7a7ce08913bca42611fe630b0.mp3) ## [Why I'm Biased Toward Getting Your Rights Back (and When I'm Not)](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/why-im-biased-toward-getting-your) _2026-08-04 · Behind the Book Cover_ Most traditionally published authors go through a moment (or 100 moments) when they realize that their publisher isn’t actually doing anything for them. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207338243/47dabc28e703ff25d7c342b98fe8ec74.mp3) ## [Why Followers Don't Equal Sales (and What Actually Does)](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/the-self-published-book-that-hit) _2026-07-28 · Behind the Book Cover_ Two of you sent me questions that looked different on the surface but landed in the same place: how to market a book under a pen name, and why past launches haven’t performed the way you wanted. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206887969/31732224c2f0637ad5e0b5c9905c39ce.mp3) ## [My ABC TV/KATU Reviews](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/my-abc-tvkatu-reviews) _2026-07-23 · Behind the Book Cover_ Plus: my massive database of past reviews [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207327254/380845bc63a0bb2cf6f686eb5e73371b.mp3) ## [The Six-Month Rule: Why a Book Launch Should Never Be a One-Time Event](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/why-getting-the-press-hit-is-the) _2026-07-21 · Behind the Book Cover_ A client of mine named Jimmie Applegate asked me a question I get from almost every author I work with, even though he was too polite to ask it quite this bluntly: he has a published book, Addicted to Failure, and a great Psychology Today feature to his name—and he still doesn’t know what to do next. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206880469/8fdddb09249e4671c7a070a3d0d39474.mp3) ## [The Unique Experience of Getting Pummeled by Strangers](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/the-unique-experience-of-getting) _2026-07-19 · Behind the Book Cover_ The Bucket List experience that felt a little like getting soaked by a bucket ## [Listener Question: Should I Write a New Book or Re-Launch the Old One?](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/listener-question-should-i-write) _2026-07-14 · Behind the Book Cover_ Paul Colligan has written 13 books, is in the Podcasting Hall of Fame and has helped Donald Miller, Brendan Burchard, JJ Virgin and Joe Polish turn podcasting into what he calls a “grown-up business strategy” instead of a hobby. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202528178/7444649f47a0d2a2e4931be10238830a.mp3) ## [Bucket List Alert: I Got a Story in NY Mag/The Cut!](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/i-finally-got-a-story-in-ny-mag) _2026-07-10 · Behind the Book Cover_ (And am self-conscious about it) ## [I'm Becoming Your Book Strategist (Brenda Asked First)](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/im-becoming-your-book-strategist) _2026-07-07 · Behind the Book Cover_ I’m trying something entirely new on the podcast. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201375659/3b2a98d2a1a48563023c3f3ffd40a91c.mp3) ## [The Five-Minute Audit That Tells You If Your Book Is Invisible to AI](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/the-five-minute-audit-that-tells) _2026-06-30 · Behind the Book Cover_ Last week I did something I probably should have done two years ago: I asked AI whether my novel Party Girl is one of the best funny novels about addiction and recovery. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202526800/e64735ce08d5b24b6eb1b3e6782cbd6e.mp3) ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/voY85TDO5zsB) _2026-06-30 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [What Amy Griffin, Belle Burden and Yesteryear Have in Common](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/what-amy-griffin-belle-burden-and) _2026-06-24 · Behind the Book Cover_ AKA why we take other women’s stories so personally ## [Nicolas Cole Built a $10M Writing Empire. Here's Why He Says Traditional Publishing Is a 10x Worse Deal](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/nicolas-cole-built-a-10m-writing) _2026-06-23 · Behind the Book Cover_ Nicolas Cole built his first ghostwriting business by answering questions on Quora in 2014, and somehow that has compounded into a $10M+ portfolio of writing companies that he runs with his partner Dickie Bush—anchored by Premium Ghostwriting Academy [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/198746089/5a7debaf86243cdf33f1a24b4dc2220b.mp3) ## [He Thinks Most Authors Don’t Need a Better Book. They Need a Better Funnel](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/gary-white) _2026-06-16 · Behind the Book Cover_ Gary White is a Scottish marketer who spent years building funnels for Russell Brunson at ClickFunnels before he got obsessed with one specific kind of client: people who cared so much about a subject they wrote a book on it. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/198744930/9cc46672bf1d33e5ed0f51c1d4974e15.mp3) ## [Why I'm Re-Releasing My Book Three Years Later (and What I Got Wrong)](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/why-im-re-releasing-my-book-three) _2026-06-09 · Behind the Book Cover_ In 2023 I opened my book On Good Authority by saying AI wasn’t going to replace writers. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/197407195/26091bc0e876305a5770bdca281f2af9.mp3) ## [I Updated a Book.](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/i-updated-a-book) _2026-06-06 · Behind the Book Cover_ Why would I do such a thing? ## [Most Authors Want Sales. The Smart Ones Want This.](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/most-authors-want-sales-the-smart) _2026-06-02 · Behind the Book Cover_ Steve Sarner spent eight years at Amazon and was VP of sales at Goodreads, which means he understands something most authors don’t: [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/198488551/ed44e17d65b90f9a17a9f83c21c2f7a4.mp3) ## [The Real Way Smart People Are Using AI (It’s Not Writing Books)](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/the-real-way-smart-people-are-using) _2026-05-26 · Behind the Book Cover_ Rex Sorgatz is one of those people who has been early to everything—blogging, digital media, startups—and now AI storytelling. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/198486653/0eed993c3eed679f5f3daae8832882bf.mp3) ## [Publishing Promised Everything and Delivered Almost Nothing. So He Built His Own Version.](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/publishing-promised-everything-and) _2026-05-19 · Behind the Book Cover_ Charlie Hoehn worked for Tim Ferriss for years and got the job in a way Tim has actually written about (worth the click). [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/196164872/dd01f4fcb30e56d8e823cbc3b2e5600c.mp3) ## [He's Doubling Down on AI and IP While Everyone Else Is Panicking](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/hes-doubling-down-on-ai-and-ip-while) _2026-05-12 · Behind the Book Cover_ I was a snob about AI in publishing. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/195399173/64d7e46591e87184980afd0036bb0088.mp3) ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ojQAPzhdwXzR) _2026-05-12 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [Let Me Be Your Book Strategist (For Free)](https://behindthebookcover.substack.com/p/let-me-be-your-book-strategist-for) _2026-05-08 · Behind the Book Cover_ Send me your business and I’ll tell you what book would actually build authority