Episode · How I Write · 2026-07-08
Books mentioned on How to Get Your Book Published (Hachette CEO Interview)
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A Series of Unfortunate Events: Lemony Snicket
Discussed“Well, yeah, I remember when I was a kid there was a series You definitely know it. The Series of Unfortunate Events. of course. Lemony Snicket. You guys published that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I published him.”
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Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits by James Clear is a widely praised guide that examines habit formation and personal development by focusing on small incremental behavioral changes and continuous self-improvement.
Discussed“For example, when James Clear when he did Atomic Habits, I think he had like 80 podcasts that launched that week. There's probably things around BookTok and Twitter and like clipping up different things that you've made about your book, that's more kind of guerrilla marketing tactics that are going to end up being more solo.”
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Talented Mr.
Discussed“Like So, I I think there's something immensely appealing for readers it of like that that that is what happens. Justice is served. That story is phenomenal. The Talented Mr. Ripley. Holy cow. I haven't read the book, but I've watched the movie and it is so good.”
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Flight
Discussed“So, this is my favorite children's book from growing up. It's called Flight. And it tells the story of Charles Lindbergh and his Spirit of St. Louis.”
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The Technological Society
The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul is a critical sociological study examining the pervasive and autonomous nature of technique and technology in modern civilization.
Discussed“The there's a book The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul. I remember buying that in the mass market paperback and be like I can't read this just because of the way it's printed. But then if you look at this, you see how it sits flat?”
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Heartstopper
Discussed“We did these wonderful books in the UK Heartstopper by Alice Oseman. It tied into a Netflix series. It was incredible to me to actually to see the percentage of physical to digital.”
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Where the Crawdads Sing
Discussed“take a book like Where the Crawdads Sing. Yeah, you know, we so we published that in the UK, Penguin Random House published it here. Wasn't a huge was not a huge deal at all, but what you know, one of the best-selling books of the last 20 years.”
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