Earlier this month book-marketing expert Chad Cannon and I jumped on a video call to have a no-holds-barred conversation about all things publishing. Here are just some of the questions we covered:

• Tell us about the role of an acquisitions editor.
• What do you look for when you pursue an author or a project? 
• What are the top three most important things that you’re looking for in a book proposal?
• What’s your take on the benefits and role of self-publishing?
• Do you make acquisitions decisions based more on intuition, data, writing, or platform?
• How can an author put him/herself on agents’ radar and get them interested?

Cannon transcribed the call, curated it, and did a great job of highlighting the best parts of our talk.

To read it, click here.