How can you create a high-quality photo book and publish it on Kickstarter? How do you market a beautiful, high-value book? Jeremy Bassetti talks about his photo book project, Hill of the Skull.
In the intro, Slow release book strategies [
ALLi];
Seth Godin on how he is using ChatGPT; Consultants using AI worked faster and produced higher quality results [
Ethan Mollick]; DALL-E includes text and consistent characters [
OpenAI,
Examples on X]; More authors suing OpenAI [
The Verge].
Plus,
Writing the Shadow Kickstarter;
Gold cover video;
Wing of an Angel Kickstarter; Pics of Norway on
Instagram @jfpennauthor
Today's show is sponsored by Ingram Spark, which I use to print and distribute my print-on-demand books to 40,000 retailers including independent bookstores, schools and universities, libraries, and more. It's your content—do more with it through
IngramSpark.com.
Jeremy Bassetti is a travel writer, editor, teacher, and author of historical fiction, as well as the host of the Travel Writing World Podcast.
His latest project is The Hill of the Skull: A Photobook Memoir, launching on Kickstarter.
You can listen above or on
your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below.
Show Notes
* Tips for capturing travel experiences for later reference
* Legal and ethical concerns in publishing photos of people
* The multilayered editing process of a photo book
* Sourcing a printer for high-quality books
* Adding different levels and products to a Kickstarter campaign
* Why Kickstarter vs. other publishing methods
* The importance of marketing
You can find Jeremy at
JeremyBassetti.com, his podcast at
TravelWritingWorld.com,