

Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week’s entertainment news, including stories about Bookshop.org, Read Dating, and Stephen King. Then, stick around for a chat with Karin Slaughter!
Karin Slaughter is one of the world’s most popular and acclaimed storytellers. She is the author of more than twenty instant New York Times bestselling novels, including the Edgar–nominated Cop Town and standalone novels Pretty Girls, The Good Daughter, and Pieces of Her. She is published in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. Pieces of Her is a #1 Netflix original series starring Toni Collette, and WILL TRENT, based on her Will Trent series, is on ABC (and streaming on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally). False Witness and The Good Daughter are in development for television. Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project—a nonprofit organization established to support libraries and library programming. A native of Georgia, she lives in Atlanta.
Check it out!
Karin Slaughter: https://www.karinslaughter.com/
We Are All Guilty Here: https://www.karinslaughter.com/we-are-all-guilty-here
Bookshop.org Reports 65% Growth, E-books Add $1 Million in Sales – https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/98300-bookshop-org-reports-65-growth-e-books-add-1-million-in-sales.html
Gen Z Hooks Up with “Read Dating” – https://bookriot.com/gen-z-dating-apps-bookstore-events/
Why Benjamin Percy Is Writing a Novel as a Newspaper with Stephen King – https://countercraft.substack.com/p/processing-why-benjamin-percy-is
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Karin Slaughter: https://www.karinslaughter.com/
IngramSpark: https://www.ingramspark.com/
Author Anchor: https://authoranchor.com/
BookTrib: https://booktrib.com/promote-your-book/#
Show Links:
Writers, Ink on YouTube! – https://www.youtube.com/@jdbarker_author/podcasts
J.D. Barker – https://jdbarker.com/
Christine Daigle – https://www.christinedaiglebooks.com/
Jena Brown – https://www.jenabrownwrites.com
James Blatch – https://www.jamesblatch.com/
Kevin Tumlinson – https://www.kevintumlinson.com/
Dick Wybrow – https://www.dickwybrow.com/
JP Rindfleisch: https://shop.jprindfleischix.com/en-cad
BookTrib: https://booktrib.com/promote-your-book/#
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