Booking Overview
Metrics
Episodes: 6
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Gender skew: Neutral
Listener location: USA
Contact Information
Publicly listed emails
marshallpoe@newbooksnetwork.com
caleb@newbooksnetwork.com
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Host
Sarah Russo - Publishing professional at Page One Media who hosts discussions about the business, craft, and evolving practices of book publishing.
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Recent Guest Discussions
Ilan Stavans - Building An Independent Press, Publishing In Translation, Immigrant Literature, Editing Multilingual Books, Literary Prizes, And Advice For First-time Writers.
Laura Portwood-Stacer - Book Proposals, Academic And Trade Publishing, Editorial Consulting, Literary Agents, Author-editor Relationships, And Generative AI In Publishing.
Siri Carpenter - Self-publishing, Transitioning To A Traditional Publishing Deal, Course Adoption, Book Design, Science Writing, Empathy, And Combating Misinformation.
Sarah Crichton - Acquisitions, Editing, Book Launches, Imprint Management, Jacket Design, Developmental Editing, Self-publishing, And Identifying Manuscripts With Lasting Potential.
Louise Brogan - Linkedin Strategy For Authors, Profile Optimization, Newsletters, Content Repurposing, Audience Building, And Authentic Marketing In The Age Of Generative Ai.
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Episodes
Ilan Stavans on Building Restless Books and Publishing in Translation
September 30, 2026
How does an independent press survive by publishing the books the Big Five overlook? Amherst College professor and Spanglish scholar Ilan Stavans joins Sarah Russo to talk about Restless Books, the press he founded to champion immigrant writers, literature in translation, and the books that live between languages. Ilan shares the origin of Restless Books (including the investor who told him to take a finance course first), the creation of the Kellman Prize for Immigrant Literature, and why he...
How to Write a Book Proposal and Make Your Manuscript Work with Laura Portwood-Stacer
August 26, 2026
Are you a scholar sitting on a manuscript that you think could be a book — but you have no idea where to start? In this episode of The Publishing Playbook, host Sarah Russo sits down with Laura Portwood-Stacer, founder of Manuscript Works and author of two books about academic publishing: “The Book Proposal Book” and “Make Your Manuscript Work.” Laura shares what pulled her out of academia and into editorial consulting, and why “publish or perish” no longer guarantees the payoff it once promi...
Siri Carpenter on Why She Self-Published First — and How It Led to a Traditional Book Deal
July 29, 2026
What does it take to turn a self-published book into a traditional publishing deal? Science writer Siri Carpenter — executive director of The Open Notebook and author of The Craft of Science Writing — joins host Sarah Russo on The Publishing Playbook to break down her path from self-publishing to an expanded second edition with University of Chicago Press. Siri shares how she landed an agent after self-publishing, why course adoption became the key to her book’s success, and the design decisi...
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