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Ashley Garland and Glory Anne Plata on the value of book publicists

Read the Acknowledgments·The Black List·19 July 2026·1h 9m

About this episode

Riverhead Books' Publicity Director Ashley Garland and Assistant Director of Publicity Glory Anne Plata join Randy to discuss the author-publicist relationship, book tours, the role of a publicist, and the importance of author websites. Subscribe to the podcast via Spotify and Substack. Highlights include book jacket decision-makers, keys to publicity campaigns, the never-ending book publicity cycle and much more. Books mentioned in the episode:Mỹ Documents by Kevin NguyenAudition by Katie Kitamura