Random House Trade Paperbacks + FRENCH LESSONS on “Your Book Is Your Hook!” Show

July 11, 2011 - PRLog -- Jane von Mehren, Senior Vice President, Publisher, Trade Paperbacks for the Random House Publishing Group, and Ellen Sussman, the San Francisco Chronicle best-selling author, will appear as guests on the Your Book Is Your Hook! Show on WomensRadio.com.

Ms. von Mehren will discuss the types of books she publishes, how she finds her authors, and what constitutes a good pitch for a book. She’ll also share her perspective of digital books and the future of the book publishing industry. Ms. Sussman will talk about her latest book, FRENCH LESSSONS, and share how she got published and how she’s using her book as her hook. She’ll also discuss how she did her research for the story which takes place in Paris and share advice for writers who want to write and publish a fiction story that parallels their own lives in today’s publishing world.

NEW YORK, NY (July 12th – July 18th, 2011): Jane von Mehren, Senior Vice President, Publisher, Trade Paperbacks for the Random House Publishing Group, will talk with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov about the types of books she publishes, how she finds her authors, and advice for a new writer who wants to get published in today’s publishing industry.

Ms. von Mehren will also discuss what comprises a great pitch for a book that would engage her. She’ll also share her perspective of digital books and the future of the book publishing industry.


Ellen Sussman, the San Francisco Chronicle best-selling author, will discuss with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov how and why she wrote her latest book, FRENCH LESSONS. She’ll also talk about how she got published and how she’s using her book as her hook. Ms. Sussman will also talk about how her relationship with her agent supports her writing career, how she did her research for this book which takes place in Paris, and how writing stories similar to her personal experiences affect her and her marriage. She’ll also share advice with writers who want to write and publish a fiction story that parallels their own lives in today’s publishing world.

Host Jennifer S. Wilkov will discuss why research is the key to your writing and publishing career during her Education Corner segment during the show.

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The “Your Book Is Your Hook!” Radio Show airs weekly on Tuesdays at 9:00am on the WomensRadio Network at WomensRadio.com and is syndicated on Google News and Live365.com. The “Your Book Is Your Hook!” show was created to provide the opportunity to go behind the books and discover the process from thought to sales of how other authors have succeeded in getting published and how they use their book as their hook with someone who is successful in this field and experiencing the same journey herself.  Listeners also find out about industry professionals and resources to help them as a writer and author with their book projects so they can write, market, publish and make money with their books.

Ms. Wilkov is a best-selling, award-winning author, an award-winning freelance writer, a speaker and trainer, the creator of the trademarked “From Thought to Sales In 90 Days” book process and a book business consultant for other authors and writers. Her experience and knowledge of the book business and the people in it as well as her understanding of the author’s experience from conceiving the idea to getting published are vital parts of the experience of the show.  The show has left guests wanting to come back for more.

Some of Ms. Wilkov’s most prominent guests include Dominique Raccah (Publisher of Sourcebooks & Co-Chair of the Book Industry Study Group), Larry Goldbetter (President of the National Writers Union), Julia Cameron (International Bestselling Author), Debbie Macomber (#1 New York Times & USA TODAY Bestselling Author), Marci Shimoff (#1 USA TODAY, Amazon, Barnes and Noble.com and Publishers Weekly Bestseller & a NY Times Bestselling Author), Victoria Moran (Oprah-featured Author of ten books including an international bestseller), Suzy Welch (3-time NY Times Bestselling Author & Keynote Speaker at the WBENC 2010 Annual Conference), Karin Slaughter (NY Times & #1 Internationally Best-Selling Award-Winning Author), Brunonia Barry (NY Times Bestselling Multiple Award-Winning Fiction Novelist), Carla Neggers (NY Times Bestselling Romance Suspense Author), Gayle Forman (NY Time Bestselling Author), Phil Sexton (Publisher & Community Leader of Writer’s Digest), Heather McCormack (Book Review Editor at Library Journal), Deborah Brody (Executive Editor of Harlequin’s Nonfiction Program), Aaron Patterson (#1 Amazon Kindle Best-Selling Author & Publisher of Stone House Ink & StoneGate Ink), Katharine Sands (Literary Agent with Sarah Jane Freymann Agency & Author), Peter Rubie (CEO & Literary Agent of Fine Print Literary Management & Author), Jennifer DeChiara (Literary Agent & President of Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency), Michael Larsen & Elizabeth Pomada (Literary Agents at Larsen-Pomada Literary Agency and hosts of the San Francisco Writers Conference), Janet Kobobel Grant (Literary Agent & Founder of Books & Such Literary Agency), Sarah Burnes (Literary Agent at The Gernert Company), Mike Sacks (Member of the Vanity Fair Magazine Editorial Team & Author), Joel Comm (4-time NY Times Bestselling Author and new media innovator), Mari Smith (former President of the International Social Media Association, author and dubbed “The Pied Piper of Online Media” by FastCompany.com), Ken Corday (Author and Executive Producer of NBC’s Daytime Drama “Days of Our Lives”), Kathy Kinney (Co-Author, Actress well-known as Mimi Bobeck from the “The Drew Carey Show”), Carley Roney (co-founder of The Knot Inc. and the author of 16 books associated with her websites TheKnot.com, TheNest.com and TheBump.com), Marianne Schnall (Author & co-founder of Feminist.com) Peter Shankman (Author & Founder of Help A Reporter Out), Barbara Henricks (President of Cave Henricks Communications), Jan McInnis (comedienne, author, professional speaker & humor writer who has written for the Tonight Show monologues) and other industry professionals including Hollywood producers, publicists, ghostwriters, social media experts, authors in various genres and many more. Photos and more information http://www.yourbookisyourhook.com.

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Your Book Is Your Hook! is a full service consulting practice that serves authors, writers & wannabes as well as the entire book publishing industry with its endeavors. Best known for its popular weekly radio show, robust resource blog, trainings & advice.

Through the popular radio show named after her practice, "Your Book Is Your Hook!", which can be heard every Tuesday morning at 9:00am on WomensRadio.com and the accompanying show blog at YourBookIsYourHook.com/blog, Jennifer S. Wilkov brings her experience and knowledge of the book business and the people in it as well as her understanding of the author’s experience from conceiving the idea to getting it published to loyal listeners each week.

Ms. Wilkov is a best-selling, award-winning author, an award-winning freelance writer, a speaker and trainer who focuses on supporting writers with the essentials to become a bestseller: a great project, a strong platform and a well-polished pitch, presentation and hook for their book.