On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your Business Podcast
1) John Frank Levey on How One Book Sparked the Best Plot Twist of His Career
When we published Right for the Role, I figured John would sell a few books, make a couple of actors cry and call it a day. Instead, the four-time Emmy-winning casting legend turned it into a full-blo...Show More
2) Dan Nicholson on Making Seven Figures from One Book
Dan Nicholson is just the founder and CEO of Nth Degree CPAs.He’s also one of my favorite Legacy Launch Pad clients.One of the reasons for this favoritism is that I had the privilege of watching him g...Show More
3) Bonnie Habyan on How Her Book Led to a TEDx Talk with 350K+ Views
I had a front-row seat to Bonnie Habyan’s transformation. A seasoned CMO with over 20 years in financial services, Bonnie wrote The World According to Bess—a book about her mother's wisdom that we rel...Show More
4) Darren Prince on The Book That Changed Everything—Including Me
From the outside, it looked like Darren Prince had it all—a phenomenally successful sports and celebrity agent, his client roster overflowed with legendary names like Magic Johnson, Muhammad Ali and C...Show More
5) Matt George on the Book That Created a TV Show, Harvard Position and 61-City Tour
Matt George isn't just a Harvard Business School executive leadership coach.He's also one of my favorite Legacy Launch Pad clients. Yes, I say that a lot but I only have my favorites on this show.I've...Show More
6) Calvin Bagley on the Vegas Party, the Shingles Outbreak and the Book That Changed Everything
Calvin Bagley spent his childhood dodging the school bus and adulthood building business empires. The founder of multiple eight-figure Medicare companies and a self-proclaimed “big fish in a very spec...Show More
7) Ethlie Ann Vare on Going From Gatekeepers to Algorithms
Ethlie Ann Vare has lived through every incarnation of the media machine—from the era when editors and agents were true gatekeepers to today’s age of algorithms and the “wisdom of the crowd.” A journa...Show More
8) Jamie Rose on Finding True Fulfillment After Traditional Publishing's Broken Promises
Jamie Rose is proof that reinvention can be a superpower. After decades as a working actress, she did what most in Hollywood never dare: she pivoted.First came writing. She landed a Penguin deal for h...Show More
9) Mark Ebner on How to Survive the Death of Publishing (and Still Tell the Truth)
Mark Ebner has lived every journalist’s dream. He’s a New York Times bestselling author, Hollywood insider and the guy behind some of the most notorious exposés in entertainment history. But behind t...Show More
Mark Ebner on How to Survive the Death of Publishing (and Still Tell the Truth)
46:04 | Dec 30th, 2025
10) Tom Zoellner on Letting Go of the Hustle to Find Meaning in Writing Rather than Publishing
Tom Zoellner has no illusions about fame, sales or the myth of the “life-changing book.” A National Book Critics Circle Award winner and New York Times bestselling author, Zoellner has written nine ac...Show More