GetPublished! Radio Listeners Will Finally Get Their Books Done

March 31, 2016 - Launching today, the GetPublished! Radio Show and its companion website www.getpublished.guru are a talk show and discussion forum for people who want to self-publish. The show is a joint production of media developer La Puerta Productions (Santa Monica, CA) and Runkee Productions (Los Angeles).

The GetPublished! premiere hour-long episode features three in-studio interviews with authors: William Anthony (I Am Fire and Air, YA sci-fi), Gary Young (Loss and Found: How We Survived the Loss of a Young Spouse), and Ruth Frechman (The Food Is My Friend Diet). Gary is also Director of Professional Development of IWOSC and President of the Publishers Association of Los Angeles.

The headline guest for the premiere episode is Mark Coker, founder and CEO of Smashwords.com, the fastest-growing ebook distributor on the planet.

The show host is author and indie publisher Gerald Everett Jones. His sixth and most recent novel is Bonfire of the Vanderbilts about an art scandal in 1892 Paris. Before concentrating primarily on fiction, he authored, coauthored, or ghost-wrote more than thirty business and technical books for mainstream publishers, including How to Lie with Charts. He's a member of the Writers Guild of America, the Dramatists Guild, Women's National Book Association, and Film Independent (FIND), as well as a past director of the Independent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC). He blogs at Boychik Lit. He is a top reviewer on Goodreads.com and has hosted a regular book review segment on KRLA 870 AM radio in Los Angeles. His reviews are also published on the Web by Splash Magazines Worldwide.

This pilot episode is produced to a one-hour broadcast clock, with breaks for billboards and spots. The podcast is available at www.getpublished.guru/radio, and soon from iTunes Store, Stitcher, and Feedburner.
Call-ins from listeners on this podcast episode are performed by hired actors who pose actual questions received from subscribers to the GetPublished! website Forum page.

To get involved with the show, Gerald encourages listeners to register at the website and post comments to the Forum, which becomes a searchable knowledge base for all kinds of questions and concerns the users have about their projects. The site also includes detailed lists of resources and vendors, with separate pages tailored to Authors, Publishers, and Promoters.

As Gerald likes to say, "GetPublished! is your doorway to unlimited self-expression!"

Doing business in Los Angeles since 1987, La Puerta Productions is a book developer and media production firm owned by Gerald Everett Jones. Its publishing imprint is LaPuerta Books and Media with titles in hardcover, trade paperback, ebook, audiobook, podcast, and video. Recently, La Puerta packaged the college textbook Digital Filmmaker Series for Mercury Learning, as well as Gerald's text and seminar series How to Lie with Charts, which has been used as courseware at Georgetown Public Policy Institute and Empire State.

Runkee Productions is a creative media corporation with studios based in Los Angeles. Its primary focus is the production of Audio Adventures: works by independent authors transformed into captivating radio shows, as well as traditional audiobooks. Runkee also provides audio recording and editing services for its clients, as well as developing innovative content for Internet radio. Runkee Productions is helmed by winners of an Emmy® award and two Golden Mike Awards®. The business, creative, and engineering staff of Runkee Productions has over fifty years of combined creative and engineering experience in radio, print, film, and television.