10/09/2026
When doing a book launch its important to do interviews
When I published Eightstorm in 2006, I was lucky to get interviewed by Brandy Scott on the Business Breakfast on 103.8 FM.
One of the questions that Brandy asked was ‘What made you write this book?’
And I said, the book is a collection of brainstorming techniques that is used in the advertising industry and I thought it would be useful for people in other industries.
When I launched ‘Baselook will Never be a Facebook’ on Amazon, I thought it would be interesting to kick off an entire new industry that does not exist.
You see a a book launch is not just about putting your book on Amazon and hoping people discover it.
It is about creating a conversation around the book. And one of the most powerful ways to do that is through interviews. Every interview gives you another opportunity to talk about your ideas, your story, your expertise and, of course, your book.
A single interview can become much more than a 30-minute conversation. It can become a podcast episode, YouTube video, LinkedIn clips, Instagram Reels, quotes, articles, newsletters and social media posts.
More importantly, interviews give you something advertising cannot easily buy: credibility.
When someone else invites you onto their podcast, YouTube channel, LinkedIn Live or business platform, you are being introduced to their audience as a person worth listening to.
That is why I believe a book launch should be treated less like a product launch and more like a media campaign. Don’t just announce your book. Talk about the problem behind the book. Tell the story that inspired it.
Debate the ideas inside it. Challenge conventional thinking. Share lessons from writing it. And let people hear the author behind the pages.
Because people don’t always buy a book because of the cover. They buy it because they believe the person behind it has something important to say.
Your book may be the product. But the interviews can become the marketing engine. By the way, after reading this article don’t visit baselook.com, because its not built for humans, its more of a resting place for robotic agents.