Episode 478 || Publishing a Book with Jonathan Merritt

Published: May 23, 2024, 6:03 a.m.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie chats with literary agent and author Jonathan Merritt! Jonathan\u2019s new picture book, My Guncle and Me, available now, is delightful summer reading for families. Jonathan is Annie\u2019s literary agent, and today they dig into the publishing world, his writing process and new book, and more.\nTo purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website or or download and shop on The Bookshelf\u2019s official app:\nMy Guncle and Me by Jonathan Merritt\nFrom the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf\u2019s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today\u2019s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.\xa0\nA full transcript of today\u2019s episode can be found below.\nSpecial thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.\xa0\nIf you liked what you heard in today\u2019s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.\nWe\u2019re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.\nOur Executive Producers are...Jennifer Bannerton, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Susan Hulings, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, and Amanda Whigham.