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Episode 373: Navigate the Cookbook Publishing Industry

Cookbook Love Podcast

Release Date: 10/30/2025

Episode 386: From Diagnosis to Cookbook: Emily Maxon’s Journey to Real Food, Every Day show art Episode 386: From Diagnosis to Cookbook: Emily Maxon’s Journey to Real Food, Every Day

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In today’s episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast, Maggie sits down with chef and cookbook author Emily Maxon, whose newest book Real Food, Every Day was born out of a life-changing health journey. Emily is a trained chef and lifelong food lover who, at age 28, was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. That diagnosis led her to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet — a rigorous way of eating designed to support gut health and healing. Drawing on her years of experience as a chef and caterer, Emily made it her mission to create recipes that not only met the diet’s strict guidelines but also tasted...

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Episode 383:  Being a Cookbook Writer: Ins and Outs for 2026 show art Episode 383:  Being a Cookbook Writer: Ins and Outs for 2026

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Welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today, I have a fun episode called the Ins and Outs for 2026. This episode was inspired by the Ins and Outs list I did last year and focuses on things I did in 2025 that I want to do again, and new stuff I want to try. The outs are things I don’t want to bring forward into the new year that no longer serve me, or don’t help me live the life I want to live, or that use my precious time and life thinking, feeling, or doing.  Things We Mention In This Episode:  

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Hello and Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Season's Greetings to all! Today I share a message of peace and our shared love of cookbooks. For this special holiday episode, I share some holiday cookbook recommendations, a wintertime story, and the music of Daniel Kantor and the St. Olaf Choir.  Things We Mention in This Episode:  

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Episode 380: Sustainable Living and Savoring the Seasons with Gesine Bullock-Prado show art Episode 380: Sustainable Living and Savoring the Seasons with Gesine Bullock-Prado

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Episode 379: Cookbook Design, Art Direction & Homemade Pie with Laura Klynstra show art Episode 379: Cookbook Design, Art Direction & Homemade Pie with Laura Klynstra

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Episode 378: Athens: Food, Stories, Love, and Cookbooks with Diane Kochilas show art Episode 378: Athens: Food, Stories, Love, and Cookbooks with Diane Kochilas

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Hi everybody, and welcome to another episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast. Last week, we talked about the traditional publishing team and the real benefits of working with a publisher — how editors, designers, and marketers help bring a cookbook to life. This week, I’m sharing Part 1 of my three-part Publish Your Cookbook Masterclass, called Navigating the Publishing Industry. In this first session, we’re tackling one of the biggest challenges cookbook writers face — figuring out how to navigate the publishing world. If you’ve ever thought,

  • “I don’t know where to start.”

  • “I’m afraid of choosing the wrong path.”

  • “Publishing feels so complicated,”

Then this session is for you. You’ll learn about the three main types of publishing — independent, hybrid, and traditional — and how to decide which path aligns with your goals. It’s the clarity so many professionals have been missing — a way to see exactly where you fit in the publishing landscape and how to move forward with confidence.

Before we dive in, I want to let you know that the doors are open to Get Paid to Get Published until this evening at 10 PM Eastern. This is your final chance to join us for this round, and I wanted to give you one more opportunity to experience the masterclass and see if writing a cookbook and getting it traditionally published is right for you.

So settle in and enjoy this replay, Navigating the Publishing Industry from the Publish Your Cookbook Masterclass.

Things We Mention in This Episode:

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Watch Parts 2 and 3 of Publish Your Cookbook Masterclass