66: Becoming Your Own Publisher with Katie Parla

Kate and Molly discuss all things self-publishing with writer, tour guide and (new) publisher, Katie Parla. She shares what motivated her to do some data investigation into her previous cookbooks and ultimately how she decided to start her own publishing company for her newest cookbook, Food of the Italian Islands. She talks about lessons learned, experiences with finding and working with her self assembled team and what is next for Parla Publishing. Listen for her thoughts on touring smaller cities, her recipe development process and why she encourages aspiring authors to nerd out on the numbers.


 


Hosts: Kate Leahy (https://www.kateleahycooks.com/) + Molly Stevens (https://www.mollystevenscooks.com/) + Kristin Donnelly (https://kristindonnelly.squarespace.c...) + Andrea Nguyen (https://www.vietworldkitchen.com/)


Editor: Abby Cerquitella (https://abigail-cerquitella.squarespa...)



 


Mentions


Katie Parla

• Website (https://katieparla.com/)
• Instagram (  / katieparla  )
• Podcast: Gola (https://www.golapodcast.com/)
• Food of the Italian Islands (https://shop.katieparla.com/products/...)
• Parla Publishing (https://katieparla.com/parla-publishing/)
• Katie Parla Shop (https://shop.katieparla.com/)

Maersk Shipping (https://www.maersk.com/)


Ingram (https://www.ingramcontent.com/)


Zando Books (https://zandoprojects.com/)


Zibby Books (https://www.zibbyowens.com/zibby-books)


Kitchen Arts and Letters (https://www.kitchenartsandletters.com/)


Now Serving Bookstore (https://nowservingla.com/)


The Vanity Project (https://tvp.nyc/)


 


Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/shop/everythingc...) to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the show

• Tasting Rome (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97808041...) by Katie Parla and Kristina Gill
• Food of the Italian South (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97815247...) by Katie Parla