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Self Publishing Insiders

Brought to you from the indie author experts at Draft2Digital! Each week, Self Publishing Insiders features an interview with a new guest, covering self-publishing topics from writing and craft to marketing and promoting your books, and anything that can help you build and grow your author career.

Learn about new tools, new software, new markets—and of course, all the inside information that D2D can provide!

This show features interviews taken from our live D2D Spotlight, available on YouTube and Facebook. Join us, and get your questions answered during the live broadcast, when you visit D2DLive.com!

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Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
49 minutes
Episodes
241
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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Ask Draft2Digital Anything for Fall 2025

Ask Draft2Digital Anything for Fall 2025

The D2D Team is back again, answering author questions! Jim, Nick, and Tara talk about publishing and the questions your fellow authors have about Draft2Digital.

//Draft2Digital is where you start you…

01:00:12  |   Thu 04 Sep 2025
Discover Your Author Mindset

Discover Your Author Mindset

Adrienne Giordano is a certified life coach and USA Today bestselling author of over forty novels. Adrienne’s experience from over 30 years in writing, marketing and client service helps her empower …

00:51:46  |   Thu 28 Aug 2025
Writing With Dictation

Writing With Dictation

Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer is an author, writing instructor, and host of The Confident Fiction Author podcast. She’s published nineteen books–eleven of which were written solely by dictation. 

She hosts t…

01:01:27  |   Thu 21 Aug 2025
Public Relations for Indie Authors

Public Relations for Indie Authors

Jason Jones is the founder of Jones Literary, a longtime Nashville publicity firm, working with authors, experts, publishers and media around the world. With over twenty five years of experience in p…

00:55:16  |   Thu 14 Aug 2025
Successful Social Media without Virality

Successful Social Media without Virality

Walt Mussell is an award-winning historical fiction author who has used his love of history to build his author career, his social media presence, and his Substack, The Chrysanthemum and The Cross. H…

00:55:42  |   Thu 07 Aug 2025
Escape the Self-Publishing Rat Race with Johnny B. Truant

Escape the Self-Publishing Rat Race with Johnny B. Truant

Johnny B. Truant is one of indie publishing’s early authorities, having created and co-hosted the original Self Publishing Podcast with Sean Platt and David Wright. He is also the author of the indie…

00:46:16  |   Thu 31 Jul 2025
Recapping Europe's Biggest Indie Author Conference

Recapping Europe's Biggest Indie Author Conference

James Blatch is a founder of The Self Publishing Show live as well as the course platform Learn Self Publishing, the podcast Indie Writers Club and the book discount mailing list, Hello Books. Someho…

00:48:35  |   Thu 24 Jul 2025
How to Select the Perfect Cover with Nick Thacker

How to Select the Perfect Cover with Nick Thacker

BookCovers.com is the premiere marketplace for professionally designed premade book covers. In today's episode, we'll cover everything from how to choose the right cover for your book, to how to work…

00:54:29  |   Thu 17 Jul 2025
Make the Most of Your Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale!

Make the Most of Your Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale!

The 17th annual Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale is upon us! This is a chance for authors to get the most bang for their buck while traffic is increased at Smashwords. The D2D team discusses tips and tr…

00:55:09  |   Thu 10 Jul 2025
Don't Quit Before the Miracle

Don't Quit Before the Miracle

Steffanie Holmes, writing as Steff Green, has come a long way, from publishing her first book with a homemade cover, to building a career as a six-figure bestselling author. 

The author behind https:/…

00:56:24  |   Thu 03 Jul 2025
Ask Our Promotions Team Anything

Ask Our Promotions Team Anything

It's been too long since Megan and Mark joined Jim to talk about the work our promotions team does at Draft2Digital. If you have questions about how you can promote your book, and how D2D can help yo…

00:48:23  |   Thu 26 Jun 2025
5 Things Indie Authors Should Know

5 Things Indie Authors Should Know

Alessandra Torre is a New York Times bestselling author who has sold more than 2M books and publishes romance under the name Alessandra Torre and domestic suspense under the name AR Torre. She is als…

00:50:05  |   Thu 12 Jun 2025
Why Nutrition Matters for Authors

Why Nutrition Matters for Authors

You might know Roland Denzel as a health coach, nutritionist, and restorative exercise specialist, but the truth is Roland has always been, at heart, an author first. 

Roland created The Indestructibl…

00:51:53  |   Thu 05 Jun 2025
The Importance of Writing with Themes

The Importance of Writing with Themes

Robert J. Sawyer, lovingly dubbed Canada's Dean of Science Fiction by the Ottawa Citizen, joins us to talk about how the sci fi industry has changed over the years, and how to use themes to craft a s…

00:48:49  |   Thu 29 May 2025
Book Bibles & Story Structure with Storysnap

Book Bibles & Story Structure with Storysnap

Cameron Sutter is a sci-fi/fantasy author and the inventor of Plottr – the popular visual story planning software. Many authors have used Plottr to outline and flesh out their book creation process. …

00:47:07  |   Thu 22 May 2025
Curating Your Community of Superfans

Curating Your Community of Superfans

Rachel Rener isn't just a writer of modern romantasy books featuring powerful-yet-flawed heroines, unforgettable magic systems, and smoldering romance. She also finds the time to voice Tana the tiefl…

00:47:35  |   Thu 15 May 2025
Ask Draft2Digital Anything (April 2025)

Ask Draft2Digital Anything (April 2025)

The D2D Team is back to answer viewer questions, so tune in to hear the questions on the minds of your fellow authors hosted by Jim and Mark, who always have the answers! 

//Draft2Digital is where you…

00:55:32  |   Thu 08 May 2025
Virtual Author Assistants with Kevin Tumlinson

Virtual Author Assistants with Kevin Tumlinson

Kevin Tumlinson makes his triumphant return to Self Publishing Insiders! Kevin returns to talk to Jim about Author Anchor and his work helping authors get the most out of virtual author assistants. 

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00:48:57  |   Thu 01 May 2025
The Intersection of Craft & Commerce

The Intersection of Craft & Commerce

Russell Nohelty is a USA Today bestselling fantasy and non-fiction author, publisher of Wannabe Press, co-host of the Kickstart Your Book Sales & Six Figure Author Experiment podcasts, and cofounder …

00:56:58  |   Thu 24 Apr 2025
Making the Most of Reader Events

Making the Most of Reader Events

Tawdra Kandle is a USA Today bestselling romance author who loves to plan and run conferences when she's not spinning love stories! Tawdra is joining us to share her insights from her latest column, …

00:52:20  |   Thu 17 Apr 2025
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