Self Publishing Insiders

The Story Nerd Podcast demystifies story theory so writers spend less time studying and more time writing. We'll learn directly from host Valerie Francis about concepts that are common to all stories…

We'll learn the latest from Google Play Books product manager Ryan Dingler, including what they're doing with auto-narrated audiobooks. More audiobooks are now available to listeners than ever before…

Draft2Digital has the best vantage point in the business for seeing trends in the self-publishing industry. And we want to use that insight to help indie authors and publishers do more to build and g…

Author Gregg McBride and Illustrator Anaïs Chartschenko chat with Draft2Digital about their new illustrated children's book, what it took to write, illustrate, and publish it.

"Biron The Bee Who Could…

E.S. Curry is an insatiable renaissance man that loves writing outside the data stream on a Royal typewriter while listening to classical music on vinyl, plays piano and guitar, races his sailing yac…

Jeffe Kennedy is a multi-award-winning and best-selling author of romantic fantasy. She is the current President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and is a member of Noveli…

Pete Fu is a best-selling publisher with multiple pen names and series in different languages and sub-genres since 2012. Taking the knowledge gained in successfully producing and promoting his books,…

Sarah SaShaun Loftus paid her way through college writing for magazines, websites, and other media. Though not all of it was ‘naughty’ – much of it was. No, you cannot read any of it. She is duly emb…

Sarah Sampino is an actor from Long (LAWWng) Island – but you only hear her accent after she’s had a few drinks. She is continuously surprised by the support of her business-oriented parents, who swe…

Serial entrepreneur Dave Chesson has built a number of tools and businesses around helping authors market and sell their books, and now he's helping them write and format them as well. Atticus is an …

D2D's own in-house experts—Mark Lefebvre, Kevin Tumlinson, and Dan Wood—chat about where we are as an industry of indie publishers, and where we see things going and growing.

This episode refers to a …

tt's own history as a writer, a retired radio DJ and a science fiction author. As the host of a radio morning show for most of his 30+ years in broadcasting, Scott Overton entertained and informed th…

The D2D team talk shop about what we've learned and where we think the self-publishing world is going. 

Links mentioned in the show:

• The Top 8 Publishing Trends for 2022 - https://www.writtenwordmedia.…

Book Coach Evangelist Jennie Nash hops into this episode of Self Publishing Insiders to talk about her new book, "Blueprint for a Book: Build Your Novel From the Inside Out."

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Thriller Author Ernest Dempsey is back to tell us all about the new frontiers he's tackling, from novellas and short stories to all new series!

//Draft2Digital is where you start your Indie Author Car…

It's your deepest fear.

The book doesn't sell.

Could it be your description? Join Mark Leslie Lefebvre as he interviews Brian Meeks about writing book descriptions that can ACTUALLY help sell books, ba…

One of the biggest challenges facing indie authors is tracking sales from numerous retail and distribution platforms.

ScribeCount, launched earlier in 2021, solves that problem, quickly and efficientl…

t could be the biggest news in self-publishing to come our way in a decade... Draft2Digital is acquiring Smashwords! What will the merger of these two self-publishing giants mean for indie authors? I…

"Going wide" is the best strategy for a long-term author career, and getting your books onto many platforms as possible opens up possibilities for reaching more readers in more places. One of the big…

The Magic & Mayhem novels blast off twice a year filled with smexy, witchy, shifty, magical fun! Funny, fast-paced, and laugh-out-loud dialogue. 

NYT and USA Today best selling author, Robyn Peterman …