Building Your Author Brand: Share Your Books with the World // EP265

Isabelle Knight joins us to share how you can build your author brand, grow your readership, and give your books the best chance of success. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Lrp3HJHtU&t Episode Notes Former publicist to the stars, Isabelle Knight is the founder…

Jane Friedman’s 2025 Retrospective & 2026 Publishing Predictions // EP264

Jane Friedman shares her expertise, reflecting on 2025 and looking ahead at what 2026 might have in store for the publishing industry. Episode Notes Jane Friedman has spent her entire career in the book publishing industry, with a focus on author education and trend…

Reflecting on 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026 with D2D CEO Kris Austin // EP263

D2D’s CEO Kris Austin joins the D2D team to reflect on our 2025 and another year in publishing, and to look ahead to what is on the horizon in 2026. Episode Notes D2D’s CEO Kris Austin joins the D2D team to reflect on our 2025 and another year in publishing, and to…

Time to Enroll in the 2026 Read An Ebook Week Sale at Smashwords!

Our favorite week of the year is approaching! You can enroll now for Read an Ebook Week, a week-long celebration of ebooks and the readers who love them, running March 1-7. For the first time, there is no deadline to enroll for D2D authors. You can add or remove books…

Connecting Indie Authors with Indie Bookstores with Bookshops.org // EP262

It’s official! Draft2Digital and Bookshop.org have announced our partnership to bring indie ebooks to Bookshop.org! Episode Notes It’s official! Draft2Digital and Bookshop.org have announced our partnership to bring indie ebooks to Bookshop.org! Join us as we talk to…

Sales Tools – The Title

Sales Tools – The Title

A title. Every book has one. It’s often the first thing that could grab a potential reader. But how do you know when you’ve found a good one? Should it be clever? Informative? Provocative? All of the above? And how should a self-published author best leverage the…

Sales Tools – An Introduction

Sales Tools – An Introduction

Writers write for a million different reasons, and rarely just one. For pleasure. To memorialize. To exorcise personal demons. For posterity. Because there’s a story to tell. But everyone reading this post almost certainly has one reason in common: we write to sell….

The Self-Publishing Gamble

The Self-Publishing Gamble

There is an oft-repeated comparison between self-publishing and staking a wild gamble on casino games like slot machines or roulette. The thinking goes that once you publish, you’ve paid your money and all you can do is trust your luck. This isn’t new thinking. It’s…

Building Your Author Brand: Share Your Books with the World // EP265

Isabelle Knight joins us to share how you can build your author brand, grow your readership, and give your books the best chance of success. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Lrp3HJHtU&t Episode Notes Former publicist to the stars, Isabelle Knight is the founder…

Jane Friedman’s 2025 Retrospective & 2026 Publishing Predictions // EP264

Jane Friedman shares her expertise, reflecting on 2025 and looking ahead at what 2026 might have in store for the publishing industry. Episode Notes Jane Friedman has spent her entire career in the book publishing industry, with a focus on author education and trend…

Reflecting on 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026 with D2D CEO Kris Austin // EP263

D2D’s CEO Kris Austin joins the D2D team to reflect on our 2025 and another year in publishing, and to look ahead to what is on the horizon in 2026. Episode Notes D2D’s CEO Kris Austin joins the D2D team to reflect on our 2025 and another year in publishing, and to…

Connecting Indie Authors with Indie Bookstores with Bookshops.org // EP262

It’s official! Draft2Digital and Bookshop.org have announced our partnership to bring indie ebooks to Bookshop.org! Episode Notes It’s official! Draft2Digital and Bookshop.org have announced our partnership to bring indie ebooks to Bookshop.org! Join us as we talk to…

2025 Indie Author Income Survey // EP261

Orna Ross joins us to discuss the results of the ALLi Indie Author Income Survey and what we can learn about our industry. Episode Notes Orna Ross is co-founder and director of the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) and a passionate advocate for self-publishing…

IBPA Boot Camp for Author Publishers // EP260

Lee Wind joins us to talk about the IBPA (Independent Book Publishers Association) Boot Camp for Author Publishers, and how to bring all the pieces together when publishing to find your success. Episode Notes Lee Wind joins us to talk about the IBPA (Independent Book…

10 Tips for Setting Realistic 2026 Writing Goals // EP259

Mark Leslie Lefebvre provides encouragement on how to set realistic goals to keep you and your book publishing aspirations on track in 2026. Episode Notes Autumn A. Arnett joins us to talk about the EFA and what you should keep in mind when looking for the right…

Unputdownable – Finding the Right Editor for Your Book // EP258

Autumn A. Arnett joins us to talk about the EFA and what you should keep in mind when finding the right editor for your book. Episode Notes Autumn A. Arnett joins us to talk about the EFA and what you should keep in mind when looking for the right editor for your…

Hollywood Secrets: Incredible Characters, Deep Stories, and Super Drafts // EP257

T.D. Donnelly joins us to share practices he has used in his writing to build memorable characters and stories for the screen. Episode Notes Thomas Dean Donnelly has been a professional screenwriter for over 30 years. In that time he has written on major projects,…

Highlights from Self Publishing Insiders 2025 // EP256

Mark Leslie Lefebvre introduces a series of clips that highlight just 14 of the amazing episodes that have been brought to you every week in this past year. Episode Notes This special Christmas Day 2025 episode is a pre-recorded one with Mark Leslie Lefebvre who…

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