Take Off! A Fledgling Author’s Journey // EP095
Episode Summary Every author hopes to become a bestseller but to get there, you have to commit to starting your author's journey. Jenny Simard LaBranche offers her experience as a fledgling author early in her publishing career, how she ended up starting the author...
10 Ways D2D Authors Market Print Books
Print books and eBooks are unique products we get to offer to readers, but many authors approach selling both with the same marketing methods. This makes sense; Indie and self-published authors have been advertising their eBooks for years while publishing print books...
TikTok and Reels for Writers with Rebecca Regnier // EP094
Episode Summary With publishers looking to figure out BookTok and the effect this new frontier of social media has on the industry, indie authors should know what they're dealing with! Rebecca Regnier took her old media experience and explored what it takes to succeed...
Looking Closer at the IBPA with Angela Bole // EP093
Episode Summary Indie Publishing is a path with its own challenges, but that path is easier with advocacy and support. In this week's SPI, Angela Bole lets us know how The Independent Book Publisher's Association, the IBPA, supports its members on their journey....
Self-Publishing Industry Insights (Q2 2022)
As part of our ongoing series of D2D Self-Publishing Insider Insights, here’s a look at some of the data we’ve been tracking related to Q1 (Jan/Feb/Mar) and Q2 (Apr/May/Jun) sales from 2022. These sales are pulled from the aggregated sales from Draft2Digital’s retail...
Getting to Know Publishers Weekly with Jim Milliot // EP092
Episode Summary We have a conversation with a true Publishing Insider, Jim Milliot, about one of the longest-standing pillars of reporting in the publishing world, Publishers Weekly. ...
