The Self Publishing Show

US fiction writer and SPF Ads for Author student, Ryan Schow, explains how he finally got to live the dream of writing full-time as an indie author.

In the final part of our mini-series on ads, our very own Mark Dawson drills down into the Amazon ads platform, explaining how it can help form a key part of your marketing mix.

Part 2 of our mini-series on ad platforms, has bestselling author and self-publishing guru, David Gaughran, turning the spotlight on BookBub ads. Are they worth investing time, effort and money in?

In the first of three ad platform-focused episodes, bestselling urban fantasy author and SPF student, Shayne Silvers, explains how mastering Facebook ads helped put his career into overdrive.

Author Kevin J. Anderson has seen it all. He's written books based on films, written in the Star Wars and X Files universes, seen the ups and downs, gold rushes and bookstore bankruptcies. Through it all, his defining characteristic has been to keep writing. His consistency over time has created a catalog of over 160 books. Tune in for some major league inspiration and advice for both newbie and e...

Former detective and USA Today bestselling author Holly S. Roberts explains how to avoid common mistakes writing police procedurals and the importance of getting the police mindset right.

He's an ex-Marine, the 20 Books conference series show runner and a prolific writer to boot. It's not surprising that Craig Martelle knows a thing or two about author productivity.

Historical romance author Suzan Tisdale explains how to craft scenarios that readers love to lose themselves in.

Thriller author Michael Parker submits his title The Boy From Berlin to the BookLab experts for input on his writing, cover design and book description.

Indie romance bestseller Alessandra Torre sheds light on some of her rookie mistakes in the hope that others will learn from them.

Turning to crime and making it pay. M.J. Arlidge on the switch from TV screenwriter to bestselling thriller author.

Dan Blank explains how to use relationship strategies to build your self-publishing business.

Could you write and publish a Bestseller in one year? That's what Mark Stay and Mark Oliver of the Bestseller Experiment Podcast set out to achieve. We interview one of them to find out the hows and whys behind their challenge - and what happened.

Author Barry J. Hutchison discusses his early career as a trad author of books, screenplays and comics and why the switch to planet indie has proved to be such a game changer for him.

We catch up with the creator of the 20 Books to 50K author movement at LBF '19 who explains how he smashed his original goal as an indie author and the implications of his own personal journey for other writers looking to self-publish.

Indie author and SPF student Sacha Black explains how to make sure the villain in your next book steals the show.

K-Lytics' Alex Newton explains how purposefully crunching numbers and analysing data can help indie authors find the most profitable reader niche for their books.

Indie author Steff Green explains what inspired her to write in the new romantic sub-genre of 'reverse harem' and how her readers have responded to the change.

So how do you follow-up a bestselling zombie book? Author Isaac Marion lets rip.

Romance writer Elin Peer discusses how her background in life coaching has infused her career as an indie author.

Hybrid author J.D. Barker on his journey from ghost writer to best selling author and how he got to breathe new life into the goth-horror classic 'Dracula'.

Adam Cushman explains how professionally produced trailers can add significant impact to any book marketing campaign.

The CEO of PublishDrive explains how the ebook aggregation service can help indie authors sell more books.

Erica Ridley explains how to make sure your mailing list and newsletter pack a punch as part of your marketing mix.

Bestselling author Danielle Norman explains how to make dictation a successful part of your writing workflow.