The Self Publishing Show

SPS-280: When Two Editors are Better Than One - with Andrew Lowe & Jennie Nash 28.05.2021 1:33:18 ↓

Two editors, one book. James interviews those responsible for helping his book finally cross the finish line.

SPS-279: Authors on a Train: Collaborative Writing - with Zach Bohannon 21.05.2021 59:40 ↓

When two (or four, or eighteen) minds are better than one – how to collaborate as an author.

SPS-278: Ingram Spark vs KDP Print: The Great Debate - with Sara Rosett 14.05.2021 55:15 ↓

How to maximise the effectiveness of both POD book services.

SPS-277: Part-Time Writer, Full Time-Traveller - with Nathan Van Coops 07.05.2021 1:05:53 ↓

Qualified flying instructor Nathan Van Coops explains why he loves to write time-travel novels part-time.

SPS-276: How to Unlock Your Emotional Vocabulary - with Becca Puglisi 30.04.2021 57:27 ↓

Flesh out your characters and shake up your writing with the Emotion Thesaurus.

SPS-275: How Free Audiobooks Can Make You Money - with Lindsay Buroker 23.04.2021 51:55 ↓

Prolific sci-fi author Lindsay Buroker explains how uploading her books to YouTube brought in a four-figure monthly income.

SPS-274: Audiobook Distribution for Authors - with Damon Courtney 16.04.2021 1:05:29 ↓

How BookFunnel's new features can help you deliver advance audiobook review copies.

SPS-273: ScribeCount: Numbers for Your Words - with Philippa Werner 09.04.2021 1:03:20 ↓

Collect sales data from multiple stores and platforms without compromising your data.  

SPS-272: Splitting Up: Dividing Royalties with Draft2Digital 06.04.2021 1:03:49 ↓

Royalty splits with self-publishing services company, Draft2Digital, explained.

SPS-271: How to Avoid Getting Lost in Translation. 26.03.2021 1:01:29 ↓

Getting your books translated doesn't have to be a costly and frustrating process.

SPS-270: Meet the Kindle Unlimited All-Stars 19.03.2021 1:03:16 ↓

From rejection letters to making $300,000 a month – meet the indie publishing power-couple.

SPS-269: Postcards From Space: Self Publishing Science 12.03.2021 54:55 ↓

Miles Hudson explains how he blends teaching physics with writing self-published dystopian sci-fi novels.

SPS-268: From Supermax Prison to Self-Publishing - with SPF Foundation Winner Jeffery P. Frye 05.03.2021 52:27 ↓

SPF Foundation Winner, Jeffrey P. Frye recounts his unorthodox - and compelling - route into self-publishing.

SPS-267: The Magic Formula to Going Indie - with John Gaspard 26.02.2021 1:01:02 ↓

Author John Gaspard on the trick to successfully switching from trad to indie   with his magic-themed thrillers.

SPS-266: From Fighting Fires to Writing Romance 19.02.2021 50:24 ↓

An ex-fire fighter turned novelist provides proof that there must be something to the adage, "Write what you know".

SPS-265: How to Make a Living Writing Book Club Fiction - with Boo Walker 12.02.2021 1:02:10 ↓

Bestselling author Boo Walker on writing upmarket fiction and being published by Amazon imprint, Lake Union Publishing.

SPS-264: Discovery Writing & Digging for Niches - with Steff Green 05.02.2021 57:21 ↓

Bestselling indie paranormal and fantasy author, Steff Green, explains how she hopes to inspire new readers through her style of discovery writing and the importance of appealing to market niches for self-published writers.

SPS-263: Plotting Your Book, Made Easy - with Ryan Zee & Cameron Sutter 29.01.2021 50:28 ↓

The founders of smart plotting app, Plottr, on the evolution of their service and how it can boost author productivity.

SPS-262: 2020: The Year for Author Innovation 22.01.2021 53:44 ↓

PublishDrive's Kinga Jentetics discusses the impact of the 2020 pandemic on the worlds of writing and publishing and reveals her company's planned innovations for the new year.  

SPS-261: How to Turn Your Book into a Hallmark Movie - with Barbara Hinske 15.01.2021 1:01:17 ↓

Ex-attorney Barbara Hinske on how she came to writing for a living and the process of seeing her book transformed into a movie.

SPS-260: Hindsight's 2020: the Self-Publishing Year in Recap - with Mark Dawson 08.01.2021 46:02 ↓

Mark and James take a look back at a year that presented the self-publishing community with some unique challenges.

SPS-259: How to Print Your Book All Over the World - with Jason Miletsky 01.01.2021 58:05 ↓

After finding that stories he was reading to his disabled daughter weren't uplifting enough, Jason Miletsky opted to write and self-publish his own children's books, thus triggering a career that combines writing and providing book printing and distribution services.

SPS-258: BookLab - with Peter F. Smith 25.12.2020 1:59:31 ↓

It's the turn of science fiction author, Peter F. Smith, to get the famed BookLab treatment with expert feedback on his writing, blurb and cover.

SPS-257: From Adventurer to Author: Kindle Storyteller Winner 2020 18.12.2020 55:06 ↓

This year's Kindle Storyteller Award winner is the truly inspirational adventurer and author, Anna McNuff. We consider ourselves extremely lucky to have pinned her down for a chat between escapades!

SPS-256: How to Collaborate on a Kid's Book - with Allan Boroughs 11.12.2020 1:07:20 ↓

Children's author, Allan Boroughs, on successful - and profitable - collaborative writing for children.