The Self Publishing Show

When Meghan Quinn got fired while planning to adopt, she knew she had to make a full-time career out of writing.

C.R. Rowenson explains why magic isn't just a way to explain the impossible.

With 88 books under her belt, Sarah Noffke explains how authors can avoid the dreaded burnout.

Two co-writing sisters have taken to TikTok with bestselling results.

Writing a successful book and marketing a successful book should be one and the same thing.

There are countless sub-genres in Romance – you need to understand the reader expectations for each

Self-publishing isn't just for books. Introducing the future of digital magazines.

Kelly Rinnes discusses how Spectrum helps authors publish audiobooks worldwide.

Rachel McLean won this year's Kindle Storyteller award. How did she go from selling a few books a day to a few thousand?

The Self Publishing Formula Podcast: How to Succeed as an Indie Author with Tips, Tools, Stories and Interviews from a Best-Seller.

The pandemic shook up readers' buying habits. But how did it change the way we publish books around the world?

Short stories are usually harder to sell, yet many authors are writing together in anthologies. Why?

Writing books can be quite a static job. Here's how (and why) you should keep physically active.

It's important to craft a world readers can lose themselves in. Here's how!

Tune in to discover how to sell audiobooks through every major distributor worldwide.

Stories are what the human mind uses to understand the world – both the good and the bad. David Chrissinger explains.

Every manuscript needs to go through editing. The question is, what kind does yours need?

Literary Fiction often stands apart from genre fiction… but what actually defines it?

For a special 300th episode of the Self Publishing Show, Mark and James take a look back at some of the highlights and industry changes of the past six years.

Ricardo Fayet co-founded Reedsy, an online marketplace offering every service an indie author could ever need. But did you know they also support the SPF Foundation?

Fed up of using half a dozen different tools to produce a book? Atticus might be the answer.

What authors want and what readers want aren't always the same – the importance of balancing art with commerce.

Suzy has written multiple bestselling novels and even presented an SPF course about maximising a book's chance of success. Now she's turning her hand to children's books.

How to write a successful novel using the discovery (or 'pantsing') method.

It's one of the most popular social media platforms on the planet. So how can authors use it to their advantage?

Addiction almost led to Kathrin Hutson giving up her dream of becoming an author; now she's a ghostwriting powerhouse penning books for the biggest publishers.

Mikey Campling loves writing whodunnits, but it's no mystery as to which courses contributed to his success..

Plenty of us struggle to get in the flow as often as we'd like – Brain.fm might just be the answer.

Eric Maikranz took an unusual approach to getting his book turned into a movie – little did he know Mark Wahlberg would take the starring role.

She was a New York Times bestseller with successful trad deals. So why did Gail Carriger make to switch to full-indie?

Suffering from a case of dry and stodgy characters? It's time to meet the Dialogue Doctor.

BookLab is back! Three industry experts give Machelle Hanleigh advice on how to improve sales of her Paranormal Romance novel.

Book Brush is known for its easy-to-use artwork templates. Now authors can build their own book trailers, too.

With the industry in flux, Jane Freidman discusses what trad publishing is doing to keep up with the changes.

James Russell goes one step further than writing a children's book series that flows into a middle-grade trilogy – he makes each book an interactive experience.

Carlyn from BookBub explains how authors can utilise their ads platform, plus tips on how to snag one of their powerful and elusive promotions.

Lucy explains how taking Mark's courses has led to her becoming one of the biggest romance writers in the business.

He co-presents the Writers, Ink podcast and is the man behind the Mastermind author group. J. Thorn's new challenge: writing one short story every week for a year.

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

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

How to maximise the effectiveness of both POD book services.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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