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Indie Bookstore Day with Bookshop.org!
Apr 30, 2026
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How to Build Your Author Business with Support
Apr 23, 2026
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How Translation Helps Indies Expand into New Markets
Apr 16, 2026
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Ask Us Anything: Insights from Author Support
Apr 9, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/30/26 | Indie Bookstore Day with Bookshop.org!✨ | Indie Bookstore DayBookshop.org+3 | Ami Greko | Bookshop.org | — | Indie Bookstore DayBookshop.org+3 | — | 49m 02s | |
| 4/23/26 |  How to Build Your Author Business with Support | Kate Tilton has been helping authors since 2010 as a business manager and publishing consultant. She has worked with bestsellers and new authors, supporting and optimizing their publishing careers. | — | ||||||
| 4/16/26 | How Translation Helps Indies Expand into New Markets | Skye B. MacKinnon shares best practices for how to translate indie books into different languages. | — | ||||||
| 4/9/26 | Ask Us Anything: Insights from Author Support | Tara has led the Draft2Digital Support Team since the early days of D2D. She joins the Self Publishing Insiders team to answer author questions. | — | ||||||
| 4/2/26 | Structuring Your Series Before You Start Writing | Kristina Stanley discusses how to start structuring your series before you even start writing. | — | ||||||
| 3/26/26 | Graduate-Level Publishing Lessons with Kevin J. Anderson | Kevin J. Anderson runs a graduate program in Publishing and joins us to share his publishing knowledge and experience. | — | ||||||
| 3/19/26 | Automating TikToks that Drive Readers to Your Book | Marvin and his team at AuthorScale are developing cutting-edge tools to help indie authors leverage technology to revolutionize their book marketing. | — | ||||||
| 3/12/26 | LitRPGs and Building Your Publishing Team | Aaron Renfroe went from indie author to indie publisher, putting together a team at Pivot Press that has allowed him to become a prolific publisher in the LitRPG space. | — | ||||||
| 3/5/26 | Building Your Author Brand: Share Your Books with the World | 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. | — | ||||||
| 2/26/26 | Jane Friedman's 2025 Retrospective & 2026 Publishing Predictions | Jane Friedman joins us again to share her expertise, reflecting on 2025 and looking ahead at what 2026 might have in store for the publishing industry. | — | ||||||
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| 2/19/26 | Reflecting on 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026 with D2D CEO Kris Austin | 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. | — | ||||||
| 2/12/26 | Connecting Indie Authors with Indie Bookstores with Bookshops.org | It's official! Draft2Digital and Bookshop.org have announced our partnership to bring indie ebooks to Bookshop.org! | — | ||||||
| 2/5/26 | 2025 Indie Author Income Survey | Orna Ross joins us to discuss the results of the ALLi Indie Author Income Survey and what we can learn about our industry. | — | ||||||
| 1/29/26 | IBPA Boot Camp for Author Publishers | 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. | — | ||||||
| 1/22/26 | 10 Tips for Setting Realistic 2026 Writing Goals | Mark Leslie Lefebvre provides encouragement on how to set realistic goals to keep you and your book publishing aspirations on track in 2026. | — | ||||||
| 1/15/26 | Unputdownable - Finding the Right Editor for Your Book | 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 book. | — | ||||||
| 1/8/26 | Hollywood Secrets: Incredible Characters, Deep Stories, and Super Drafts | T.D. Donnelly joins us to share practices he has used in his writing to build memorable characters and stories for the screen. | — | ||||||
| 1/1/26 | Highlights from Self Publishing Insiders 2025 | 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. | — | ||||||
| 12/18/25 | Book Discovery in the AI Search Landscape | Reedsy’s Ricardo Fayet joins us to share practical steps to make sure your books remain discoverable and compelling to readers in this rapidly shifting landscape. | — | ||||||
| 12/11/25 | Virtual Beta Readers with Plottr | Cameron Sutter, the inventor of Plottr, joins us again to talk about new Plottr features, their Virtual Beta Readers, and the charity work they are supporting with their Plot for Good campaign. | — | ||||||
| 12/4/25 | What to Quit, What to Keep, and What to Question in a New Age of Publishing | Becca Syme, founder of the Better-Faster Academy and Host of The Quitcast, joins us to talk about what habits and practices we need to focus on in this brand new day of publishing, and which don't serve us anymore. | — | ||||||
| 11/20/25 | Novel 90: The 90 Day Writing Challenge! | Bekah Brinkmeier is a bestselling author and ghostwriter of more than 90 novels. She works with AutoCrit as an instructor and author coach, leading Team Plantser in the Novel 90 Writing Challenge. | — | ||||||
| 11/13/25 | Book Reviews with Book Award Pro | Hannah Jacobson is the founder of Book Award Pro, is the recognized authority on prestigious book recognition. She joins us to talk about book awards and how authors can benefit from them. | — | ||||||
| 11/6/25 | Strategies for ADHD Writers | As a neurodiverse writer herself, Nicole Bross is excited to share the strategies and tools she's developed for ADHD authors looking to finish their books. | — | ||||||
| 10/30/25 | Libraries - Missed Opportunities for Authors | Sylvia Hubbard joins us to talk about the opportunities authors could be missing out on if they aren't making the most of library distribution. | — | ||||||
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