Self Publishing Insiders
by Draft2Digital, Mark Leslie Lefebvre, Jim Azevedo, Lexi Greene
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3 Areas Where Authors Should Focus
Jun 25, 2026
Unknown duration
Optimizing for Joy and Making Money Doing It
Jun 18, 2026
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Ask Us Anything: Marketing, Merchandising, and Author Success
Jun 11, 2026
55m 03s
Scammers are Coming for You!
Jun 4, 2026
45m 46s
Writers of the Future: The Value of Short Stories, Sci-Fi, and Community
May 28, 2026
46m 24s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/25/26 | 3 Areas Where Authors Should Focus | NYT Bestselling Author Alessandra Torre and co-founder of Inkers Con joins us to discuss opportunities authors should be considering in 2026. | — | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | Optimizing for Joy and Making Money Doing It | Russell Nohelty of Hapitalist joins us to discuss how authors can find career success without sacrificing joy. | — | ||||||
| 6/11/26 | Ask Us Anything: Marketing, Merchandising, and Author Success✨ | marketingpublishing+3 | — | Draft2Digital | — | self publishingauthor questions+3 | — | 55m 03s | |
| 6/4/26 | Scammers are Coming for You!✨ | scamsauthor safety+3 | Dale Roberts | Draft2Digital | — | scammersauthor scams+3 | — | 45m 46s | |
| 5/28/26 | Writers of the Future: The Value of Short Stories, Sci-Fi, and Community✨ | short storiesscience fiction+3 | Emily Goodwin | Writers of the Future | — | Writers of the Futureshort stories+3 | — | 46m 24s | |
| 5/21/26 | Writing Fear: How Inner Conflict Crafts Compelling Characters✨ | psychology of fearcharacter development+3 | Becca Puglisi | Draft2Digital | — | fearcharacters+5 | — | 47m 46s | |
| 5/14/26 | The Importance of Print-On-Demand✨ | print-on-demandself-publishing+3 | Jo Wildsmith | Draft2Digital | — | print-on-demandself-publishing+3 | — | 50m 04s | |
| 5/7/26 | Mastery Through Missteps: Demystifying the Quit the Day Job Dream✨ | self-publishingentrepreneurship+4 | Matilda SwiftSam Cummings | Pen to Paycheck | — | quit day jobself-publishing+3 | — | 53m 01s | |
| 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✨ | author businesspublishing support+3 | Kate Tilton | Draft2Digital | — | author businesspublishing consultant+3 | — | 46m 03s | |
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| 4/16/26 | How Translation Helps Indies Expand into New Markets✨ | translationindie authors+3 | Skye B. MacKinnon | — | — | translationindie books+3 | — | 49m 59s | |
| 4/9/26 | Ask Us Anything: Insights from Author Support✨ | author supportself publishing+3 | Tara | Draft2Digital | — | author questionsself publishing+3 | — | 54m 03s | |
| 4/2/26 | Structuring Your Series Before You Start Writing✨ | series structuringwriting process+3 | Kristina Stanley | — | — | serieswriting+4 | — | 47m 05s | |
| 3/26/26 | Graduate-Level Publishing Lessons with Kevin J. Anderson✨ | publishing educationgraduate programs+3 | Kevin J. Anderson | Draft2DigitalPublishing | — | publishinggraduate program+3 | — | 46m 08s | |
| 3/19/26 | Automating TikToks that Drive Readers to Your Book✨ | book marketingtechnology+3 | Marvin | AuthorScaleDraft2Digital | — | TikTokbook marketing+3 | — | 58m 04s | |
| 3/12/26 | LitRPGs and Building Your Publishing Team✨ | indie publishingLitRPG+3 | Aaron Renfroe | Pivot PressLitRPG | — | indie authorLitRPG+3 | — | 52m 25s | |
| 3/5/26 | Building Your Author Brand: Share Your Books with the World✨ | author brandreadership growth+3 | Isabelle Knight | Draft2Digital | — | author brandreadership+3 | — | 52m 12s | |
| 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. | — | ||||||
| 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. | — | ||||||
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