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SPS-225: Kickstarting Your Indie Author Career – with Nicholas Kotar
Nicholas Kotar shares the details of his experience with a Kickstarter campaign to launch and fund writing some of his books. Show Notes...
James Blatch
May 8, 202042 min read


SPS-224: StoryOrigin: The One-Stop Shop For Indie Authors – with Evan Gow
Evan Gow introduces us to the one-stop shop for authors that is StoryOrigin, a site for getting book reviews, growing a newsletter list...
James Blatch
May 1, 202029 min read


SPS-215: Building on a Solid (SPF) Foundation – with Elle Thorpe
Elle Thorpe published her first books herself, and then, with the help of the SPF Foundation was able to learn about advertising from the...
James Blatch
Feb 28, 202029 min read


SPS-211: My Year in Review – with Mark Dawson
Mark walks us through the last year of writing, publishing, advertising and more, with reminders about keeping an eye on what actually...
James Blatch
Jan 31, 202038 min read


SPS-200: Special 200th Episode – Four Years of the Self Publishing Show
The SPF Show has been coming to you via your favourite podcast app since early 2016. Today James and Mark reflect on that journey (sorry,...
James Blatch
Nov 15, 201930 min read


SPS-196: How to Turn a Struggle Into a Strength – with Hilary Jastram
Author, editor, coach, and podcaster Hilary Jastram talks to James about dealing with self-doubt as a creative person and also turning...
James Blatch
Oct 18, 201940 min read


SPS-195: From Blasters to Bones: How to Switch from Sci-Fi to Crime Fiction – with Barry Hutch
Return guest Barry Hutchison got into self-publishing as an experiment when he was leading a workshop for young writers. Very quickly he...
James Blatch
Oct 11, 201945 min read


SPS-194: Live from Florida! At the NINC Conference – with David Gaughran and Ricardo Fayet
A first for the Self Publishing Show, a recording of the show in front of a live audience at NINC 2019 with plenty of SPS friends...
James Blatch
Oct 4, 201936 min read


SPS-193: How to Write About the FBI (and Get it Right) – with Jerri Williams
Retired FBI Special Agent turned crime fiction author, Jerri Williams, has plenty of stories to tell.. In this episode she discusses her...
James Blatch
Sep 27, 201941 min read


SPS-191: A Decade of Innovation – Behind the Scenes at KDP – with Darren Hardy
Darren Hardy has been working on the inside of the publishing revolution at Amazon for over a decade. Mark and James sit down with him at...
James Blatch
Sep 13, 201944 min read


SPS-173: Cops & Robbers: How to Write Realistic Crime Fiction – with Holly S. Roberts
This Week's Handout CRIME FICTION WRITER’S CHEAT SHEET Grab it! USA Today bestselling author Holly S. Roberts has so far made three...
James Blatch
May 24, 201937 min read


SPS-167: How to Sell More Books Through Reader Engagement – with Dan Blank
This Week's Handout FREE PDF: How to Connect with Readers Grab it! Author and book marketing expert Dan Blank takes a human-centred...
James Blatch
Apr 12, 201943 min read


SPS-165: From Trad to Indie and Beyond with Barry J. Hutchison
Children’s author Barry Hutchison accidentally fell into indie publishing when he was asked to talk about the industry with a group of...
James Blatch
Mar 29, 201932 min read


SPF-124: Novel Adaptation – Turning Books into Screenplays with Paul FitzSimons
This Week's Handout SCREENWRITING TIPS PDF AND COURSE DISCOUNT Grab it! Novelist, screenwriter and playwright Paul FitzSimons talks...
James Blatch
Jun 15, 20181 min read


SPF-104: Book Cover Design for Authors – with Stuart Bache
Book cover designer to the stars (John Le Carre, Stephen King and more) Stuart Bache talks to James about the new course he has put...
James Blatch
Feb 2, 20181 min read


SPF-101: Smart Book Delivery – with Damon Courtney
Demon coder and indie author Damon Courtney talks to James from the NINC conference about starting and running BookFunnel, an...
James Blatch
Jan 12, 20181 min read


SPF-096: A Quiet Catastrophe – with John Birmingham
British-Australian author John Birmingham was forced into a crash course on self-publishing when, through no fault of his own, his trad...
James Blatch
Dec 8, 20171 min read


SPF-094: A Helping Hand from SPF – with Reedsy’s Ricardo Fayet
James Blatch and Lucy Dawson introduce the Self Publishing Formula Foundation, a partnership with Reedsy, that will help four authors...
James Blatch
Nov 24, 20171 min read


SPF-080: How to Sell Your Foreign Rights – with Orna Ross
The paradigm shifts in publishing have opened doors for authors. And sometimes caused challenges for those authors who have lost rights...
James Blatch
Sep 1, 20171 min read


SPF-079: A Rising Tide: Author Collaboration – with Nick Stephenson
Nick Stephenson talks to James about the value in author collaboration and how even introverted authors can go about building...
James Blatch
Aug 25, 20171 min read
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