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SPS-431: Support for Self Publishing with Draft2DigitalÂ
Nick Thacker VP of Author Success at Draft2Digital joins James to dive into what’s new and what D2D can offer the self publishing world....
James Blatch
Jun 21, 202424 min read
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SPS- 430: The New Content Creation Place with Marco Moutinho from Dibbly
James talks to Marco Moutinho from Dibbly, a content creation platform, which can help you with freelance services. Dibbly also offers an...
James Blatch
Jun 14, 202424 min read
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SPS- 430: The New Content Creation Place with Marco Moutinho from Dibbly
James talks to Marco Moutinho from Dibbly, a content creation platform, which can help you with freelance services. Dibbly also offers an...
James Blatch
Jun 14, 202424 min read
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SPS-429: How do you strategise and what is the best way to invest in editing?
This week James talks to bestseller Suzy K Quinn and editor Adam Strange from Kevin Anderson & Associates, who brings a wealth of...
James Blatch
Jun 7, 202433 min read
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SPS-426: Format your book in style with VellumÂ
This week’s episode is with Brad West the co-founder of Vellum, (in our opinion) the best formatter in the business Show Notes Show...
James Blatch
May 17, 202424 min read
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SPS-422: The Audio Explosion with James Blatch and Victoria Gerken from Podium Audio.
Join James and Victoria Gerken from Podium Audio as they discuss how audio is exploding the world of publishing and providing authors...
James Blatch
Apr 12, 20241 min read
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SPS-421: Who’s coming to SPS LIVE 2024? With James Blatch and Chris Banks from ProWritingAid
Join James Blatch and Chris Banks as James reveals the speakers and sponsors attending the Self Publishing Show Live in London 2024 and...
James Blatch
Mar 22, 20241 min read
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SPS-420: AI: Fear, Loathing and Acceptance with James Blatch
Join James Blatch as he takes on the hot topic of the moment, AI, and how it affects authors and creators. Should you be afraid or...
James Blatch
Mar 15, 20241 min read
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SPS-418: Setting Goals and Building Habits – with Marc Reklau
Marc Reklau used to work in a book printer watching thousands of books get made. It was only when he got fired after ten years that he...
James Blatch
Feb 2, 202426 min read
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SPS-417: Automating Amazon Ads with Merch Jar – with Cameron Scott
What could made to order tee shirts have anything to do with publishing? Well they may be closer than you think… Cameron Scott is an...
James Blatch
Jan 26, 202419 min read
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SPS-416: Storytelling on the Tabletop – with Paddy Finn
We all know you can self publish books, but what about supplementary material for games? Paddy Finn writes for DND sourcebooks, a kind of...
James Blatch
Dec 22, 202338 min read
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SPS-415: AI & Aggregation with PublishDrive – with Danica Favorite
A year. This is how long Danica aims to hold a study for authors to better understand where they sit on important issues like AI, but how...
James Blatch
Dec 15, 202325 min read
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SPS-414: Selling Books Direct with Bookvault – with Alex Smith
Direct sales. A phrase being echoed across Writing conferences and writing spaces currently. Independent authors are now- more than ever-...
James Blatch
Dec 8, 202329 min read
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SPS-413: Living the Bestseller Life – with Michaelbrent Collings
Genre swapping from Horror to romance, Published both as an indie and traditionally, a few screenplays, and a Unique name- Michaelbrent...
James Blatch
Dec 1, 202335 min read
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SPS-412: Time Management for Authors – with Mark Dawson
As self published authors we often don’t feel like there’s enough time in the day- with our many projects, or writing, and remembering to...
James Blatch
Nov 24, 202335 min read
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SPS-411: The Importance of Researching Settings – with Tony Park
Tony Park is an author best known for his vivid use of specific settings in his writing. But how do you convey Authentic settings? Who...
James Blatch
Nov 17, 202340 min read
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SPS-409: Catering for the Christian Market – with Thomas Umstattd
Websites for authors, Podcasting for authors, and the separated Christiaan publishing market. Thomas Ummstadt, a fellow podcaster whose...
James Blatch
Nov 3, 202335 min read
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SPS-407: How to Choose Your Amazon Categories – with Dave Chesson
With recent changes to Amazon KDP’s metadata system, Authors are now presented with a wide array of categories! But is this a good thing?...
James Blatch
Oct 20, 202338 min read
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SPS-406: Turn Your Inner Darkness into Words – with Joanna Penn
Writing can often be emotionally charged or even therapeutic for those who write. But what does that emotionally charged writing say...
James Blatch
Oct 13, 202345 min read
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SPS-405: Is A.I. a Help or a Hindrance? – with Mark Dawson
Mark solo’s this weeks episode with a chat about AI. What tools does he use? What trends does he see? What concerns does he have going...
James Blatch
Oct 6, 202326 min read
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