Marc Reklau has had great success using Amazon ads to boost his book income from three figures a month to five. He talks to James about...

Eileen Coleman is the marketing half of her partnership with her writer-husband Christopher. In this episode, Eileen shares the story of...

James and Mark walk us through a new advertising campaign for a six-book series that had languished. James shares the mistakes he made,...

James and Mark walk us through a new advertising campaign for a six-book series that had languished. James shares the mistakes he made,...

Poet Pierre Jeanty shares his lessons about finding an audience, using social media to sell books, and being flexible enough to change...

Chris Banks knows from personal experience how challenging it can be for an author to take their writing from good to great. He’s created...

20Booksto50K founder Michael Anderle talks about his publishing company and what’s working now for authors and publishers. Show Notes On...

Nicholas Kotar shares the details of his experience with a Kickstarter campaign to launch and fund writing some of his books. Show Notes...

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 Sumner reminds us that taking care of our mental health is as important as anything else in an author’s life. Show Notes On dealing...

James and Mark discuss strategies authors can use to cope with the current global health crisis, including important mindset reminders...

Director of Operations and Author Relations at Draft2Digital, Dan Wood talks to James about how D2D helps authors get their books into...

Leading light in the independent publishing sphere, Joanna Penn, talks to James about the future of audio in all forms (audiobooks,...

Once more James, book coach Jennie Nash, blurb savant Bryan Cohen, and cover design guru Stuart Bache don their white coats and offer...

James and Mark recap the Self-Publishing Show Live event that happened in early March in London, England. Show Notes On the origins of...

Emma Prince already had over 20 books published when she became pregnant. Knowing she’d likely have less energy during the pregnancy, and...

Mal (M.D.) Cooper likely breaks some sort of record for productivity. In 2018 she wrote 44 books. This year, she plans to ‘scale back’ to...

Elle Thorpe published her first books herself, and then, with the help of the SPF Foundation was able to learn about advertising from the...

After writing 165 books (so far) Kevin J. Anderson has seen all the writing trends come and go. One skill that has served him well is...

We all have areas of expertise, and as Valerie J. Lewis Coleman points out, we can use our knowledge both to help others and to create...