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Self Publishing Insiders

Draft2Digital, Mark Leslie Lefebvre, Jim Azevedo, Lexi Greene

Brought to you from the indie author experts at Draft2Digital! Each week, Self Publishing Insiders features an interview with a new guest, covering self-publishing topics from writing and craft to marketing and promoting your books, and anything that can help you build and grow your author career.

Learn about new tools, new software, new markets—and of course, all the inside information that D2D can provide!

This show features interviews taken from our live D2D Spotlight, available on YouTube and Facebook. Join us, and get your questions answered during the live broadcast, when you visit D2DLive.com!

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#297
Thursday · 49 min
First Draft Fall: Your New Writing Challenge
Dianna Gunn runs her own writing community, Weeknight Writers, who are introducing First Draft Fall, a new writing challenger for authors in need of community.
#296
October 8 · 54 min
Setting Up an Author Newsletter
Our own Nick Thacker joins us to walk authors through setting up their newsletter and getting the most out of connecting with your readers.
#295
October 1 · 49 min
Author Training in the Age of AI
Chelle Honiker takes a passion for author success into a new author education venture with indieauthortraining.com.
#294
September 24 · 46 min
Developing Iconic Character Dynamics
As a certified Enneagram practitioner and a long-time story consultant, Claire Taylor helps authors understand themselves and their characters more deeply to tell iconic stories.
#293
September 17 · 53 min
Earning Five Figures as a Debut Author — Without KU!
Ashli O'Connell joins us to share insights into her author debut and lessons learned from her successful book launch.
#292
September 10 · 52 min
YouTube for Authors with Dale L. Roberts
Dale Roberts' specialties include book publishing, video production, public speaking, and networking, and he joins us to discuss how authors can be taking advantage of YouTube.
#291
September 3 · 55 min
Serialization Before Publication: Building an Author-Reader Journey
This episode explores pre-publication serialization with novelist Matty Dalrymple, who's serialized her twelfth and latest novel to subscribers.
#290
August 27 · 50 min
Ask Us Anything: Mythbusting Author Questions
Tara from Author Support joins the D2D Team to answer author questions and bust common myths about publishing with Draft2Digital.
#289
August 20 · 50 min
AI Narration vs. Human Narration
Phil Marshall of Spoken and Megan Lazovick of Edison Research join us to discuss their latest study of listeners blind-testing human and AI narration.
#288
August 13 · 46 min
Outlining for Novelists Who Don't Outline
Paul Austin Ardoin joins us with tips to help pantsers looking for practical tools to strengthen their stories without losing what makes them discovery writers.
#287
August 6 · 48 min
The Author Nation Community
Author Nation is more than a four-day Vegas Convention; it's a community meant to help authors build sustainable, prosperous creative careers in the golden age of content creation.
#286
July 30 · 46 min
Substack for Indie Authors
Sinem Günel gives you the Substack playbook — from setting up your publication to landing your first subscribers and building a readership that follows you from book to book.
#285
July 23 · 50 min
Ask Us Anything: The Smashwords Sale
The Draft2Digital team discusses the Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale and how authors can get the most out of our Smashwords Sales as marketing opportunities.
#284
July 16 · 46 min
Pivoting Your Career: Finding What Works for You
Changing careers can be an intimidating prospect, but Tikiri Herath joins us to discuss how she took a new path and built a thriving author business along the way.
#283
July 9 · 54 min
Connecting with Fans: Building the Author - Reader Relationship
Amy Award is a spicy romance author who believes that all bodies are beautiful and deserve their own love stories with Happy Ever Afters. This week, she joins us for a deep dive on building connections with fans.
#282
July 2 · 54 min
Get to Know Romance Writers of America
Romance Writers of America® (RWA) has a long history of advancing the common interests of career-focused romance writers through networking and advocacy and by increasing public awareness of the romance genre.
#281
June 25 · 49 min
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.
#280
June 18 · 58 min
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.
#279
June 11 · 55 min
Ask Us Anything: Marketing, Merchandising, and Author Success
Lexi, Nick, and Mark from the Draft2Digital Team is here to answer author questions about publishing, best practices, and distributing your books with Draft2Digital.
#278
June 4 · 45 min
Scammers are Coming for You!
Dale Roberts joins us to explain how the scammer game has changed, what to watch out for, and what to do if you fall victim to an author scam.

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