Author Friendly

A quick, 30-minute consumer's guide for self-publishers. Carla King interviews self-publishing industry professionals who make the products, tools, and services that help you write, design, format, produce, distribute, market, and sell your book. Listen and learn how to use these tools to succeed in your craft, career, and business as an independent author.

#21: Steven Spatz, BookBaby for full-service publishing 11/27/2018

20: Rob Price, Gatekeeper Press for full-service publishing 11/15/2018

19: John Burke, Pub Site, an easy-to-use website builder just for authors and books 11/07/2018

#18: Robin Cutler, IngramSpark (Part 2) 10/30/2018

#17: Robin Cutler, IngramSpark (Part 1) 10/23/2018

#16: JoEllen Taylor, FirstEditing, on the different kinds of editors and how to find them 10/16/2018

#15 Kristina Stanley, Fictionary, a mystical magical story editing app 10/09/2018

#14: Laurie McLean, San Francisco Writers Conference 10/03/2018

#13: Angela Bole, IBPA talks hybrid publishing and professional standards 09/25/2018

#12a: Draft2Digital Announces D2D Print 09/21/2018

#12: Kevin Tumlinson, Draft2Digital, an ebook aggregator with easy book creation tools 09/18/2018

#11: Christine Munroe, Kobo Writing Life, a digital self-publishing platform 09/11/2018

#10: Kinga Jentetics, PublishDrive, an ebook distribution service with reach into emerging markets 09/04/2018

#9: Bryan Cohen, Best Page Forward, a copywriting service for bestselling book descriptions 08/28/2018

#8: Elizabeth Mays, Pressbooks. An interior book design, formatting, and publishing tool 08/21/2018

#7: Greg Ioannou, PubLaunch, A book crowdfunding platform with a marketplace 08/14/2018

#6: Mark Coker, Smashwords for ebook distribution, marketing, and preorders 08/06/2018

#5: AC de Fombelle, StreetLib: Create, edit, publish, sell, curate, and print 07/31/2018

#4: Colin Higbie, Scribl for ebook creation, distribution, and marketing service 07/24/2018

#3: Paul Kilpatrick, BetaBooks for Beta Publishing and Growing an Audience of Super-Fans 07/19/2018

#2: Len Epp, Leanpub for Self-Publishing and Selling In-Process Books 07/17/2018

#1: Carla King, Introducing The Author Friendly Podcast 07/13/2018