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Claire Taylor is a humor and mystery author and the mind behind The Liberated Writer. As a certified Enneagram practitioner and a long-time editor and story consultant, Claire helps authors understand themselves and their characters more…
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Ashli O’Connell is the author of the historical novel Emmaline. As a debut author, she earned five figures of royalties in ten weeks— all without having her book in Kindle Unlimited. Ashli joins us to share insights into her author debut…
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Serialization Before Publication: Building an Author-Reader Journey

September 3, 2026 · 55 min

Before a novel hits shelves, some authors are inviting readers into the process—one chapter at a time. This episode explores pre-publication serialization with novelist Matty Dalrymple, who's serialized her twelfth and latest novel to…
Ask Us Anything: Mythbusting Author Questions

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AI Narration vs. Human Narration

August 20, 2026 · 51 min

In this episode, we delve into new data from Edison Research that found U.S. fiction audiobook listeners prefer Spoken’s multi-cast AI narration to that of human narrators. The study surveyed over 1,000 fiction audiobook listeners who…
Outlining for Novelists Who Don't Outline

August 13, 2026 · 47 min

Sometimes discovery writing leads to dead ends, character inconsistency, or stories that wander off track. USA TODAY Bestselling Author Paul Austin Ardoin joins us with tips to help pantsers looking for practical tools to strengthen their…
The Author Nation Community

August 6, 2026 · 49 min

Author Nation is the world’s largest indie author conference, built around a simple belief: successful authors are built through community, strategy, and consistent action. But Author Nation is more than a four-day Vegas Convention; it's…
Substack for Indie Authors

July 30, 2026 · 46 min

Substack for indie authors: where to start, what to post, and how to grow. Sinem Günel of Write • Build • Scale joins the D2D Self Publishing Insiders podcast to give you the playbook — from setting up your publication to landing your…
Ask Us Anything: The Smashwords Sale

July 23, 2026 · 51 min

The Draft2Digital team discusses the Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale and how authors can get the most out of our Smashwords Sales as marketing opportunities. //Draft2Digital is where you grow your Indie Author Career// Looking for your…

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About the show

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!