As busy schedules take precedent in our daily lives, many of us find ourselves too busy to read much between all of the projects we’re juggling at any given moment. At Happy Self Publishing, we’re a huge fan of podcasts – we can put them on while working, running errands or simply just multi-tasking like the productive bunch we are! Not only are they efficient, but they allow us to learn and absorb as we’re checking items off our seemingly endless to-do lists.
Here are the top 10 podcasts that our team members are listening to and loving right now. Enjoy!
Self-Publishing School Podcast
In the Self-Publishing School podcast, you’ll learn to write and publish your first book, and how to use that book to grow your business, brand, or following. Chandler Bolt is the host of the Self Publishing School podcast & the author of 6 bestselling books.
Chandler brings in top experts who talk from personal experience about things they’ve actually done. In other words, this will be real, valuable, actionable information — not untested theoretical advice from a textbook.
The Creative Penn Podcast
Hosted by Joanna Penn, the Creative Penn podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life and features interviews with authors, inspirational coaching, writing tips, creative resources, publishing options, book marketing advice and discussions about entrepreneurship. The Creative Penn is an incredibly successful website in and of itself, and is recognized as one of the most helpful destinations for self published authors today. Tune in for a new episode every Monday, or browse through a library of over 300 episodes and counting!
Author Marketing Institute Podcast
Author Jim F. Kukral founded the Author Marketing Institute after signing a contract for his first book with a large publishing firm in 2009, only to realize that much of the book’s marketing was left in his own hands. As such, he created the site in 2010 to provide tools, advice and training for authors to use free of charge. The Author Marketing Institute podcast acts as a one-stop shop for authors to learn the tips and tricks necessary to building a successful author platform, selling more books and discovering new readers.
The Sell More Books Show
The Sell More Books Show is hosted by Jim Kukral, an award-winning Internet marketing professional, and Brynn Cohen, the author behind nearly 30 books. It is a weekly podcast that is focused on helping new and experienced authors stay up to date with the latest trends in self-publishing as well as independent book selling and marketing strategies. These guys really know their stuff – Jim Kukral was named as one of the most influential small business people on Twitter, while Bryan has written a number of books about amping up creativity and coming up with innovative writing ideas. Tune into the podcast here.
Kobo Writing Life Podcast
Hosted by Kobo Writing Life, a DIY publishing portal for authors, the Kobo Writing Life podcast features exciting interviews with bestselling authors, tips for writing and advice for successfully self publishing. We like this podcast because it presents self publishing from a different angle – that of a publishing platform. Browse through over 70 episodes with bestselling authors and influencers including Joanna Penn, Affinity Konar and more!
The Side Hustle Show
The reality is that many of today’s authors also moonlight as entrepreneurs, writing books in order to further their personal brand and businesses. Hosted by Nick Loper, of Side Hustle Nation fame, the Side Hustle Show podcast provides tips and resources for part-time entrepreneurs looking for ideas, actionable tips to start a business and killer strategies on how to turn their side hustle dreams into a growing business. It covers all aspects of starting a business and making money (online and offline), including small business marketing, sales, websites, social media marketing, blogging, time management, and more.
The Portfolio Life
Hosted by bestselling author and entrepreneur Jeff Goins, The Portfolio Life shares thoughts and ideas that will help listeners pursue work that matters, make a difference with their art and discover their creative voices! This is an excellent show for authors and artists of all type to listen to in hopes of connecting with their inner passions and unleashing as much creative energy as possible.
The Self Publishing Show
The Self Publishing Show provides weekly inspiration and education to writers at all stages of their careers. They feature interviews with million-selling indie authors, breakout stars from traditional publishing, industry insiders, and tech geniuses who show you how to put the incredible tools at our disposal to their best use. There are also frequent Masterclass episodes from Mark Dawson where he deep-dive into a particular topic, from building a mailing list to the very latest in social media advertising techniques, and everything else in between. Their aim is always the same: provide a ton of value in exchange for an hour of your time.
The Bestseller Experiment
The Bestseller Experiment is a podcast by two writers, Mark Stay and Mark Desvaux, who each week discuss different aspects of writing and publishing with guests from the publishing industry, such as other authors, editors, or marketing experts.
The Worried Writer Podcast
Bestselling novelist and host of The Worried Writer, Sarah Painter, reveals tips and techniques for overcoming fear, self-doubt and procrastination in order to write and publish books. There are interviews with other authors, from debut novelists to established bestsellers, exploring their writing routines, struggles with self-doubt and imposter syndrome, and tips for success. ‘Sarah Painter is the writer’s best friend’.
And of course, we couldn’t resist the temptation to promote our very own podcast – the Happy Self Publishing show where we interview thought leaders in the self-publishing world, our clients, and bestselling authors.
