Author: Indie Author Magazine

The executive team and staff writers are all working indie authors from different countries, writing in different genres, and at different stages of their career. The core founders developed a tight-knit community in early 2020 and realized that together their collective experiences and strengths could be leveraged to help one another, as well as the indie author community as a whole. After launching a website to organize the tools they were sharing with one another (https://indieauthortools.com) as well as a book club and an Amazon Influencer channel, they turned their attention to how they could help other authors wade through the glut of information available to indie authors from an unbiased and inside-the-industry perspective.

Indie Author Training Roundup

If there’s one thing we can be certain of in our indie author careers, it’s that things change constantly, and trying to keep up can be a real time sink. Indie Author Training is a one-stop place that offers education, community, and tools for storytellers. New webinars, courses and product tours are coming online every […]

From the Stacks

Book: Strangers to Superfans: A Marketing Guide to The Reader Journey David Gaughran https://books2read.com/Superfans David Gaughran is a seasoned self-published author who has used his expertise to coach countless indies to success through his workshops, blog, and Let’s Get Publishing series. His marketing guide Strangers to Superfans is no exception, illuminating the five stages of […]

From the Stacks

Book: Self-Publishing in German: How to Translate, Publish and Market Your Books https://books2read.com/u/mB2q7v The German market is one of the fastest growing markets in publishing today, and the options for translating your books from one language to another continue to grow. Self-Publishing in German by Skye B. MacKinnon promises to teach you what to look […]

Books We Recommend- January 2023

Free Your Time: How Assistants Supercharge Successful Authors Grace Snoke https://books2read.com/u/4X2yG1 Author, personal assistant, and Indie Author Magazine contributor Grace Snoke comes out swinging with her first nonfiction book for indie authors.  It can be overwhelming to handle all the various tasks and responsibilities that come with being an author. You may find that some […]

Inbox Besties Podcast

Kate Doster brings you practical advice and tips for growing your email list in her show.  She believes “email marketing can be fun and  profitable when you treat people like people and let your personality shine through.”

Book Marketing Tips and Author Success

If your book marketing plan needs work, check out Penny Sansevieri and Amy Cornell’s show. Their podcast is long on new ideas and easy-to-implement book marketing strategies. It’s designed to help self-published and traditionally published authors at any career level grow their platform.

How Writers Write 

Brian Murphy interviews successful writers “to decode their tips, routines, and motivations for producing best-sellers” on the How Writers Write show.  Recent listeners have been privy to an insider’s glimpse into the lives of J.A. Jance, Maurice Ruffin, and Fiona Davis.

Narrative First

For “all things story” check out Narrative First. The show is no longer active, but 66 episodes “aimed at providing the secrets to great storytelling” are archived. The mostly ever- green content covers “screenplays to novels to deep theo- retical story structure.” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ narrative-first-where-story-is-always-king/id1131426809

The Indy Author Podcast

Author Matty Dalrymple delves into how we can improve our writing skills and navigate a career in self-publishing on The Indy Author Podcast. Dalrymple, who is lauded for her interview technique, launches new episodes of the show weekly. In addition, you can learn about the tools and resources that have been indispensable to her as […]