If you’re anything like me, you probably get a ton of your information from podcasts or Youtube channels—some sort of medium in which you can listen and also do something else (yay for you multitaskers!).
When it comes to this industry, there are a few publishing podcasts that provide the best, and realest, information out there.
In this post, I’ll cover some of the best podcasts on publishing and a few related to it that can help you out along the way.
Here are the best podcasts for publishing, writing, and marketing:
- Self-Publishing School Podcast
- Writing Excuses
- The Book Marketing Show
- The Creative Penn
- Self-Publishing With Dale
- So You Want to Be a Writer
- Grammar Girl
- The Writer Files
- Dead Robots’ Society
- Helping Writers Become Authors
- Ditch Diggers
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The only way to make real change is to grow, and that often requires learning. After all, how can you do something differently if you don’t know what that something “different” is?
As an online education company helping people write and publish their books to bestseller status with our Become a Bestseller program, we know the information most don’t know or understand, and we break it down into chunks you can absorb and learn from.
That’s why we started up our own podcast again, and why we continue to put out free help for you on our Youtube channel and more!
Now let’s get into some of the best publishing podcasts, as well as great resources for writers in general.
The Best Publishing Podcasts
As we said, education is so important for continued growth, and that’s especially true when it comes to an industry so transformative as self-publishing.
It’s growing and changing every day!
That’s why we’re giving you some of the best podcasts to listen to with the most thorough, up-to-date information to learn and grow from.
1 – Self-Publishing School Podcast
That’s right! We brought this back with brand new content hosted by Chandler Bolt, with interviews with the likes of Russell Brunson, Ruth Soukup, Pat Flynn, and plenty of new names you probably recognize coming up!
Some of our previous guests included Gary Vaynerchuk, Joanna Penn, and other experts who divulge some of their best secrets to our listeners.
Here’s one of our newest episodes with Ruth Soukup about self-publishing versus traditional and her own experience (spoiler: it’s not looking good for the traditional industry…yikes!).
You can check out more about our podcast on this page, and listen wherever you typically do!
We’ve been featured on WelpMagazine as one of the best publishing podcasts of 2021!
Don’t forget to subscribe, and hit us with a review 🙂
2 – Writing Excuses
Writing Excuses covers much more than just publishing, and it’s all done in 15-minute bite-sized chunks for easy digestion.
It’s hosted by Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler—with the occasional guest speaker!
I could put this down in the writing section since they often go through questions and topics related to actually writing, but they also cover a ton of thorough information about publishing (both traditional and self-publishing), as well as general career advice from career authors.
3 – The Book Marketing Show
Dave Chesson is the host of The Marketing Show as well as the man behind Kindlepreneur and their excellent Publisher Rocket product.
He covers topics ranging from launching with consistent sales, choosing between self-publishing versus traditional publishing, and other topics all authors or authors-to-be should be in-the-know of.
You can even learn how to revive a dead book!
4 – The Creative Penn
If there’s one thing Joanna Penn knows, it’s how to use a pen 😉
In other words, she knows her writing and publishing world, and she shares this knowledge with the rest of us via her podcast, The Creative Penn.
We’ve actually had Joanna Penn on our podcast and know she’s a just a well of knowledge when it comes to writing fiction, nonfiction, and the behind-the-scenes publishing details.
Check out her podcast wherever you listen!
5 – Self-Publishing With Dale
Dale is a powerhouse of information in the self-publishing industry. He has a popular Youtube channel along with his podcast, Self-Publishing with Dale.
Dale’s content ranges from marketing your book as a self-published author to audiobooks, ghostwriting, and more topics authors should be aware of int his industry.
We’ve even gotten together with Dale for our own little swap of information, and to learn more about him and his specialties.
You can check out that video below!
The Best Writing Podcasts
It’s not enough to know how to publish a book successfully. You also need to make the book you’re publishing stand out above others—especially in this industry.
So to bring you help with that half of the equation are our top podcasts for writers.
1 – So You Want to Be a Writer
Australian-based Valerie Kho and Allison Tait host this podcast that delves into the world of author interviews, cover their processes, important issues in the literary world, and overall writing guidance.
You can check out their podcast here.
2 – Grammar Girl
This tried-and-true writing podcast is on its 770+ episode, bringing some insight into the more technical side of writing.
While you may get broader overviews from time to time, Grammar Girl is largely known for helping you understand how writing works, how the sentences fit together, and why certain things and rules are the way they are.
From episodes like “Why do we say ‘cool on your heels’?” to specific episodes highlighting how your language can affect the perception of time, you’ll be more informed and you might come up with some cool ideas for our own stories.
3 – The Writer Files
The Writer Files podcast covers topics ranging from writing to productivity, creativity and even neuroscience.
Essentially, everything you’ll need to hack your way to writer life.
While they don’t post too often, they do have consistent uploads every two weeks max, so you’ll have something new to consume (in order to further put off your writing, I’m sure).
You can listen anywhere podcasts are published!
4 – Dead Robots’ Society
A twist on ye old Dead Poet’s Society, Dead Robots’ Society is a podcast all about so many lovely, nerdy aspects of writing. If you like chatting Gods and Monsters, dystopian topics, and more, this might be the podcast for you!
You can check out their website right here, and download wherever you listen to podcasts!
5 – Helping Writers Become Authors
Helping Writers Become Authors is a podcast and website dedicated to exactly as it says!
Once you begin your writing journey, there are a ton of steps involved in turning that writerhood into authordom. This writing podcast helps you along with that very initiative!
From this podcast, you’ll learn tips for writing a great opening hook to the benefits of writing and much more to take you from hobby writer to fully published author.
6 – Ditch Diggers
Keeping up on the latest publishing news isn’t as easy as it seems. In the world of self-publishing, with all its moving parts, it’s important to keep up on trends and changes in the marketplace on a highly consistent basis.
That’s what Ditch Diggers helps you do.
From updates in the publishing industry to growing your audience and more, it’s there.
You can listen where podcasts are published!
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