Tara from Author Support joins the D2D Team at the top of the hour to answer author questions and bust common myths about publishing with Draft2Digital. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ema...

Ask Us Anything: Mythbusting Author Questions with D2D

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Interesting piece on how AI is impacting publishing's supply change. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...

How A.I. Books Sneak Their Way Into Stores (Gift Article)

Big booksellers are taking different approaches to dealing with the deluge of titles generated by artificial intelligence.

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USA TODAY Bestselling Author Paul Austin Ardoin joins us at the top of the hour with tips to help pantsers looking for practical tools to strengthen their stories without losing what makes them discovery writers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzUJ...

Outlining for Novelists Who Don't Outline

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Author Nation is more than a four-day Vegas Convention; it's a community meant to help authors build sustainable, prosperous creative careers in the golden age of content creation. Join us at the top of the hour as we chat with founders Joe and Suze Solari! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRg4...

The Author Nation Community

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Are you curious about what benefits Substack can offer you as an indie author? Join us at the top of the hour as we talk to Sinem Günel of Write • Build • Scale about her Substack playbook. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xijr...

Tikiri Herath is the award-winning author who went from working in federal intelligence to writing her own worlds of suspenseful thrillers. At the top of the hour, we discuss how to find success in your author business after a career pivot. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHM8...

Pivoting Your Career: Finding What Works for You

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We're going live now with Amy Award, talking about building relationships with readers and connecting with your fans. Join us and say hi in chat! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aq4...

Connecting with Fans: Building the Author - Reader Relationship

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Join us live at the top of the hour for a chat with NYT Bestselling Author and co-founder of Inkers Con Alessandra Torre! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHyx...

3 Areas Where Authors Should Focus

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For some authors, it's important to have the right space to create. Whether it's a private desk in your home, a cozy cafe couch, or dictating into your phone on your morning walk, what is your writing space of choice?

Join us this Thursday at Noon Central when we talk to co-founder of Inkers Con and NYT Bestselling Author Alessandra Torre about the ways authors should be spending their time and energy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHyx...

3 Areas Where Authors Should Focus

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We all know everyone loves a good villain. What motivates the villain of your story? What makes them the perfect counterpart to your protagonist? Do they operate in the gray of moral ambiguity or are they unabashedly wicked? Tell us about your antagonist! #authorsky

NYT Bestselling Author and co-founder of Inkers Con Alessandra Torre joins us to discuss opportunities authors should be considering in 2026 when deciding what's worth focusing on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHyx...

3 Areas Where Authors Should Focus

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NYT Bestselling Author and co-founder of Inkers Con Alessandra Torre joins us to discuss opportunities authors should be considering in 2026 when deciding what's worth focusing on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHyx...

3 Areas Where Authors Should Focus

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Join us at the top of the hour when we discuss the balance between craft, commerce, and maintaining joy as an author with Russell Nohelty. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v6m...

Building your publishing career shouldn't come without joy, and loving what you do shouldn't mean you aren't making money. Russell Nohelty from Hapitalist joins us live tomorrow to talk about writing, making money, and optimizing for joy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v6m...

Optimizing for Joy and Making Money Doing It

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We're live at the top of the hour to discuss the Value of Short Stories, Sci-Fi, and Community with Emily Goodwin of Author Services, Inc and Galaxy Press. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG_E...

Writers of the Future: The Value of Short Stories, Sci-Fi, and Community

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Sci-Fi, Short Stories, and building an author community to foster the Writers of the Future. Join us this Thursday at 12CST when we go live with Emily Goodwin of Author Services, Inc for this week's episode of Self Publishing Insiders. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG_E...

Writers of the Future: The Value of Short Stories, Sci-Fi, and Community

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Independent Bookstore Day is TWO days away, but we’re starting the celebration a little early with a collection of free ebooks by indie authors! Check out the list: bookshop.org/lists/indie-...

Indie Authors for Indie Bookstores: FREE Ebooks

Checkout out this list on Bookshop

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Indie Bookstore Day is April 25th. At the top of the hour, we sit down with Ami Greko of Bookshop.org to understand how you can help celebrate the day by encouraging readers to visit their favorite indie bookstores, either in person or online. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mup...

Indie Bookstore Day!

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Join us for the 16th annual Nonfiction Writers Conference, an ONLINE event happening May 6-8, 2026 All educational sessions are delivered LIVE and include Q&A with the speakers. Reach your publishing goals with NFWC! nonfictionwritersconference.com

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This Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day! If you're an indie author looking to show love to indie bookstores, now's your chance to remind your readers that buying your ebooks and Print-on-Demand books through Bookshop.org supports their local bookstores.

This Thursday, Becca Puglisi will be joining us to talk about lessons from The Fear Thesaurus. Learn how understanding your character's fears can improve your character and your story. Be sure to click the "Notify Me" reminder for this week's D2D Live! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFkd...

Writing Fear: How Inner Conflict Crafts Compelling Characters

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Author Nation's Virtual Industry Expo is getting ready to go live at 11am CST! Be sure to visit their landing page to Save Your Seat so you connect with the D2D Team and dozens of other companies in the publishing industry. #authorsky www.authornation.live/virtual-indu...

Don’t Miss Author Nation Live 2025

Strategy, connection, and 100+ sessions designed to grow your author business.

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Authors, are you interested in meeting major publishing vendors and asking industry questions? Be sure to attend Author Nation's Virtual Industry Expo this Sunday, April 12th at 11am CST! Attendees will be entered to win a variety of publishing prizes! authornation.live/virtual-indu...

Don’t Miss Author Nation Live 2025

Strategy, connection, and 100+ sessions designed to grow your author business.

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At the top of the hour, Jo Wildsmith joins us to discuss how authors can turn their manuscripts into something polished, professional, and ready to make an impact using print on demand to its fullest potential. #authorsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvt6...

The Importance of Print On-Demand

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We're going live tomorrow at Noon Central with Jo Wildsmith to discuss the importance of print-on-demand and what indie authors could be doing to get more out of print. Be sure to set a reminder for when we go live and join us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvt6...

The Importance of Print On-Demand

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Authors, are you interested in meeting major publishing vendors and asking industry questions? Be sure to attend Author Nation's Virtual Industry Expo this Sunday, April 12th at 11am CST! Attendees will be entered to win a variety of publishing prizes! www.authornation.live/virtual-indu...

Most indie authors aren't getting the most out of print-on-demand. Jo Wildsmith helps authors turn manuscripts into something polished and ready to use print to its fullest potential. Join us live for a chat with Jo on Thursday at Noon Central! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvt6...

The Importance of Print On-Demand

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Skye B. MacKinnon has lived in various countries before settling in Scotland and has a unique international perspective on publishing. Skye joins us at the top of the hour to share best practices for how to translate indie books into different languages. #authorsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1sV...

How Translation Helps Indies Expand into New Markets

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Authors! Now is the time to start your final promotional push if you books are available in the Read an Ebook Week sale! Historically, Smashwords Sales are busiest at the beginning and end of the sale, so now is one of the best times to get more eyes on your books!