Begin Self-Publishing Podcast

Discover how May King is getting along with her book writing process as she returns to the Begin Self-Publishing Podcast. You can find show notes here: https://beginselfpublishing.com/may-king-returns/

A quick update about the status of the show as we reach episode 150.

We discover how Ben Roberts got on with his book release and say goodbye to Ben from the podcast.

In this episode I talk to May King Tsang about how her book project is going and the mistakes she has made and why she is behind with the project. You can find show notes at https://beginselfpublishing.com/may-king-mistakes/

In this show Ben Roberts is almost at the point of releasing his book. We talk about how he is going to launch his book and answer some questions he still has. You can see show notes at https://beginselfpublishing.com/ben-finish-line/

I talk to Niklas Myhr, the Social Media Professor about his book project. He's already got funding to start the project putting him in prime position. You can find full show notes at https://beginselfpublishing.com/niklas-myhr-joins-the-show/ You can contact the show host at timlewis@stonehampress.com

In this episode I talk to May King again about how she is going with writing her book and we talk about a whole number of subjects, including what categorises success for a book project. You can find show notes at https://beginselfpublishing.com/what-is-success/

In this show I interview Ben Roberts and discover where he is going to be the chosen one on the podcast and actually hit his book deadline in mid-February. You can find the show notes to this show at https://beginselfpublishing.com/is-ben-anakin/ You can contact the show host at timlewis@stonehampress.com

Jen Cole's behind in terms of her word count, but feels that she works best with a deadline so needs to catch up to meet her April 30th deadline. You can find full show notes here https://beginselfpublishing.com/jen-needs-to-catch-up You can contact the host at timlewis+show@stonehampress.com.

It's Come to This: The Christmas Clip Show Special. A remixed, not entirely genuine interview with @andrewandpete... You can find the full transcript here : https://beginselfpublishing.com/andrewandpeteremixed/

May King returns to the show talking about her plan to her book and Tim takes May King through what she needs to consider in actually writing the book. You can see show notes at https://beginselfpublishing.com/may-king-plans

In this show, Ben Roberts has now completed his manuscript; we discover what he is working on now with his book and how the writing process has affected his life. You can find a transcript of the show at https://beginselfpublishing.com/ben-manuscript/

In this episode I talk to Holly Chessman about the final steps she needs to take her completed and edited manuscript and designed cover from her computer and into the Amazon store. A full transcript for this episode are available here: https://beginselfpublishing.com/holly-discovers-the-final-steps

In this episode I talk again to Jen Cole about her book plan, which she has now completed and talk about the next steps in her book writing journey. https://beginselfpublishing.com/jen-finishes-her-plan/

In this show I talk about my experiences in the release of my latest book and first non-fiction book, Social Media Networking. You can find full show notes at https://beginselfpublishing.com/social-media-networking-book-release/

In this episode I talk to May King Tsang, Twitter Supremo, tea pun aficionado and tea expert about what kind of book she should write out of the many ideas she has for a book. You can find a full transcription here: https://beginselfpublishing.com/may-king-tea/

Meet Ben Roberts, host of the Marketing Buzzwords Podcast - discover his publishing journey. He's already run a successful crowd-funding campaign for his book and now he's looking to self-publish the book. You can find show notes here: https://beginselfpublishing.com/meet-ben-roberts

In this show we begin the task of getting the multi-talented marketer Jen Cole to start writing a book by first committing to complete the project. http://beginselfpublishing.com/jen-commits-to-publish

The Format of the Begin Self-Publishing Podcast is changing to add in many more tutorial shows where I follow/help people in their self-publishing journeys. http://beginselfpublishing.com/format-change-and-update

In this show we conclude our quick guide to self-publishing by talking about Book Marketing, the greatest challenge to most self-publishers. Full show notes are available at http://beginselfpublishing.com/quick-guide-part6

Continuing my Quick guide to Self-Publishing Series I talk about formatting, that is creating a version of your document that can be sold either as an eBook or as paperback. I talk about ePubs and mobi files for eBooks and PDF files for paperbacks. Show notes for this episode are available at https://beginselfpublishing.com/quick-guide-part5-formatting

In this part of the quick self-publishing guide I talk about the editing process : what editing is and why it matters; how to find an editor and how to choose the right one for you. You can find show notes at https://beginselfpublishing.com/quick-guide-part4

In this part of the Quick Self-Publishing Guide I talk about book covers, fresh from the experience of creating the cover for my new book "Social Media Networking" Full show notes available at : https://beginselfpublishing.com/quick-guide-part3

In this second part of my audiobook about self-publishing I talk about the art of actually writing a book. How do you get that book finished? You can find full show notes here: https://beginselfpublishing.com/quick-guide-part2

Realising that if I create a test audiobook, I might as well serialise it on my podcast, I'm now releasing a series of shows with extracts from my new to-be-released audiobook The Quick Guide to Self-Publishing. In this show Preparing to Self-Publish. You can find full show notes here: https://beginselfpublishing.com/quick-guide-part1

In this interview we talk to Harper Bliss & Caroline Manchoulas, successful Lesbian Romance authors about Lesbian fiction and it's differences to normal fiction. You can find full show notes at https://beginselfpublishing.com/lesbian-fiction-harper-bliss

In this show I give you a behind the scenes glimpse of how I put to together the Begin Self-Publishing Podcast and the equipment I use to make the show.  You can find full show notes at https://beginselfpublishing.com/behind-scenes

In this episode I talk about killing my sacred cow of not trading time for money as I'm going to start offer a limited amount of consulting calls. What Sacred Cows do you have? Are they still valid? Do you need to kill the sacred cow? You can find the show notes to this episode at https://beginselfpublishing.com/sacred_cow

We talk to Azriel Ratz about how to best use Facebook Ads to sell books, discussing whether it even makes sense and how much you need to spend and how best to go about doing it.

In this show I talk about the importance of having confidence in your product and how not having it can affect sales, regardless of the quality of your book. http://beginselfpublishing.com/power-confidence

I haven't talked much about my own books on this show. I lost confidence in them, and I shouldn't have done. In this episode I talk solely about my books. Full show notes are available at http://beginselfpublishing.com/my-own-books

GDPR or the General Data Protection Regulations are new EU regulations affecting how small businesses can use customer data - especially e-mail address lists. I talk to Annabel Kaye about the issues involved for self-publishers. You can find full show notes at http://beginselfpublishing.com/storm-gdpr-annabel-kaye

Roger Edwards is an experienced marketer and I talk to him about the bits of marketing that tend to get overlooked - those bits like research that aren't about communication or advertising. You can find full show notes at http://beginselfpublishing.com/forgotten-bits-marketing-roger-edwards

In this show I talk to Ian Sutherland who has been using Twitter to grow his author platform for several years. I talk to him about how his Twitter strategy has needed to change due to Twitter clamping down on automated tactics and his new Author Platform service. For show notes go to http://beginselfpublishing.com/twitter-authors-ian-sutherland/

I talk with fellow self-publishing Podcaster, Paul Teague, about how things have turned out in 2017 and what we reckon will happen in 2018. Full show transcription is available here: http://beginselfpublishing.com/self-publishing-2018-paul-teague/

In this not entirely serious Christmas show I talk to zany expert marketers Andrew and Pete about how to improve your content to make it stand out. Full Show Notes can be found at http://beginselfpublishing.com/great-content-andrew-pete-christmas-special

In this show I talk to Olly Richards about how he has built a company selling self-published language books.  Starting with self-publishing in the Kindle Gold Rush, he got disillusioned and started a language training company.  Then he started using his existing self-publishing experience to help him self-publish short stories to help people learn languages.  Now he has been approached by a traditional publisher to take over his series of learning books. Show notes are available at: http://beginselfpublishing.com/writing-educational-books-olly-richards

In this show I talk to Park Howell who teaches people how to use their stories to improve their marketing and business. It's ironic that many fiction authors don't use story very well in their marketing. This interview should help change that for some. You can find show notes at  beginselfpublishing.com/story-park-howell

Writing great book descriptions is an art. Something that you can either outsource to a copywriter or do yourself, if you take the time to do it. Don't just write any old rubbish at the last minute. Find out how to write great book descriptions with the host of the Copy That Pops Podcast and expert copywriter, Laura Petersen. Full Show Notes are available at http://beginselfpublishing.com/book-descriptions-laura-petersen

How can you use Amazon Advertising to promote your books? Find out as I interview Books Ads Supremo Mark Dawson about how to use Amazon and Bookbub advertising for your books. Find the full show notes at http://beginselfpublishing.com/amazon-advertising-mark-dawson

Learn how to do video just with your mobile phone in this interview with Social Media Expert Amanda Webb. My guest on this episode is Amanda Webb, who's somebody I've met at multiple conferences.   The purpose of today's episode is to talk about mobile video. I did Amanda's Go Do Video course in London and, to be honest, I was extremely impressed by what you can actually do with videos on a mobile phone, and I thought it would be a great opportunity to get Amanda on the show, to talk about the same topic. I mean we all think that you need expensive cameras and things to do video but in today's world, with only maybe a small amount of extra equipment, you can actually do very, very good videos on mobile phones, and certainly I think most self-publishers, as they're fairly cost-conscious, would be quite keen to use something they've already got to create decent videos. Show Notes are available at http://beginselfpublishing.com/mobile-video-amanda-webb

In this episode, I talk to Claire Josa, who is the author of Dare To Dream Bigger, and an expert on overcoming limiting beliefs. The irony is that she actually tells quite often the story about her own failures in feeling like an imposter within the book. Actually, I think a lot of the things that it discusses are quite profound in terms of the whole mental side of writing and doing other things. I think this actually a very interesting interview for psychological perspective. You might be one of those happy individuals who never suffers from writer's block, never feels like an imposter, and is happily getting on with their life. In which case, you might not find this interview that interesting. You can find show notes at http://beginselfpublishing.com/imposter-syndrome-clare-josa

In this episode I talk to Charles Harris, an experienced Screenplay Writer, Filmmaker and now best-selling novelist about how to write and pitch Screenplays, which as we discover are quite a different beast to novels.  His first novel is the Breaking of Liam Glass. You can find show notes at http://beginselfpublishing.com/writing-screenplays-charles-harris

In this show I talk to Louise Harnby, an experienced Fiction editor and proof-reader about how to get the most from an editor for your work of fiction. You can find show notes at http://beginselfpublishing.com/fiction-editing-louise-harnby

In this episode I talk about overcoming the fundamental economic problem - how to prioritise what to spend your money and time doing as an author. Long term listeners to this show will know that every now and then I do a solo show where I talk about something that's either a mindset issue or just something to do with self publishing that's come up. I'll be completely honest with you most of the time I do these episodes because I haven't booked a guest or I've run out of guests. But in this particular instance that isn't the case. I've actually got about three shows recorded. But I don't really want to do an interview show when I'm away. In terms of when the show has been released. So I thought I do one of these shorter shows I need to tide you over until we start getting into the more serious interviews again in September. But also because I've quite missed having these sort of odd philosophical chats on the podcast every now and then. So you're probably wondering unless you've ever done economics in the subject as to what the Economic Problem is and why we want to overcome it. See full show notes at http://beginselfpublishing.com/overcoming-economic-problem

In this episode and I talk to Marcus Sheridan who is the owner of a swimming pool company who suddenly learned in the days when his business was suffering in the recession that by creating an absolutely amazing blog just about the questions people have about swimming pools, he managed to hold his company back from the point of oblivion just by doing blogging and answering questions. He's now known as the Sales Lion and goes around training people internationally on how to do Content Marketing for fiction especially focusing on answering the questions that readers actually have. You can find full show notes at http://beginselfpublishing.com/content-marketing-fiction

In this episode I talk again to Alex Newton of K-Lytics about what is happening in the Amazon Kindle Store in terms of what categories are doing well and badly. You can find full show notes at http://beginselfpublishing.com/latest-kindle-store

In this episode I talk to Denise Cowle, a non-fiction editor based in Scotland.  We talk about what the difference is between copy-editing and proofreading and what you need to look for in an editor. You can find full show notes at http://beginselfpublishing.com/non-fiction-editing-denise-cowle

In this episode I talk to acclaimed Finnish author Helena Halme about her experiences of writing and self-publishing in English. You can find show notes at http://beginselfpublishing.com/writing-foreign-language

In this episode I talk to WordPress security expert Chris Varnom about how to make sure your website is secure.  Invariably I see on a monthly (and sometimes weekly) basis reports of author websites being hacked, so I thought this was an important topic to cover on the show. You can find full show notes at http://beginselfpublishing.com/website-security-chris-varnom

In this episode I talk to veteran Book Publicist, Ben Cameron about using a book publicist to promote your book. You can find full show notes at http://beginselfpublishing.com/book-publicist-ben-cameron