My Latest Advice on Book Publishing and Marketing

This week, I’m a guest on the Smarty Pants Book Marketing podcast, where I discuss traditional publishing, self-publishing, and marketing with Chris Syme, including:

Advice on how to make the jump from indie author to traditional publishing—or if you should
The pros and cons of book pricing
Tips on building your platform
How to tackle writing with a business approach

Click here to listen to the show.

Also, I just wrapped up my fourth office hours session over at Facebook, where I run a wide-ranging Q&A with writers. The videos are time-stamped so you can jump straight to the question you’re interested in. Here are links to each recording:

My Facebook office hours are going on vacation over the summer, but I’ll be back in the fall.

Jane Friedman

Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.

Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.