If you’re a non-fiction author looking to publish and market your book, we compiled a list of 20 great podcasts that can help. Whether you’re working on your first book or you’re a veteran author, these podcasts can provide great insights, knowledge, and experience.
20 Podcasts For Non-Fiction Authors
| The Market Your Message Show
The Market Your Message Show is for bloggers, authors, speakers, and coaches who want to rise above the noise and get paid for their expertise. The show focuses on practical strategies for building visibility, authority, and income.
| Uncorking a Story
Uncorking a Story is a podcast for readers and writers who want to go deeper into the stories behind the books they love. The show features intimate conversations with authors, uncovering the hidden narratives, creative processes, and inspirations that shape their work.
| Inside Personal Growth with Greg Voisen
Inside Personal Growth is a long-running podcast for individuals committed to personal development and lifelong learning. Featuring more than 1,000 high-quality interviews with leading authors and international experts, the show explores the art of transformation across every facet of life.
| Elite Publishing with Melanie Johnson and Jenn Foster
Elite Publishing is a show for aspiring authors and book lovers curious about what it takes to succeed in publishing. Hosted by Melanie Johnson and Jenn Foster, the podcast features conversations with accomplished authors who share their writing processes, challenges, and strategies for navigating the publishing journey.
| Leveraging Thought Leadership
Leveraging Thought Leadership is a podcast for professionals looking to turn ideas into influence and impact. Hosted by Peter Winick and Bill Sherman, the show explores the many paths of thought leadership through conversations with keynote speakers, authors, consultants, and academics.
| Better Health Bookshelf
Want expert advice to transform your health and wellness–and get valuable free resources? If you’re seeking innovative strategies for lasting fitness, nutrition, and overall well-being, you’re in the right place. Better Health Bookshelf is your weekly guide to the best books on wellness, fitness, and nutrition. Hosted by Mike Capuzzi, a seasoned author and health enthusiast, this podcast brings you conversations with experts who’ve written life-changing books on better living. Perfect for health-conscious individuals seeking practical, evidence-based advice and sometimes contrarian views on how to improve their well-being.
| Behind the Book Cover
There are people who launch books and end up just having a nice thing to put on their shelves. Then there are people who launch books that transform their careers—and lives.
In this show, she talks to entrepreneurs and authors about how to intentionally launch the book that will serve as the best business card and marketing tool you’ve ever had—and then how to use that to build your business even more.
Named one of the best publishing podcasts by LA Weekly, Feedspot, Podchaser and Kindlepreneur, Behind the Book Cover features solo episodes as well as interviews with best-selling authors, entrepreneurs and publishing insiders.
| The Sell More Books Show
Authors, are you struggling to get the word out about your books? Discover the latest book marketing and publishing news, tools and strategies. This is the Sell More Books Show with Jim Kukral and Bryan Cohen. Every week you’ll get helpful tips and ideas to make your book sales soar. Visit SellMoreBooksShow.com for detailed show notes and more info.
| The Extraordinary Business Book Club
Alison Jones, publisher and book coach, explores business books from both a writer’s and a reader’s perspective. Interviews with authors, publishers, business leaders, entrepreneurs, tech wizards, social media strategists, PR and marketing experts and others involved in helping businesses tell their story effectively.
| Helping Writers Become Authors
Hosted by the award winning story coach K.M. Weiland, the Helping Writers Become Authors podcast will take you deep into story theory, writing techniques, and all the incredible wisdom of story. There is no such thing as “just a story”. Come along to find out how to write YOUR best story, astound the world, and (just maybe) change your life!
| High-Income Business Writing
Ed Gandia, co-author of the bestselling book, The Wealthy Freelancer, reveals how to propel your writing business to the six-figure level (or the part-time equivalent). In this nuts-and-bolts, no-nonsense podcast, you’ll discover how to get better clients, earn more in less time, and bring more freedom and joy into your writing business. Ed will walk you through the practical, “doable” systems and strategies he has developed in his own writing business — the same systems he has taught his private coaching clients. He’ll also show you what’s working for other business writers by bringing you real case studies from the field. And he’ll share all this information in an honest and transparent way, with no hype or fluff.
| Audiobook Connection – Behind the Scenes with the Creative Teams
Engaging conversations with Authors, Narrators, Post-production audio engineers, Marketing teams as well as audio book listeners and fans. Go behind the scenes with audiobook creators as host Becky Parker Geist guides the conversation to discover the surprises, victories and challenges in publishing and producing audiobooks. Ideal for indie authors, small publishers, audiobook fans, and anyone interested in a behind-the-scenes peek into the audiobook world – as well as authors and publishers looking for tips from the pros on production and marketing.
| Book Marketing Mentors
Jam-packed with smart, easy and simple ideas, this weekly podcast features experts who share proven techniques to add power and zest to supercharge your book marketing plan. Hosted by Susan Friedmann, CSP, international bestselling author, and founder of Aviva Publishing, this new and exciting podcast aims to rev up your marketing efforts with fewer struggles, and more success.
| The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O’Meara
The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O’Meara is a weekly podcast that showcases leaders in narrative journalism, essay, memoir, documentary film, radio and podcasts about the art and craft of telling true stories.
| Ink in Your Veins
How writers actually write! You might need to be a writer, but you don’t need to struggle so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write)
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| Entrepreneur to Author
A clear, concise, and compelling first-person narrative that takes the listener on a journey of writing and publishing their own non-fiction book. From content creation to story strategy. From building authority to growing a business. From Entrepreneur to Author with host Scott A. MacMillan.
| AskAlli: Self-Publishing Advice
Tune into our podcast twice weekly. On Fridays, the self-publishing advice podcast offers guidance to authors about publishing their own fiction, nonfiction and poetry books, with ALLi director Orna Ross and co-hosts (includes ALLi Member Q&A). And on every other Sunday, multimedia manager Howard Lovy interviews ALLi members and advisors about their books in the Inspirational Indie Author’s series.
| Author U Your Guide to Book Publishing
If you want to write and publish a book … if you want to know the latest in book marketing strategies … if you want to know what tools an author should be using … and if you want to be successful as an author, Author YOU – Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles … Everything You Want to Know But Didn’t Know What to Ask is for you. You will hear about statistics, scenarios, and strategies on what to do now! Judith features a variety of experts that are visionaries in publishing, book marketing experts, book design experts—anything that will get your book and YOU as the author—to the next, next level of success.
| Authors Who Lead
If you want to know how bestselling authors find the time to write their books, the methods they use to be productive and how they find their ideas you will love this podcast. Writing coach Azul Terronez shares interviews with clients such as Pat Flynn, of the Smart Passive Income, Jon Vroman, of the Front Row Factor, and Dana Malstaff of Boss-Mom, Jadah Sellner of Simple Green Smoothies. Have you thought, “I’d like to write a book,” but I don’t know where to start? I explore authors’ journeys, how they craft their stories, become published, and share their art of writing books with the world.
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KATE DILEO
International Bestselling Author. CEO and Chief Brand Architect at Kate DiLeo Branding.
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