Future Best Seller

By Future Best Seller

The podcast every author needs!

It drives us bonkers that there isn’t a one-stop shop to keep up-to-date with everything going on in the writing industry.

We’re asking a lot. It’s a big industry. St... more

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How many episodes does Future Best Seller have?

The podcast currently has 48 episodes available.

Future Best Seller episodes:

July 18, 2024 EP 48: Zombies Need Brains and so do we, Featuring Joshua Palmatier
Joshua Palmatier is an author, editor, and publisher. He is the founder and operator of Zombies Need Brains, a publisher who specializes in science fiction and fantasy themed anthologies, backed through Kickstarter. Zombies Needs Brains just announced their upcoming themes, and if the projects fund, they will have open calls!
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1h 16min
July 15, 2024EP 47: I Want to Go on a Writer Retreat
News:
Audible announces a new royalty model

KDP announces hardbacks in UK

Penguin Random House to buy Boom! Studios

Macmillan to launch 23rd Street Books imprint

RBMedia to buy Dreamscape
Writing Tools
Writing Retreats - Both official and unofficial
Creatives on F.I.R.E.:
Lifestyle Deflation

Different types of conventions and the purpose for going
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1h 28min
July 11, 2024 EP 46: A Rogue Takes Over the Pod, Featuring THE Asia Lupo
World famous rogue, Asia Lupo, joins the pod this week to talk about song writing and all things creative! Asia is best known by her stage name, Azia, while performing with the bands, Music the Gathering & Sämäs.

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1h 23min
July 08, 2024EP 45: Casting Our Pod Under Fire!
News:
Audibooks big-bada-boom

Camp NaNoWriMo

Barnes & Noble foot traffic

Romance Writers of America
AI News:
Speechify and Audiobooks, read by... YOU
Tools:
Publisher Rocket
Creatives on F.I.R.E.:
Eating healthy on a tight budget

Ads Rant - The thing no one told us about ads
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1h 15min
July 04, 2024 EP 44: YoU JuSt GoTTa WriTe! Featuring Shayne Easson
Old friend of the pod, Shayne Easson joins us this week to blather about all things writing. And fishing. Mostly writing, though.
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51min
July 01, 2024EP 43: We're Back!
We're back from hiatus and we have a lot to say! We're also just back from Soonercon and it was amazing as usual!
News:
Tolkien Memorial

1632

Weltbild

Bookfunnel & Audiobooks

Inkers Con

Writer Beware Impersonation Scams

Kindle Dire Publishing warns of scams

The National Music Publishers Associate vs Spotify

KDP announces the Velleys

Authors vs Amazon
Writing Tools:
Bookfunnel
Creatives on F.I.R.E.
How is Phill's retirement going?
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59min
April 08, 2024 EP 42: Phill is F.I.R.E.'d
Celebration time! In this week's very special episode, we're celebrating Phill's transition from corporate jerk to full-time author, and getting into the nitty gritty on how Phill and J.H. have slowly grinded this pipe dream into a reality. It's episode 42, and it's about life, the universe, and everything.
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51min
April 01, 2024EP 41: Do's and Dont's of Querying, Featuring Stacey Kondla
Literary agent Stacey Kondla joins the pod this week to talk about agenting, concerts, and parrots. On a related note, Phill might be part parrot. Stacey provides some great advice for anyone out there in the querying trenches.
News:
The Never-Ending Story will never end

Library fines paid in cat pics

Reading the newspaper is cool again?

The U.K. publishing sector
Tools:
The value of a robot voice reading your stories to you
Creatives on F.I.R.E.:
Do's and dont's of querying

What Phill has learned transitioning to a full time author
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1h 30min
March 25, 2024EP 40: TikToking & Kickstarting Superstar, Featuring Paula Lafferty
Author Paula Lafferty joins the podcast this week and shares her success with finding an audience on TikTok and running an exceptional Kickstarter for her debut novel, La Vie de Guinevere.
And Phill has an exciting annoucement!
Paula's TikTok
La Vie de Guinevere Kickstarter
News:
Writer Beware warns about impersonation scams

Book clubs

TikTok and the fed

Spotify adding Countdown pages to audiobooks
AI News:
The Publishers Association pens a letter to the robot overlords
Writing Tools:
TikTok & Instagram - Building an audience

Kickstarter - Running a big ole campaign
Creatives on F.I.R.E.:
Putting our money where are mouths are
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1h 5min
March 18, 2024EP 39:Beeeeeeef!!! Featuring, Nic Lishko
The book writing, podcasting, movie making, beefy moo man Nic Lishko joins the pod this week! Nic is the author of the Young Adult Fantasy series - John Little. He also a co-created of the award winning web series Long Walks on the Beach. And he hosts a podcast called Cinema Gush.
News:
Brandon Sanderson VS Audible

Dead Folk's Books

The Zon vs Bookwire
A.I. News:
More lawsuits!
Writing Tools:
Dictation
Creatives on F.I.R.E.:
Querying Agents

Do your taxes
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1h 21min

FAQs about Future Best Seller:

How many episodes does Future Best Seller have?

The podcast currently has 48 episodes available.