Books
Episodes about Books
I Spent Three Days With A Dozen New York Times Bestselling Authors
I recorded this just a few days removed from an author's mastermind in Franklin, Tennessee. I got a call from Haley at Kit a few weeks ago—she was putting together a small group mastermind with James Clear, and I was on the list.
Listen or watch→Mar 31, 2026What Nobody Tells You About Publishing a Book—with Award-Winning Podcaster Eric Zimmer
Eric Zimmer launched The One You Feed podcast in 2014 with no audience, no name recognition, and a podcast name that took explaining.
Listen or watch→Mar 17, 2026Joy Sullivan — How She Built A Living As A Writer On Instagram and Substack
Joy Sullivan is a Portland-based poet who quit her corporate job mid-pandemic and built a thriving creative business through writing carousels on Instagram (115K followers), her Substack "Necessary Salt" (23K subscribers), and a 250-member paid writing community called Sustenance on Circle.
Listen or watch→Feb 17, 2026Mike Michalowicz – How the author of Profit First stays lean by licensing his ideas [Greatest Hits]
Mike Michalowicz is the author of Profit First, which is used by hundreds of thousands of companies across the globe to drive profit – Creator Science is one of those companies. Profit First has helped me develop sound financials for my business.
Listen or watch→Jan 13, 2026Paul Millerd — The Truth About Traditional Publishing (And The Deal He Would’ve Taken)
Paul Millerd is the author of The Pathless Path, which has earned Paul $325,000 in royalties to date. In the process, Paul turned down a publishing offer from Penguin, one of the major publishers in the industry.
Listen or watch→Oct 21, 2025How we navigate our different internal characters (and her experience as a first time author) | Amanda Goetz
In today's episode, I am speaking with my dear friend Amanda Goetz. Amanda is my favorite kind of person. She works her butt off, but she's also sensitive and introspective.
Listen or watch→Sep 30, 2025From self-publishing to traditional and becoming a NYT best-seller | Pat Flynn (Part 2)
This episode is part two of my recent conversation with Pat Flynn. Pat, is an online business legend, and this is the third time he's been on the show. Pat is the founder of Smart Passive Income.
Listen or watch→Sep 2, 2025Live from CEX: Book sales, book updates, and planning for the future | Justin Moore
Live from CEX in Cleveland: catching up with my friend Justin Moore on book sales, book updates, and planning for the future.
Listen or watch→Jul 18, 2025The paradox of book writing AND other things I'm working on [Weekend Update]
The first Weekend Update: the paradox of book writing, and other things I’m working on.
Listen or watch→Jul 1, 2025Mike Michalowicz – How the author of Profit First stays lean by licensing his ideas [Greatest Hits]
Mike Michalowicz is the author of Profit First, which is used by hundreds of thousands of companies across the globe to drive profit – Creator Science is one of those companies. Profit First has helped me develop sound financials for my business.
Listen or watch→Jan 21, 2025Justin Moore – What if feels like launching a book and an in-person event at the same time
Justin Moore is a sponsorship coach who has generated over $5,000,000 in brand partnerships. As a full-time creator since 2014 and a former influencer marketing agency owner, he brings unique insider knowledge of how brands evaluate and select their ideal partners.
Listen or watch→Jan 7, 2025Mike Michalowicz – How the author of Profit First stays lean by licensing his ideas
Mike Michalowicz is the author of Profit First, which is used by hundreds of thousands of companies across the globe to drive profit – Creator Science is one of those companies. Profit First has helped me develop sound financials for my business.
Listen or watch→Jul 9, 2024Nat Eliason – How he got a book deal and why traditional publishing is great
Nat Eliason is the author of Crypto Confidential, Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance.
Listen or watch→Feb 20, 2024Noah Kagan — Behind the scenes of writing (and marketing) Million Dollar Weekend
Noah Kagan is the CEO of AppSumo, an 8 figure company that is the #1 software deals site. He also runs a YouTube channel where he shares his tips for finding financial freedom with more than 930,000 subscribers.
Listen or watch→Jan 2, 2024April Dunford – How self-publishing a book exploded her client service business.
April Dunford is the author of the best-seller, Obviously Awesome, How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get It, Buy It, and Love It.
Listen or watch→Nov 14, 2023Nir Eyal – Writing books, persuasion vs. coercion, and how to be indistractable
Nir Eyal is a writer, consultant, and teacher at the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. He's the author of two best-selling books. Hooked, How to Build Habit Forming Products (2014) and Indistractable, How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life (2019).
Listen or watch→Oct 3, 2023Taylor Lorenz – Investigating The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power On The Internet.
Taylor Lorenz is a technology columnist for The Washington Post's business section covering online culture and the content creator industry. She was previously a technology reporter for The New York Times business section, The Atlantic, and The Daily Beast.
Listen or watch→Sep 5, 2023David Moldawer — Diving deep into book publishing with an industry insider
David Moldawer has spent more than a decade in book publishing, acquiring and editing best selling books for Penguin, Saint Martin's Press, McGraw Hill, and Amazon Publishing New York. Those books were predominantly nonfiction in the areas of business, technology, health, and memoir.
Listen or watch→Aug 15, 2023Tori Dunlap – A transparent look at writing a New York Times best-selling book. The process, numbers, and lessons learned.
Tori Dunlap was originally on episode #88 of this show back in January of 2022, and a lot has changed for Tori. Now Tori is the founder of Her First $100k. This is something that she built after saving a $100,000 herself by age 25.
Listen or watch→May 23, 2023Daniel Pink – How to write like a New York Times bestselling author
Dan is the author of five New York Times bestsellers, including his latest, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward. As part of the research for this book, Dan analyzed 16,000 regrets from more than 100 countries.
Listen or watch→Mar 7, 2023Maurizio Leo – the sourdough bread blogger who became an overnight success
How this baker was impacted by the sudden sourdough craze admist the global pandemic
Listen or watch→Oct 4, 2022Derek Sivers – How to Live as a Creator and Why You Should Focus Like a Monomaniac
Derek Sivers is a musician, producer, circus performer, entrepreneur, TED speaker, and book publisher. He's written four books including How To Live, Hell Yeah Or No, Your Music And People, and Anything You Want.
Listen or watch→Feb 15, 2022Mariah Sinclair – How the "Queen of Cozy" began designing covers for cozy mystery novels
Mariah Sinclair is an award-winning designer. During most of her career, she worked for advertising agencies as a designer and digital marketer serving Fortune 500 companies and the City of Los Angeles. Then she designed her first book cover in 2001.
Listen or watch→Dec 28, 2021Todd Henry – Practices to help you be more creative on-demand
Todd Henry is the author of five books, including The Accidental Creative, Die Empty, Louder Than Words, Herding Tigers, and The Motivation Code. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Listen or watch→Dec 7, 2021Michael Bungay Stanier – How to Begin Setting a Worthy Goal
Michael Bungay Stanier has written books that have sold about a million copies all told, including The Coaching Habit, a self-published book that’s become the best-selling book on coaching this century.
Listen or watch→Oct 19, 2021Andrew Warner – How to be a better conversationalist with the host of 2,000+ interviews
Andrew Warner is the founder of Mixergy and host of the Startup Stories Podcast by Mixergy, where he uncovers the secrets of the world’s best founders.
Listen or watch→Sep 14, 2021Jason Feifer – The Editor In Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine on making time for your own projects
Jason Feifer is the editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine, a podcast host, book author, keynote speaker, startup advisor, and nonstop optimism machine.
Listen or watch→Sep 7, 2021Steph Smith – Generating thousands of sales on Gumroad (with a side project!)
Steph Smith is a growth marketer, writer, and indie maker. She's the creator of two books, Doing Content Right and Doing Time Right.
Listen or watch→Jul 20, 2021Austin Kleon – 10 years as a full-time writer and stealing like an artist
Austin Kleon is the New York Times bestselling author of a trilogy of illustrated books about creativity in the digital age: Steal Like An Artist, Show Your Work!, and Keep Going.
Listen or watch→Jun 29, 2021Jay Acunzo – How to tell great stories with a professional speaker and veteran podcaster
Jay Acunzo is an author, speaker, and showrunner. He's the host of 3 Clips (recently acquired by Castos) and Unthinkable, which he describes as Radiolab for creators.
Listen or watch→Jun 15, 2021Ryan Hawk – How a top podcaster approaches outreach, interviewing, and prioritizing new projects
Ryan Hawk is a keynote speaker and the host of the Learning Leader Show. The show has been listened to by millions of people in more than 150 countries, and Forbes called it, “the most dynamic leadership podcast around.”
Listen or watch→Jun 1, 2021Mignon Fogarty – Making the case for shorter podcasts with a Podcasting Hall of Famer and New York Times best-selling author
Mignon Fogarty is the founder of the Quick and Dirty Tips network and creator of Grammar Girl.
Listen or watch→May 18, 2021Allen Gannett – Writing The Creative Curve, receiving feedback gracefully, and tapping into your innate creativity
Allen Gannett is the author of The Creative Curve (Penguin Random House, 2018) that shows how the creative process can be learned by anyone.
Listen or watch→Sep 15, 2020Eric Jorgenson – Creating a full-length book from Tweets, interviews, essays, and podcasts
Eric Jorgenson is the author of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness (also called Navalmanack).
Listen or watch→Sep 8, 2020Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista – Paying off debt, saving for retirement, weathering a recession, and building wealth
Tiffany "The Budgetnista" Aliche is an author, speaker, and founder of the Live Richer Academy.
Listen or watch→Mar 31, 2020James Clear – Habits, research, and how to create A+ work from a New York Times best selling author
James Clear is a personal development keynote speaker and New York Times bestselling author of Atomic Habits. His book sold over 1 million copies in its first 12 months and received a ton of critical acclaim.
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