Indie Writers Club
Cara Clare and James Blatch host a weekly light-hearted chat about all things self publishing.
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Podcasting since 2024 • 71 episodes
Indie Writers Club
Latest Episodes
070 - Cara's Big Announcement!
This week Cara and I review the current happenings in the world of indie and we briefly discuss our own plans for 2026.And at 43.47 (if you want to skip ahead) Cara makes a sad announcement :(We both wish you a Happy New Year and ...
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Episode 70
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069 - Navigating Christmas as an Indie Author
In this festive episode of the Indie Writers Club, James Blatch and Cara Clare discuss the challenges of taking downtime during the holiday season while managing their writing businesses. They reflect on sales trends during Christmas, share per...
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Episode 69
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068 - Direct Selling with Etsy
In this week's episode Cara and James are joined by Robin Bennett-Freebairn whose non-fiction gift books are flying off the virtual Etsy shelves. This has big implications for special editions and box sets, especially at this time of year.<...
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Episode 68
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067 - AI Acceptance & Direct Selling
In part two of a look back at 2025, Cara and James discuss where we are with AI acceptance (spoiler, a dwindling band of holdouts very much exist). We also discuss direct selling as one of the big expansion areas for indies.USEFUL LINKS:...
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Episode 67
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066 - AI Translations, A10 Algorithm and other stuff
In this episode Jame & Cara start to look back on a fast moving year for indie publishing. They touch on AI Translations, one of the big breakthrough areas, the mythical A10 Amazon Algorithm and plenty of other chat!USEFUL LINKS:...
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Episode 66
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