- So if you're anything like me,
you're probably a voracious consumer of all content
when it comes to writing and self-publishing.
I'm forever a student and I'm just amazed
at the amount of information that we can find right here
on YouTube to really level up our game
in self-publishing and writing.
So I thought I would go back to the well
for the third year in a row,
I'm gonna show you the top 10 best YouTube channels
devoted to writing and self-publishing.
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So I often ask and poll my communities
about who their favorite content creators here on YouTube
when it comes to writing and self-publishing.
Inevitably, I get a lot of people that say,
well, of course you are.
But honestly, I'm asking that, not looking for praise,
but looking for more people that are putting up
more content about writing and self-publishing
because I am forever a student,
I'm always wanting to learn more and better
and just really get good at this craft
of self-publishing and writing.
This makes the third year in a row
that I've put together a top 10 list of YouTube channels
devoted to writing and self-publishing.
So I thought I would go back to the well
but this time, I've got a little bit of a criteria
because in years past, I kind of chose channels
that I just casually would watch,
and inevitably it led to some kind of disagreements
between myself and some of those content creators.
So rather than sending you over
to a channel that I kind of know,
I thought I would send you to channels
that you would definitely know.
And here's the criteria that I have.
They have a long standing relationship
with the author community,
they focus on best practices with zero shortcuts,
they're in it for the long haul
and it's apparent by the content they put out,
and quite frankly, you can just sense
that they're good people
that have great intentions for everybody involved.
I'll have all the links to each one
of these channels in the description down below.
Please do us all a favor, visit those channels,
hit the subscribe, turn the bell notifications on,
and really treat those resources
the same way that you would this channel.
Number 10, Lulu Press.
Hosted by Chelsea Bennett,
she's the PR manager for lulu.com.
This is actually a pretty interesting channel
in that you would think they're gonna be pitching
their products or that they're gonna be forcing you
to kind of come over to Lulu to publish your books
but that's actually not true, it's furthest from the truth.
In fact, Lulu University, as they call it,
the videos where they show you
how to write and self published
really gets some very sensible and practical advice
and I find Chelsea a lot of fun.
Every one of her videos, she's warm, she's welcoming,
and she's giving great advice.
Number nine, Keith Wheeler Books.
Okay, I'm gonna say that I'm a little biased
because I did coach Keith Wheeler about a couple years ago
and so I am super proud of this guy
and all that he's accomplished
and given to the indie author community.
And I'll admit that I'm very close friends with Keith
so he did make it on this list
maybe because of our friendship,
but honestly, you can see by all of the content
that he puts in to his channel
that he is in this for the long haul
and he's just such a straight shooter and honest guy,
and he gets straight to the point.
You're gonna really love Keith,
and I've got to watch him grow over the last year,
and have really come to embrace
and love the content that Keith puts out,
and you will definitely agree with me, I bet you will.
Number eight, Self Publishing School.
This one's hosted by Chandler Bolt.
He's the head instructor for Self Publishing School,
it's an online course for self-publishing.
And he's actually been in the space for quite a while now.
In fact, Chandler was kind of one of my heroes
when I first broke into the business in 2013 to 2014.
He made everything just super simple.
But don't be fooled by me saying that it's simple
because he really,
honestly go and watch some of his videos.
They're very high quality, they're very polished,
and I've just noticed that he's been ramping up
a lot more production over on his YouTube channel
so do yourself a favor, take a look at Chandler's videos.
They're really good.
Number seven, Book Launches.
Julie Broad hosts this and she is another one
that gives practical advice and just sensible tips
when it comes to self-publishing and writing your books.
I love her bubbly enthusiasm
and the green screen that she does is really,
it's a lot of fun,
she actually clips out the very background
and there's a lot of just jump cuts and a lot of fun,
and she gets this whole process
so it doesn't seem so bland and so dry
cause it's not like it's the most exciting thing
in the world but she makes it that much more exciting.
And the funny thing is Julie's
actually been around the space right around about 2011
and so she if you watch any of her older videos,
it's not quite as polished as they are today
but you're still gonna get the same great advice from Julie.
So big kudos on Book Launches, love the channel.
Number six, Alliance of Independent Authors.
Now, I've featured this one before in previous lists
and actually it was just called Orna Ross,
who actually is the host
of the Alliance of Independent Authors on YouTube.
Now don't expect anything super polished
or any kind of glamor or anything else like that,
she is straight into the point.
She shares something in common with my wife, Kelly,
that she just gets on and she shoots the video
and she gives you what you're coming for.
And she actually has had a veritable who's who
of very big guests in the indie author community.
I really can't stress enough
what you're going to learn from Orna Ross and ALLi.
This is one of the best things you can do
in subscribing to this channel.
Number five, The Creative Penn.
Okay, I'm gonna say that probably the next five people
I'm gonna be gushing over like a big fanboy,
and Joanna Penn is no exception.
She's a fairly prolific author, and also a speaker.
She has been around the space for quite a while
and she's an inspiration to a lot of indie authors.
I've read a number of her non-fiction books,
there's so much fun, they're so easy to digest
and if you're finding that you're struggling
within this business and the YouTube videos
aren't cutting it, I highly recommend
that you take a look at her series,
there's another one I'm gonna mention here
and one of the other channels.
Number four, Chris Fox.
Chris is another one.
He's very much similar to Joanna Penn,
that he's a prolific author
in non-fiction as well as fiction.
He actually has a series called
the Write Faster, Write Smarter series.
I burned through the entire series, it is very good.
You can go back and read each one of them
and still learn something new in the process.
And if you're not much into say,
you know reading the content,
you can actually watch the content
because he actually rehashes some of the things
that he discusses in his books and even expands on it.
Chris is another one that he just gets on that video,
he shoots it, quick and dirty, it's really to the point
and he has just the following to back it up.
It's really incredible.
Highly recommend, take a look at Chris's channel
as well as his non-fiction book series
based on Write Faster, Write Smarter.
Number three, Self Publishing Formula.
Hosted by James Blatch and Mark Dawsons,
Self Publishing Formula is more a podcast
than it is, say a YouTube channel.
But don't be confused,
it's not like a podcast that you can't watch,
you can actually watch it
and they actually screen capture everything
but if you find yourself pressed for time
and say you don't have like the YouTube premium access
and you can just listen to the content,
you can actually consume that over on say Apple podcasts
or other major podcasting platforms.
This is probably my preferred way
of consuming Self Publishing Formula.
I actually listen to the men
at Apple podcasts on a regular basis.
They have a deep back catalog of videos
and podcasts that are worth listening to.
Highly recommend, you go take a look at that.
Number two, Kindlepreneur.
Okay, so this name is synonymous
with Kindlepreneur and that's Dave Chesson.
And you might know Dave Chesson
because he's actually the innovator
behind the self-publishing resource and tool
that I almost always recommend all self publishers get,
the Publisher Rocket, formerly known as KDP Rocket.
Dave actually gives you other things
that you can utilize within yourself-publishing business,
and he's been around the space for quite a while.
Now, he doesn't put too many video uploads,
but when he does, it will grab your attention.
In fact, recently he put out a video
based on a comparison of say
the Thinkific versus Teachable platform.
And you might be saying to yourself,
but how does that applicable to me?
Well you're gonna have to go see for yourself
why he would have the comparison video
of a course creation platform for authors.
Before we get into the number one YouTube channel
devoted to writing and self-publishing,
I wanna know what are your favorite channels
devoted to self-publishing.
Drop them inside the comments.
In fact, if you've got a link to the actual YouTube channel,
please put it on in there
and if it gets stuck inside the spam filter,
I'll push it through.
I want to kind of give the opportunity
to showcase other people.
And speaking of showcasing other people,
I have actually a few honorable mentions.
And it's not that they were inferior
to the ones that I have inside this list,
it's just unfortunately I'm getting to know the channel
or they're pretty new.
Shaun Hibbs,
Self-Publishing with Walter Weyburn,
Simple Publishing University,
and Self Made Entrepreneurship Channel
hosted by Ahilan Chandran.
Number one, Author Level Up.
I've featured Michael La Ronn
over on the other two best YouTube channels
devoted to writing and self-publishing,
but I'm gonna say that he has,
for lack of better words, level up his game
when it comes to Author Level Up over on YouTube.
It is just incredible.
He took a small hiatus,
and you'll have to actually go to his channel,
hear the full story,
it involves chickens in the space that he was recording at.
It's nuts.
In fact, I'll drop a link to that inside the description,
you got to hear about it.
But he took a long hiatus but when he came back,
he came back fighting.
And I'll tell you, the content is second to none.
He is probably the most intelligent person
I know within the self-publishing industry.
And he doesn't just teach you about self-publishing,
he teaches you about writing, and also about mindset.
There's so many things that Michael
has dialed in on his content, is just incredible.
In fact, he's a guy that will put
miniature blog posts in this community tab,
so each day I get up, I'm greeted with a new
inspirational, motivational post that gets me kind of going,
yeah, get revved up and get pumped up.
So he's not just doing videos on YouTube,
he's providing insane value around his YouTube channel
and it even bleeds off over to areas like Twitter,
over onto Facebook and beyond.
You're just gonna be blown away by this guy.
And he even actually has an Alexa flash briefing
for crying out loud.
Daily, its shooting out, go check it out.
Michael La Ronn is definitely the number one
YouTube channel devoted to writing and self-publishing.
And while we're talking about the best
YouTube channels devoted to self-publishing and writing,
why don't you take a look at the previous years
right here in this video down below,
it will give you far more details
about some of the ones that I liked
and you might notice some of them I don't mention this year,
and it's for good reason because based on that criteria,
you'll kind of understand why once you get there,
so I will see you there.