Kobo Writing Life Podcast

Booking Overview

This is an interview-led writing and publishing show focused on craft, self-publishing, author marketing, and the business of building a book career, with regular conversations featuring bestselling authors and established publishing professionals. Credible pitch candidates include authors with strong sales or bestseller credentials, as well as proven experts in cover design, marketing, and independent publishing; booking difficulty is medium because the show attracts prominent authors but also features accessible industry specialists.

Metrics

Episodes: 453

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 17.6k subscribers

Instagram: 29.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

writinglife@kobo.com

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Host

Tara Cremin - Director at Kobo Writing Life with expertise in self-publishing and the digital publishing ecosystem.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Bestselling or commercially successful authors with direct experience in writing, publishing, or author marketing; established publishing professionals with a demonstrated body of work and measurable results are also suitable.

Required Achievements:

New York Times bestseller status, International book sales or translations, Successful independent or hybrid publishing careers, Large-scale publishing portfolios, Demonstrated book-marketing or author-branding results

Recent Guest Discussions

Rebecca Zanetti - Hybrid Publishing, Balancing Publishing Contracts With An Indie Schedule, Writing Process, And Independent Series Publishing.

Marta Molnar - Becoming An Author, Changing Genres, Writing Historical Fiction, Book-club Preparation, And Why Her Work Resonates With Libraries.

Ruth Ware - Plotting Thrillers, Writing Process, Twists And Reveals, Becoming A Full-time Writer, And Her Novel Zero Days.

Jake Clark - Digital Book-cover Design, Design Processes, 3d Modeling, Author-designer Collaboration, And The Elements Of A Successful Cover.

Lauren Layne - Author Branding, Instagram And Pinterest Marketing, Developing An Author Aesthetic, Platform Strategy, And Newsletter Evolution.

Recent Topics

Self Publishing, Writing, Book Marketing, Publishing, Cover Design

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Kobo Writing Life Podcast

Kobo ReWriting Life - #43 - Creating a Sustainable Writing Career with Patricia McLinn

September 08, 2026

Best-selling author Patricia McLinn joins us on the Kobo Writing Life podcast to discuss the craft of writing and how to create a sustainable career as a writer. Patricia chats to us about her writing process and why discovering the methods that work for you are so important as an author. She also gives us her best advice for creating and maintaining a long-standing successful career. Ready to start your own publishing career? Publish your book today with Kobo Writing Life.

#403 – How to Move Beyond Creative Block with Ramona Ausubel

September 01, 2026

In this episode, we are joined by Ramona Ausubel, national best-selling author of six books, including The Last Animal, Awayland, and more! Her latest work is the non-fiction title Unstuck: 101 Doorways Leading from the Blank Page to the Last Page, a book designed to help writers remain excited about their writing. Ramona is also a professor at Colorado State University and has experience teaching writer's workshops in the Bennington Writing Seminars, Tin House Writing Workshop, and more. If ...

Kobo ReWriting Life - #42 - How to Succeed as a Hybrid Author with Rebecca Zanetti

August 25, 2026

New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Zanetti is on the podcast this week to discuss her writing process and what her experience has been like as a hybrid author. Rebecca talks to us about her decision to try indie publishing and why she chose to self-publish her most recent series, The Anna Albertini Files, she discusses the challenges of juggling multiple publishing contracts as well as her indie publishing schedule, and she gives us some great insight into why so many successful writer...

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