The Pubcast - Interviews with online publishing professionals

In the debut episode of The Pubcast‘s eighth season, Lillian Dunaj interviews Chef Catherine Gleeson of The Cook Nook, a recipe blog that also offers personal chef and catering services. Gleeson shares how her passion for cooking drove her to turn her hobby into a full-time business; what the right social media outlets are to target food enthusiasts; why she chose WordPress as her blogging platfo...

Ariana Colozzo interviews Ryan Bradley, features editor and editor-in-chief emeritus at Words Apart, an online magazine that addresses issues such as social privilege, mental health, cultural feminism, and more. How do the editors choose which topic to theme each issue around? And how do they address these issues in ways that are respectful, diverse, and engaging? Find out in this week’s podcast.

Rachelle Martin chats with Curtis Perdue, editor and creator of the online art journal inter|rupture, which publishes poetry that “aims to startle and assault the current by providing readers with emerging and established artists who crave discovery”. In this interview, they discuss the nature of publishing art online, adapting online art to print editions while remaining free online, the i...

Natalie Hamil talks with Katie Sherman, a production assistant at non-profit book publisher Beacon Press. In this interview, Sherman discusses how an education at Emerson College prepared her for e-book production how an e-book’s design and production is decided to be outsourced or produced in-house at Beacon Press and MIT Press; and the value of having a companion website dedicated to individual...

Lee Ostertag and Brennan Lee Mulligan are the artist and writer of Strong Female Protagonist, a webcomic that follows the adventures of a young middle-class American with super-strength, invincibility, and a crippling sense of social injustice. Dubbed by io9 one of the best webcomics of 2012, Strong Female Protagonist recently held a successful Kickstarter, achieving 762% of the requested funding neede...

Rob Walch is the VP of podcaster relations for Libsyn, the largest leading podcast network. Audio podcasting is currently in vogue, but has it always been that way? As one of the first podcasters from 2004, Walch reflects on the evolution of the platform and the benefits that an audio-only show offers its producers in editing, engagement, and monetization. Walch — who literally wrote the book on ...

Lorien Green of Transparent Language is an inbound marketer, using social media and original content to draw customers to the company’s three dozen Facebook pages. Tools such as HubSpot and BundlePost make the job easier, but it’s still necessary to craft the message to your audience. Lorien discusses how she uses and advertises on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ and also the importance of b...

Louis Roe interviews Delany Martinez, freelance writer. Making a living as a online freelance writer means you’re competing in a global market, but it’s still a small world, and reputations can be easily built — and ruined — with online tools like WriterAccess. Martinez discusses the challenges and benefits of working for a variety of clients as a freelance writer in today&rsquo...