Most indie authors will never sit down for a podcast interview about their book. Not because their book doesn't deserve one — but because podcast bookings are a publicist's job, and publicists cost more than most book budgets allow.
We thought that was a problem worth solving. AuthorOnAir is what came out the other side: an AI-hosted interview show, built one episode at a time around your book.
How it actually works
You upload a manuscript (or pick a title from the SelfPublishing.pro catalog). Our AI host reads it cover to cover, then surfaces a dozen interview-worthy themes — the ones a thoughtful interviewer would actually ask about. You hop on a 30-minute call with the host, who has read every page and asks the questions a reader would want to hear. Say "scratch that" any time you want to redo an answer.
Behind the scenes, we strip filler words, trim awkward pauses, enhance the audio to studio quality, and ship the episode to a real RSS feed syndicated to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music. Transcripts and show notes get auto-generated. Three vertical-format clips per episode are exported for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts.
Why this matters for marketing
One book gets you twelve monthly episodes — twelve themes, twelve excuses for readers to come back to your work, twelve compounding pieces of SEO-friendly content on the host domain. The clips do the social-media legwork. The RSS feed does the discovery legwork. You just keep showing up for one 30-minute call a month.
This isn't the only marketing your book will need. But it's probably the one with the highest perceived value relative to the actual lift required from the author.
Three plans, plus a launch package
- Solo Author — $19/mo: one book, twelve episodes a year, full distribution, AI editing, transcripts, and three short-form clips per episode.
- Series — $39/mo: up to five books, five episodes a month, priority queue, cross-book interview format. Useful for a trilogy, a non-fiction backlist, or a small imprint.
- Press — $59/mo: up to ten books, ten episodes a month, custom show branding (your imprint name and logo on the show), featured slot in the AuthorOnAir aggregator feed.
- Book Launch Package — $99 one-time: four episodes inside a 30-day launch window. No recurring fee. Use this for a release week.
Annual plans save roughly 17%. Free tier ships you a five-minute sample episode so you can hear the host before deciding.
What we disclose
The interviewer is an AI voice agent. We say so in every episode's show notes and on the show page. The substantive answers in the episodes are entirely yours — we don't script you, we don't feed you opinions to mouth back, and we don't generate fake author quotes. Your show is a real record of what you actually said.
Where to start
Try a free sample episode. Upload a chapter — or pick one from a book you've already published — and you'll hear a five-minute taster within an hour. From there, if it sounds like the show you want, the recurring plans pick up where the sample leaves off.
We're excited to put indie authors on air. Welcome to the show.
