This week’s 5 On interview is with author, musician, and Self-Publishing Review founder Henry Baum.
Baum (@henrybaum) discusses self-publishing services, the value of a paid review, why he started his own self-publishing service (Kwill), and more.
“Generally, it makes no sense to have success determined by how much money you’ve made, how many reviews you have, how many fan letters you get.”

Kristen Tsetsi is the author of the post-Roe v. Wade novel The Age of the Child, called “scathing social commentary” and “a novel for right now.” She is also the author of the novels The Year of Dan Palace and Pretty Much True (studied in Dr. Owen W. Gilman, Jr.’s The Hell of War Comes Home: Imaginative Texts from the Conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq). Kristen’s interview series at JaneFriedman.com offers behind-the-scenes insights into all things writing and publishing.