10 Steps to Turn Your Podcast Interview Into a Book

If you have a podcast interview under your belt, you already have the content for a short book that you can use as a lead magnet for your business, since it’s pretty simple to turn your podcast interview into a book.

The best type of interview for a 50-page book will be one that is 45–60 minutes in length, without the intro and outro portions of the interview.

You can use a shorter interview, but typically you’ll need a minimum of 3000 words for a digital edition of your book, and most printers will mandate at least 25 pages for a print book, depending on the trim size you choose.

Here are the steps you need to take to turn your podcast interview into a book:

1. Have your podcast interview transcribed. There are some simple AI platforms that will do that for you, but I like to do as little editing as possible when I get an interview transcribed. You’ll want to seek out a transcription company that uses a human to provide the transcription. One I have used over the years is Rev.com.

2. Proofread the transcription. Even though you have hired a human transcriptionist, you’ll want to have…