From Podcast to Published: How to Turn Your Episodes into a Book with Sheila Slick

From Podcast to Published: How to Turn Your Episodes into a Book with Sheila Slick

Author: Jessica Rhodes August 27, 2026 Duration: 21:05

What if your podcast episodes could become a book in less than 90 days, without writing a single word? In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on exactly how I'm doing that, and the tool and the woman behind it.

Sheila Slick is a business leader with over 25 years of experience in education, technology, and entrepreneurship, and the author and founder of Five Milestones. She built PodToBook.ai (a software that takes your podcast episodes and transforms your spoken word into a manuscript) and I am literally one of her customers. With the Mindshare Summit coming up in September, I needed a book to bring to the booth, and I needed it fast. This is the story of how I got it done.

In this episode, we cover:

  • Why I needed a new book in under 90 days and how PodToBook.ai made it possible
  • How the software works: upload your episodes, get a manuscript (Sheila spent 600+ hours building it to use only your spoken word, not generated content from the internet)
  • Why the output is a manuscript, not a finished book and what that 20% gap looks like to close
  • The step-by-step path from manuscript to published: formatting for Kindle vs. print, Amazon KDP, print-on-demand, and cover design
  • Why podcast hosts are increasingly saying yes to guests who have a book
  • What to do if you're not a podcaster — Sheila also offers a done-for-you interview service to get your book started from scratch
  • How to start with the end in mind: are you writing to get clients, land stages, or grow your audience?

Resources mentioned:

PodToBook.ai — upload your podcast episodes and get a manuscript fast.

5Milestones.com — done-for-you and done-with-you publishing support, from manuscript to Amazon.

Connect with Sheila on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheilaslick/

A book is one of the most powerful tools a podcast guest can bring to an interview — and getting booked on the right shows is how you get that book in front of the right people. Join me at the free Podcast Guesting Masterclass to learn how to land interviews on podcasts your ideal clients are already listening to. Register here: interviewconnections.com/masterclass-2026


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