What IS An Indie Author?
Novelist and ALLi Director Orna Ross considers the (sometimes confusing) question of what exactly distinguishes an indie author.
This post was prompted by an ALLi member who thought ...
Indie Authors: The View from Hollywood. By Walt Morton.
What's going on with John Green and his Why I'll Never Self Publish (and Sue Grafton's Self-Publishing is a Short-cut, a while back, for which she made a gracious apology), and all ...
Why Literature Should Be More Like Art by Dan Holloway
OK, first, when I say literature should be more like art I know I’m saying something fundamentally wrong. Because I’m setting up a false distinction. Art and literature are both ...
Indie Authors and Book Expo America
Mad old Manhattan. It’s good to be back, walking small between its skyscrapers; stepping aside to let a scurrying New Yorker pass; enjoying -- for the few days I’ll be here -- ...
Online Group Behaviour – How to Survive Joining a Group
Online Groups are little microcosms with their own energy and hierarchies. The longer they exist the more entrenched these power positions become. They are no different from the outside ...
Art or Commerce? Natalie Buske Thomas on The Double Life of the Indie Author
An author is an artist -- and artists tend to be sensitive creatures, full of drama and impatience (yes, moi included). But an indie author also publishes, which is a business -- and ...
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