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Book Award Update For Indie Authors: March 2024 – Avoiding Common Pitfalls

As an independent author, having your labor of love recognized with a prestigious book award can feel like the ultimate validation of your talents and hard work. However, the road to literary accolades is filled with potential potholes that can derail your chance at success if you're not careful. In this Book Award Update March 2024, we'll explore some of the most common mistakes indie authors make when entering book awards—and how to avoid them.

Self-Publishing News: Do Children Get Their Parents Reading Rather than the Other Way Around?

The IBPA has elected Tieshena Davis as their chair for 2024-25. And a German competition finds children reading aids generational literacy within families.

February 6, 2024
Dan Holloway
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Nominate an Indie Author for the Royal Society of Literature’s International Writers Program: Self-Publishing News Podcast with Dan Holloway

Nominate an outstanding indie author for the prestigious Royal Society of Literature's International Writers program. Welcome to Self-Publishing News with ALLi News editor Dan Holloway, bringing you the latest in indie publishing news and commentary.

Self-Publishing News: Judges Don’t Read Prize Entries Shock and New Indie Bestseller Chart

Judges don't read all entries in the "pre-long list" for the Booker Prize. Jane Friedman’s Hot Sheet and Bookstat launch indie bestseller chart.

December 5, 2023
Dan Holloway
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Self-Publishing News: 2024 Selfies Awards Open With New General Non-Fiction Category

It is fantastic to end the week with what is, essentially, two great stories in one. First of all, I am delighted to welcome Bookbrunch as a partner member to ALLi. Bookbrunch offers frequent snack-sized news items relating to the book world. Perfect for reading alongside (not, of course, instead of) this column!

November 25, 2023
Dan Holloway
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Self-Publishing News: Baillie Gifford Study Shows Commercial Value of Literary Prizes

Baillie Gifford study boasts a spectacular headline figure for winners when looking at the four weeks prior to and subsequent to winning from 2016. Catch up on all the details with the Self-Publishing News update.

November 21, 2023
Dan Holloway
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Book Awards Update For Indie Authors: November 2023

As an indie author, you can use your writing and your author platform to positively impact people: individuals, communities, and society as a whole. Today we look at how authors writing with a message can use book awards to raise the profile of their story or cause.

November 10, 2023
AskALLi Team
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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Text Reads: Book Award Update October 2023

Book Award Update for Indie Authors: October 2023

Book Award News: Trends and Updates For Indie Authors, October 2023. As more book awards open their doors to independent authors, the number of opportunities to receive professional recognition from respected accolades is on the rise.

Indie Author Friendly Book Awards

For the longest time, indie authors weren't able to enter awards like other authors. But more and more, book awards and prizes are opening up to us. Today, the Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi highlights some of the best awards and prizes open to Indies. This is indie author friendly awards.

The Ultimate Guide to Winning Book Awards: Tips and Tools

For a long time, book awards were only open to traditionally published authors. But that's just not the case any more. With an enormous swathe of awards open to indies, the Alliance of Independent Authors thought it was time we created an ultimate guide to all things book awards. With thanks to Annie Mydla from the North Street Book Prize and Hannah Jacobson from Book Award Pro for their contributions to this post.

August 9, 2021
AskALLi Team
Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Top 100
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Writing: ALLi Members Win & Place in Inaugural Award for Self-published Authors

Sharing the outcome of the new Selfies award recognising self-published books, run by BookBrunch, sponsored by IngramSpark and won by ALLi member Jane Davis! Orna Ross reports.

Book Marketing: Book Awards and Indie Authors

This extract from ALLi's Campaign Book, "Open Up to Indie Authors", offers the indie perspective on the book award landscape, from the biggest to the smallest writing prizes - and encourage us to keep campaigning!