Self-publishing News: Ingram Will Enter UK Wholesale Business
International Publishers Association publishes InSPIRe initiative; Ingram to entre the UK wholesale market.
Boost Your Backlist: How to Make the Most of Every Title
Backlist is a term thrown about by both self-publishing authors and traditional publishers. While your new books—your front list—are often the highest earning for short periods of time. But it's usually your backlist that brings in the consistent cash over time. How do you make the most of those books? What should you be doing to capitalize on them and what tactics work the best? That's the question the Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi team is answering today. This is boost your backlist: how to make the most of every title.
A Message From ALLi Director Orna Ross: We’re Taking a Podcast Break While We Make Improvements and Hear From You
A message from ALLi Director Orna Ross, who talks about our short podcast production break while we make improvements. She…
TwitterChat: Does every book need a story?
On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) this week we asked questions about Does every book need a story?
Self-publishing News: Wattpad Launches new Creator Fund Paying Writers up to $25,000
In this week's Self-Publishing News Special, ALLi News Editor Dan Holloway looks at Wattpad's new creator fund which will pay…
Self-Publishing Show 2022: Live Author Events Post Pandemic
Live events used to be a staple of the annual author calendar. But as a result of the pandemic, many events closed, shut down forever, or went online. The Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi team has their fingers crossed because 2022 seems to herald the return of in-person events. Today, Self-Publishing News Editor, Dan Holloway and Dan Parsons, ALLi Publishing Production Manager round up the recent self-publishing show and all that it means for authors.
Level Up Your Side Characters, With Sacha Black — Self-Publishing Conference Highlight
In this Self-Publishing Conference Highlight, Sacha Black discusses how to level up your side characters. All too often, side characters…
TwitterChat: How important are reviews for a book?
On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) this week we asked questions about How important are reviews for a book?
Self-publishing News: A Groundbreaking Shortlisting
Michael Winkler shortlisted for Grimmish in Australia's Miles Franklin Award. The new Curae Prize for writers who are carers is open to indies.
Surveying Self-Publishing: Facts about Indie Author Income in 2022
Publishing is a fast-paced and ever-changing industry and so we at the Alliance of Independent Authors thought it might be useful to many writing-based organizations to offer both a brief update on the importance of self-publishing today and on how organizations can ensure they are including high quality indie authors in their work, for mutual benefit. This is facts and figures about indie author income in 2022.
Inspirational Indie Author Interview. Keith A Pearson: He Wrote His First Book on a Bar Bet, Then Readers Wanted More
My ALLi author guest this episode is Keith A Pearson, who grew up in economically disadvantaged conditions in England, left school when he was sixteen, and developed a work ethic as he advanced in his career. That work ethic came in handy when he transitioned to full-time author. It was a very unlikely new career choice for Keith, who did not exactly surround himself with the literati. In fact, he wrote his first book on a bar bet with a friend. I'll let Keith A Pearson tell the rest of his story.
Spotify Rewrites Audiobook Sales Rules, Buys AI Narration Tool: Self-Publishing News Podcast with Dan Holloway and Howard Lovy
Today on Self-Publishing News: Spotify rewrites the rules on audiobook sales by ditching the subscription model and going à la carte. Also, Spotify buys an AI narration tool, but is artificial intelligence really ready to take over from human narrators?