TwitterChat: Uploading a Book to Amazon
On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) this week we asked questions about Uploading a Book to Amazon
Alliance of Independent Authors Self-Publishing Review 2020
This year has been difficult for many of us across the globe and industry. The pandemic has caused disruption for families, businesses and creativity alike. As we draw close to the end of the year, the Alliance of Independent Authors team looks back at 2020, both the difficulties and the successes as well as what may come next. This is the Alliance of Independent Authors Self-Publishing Review 2020.
Author Interview with Dale Roberts: Fitness Guru Finds Synergy Between Books and YouTube — Inspirational Indie Authors Podcast
My ALLi author guest this week is Dale Roberts, a health and fitness author who discovered a perfect synergy between print and video content. He has amassed a sizable following on YouTube. It took a little while for Dale to discover his voice and his brand, but once he found it, he began to exude an energy for self-publishing that you just have to hear for yourself.
Lessons Learned from Author Mistakes, Setbacks, and Failures: Advanced Self-Publishing Podcast With Orna Ross and Joanna Penn:
To close this year when so many people suffered so many setbacks through COVID-19 and its consequences, our #AskALLi Advanced Self-Publishing Salon with Orna Ross and Joanna Penn examines the role of author mistakes, setbacks, and failures in an author business. They look back on the lessons learned from their own mistakes and failures in 2020, and across their years of self-publishing.
ALLi Watchdog Report: How Audible and ACX Betrayed Authors
Audible's Easy Exchange program has turned the platform into a lending library, funded with royalties seized from authors.
Self-publishing News: Android Update uses AI to create Audiobooks
Android update uses machine learning to generate realistically narrated audiobooks from ebooks. Amazon offers ebooks to libraries.
TwitterChat: Six Self-Publishing Myths Debunked
On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) this week we asked questions about Six Self-Publishing Myths Debunked
Author Interview with Bjørn Larssen: Artist, Blacksmith, and the Norse Gods’ Biggest Fan — Inspirational Indie Authors Podcast
My ALLi author guest this week is Bjørn Larssen, who was born in Poland, lives in the Netherlands, but has his heart simultaneously in Iceland and with the ancient Norse Gods, which he writes about in his books. And, if that isn't enough, there is much more to Bjorn's story and his journey from communist-era Poland to his discovery of freedom as an indie author. Bjorn, himself, tells it best. Listen to the whole thing, since there will be surprises.
Launching a First Poetry Book, with Orna Ross and Lauren Lott — Self-Publishing Poetry Podcast
Joining Orna Ross in this month's #AskALLi Self-Publishing Poetry Salon is indie poet Lauren Lott who will outline the steps she took to launch her first poetry collection, The Remains of Burning. “Choosing between wounds and scars” is how she describes sorting out which poems would go into her collection.
Self-publishing News: Audiblegate Ongoing
Writers' organizations unite in condemning ACX/Audible's response over returns, print on demand titles return to Bookshop.org
TwitterChat: How to Write Believable Characters with Kristina Adams
On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) this week we asked questions about How to Write Believable Characters with Kristina Adams
A Quick Guide to Accessibility Issues for Indie Authors
With the rise in advancing technologies, making our self-published books accessible to everyone is becoming easier and easier. In today's post from the Alliance of Independent Author's AskALLi team, we dive into accessibility issues for indie authors and how you can make your books more accessible. With thanks to ALLi Partner member Jens Troeger from Bookalope for his contributions to this post.