Inspirational Indie Authors: Sex, Drugs, and Rabbis—Inside a Jewish Novelist’s Dystopia
My guest this week is Phil M. Cohen, a Jewish novelist who creates a dystopian future of uncooperative machines, a…
Make the Most of Your ALLi Associate Membership: Everything You Need to Know and More
As an associate member of the Alliance of Independent Authors (known as ALLi, pronounced like the word “ally”), you’re probably looking for every available tool and resource to kickstart your journey towards self-publishing your first book (and hopefully the first of many). How sure are you that you’re getting the most out of your ALLi associate membership and that you know about all the resources available here? ALLi Communications Manager Boni Wagner-Stafford offers some insight.
Producing Audiobooks in Australia
As a community, we know that audiobooks are booming. But with audio comes a more nuanced range of hurdles to overcome. For example, accents, regional dialects need to be considered if you want to create a product that's accessible across the world – not just the UK and USA. ALLi author, Sarah Williams explains her experience of producing audiobooks in Australia.
Opinion: The BookLife Prize for Indie Authors
As independent authors, one of the biggest challenges we face is “discoverability.” In the vast ocean of new books being uploaded onto Amazon every day, launching our own may feel a bit like casting a tiny message in a bottle into titanic waves. In order for our readers to find us, we need reviews—a lot of them—and preferably great ones from well-known and respected sources. With this in mind, Kristan Julius, ALLi author member checked out the Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize. This is her review and experience.
What to do About Shady Publishers? More Questions Answered; AskALLi Member’s Q&A with Orna Ross and Michael La Ronn; News with Daniel Holloway
Has ALLi ever heard of certain shady publishers? That is among the questions answered this month on our monthly Member…
Self-publishing news: The Growth of Createspace’s ISBNs
Createspace's ISBN registration grows 50% to more than a million and StreetLib partners with Voxnest to allow authors to podcast from their platform.
Content Marketing for Fiction and Nonfiction
Content marketing has become a bit of a buzzword in author circles this year. With advertising becoming tougher and more expensive, and Amazon making it harder to get organic sales, authors are looking for other ways to reach new readers, develop a fanbase and ultimately sell books. Author member Rachel McCollin is here to show you how you content marketing for fiction and nonfiction can help.
Inspirational Indie Authors: Victoria Noe’s Work with AIDS Patients Prepared Her to Pen ‘Friend Grief’ Books on Dealing with Loss
My guest this week is Victoria Noe, whose experience working with AIDS patients in the 1980s prepared her to write…
What Happens When Readers Rebel?
A one star review is always difficult to see, but it's also a right of passage. You only have to look at Stephen King or J.K. Rowling's reviews to know that no author gets away with five star reviews forever. The odd one star review is manageable. But what happens when readers rebel? Eliza Green, ALLi author member, looks at the latest Patricia Cornwell novel, Quantum, and the shocking response it received on publication.
Find Your Creative Heart
Longtime ALLi advisor Joel Friedlander, and our cover feature in the 2019 Q1 Edition of The Indie Author member magazine, has helped birth hundreds of thousands of books through his business TheBook Designer.com. His latest project, Creativity and You, invites you to attend to the quiet place inside where you’ll find the torrent of images, ideas, words, sounds. Go creative!
Opinion: What is the Future of Nonfiction Publishing?
As we move into the final quarter of the year, it tends to be a time of reflection and future gazing. Partner member Karen Williams, The Book Mentor, looks to the future of nonfiction publishing.
Go Exclusive or Wide: Which is Best for your Book? #AskALLi Self-Publishing Fiction and Nonfiction Salon with Boni Wagner-Stafford and Adam Croft
Going wide and being selectively exclusive is definitely the safest way to a sustainable and scalable author business. But is…