Wondering how to sell more books? Read how US fantasy author Karen Myers sold more books in the first two weeks of 2018 than the whole of 2015, by stopping writing for a year in order to improve her marketing skills
A heartwarming story of how publishing service provider Thomson-Shore rescued one author from an exploitative deal by the kind of unscrupulous provider that ALLi campaigns against
Wondering how to add extra income streams to your indie author business? Read Henry Hyde's inspiring case study of how he's built a significant new income via Patreon in a matter of weeks.
Novelists Jerome Griffin and Orna Ross, ALLi Director, discuss the seven stages of conscious creation as they relate to writing. Understanding the different requirements of each stage from concept to completion can, Orna argues, up your writing speed, ensure you're more likely to finish well, and improve your writing craft.
How one indie author, E S Moxon, found collaboration with fellow writers helped her regain her creative momentum after unexpected challenges in her personal life that scuppered her regular writing habits.
Amazon has finally opened its first staff-less shop to the public, Wattpad has secured $51m funding to expand its machine learning, and several platforms have expandd their offerings to readers.
Still measuring your marketing and promotion only in terms of sales results? Ben Cameron's piece about also valuing opportunity created by media campaigns (and other activities) may make you reconsider.
Roz Morris's extensive and valuable experience from earlier roles as a ghostwriter and running an editorial department in a trade publishing company equipped her to build her success as indie author and advisor to self-published authors. - and she's sharing it here for your benefit!
Wondering how to make your AMS advertising more effective, with more impressions, more clicks and a better return-on-investment? Read ALLi Watchdog John Doppler's list of his top tips, gleaned from collaboration within his indie author collective.
It's the start of the new year and a great time to look at the year ahead to determine what writing goals you'd like to achieve. Listen in as Michael and I talk about our writing goals, and the challenges that stand in our way to achieving success and how to overcome them.