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Self-Publishing News: Author Earnings (Again)

A report by the UK government on why author earnings are at such low levels ignores the self-publishing landscape, we celebrate indie bookshop week, and explore the massive ebook potential of African markets.

June 18, 2019
Dan Holloway
News
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7 Ways You Can Make More Money from Your Book

It takes so much time and effort to become an indie author. Now, how about a little ROI? Truth is, now that you’ve crystallized your ideas into book form, there are multiple ways to spin your book into gold — aka make more money from your book — by exploring different formats and unique paths to market. In this post, Georgie Hockett has seven suggestions to help you do just that.

June 17, 2019
Leslie 'Lam' Miller
Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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Inspirational Indie Authors: Yvonne Caputo Rediscovers Her Father Through World War II Stories

Not everybody agrees with me on this, but I think the best use of indie publishing is to tell true…

What is the Best Way to Brand a Self-Help Series? Other Questions Answered: AskALLi Member’s Q&A with Orna Ross and Michael La Ronn

Welcome to AskALLi, the Self-Publishing Advice Podcast from the Alliance of Independent Authors. This week it’s our monthly Member Q&A…

June 15, 2019
Howard Lovy
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Writing
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Switching from MailChimp to MailerLite for Budget-Conscious Indie Authors

If you’re running a WordPress author website and you’ve connected it to MailChimp, recent changes at the mail-service-provider-turned-marketing-company likely mean you're facing a price increase. If that's the case, what should you do? After changes at Mailchimp, ALLi author member Rachel McCollin talks us through switching from MailChimp to MailerLite for budget-conscious indie authors.

June 14, 2019
Rachel McCollin
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
4 Comments

7 Game-Changing Tips for KDP Authors

One of the highlights of my day is learning something useful from the indie author community, and passing that along to other authors. With that in mind, here are seven of my favorite tips that permanently changed the way I publish on Amazon's KDP.

June 13, 2019
John Doppler
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
19 Comments

How Indie Authors Set Paperback Prices

Recently on the closed ALLi Member Facebook Forum there've been a couple of active comment threads with questions about how indie authors set paperback prices. Here's a compilation of the responses so you can see for yourself what some of the options are for pricing your own books.

June 12, 2019
ALLi Editorial
Opinion, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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Self-Publishing News: Barnes and Noble Finds a Buyer

Bookselling chain Barnes and Noble has found a buyewr and will be run by James Daunt, who is also the CEO of Waterstones in the UK.

June 11, 2019
Dan Holloway
News
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Why Do an Indie Author Blog Tour

In an ever-changing industry, lots of marketing tactics go in and out of fashion more often than I have hot dinners. But sometimes marketing isn't about generating sales, but growing awareness and building an audience. ALLi author member Sue Wickstead explains why you should do an indie author blog tour.

June 10, 2019
Sue Wickstead
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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Inspirational Indie Authors: Frankie Picasso Paints a Picture of an Immigrant Success Story

Today, I'm happy to feature an immigrant success story. I interviewed Frankie Picasso, an author who released a book called For…

How to Be a Productive Writer and Publisher: AskALLi Self-Publishing Fiction and Nonfiction Podcast with Orna Ross and Dan Blank

ALLi Director Orna Ross and Author Dan Blank survey seven ways to be a productive writer so you can write…

How to Organise a Book Signing Event

When we first start writing, many of us dream of having a book signing. We also cower at the prospect of having to talk to 'real people.' But for the most part, meeting readers is what we want. Organizing and delivering a book signing day can be daunting. ALLi Author member Eileen Omosa is explains how to organize a book signing.

June 7, 2019
Eileen Omosa
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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