Lessons from the Women’s Fiction Festival in Matera
From the Women's Fiction Festival held recently in Matera, Italy, Ricardo Fayet of ALLi partner member Reedsy reports encouraging news…
Writing: Past or Present Tense?
Most fiction writers will at some point ask themselves in which tense they should be framing their stories. Part of…
7 Reasons Why You’ll Love ALLi’s New Website
The finish line is nearly in sight for our new website, launching later this month. Having taken on board feedback…
Event Preview – Sell More Books This Holiday Season
The holiday season is drawing near, bringing authors a fantastic opportunity to reach regular and reluctant readers alike. This month’s…
Opinion: Why It’s Good to Get Bad Reviews
Theo Rogers turns the issue in his book "How to Get Good Reviews on Amazon" on its head and explains why…
How to Create a Pop-Up Bookstore
Catriona Troth, novelist and member of the influential Triskele Books collective, explains how to reach more readers for your self-published…
In Praise of Print Books
Turkish author Atulya Bingham explains why she's going against the flow in self-publishing circles by producing only a print edition…
ALLI Author Keith Dixon on Steven Pinker’s “The Sense of Style”
Steven Pinker is well known as a writer on the relationship between linguistics, psychology and evolution, with books such as…
Opinion: Small is Beautiful – and More Efficient
ALLi's blog editor Debbie Young pays tribute to one of the less usually discussed advantages of being an indie author:…
What Indie Authors Can Learn From The Music Industry
Sarah Juckes of ALLi partner member CompletelyNovel has been picking up some great promotional ideas from the indie music industry.…
6 Key Facts about Self-publishing – for Writers & Readers
PLEASE NOTE: This post is now out of date. for up to date facts and figures, go here English…
Quality Control for Self-Published Writing
Many book appraisal and review services assure readers of the quality of self-published books - and indie authors of their…