Reaching Readers: The Rise of the Indies at Crimefest 2014
Self-published thriller writer Tim (TJ) Cooke reports on the Crimefest 2014, offering top tips on reaching and engaging readers from…
Publishing: Price-Matching On Amazon
For authors who use 'price pulsing' (i.e. vary the price to stimulate sales) or discount their self-published books across multiple…
Writing: Write What You Know
Established non-fiction author Carol Cooper is currently deploying her medical background in her second novel, a sequel to the raunchy…
ALLi News: How our IngramSpark discount can help you go global
Over the coming months, ALLi will be unveiling a whole new round of improvements and upgrades, but for the moment,…
Opinion: How I Learned to Love the Ebook
"I initially refused to publish ebooks because I thought they were so damned ugly, and I resented my lack of…
Reaching Readers: 7 Reasons You Need A Walking Podcast
US indie author Michael La Ronn shares his enthusiasm for a new craze that's helped him reach more readers for…
Indie Authors at BEA 2014
This is a long post because it marks a major milestone for indie authors: gaining a foothold at Book Expo…
Writing: Choosing Theme and Genre
In a reprise of recent lectures he has given on the subject of Theme and Genre, Irish hybrid author Laurence…
Opinion: How and Why This Self-Publishing Author Signed Up with an Agent
On the brink of launching the third in her acclaimed Roma Nova alternate history series, Alison Morton, a self-published English…
Do Self-Publishing Authors Earn More?
Here at The Alliance of Independent Authors, we’re trying to get an answer to that question. At the Digital Minds…
Reaching Readers with Library Talks
British indie author Julie Day, who has Asperger's Syndrome, describes how her talk about self-publishing at her neighbourhood library raised…
Publishing: Why I Love Working with Indie Authors – by A Book Designer
Working successfully as both a self-published author and a book designer, Jane Dixon-Smith, a member of the Triskele Books collective,…