Opinion: Why Indie Authors Shouldn’t Pay for PR Services
In response to recent reports on ALLi's Facebook forum from indie authors disappointed by poor results from professional PR campaigns,…
How to Reach More Readers: Play the Local Card to Libraries
We've run a few posts lately on the subject of "write what you know". Today we're looking instead at how…
Watchdog: Review of Draft2Digital
 We covered a lot of aggregators in the “Choosing a Self-Publishing Service” book, released in the Spring, documenting the…
Reaching Readers: Top Tips for Author Events
Sarah Juckes of ALLi Partner Member Completely Novel shares her top tips to help self-published authors make their publicity events…
Publishing: How to Make an Audio Book – Interview with Audio Artist Elizabeth Klett
With so much talk about audio books being the Next Big Thing for indie authors, ALLi author member Jane Steen,…
Writing: Could You Turn Your Day Job Into A Book?
One often overlooked advantage of following the common advice to "write what you know" is that writing in your comfort…
Self-Publishers: How You Can Get Your Questions Answered
Self-publishing (and indeed writing) is often misconceived as a purely solitary business - which makes life a little difficult when…
Opinion: Why 2020 Predictions Aren’t All Gloom and Doom
American novelist John Doppler embraces the apocalypse that some are predicting for the world of publishing and explains why indies needn't be…
Successful Indie Authors Share Their Secrets. How I Do It by Rebecca Cantrell
Rebecca Cantrell, is a New York Times bestselling author, recently became the first indie author to win the prestigious International…
Reaching Readers via Libraries: Important Feedback from Jane Davis
Having previously failed to convince her local libraries to stock her self-published titles, British novelist Jane Davis was delighted to…
Publishing: How do Book Bloggers Work? Interview with Stephanie M Hopkins
Understanding how book bloggers operate will help you approach them in the right way and increase your chance of gaining…
What Is Literary Fiction and Why Does It Matter?
Reports of the death of literary fiction are greatly exaggerated, claims US science fiction and fantasy author Kevin McLaughlin,…