How I Do It: Charles Sheehan-Miles Shares His Success Story as a Self-Published Author
Refusing to allow his self-publishing success to make him complacent, US novelist Charles Sheehan-Miles, with 12 self-published novels to his…
Reaching Readers with Author Newsletters
What can an author newsletter do for you that you're not already getting from Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Google+, your author…
Writing: How To Use the Snowflake Technique to Write A Novel
British historical novelist Richard Denning explains the very popular Snowflake Method for planning and writing novels, illustrated by examples from…
Opinion: Write From The Heart (Not For The Genre)
Choosing to self-publish liberates authors from the need to write within the constraints of fiction genres favoured by trade publishers.…
How To Reach Readers With Social Search Techniques
The globetrotting author coach and bestselling self-published author Connie Brentford, founder of The Moonlighter's Guide website, shares some invaluable and…
Writing: How To Turn Your Life Into A Novel
Helena Halme, Finnish author of three self-published novels, offers excellent advice on how to turn fact into fiction effectively, drawing on her own experience of writing The Englishman.
Opinion: Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Awards Let Indie Authors Down
Australian historical novelist Elisabeth Storrs, whose first book was trade published, is disappointed that the Australian government will not consider…
How I Do It: Helen Hollick Shares Her Self-Publishing Success Story
USA Today bestselling historical novelist Helen Hollick is a great example of a hybrid author - trade-published (in the USA)…
Reaching Readers: How to Use BookBlast to Boost Your Book up the Ranking
UPDATE: BookBlast and Book Blast have been registered trademarks of BookBlast Limited since 2008. Jason's company "Book Blast" referred to…
Publishing: Introducing IRIS – IndieReader’s New Instore Service
IRIS is IndieReader's new book distribution service designed to help self-published authors get their books onto the shelves of independent…
Writing: How to Gain Inspiration from Writers’ Retreats Abroad
Indie author and poet Jessica Bell makes the case for investing in writers' retreats abroad to gain fresh inspiration and…
Kobo and ALLi (The Alliance of Independent Authors) need you for our Open Up to Indie Authors launch!
We’ve got an exciting opportunity for you (ALLi members) to be part of something special. As another step forward for…