Insider’s Guide To Self-Publishing With Lightning Source.
David Taylor, President of Lightning Source (LSI) UK, spoke to ALLi member, JJMarsh, recently about how LSI works with indie authors, the…
How I Earn A Living As An Indie Author: I Do It My Way
In a presentation hailed as "inspirational" at a recent Edinburgh publishing conference, self-published writer Linda Gillard described how going indie…
How My Indie Book Came Back From The Dead
Indie author Christopher Shevlin gives an inspiring account of how he reversed falling sales of his self-published novel and turned…
How I Do It: Successful Indie Authors Share Their Secrets. This week: Ezekel Alan.
"My novel Disposable People became the first self-published book to win a major prize." Jamaican indie author Ezekel Alan shares…
How Indie Authors Can Get Their Books Stocked in Bookshops – Part #1
Indie author Roz Morris explains how she got her novel stocked by bricks-and-mortar bookstores – and how self-published books meet…
Writing for Reluctant Readers
Children's author Raymond Bean describes how he discovered and researched the perfect subject for books to engage reluctant young readers.…
How & Why to Get Published in Literary Magazines
Jessica Bell, co-publishing editor of Vine Leaves Literary Journal, shares some great tips for how to submit your work to…
Why This Indie Author Won’t Be Joining the Writers’ Union of Canada
Canadian novelist Maia Sepp takes the Writer's Union of Canada to task over its attitude to independent authors. I'm disappointed…
How I Do It: Successful Indie Authors Share Their Secrets. This week: CJ Lyons.
"It's all about the reader." CJ Lyons talks about the writing and publishing strategies that have led her to her to sell…
Write A Better Press Release – 50 Ways to Reach Your Readers #14
Got no response from your last press release? Then study these six top tips to help you write a super-powerful…
Better Your Books with Beta Readers
Joanne Phillips, author of two novels and nearing the completion of her third, explains how to recruit and use beta…
What IS An Indie Author?
Novelist and Director of the Alliance of Independent Authors, Orna Ross, considers the sometimes confusing question of what exactly distinguishes…