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Setting the Right Price for a Book: Why Many Authors Undervalue Their Work

Setting the right price for a book is one of the biggest challenges for self-published authors. Many look at what others in their genre are charging and try to match those prices, but this approach can undervalue their work. Some authors price low out of fear that readers won’t pay more, while others feel pressure to keep their books cheap in a market where free and heavily discounted e-books are common. But as we’ll explore in this post, much more than price goes into a reader’s decision to buy a book.
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Inspirational Indie Author Interview: Jane Buckley. Author From Northern Ireland Uses Fiction to Help Readers Understand the Troubles

My ALLi author guest this episode is Jane Buckley, an author from Derry, Northern Ireland, who writes about the Troubles based on her own experiences. After building a career in London, she returned home and began writing to help others understand the conflict. Her books draw from real events, capturing both the violence and the everyday lives of those who lived through it.
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AI Summit In Paris

AI Summit in Paris Ends Without UK and US Support; Copyright Concerns Left Unresolved: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

Remember I promised to have only one AI-related story this week. I hope you also remember I said it would be a stretch. And that’s because the AI Summit in Paris has now taken place. If you recall, a group of thirty-eight creative industry bodies, including the International Publishers Association, had come together to call for regulation around transparency and compensation in relation to copyright.
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Spotify Focuses On Audiobooks

Spotify Focuses on Audiobooks, Kindle Sales Surge: Self-Publishing with ALLi Featuring Dan Holloway

On this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Dan Holloway discusses how Spotify focuses on audiobooks with new tools for authors and its first full year of profitability. Kindle device sales hit their highest levels in over a decade, suggesting a shift in e-book reading habits. Plus, London Book Fair is just a month away, with key sessions on accessibility, sustainability, and attracting new readers.
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Kindle Sales

Amazon Sees Record Kindle Sales; AI Art Auction Sparks Controversy; UK Appoints Ex-Amazon Exec as Antitrust Chief: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

E-books are still doing very well, and Kindle sales have seen a surprising resurgence. That was one of the themes that emerged last year. You will remember Mark Williams gave us one of his timely reminders of how woefully short the official figures fall and the increase to KDP Select payments, which now top $600 million a year and then some. But how are people reading those e-books?
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Self-Publishing With ALLi | Publishing For Profit | Joe Solari | SelfPublishingAdvice.org/podcast | Proudly Sponsored By |…

How Authors Can Price Their Books for Profit: Self-Publishing with ALLi Featuring Joe Solari

On the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, host Joe Solari explains how authors can price their books for profit. He challenges the idea that books are commodities, using Starbucks as an example of how to create value beyond price. Solari breaks down price elasticity, customer lifetime value, and direct sales, offering practical strategies to maximize revenue.
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Self-Publishing Advice & Inspirations Podcast | Conference Highlight | SelfPublishingAdvice.org/podcast

Monetize Your Public Speaking: Podcasts, Author Events, and Beyond: Self-Publishing Conference Highlight

Alexa Nazzaro, founder of the Axel Author Group, discusses how authors can monetize public speaking through podcasts, author events, and other opportunities. Drawing on her background as a Toastmaster, corporate presentation trainer, Dale Carnegie trainer, and TEDx selection committee member, she outlines strategies for identifying speaking engagements, crafting effective author pitches, and making the most of speaking appearances to support an author’s career.
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Spotify Profit

Spotify Celebrates its First Full Year of Profit: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

Spotify is excited. And it clearly thinks we should be excited, too. The company has been around for seventeen years (I am sure I have mentioned this before, but if you have even a passing interest in Spotify, the relationship between tech and the arts, or just cracking good television, you should check out the Netflix series The Playlist, which tells the story of Spotify’s early years using some clever narrative devices). And 2024 was its first full year of profitability.
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Bookshop.org Expands To E-Books

Bookshop.org Expands to E-Books; Authors Guild Launches Human Authored Certification: The Self-Publishing with ALLi Podcast Featuring Dan Holloway

On this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Dan Holloway reports on Bookshop.org’s new support for ebooks, giving indie authors more ways to reach readers while supporting local bookstores. He also covers the U.S. Copyright Office’s latest report on AI and copyright, which outlines how current laws apply to AI-assisted works, and the Authors Guild’s new Human Authored certification, designed to provide transparency about AI-generated content in books.
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