Self-Publishing News: Welcome to Read an eBook Week
This coming week is the annual renewal of Smashwords's Read an eBook Week while writer Gabriel Smith pranked the singer Charli XCX.
Moving from Associate to Author: ALLi Member Top Tips for Levelling Up
Today’s post looks at the experience of our indie author community as we level up from an associate, just starting out with writing, to a fully-fledged author. What does it feel like, how do things change, and what can we do to move to the next level? We’ll share the experience of Alli team members and community members based on the top tips and stories shared with us through our member forums on Facebook and SelfPubConnect.
Inspirational Indie Author Interview: Tiffany Obeng. Author Shows Diverse Kids—and Parents—That Their Career Choices Are Limitless
My ALLi author guest this episode is Tiffany Obeng, a children's book author from Houston, Texas, who also works in employment law. Through her job handling job-discrimination cases, she realized that black children like her own need to be aware of all the career choices they have. That's when she really started publishing her books with a mission.
Self-Publishing News: Gmail and Yahoo Have Changed Rules on Newsletters: Here’s What You Need to Know
Since February 1st the rules have changed for anyone using gmail or yahoo mail who send newsletters. For Gmail specifically it's to 5000 or more people - but it may catch up with us all, so get ready now.
We Need to Talk About…Trigger Warnings: ALLi Member Opinion Piece
Our 'We need to talk about...' regular posts offer an opportunity for ALLi members to share their personal views on an issue affecting the author community. In this month's opinion piece, Sue Rovens reflects on adding trigger warnings to written content, including her reasons for not using them for her own Thriller novels.
Sora Breaks the Last Barrier in Creative AI, Substack Creates Networks, and Spotify Pursues Apple: Self-Publishing News Podcast with Dan Holloway
In this episode of the Self-Publishing News Podcast, ALLi News Editor Dan Holloway explores Sora's advancement in creative AI, Substack's innovative creation of networks to connect content creators, and Spotify's strategic pursuit of Apple.
Self-Publishing News: Apple Responds to Spotify’s Lawsuit by Releasing Figures on the Firm’s Relationship
Spotify has claimed that Apple is using anticompetitive behaviour in making competitors pay for more than a basic presence in the app store.
Are Book Promotion Sites Right for Me? Reaching More Readers Podcast, With Dale L. Roberts and Holly Greenland
This month on the Reaching More Readers podcast, Dale takes the lead advising Holly on the best ways to identify the right book promotion sites to reach your readers and make sure you don't get scammed along the way. Take a listen if you've ever considered a book promo site but didn't know where to start or which one may be right for you.
Self-Publishing News: Reddit is Going Public after 18 years
Reddit has announced it's holding an Initial Public Offering while Substackers can curate a “network” to recommend their subscribers. Reddit IPO update from ALLI.
Improve Your Author Website with SEO Updates for 2024: Six Easy Tips
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is about giving your author site the best chance to reach the top of search engine listings. The goalposts are always changing. In this post, ALLi Partner Member Debbie Emmitt shares six easy tips you can put into action to improve your author website and maximise your chances of being noticed in 2024.
Who Are ALLi’s Ambassadors and What Do They Do? ALLi Campaigns Podcast with Melissa Addey and Holly Greenland
This week, Campaigns Manager Melissa Addey and Blog Editor Holly Greenland explore the role of ALLi’s ambassadors: who they are and what they do. From opening up awards to speaking at events and gathering facts and figures all around the world, the ambassadors are part of ALLi’s outreach, amplifying ALLi’s voice to authors everywhere. Ambassadors work with our campaigning efforts to understand what needs to be done to support indie authors and make it happen.
Self-Publishing News: OpenAI’s Sora Stuns the World with its Text to Video Capability
Sora delivers textbooks electronically to libraries. Now OpenAI’s Sora is a text to video platform causing security concerns.