ALLi Member Milestones November 2024

Top 100 List, Debuts, and Book Awards: ALLi Member Milestones November 2024

This regular post from the Alliance of Independent Authors celebrates ALLi member successes to inspire our indie author community. Our ALLi Member Milestones for November 2024 celebrates the successes of author members Chisom Ezeh, Michele Howarth, Dale Rogers, Philippa Rees, Gary Feinstein, and Dr. Harry Somaraju. Congratulations to all those featured in this month’s roundup and to everyone in our community who has hit a milestone this month!
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Indie Author Survey

Indie Author Survey Reveals What Helps Authors Succeed Financially: The Self-Publishing News Podcast with Dan Holloway

On this episode of the Self-Publishing News Podcast, Dan Holloway shares highlights from the Written Word Media Indie Author Survey, examining the factors behind authors’ financial success. From top-performing genres to effective marketing and cover design strategies, Dan reveals what’s driving higher earnings. He also discusses the strong role Kindle Unlimited plays for top earners and the importance of mailing lists for boosting engagement and sales.
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Writing Career

Balancing the Passion and the Business of a Writing Career: The Self-Publishing with ALLi Podcast

This week on the Self-Publishing with ALLi Podcast, Campaigns Manager Matty Dalrymple talks with Tiffany Yates Martin, editor and founder of Foxprint Editorial. Tiffany shares her insights on balancing the art and business of writing, adapting to market changes, and overcoming challenges like perfectionism and imposter syndrome. She also discusses how authors can find fulfillment by aligning their values with their goals.
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Written Word Media Survey

Financially Successful Self-Publishers Make Money with Kindle Unlimited, says Written Word Media Survey: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

A few weeks ago, I encouraged you to take part in the latest Written Word Media survey on the self-publishing landscape. Many of you, and other indie writers, did. And now the results are in. As always, I highly recommend you look at the full results. And, as always, I will bring you the highlights here.
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Indie Publishing Success

How to Manage the Stress That Comes with Indie Publishing Success

Indie publishing success can take many forms—whether it's financial stability, creative freedom, or building a loyal audience—but achieving it often brings unexpected challenges and stresses along the way. Three ALLi authors—M.K. Williams, Russell Nohelty, and Tom Evans—have faced these challenges firsthand and offer insights into managing success once it arrives.
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Inspirational Indie Author Interview: Delaney Diamond

Inspirational Indie Author Interview: Delaney Diamond. U.S. Virgin Islands Native Ditched Business Career for Life of Romance; Now, She’s Written Over 50 Novels

My ALLi author guest this episode is Delaney Diamond. Born in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Delaney had a career in business before transitioning to writing full-time. Since 2011, she has self-published over 50 contemporary romance and romantic suspense novels. In our conversation, Delaney talks about how she’s managed to become such a prolific author, reveals her marketing secrets, and tells of how she helps other authors by offering consulting services.
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SelfPubCon 24

SelfPubCon 24 Features Tips on Publishing for Profit; Plus, X Changes Blocking Rules and the Rise of Bluesky: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

We started the week by looking back at one conference. We close by taking a look back at another. ALLi’s SelfPubCon 24 brought another 24 hours of fabulous insights from experts across a wide variety of fields in self-publishing. And all was focused on the topic that probably means the most to many of us: “publishing for profit.”
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Nine Dots

Nine Dots — The Biggest Book Prize You’ve Never Heard Of (But Are Eligible to Enter): Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

Today, we’ll talk about the Nine Dots Prize. Autumn (or fall) in the Northern Hemisphere is the time for talking about awards. In the past few weeks, I’ve talked about some fairly large awards like the Nobel, and of course, the Booker has been ramping up. But there is one huge book prize that flies below the radar. It opened for entries just over a week ago, will stay open until January 27, 2025, has very few entry restrictions (certainly none excluding indies), and offers a $100,000 first prize.
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NotebookLM

Harnessing Google’s NotebookLM AI Tool, Which Discusses Myths that Hold Indie Authors Back: The Self-Publishing with ALLi Podcast with Orna Ross and Joanna Penn

In a departure from the usual format, in this episode, Orna Ross and Joanna Penn hand their podcast notes over to Google’s NotebookLM to see what this new AI tool makes of their topic: "5 Myths that Hold Indie Authors Back — And How to Break Free." Joanna shares key developments in AI conversation tools, and as AI continues to shape the industry, Orna asks: What does it mean to stay true to your creative self in an AI-powered publishing industry?
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