Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding Your Book With Kickstarter: Publishing for Profit with Orna Ross and Howard Lovy

Today on the Publishing for Profit Podcast, ALLi Director Orna Ross and Podcast Producer Howard Lovy discuss crowdfunding your book with Kickstarter. Orna successfully used Kickstarter to fund her book, Go Creative! Planning Program for Authors & Poets. Howard is getting ready to crowdfund a book on fighting antisemitism. Together, they ask and answer questions on strategies for a successful campaig
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Embracing A Positive Money Mindset

Money Basics Part One: Embracing a Positive “Money Mindset” for Self-Publishing Success

The rise of self-publishing has not only brought about creative freedom for authors but also a new personal responsibility for financial control over our own writing careers. Here at the The Alliance of Independent authors, we believe that adopting a positive ‘money mindset’ is critical for embracing this new accountability.
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Limited Liability Company

Should I Create a Limited Liability Company? More Questions Answered by Michael La Ronn and Sacha Black in our Member Q&A Podcast

In this month's AskALLi Member Q&A with Michael La Ronn and Sacha Black: Should I create a limited liability company? If I hire someone to illustrate 3D models for illustrations, do I own the copyright? How can I connect with other ALLi members who are local to me? Is it worth entering my book into a literary contest?
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X Launches Two Payment Tiers

Self-Publishing News: X to Introduce Two New Payment Tiers as Engagement Declines

Twitter was once home to a thriving writing and reading community but now with declining engagement, they're launching two new payment tiers. It’s almost a year since Elon Musk took over what was then Twitter. In that time it feels, looking on, as though the platform that was once home to a thriving writing and reading community has lurched from one crisis to another. ALLi's News Editor Dan Holloway reports. 
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Open Up To Indie Authors

Open Up to Indie Authors: ALLi Campaigns Podcast with Orna Ross and Melissa Addey

This week, ALLi Director Orna Ross and Campaigns Manager Melissa Addey discuss ALLi's advocacy work, starting with the Open Up to Indie Authors campaign. This campaign encourages and aids (and occasionally calls out!) the publishing and literary industries to include self-publishing authors in their programs, events, festivals, prizes, listings, and reviews. It's not all about what ALLi does: all indie authors can help with this campaign, find out what a difference three of ALLi's author members recently made by opening up a prestigious author-in-residence opportunity. 
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