Announcement: New Key People at The Alliance of Independent Authors
We like to bring your attention to some of the wonderful people who have recently stepped up to help make…
Commonwealth Foundation Opens Prize to Self-Publishers
The Commonwealth Foundation has made its annual call for entries for their Book Prize and Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The…
Taking Indie Authors Into Libraries and Other News
ALLi Newsletter Nov/Dec 2012 The big news in the Nov/Dec issue of The Alliance of Independent Authors' newsletter is that…
50 Ways To Reach Your Reader #3: Websites for Indie Authors
Whether you sell books directly on your website or use it as a referral site to Amazon or another retailer,…
50 Ways To Reach Your Reader. # 2: Optimise Your Amazon Author Page
Amazon, the biggest book retailer in the world, was the first company to see the potential in retailing self-published work.…
50 Ways To Reach Your Reader #1 Introduction
REMINDER: Don't forget our Shindig later today (3pm EST): How to Choose A Self-Publishing Partner. Your questions about self-publishing services answered…
How To Write An Email That Will Win You A Book Review. By Catherine Ryan Howard.
In the second of our posts on book reviews, Catherine Ryan Howard discusses the fine art of the please-review-my-book pitch email. Catherine's…
What Does The Agreement Between Google and AAP Mean for Indie Authors?
Google and the Association of American publishers (AAP) have reached an agreement in a move that is likely to have implications for all writers. So where does it leave indies?
Seven years ago, the U.S. Authors Guild (AG) and several major publishers took an action against Google for its unauthorized scanning of in-copyright books, claiming that such scanning was a violation of copyright, as Google were not seeking permission from the rights-holders to create a new book format.
Google argues that such scanning isn't a new format but fair use of an existing format.
How Many Movies About Writers Can you Name?
One of my Facebook friends wanted to know if anybody knew about movies about writers and artists. I got to…
I Have A Publisher Now But I’m Still Indie
Our book of the month for October is Finding Emma by Steena Holmes, recently picked up for an Amazon promotion…
Why it is Important to Resize your Images
Resizing images is one of those tricky issues that people seem to always have issues with. I’m not quite sure…
How To Put Your Alliance of Independent Authors Membership Badge on Your Blog
When you join the Alliance of Independent Authors, we send you a snippet of code to put on your website, so you…