Great Deals and Discounts for ALLi Members Roll up, roll up, dear ALLi members. Our news this week is all about some of our great discounts and deals on everything from setting up your book to marketing and advertising opportunities. Head over to the ALLi website and to the discounts and deals section to avail of […]
Wow. What a conference! It has been an amazing (and exhausting) week. Ali and I are very grateful to everyone for participating and making this conference another, kick-butt success! When we started IndieReCon as a free online conference three years ago, it was just me and Ali along with a few indie authors from our support […]
The Three Steps to Success Step 1: Organize What You Have The first step will make you feel good, really good. I don’t care if you have a binder stuffed with hand-written recipes inked onto napkins and soiled notebook papers. You just need to find your niche, and if you have been doing something for long enough, […]
Social Media Campaigns Just as publishing has been transformed in recent years by the emergence of digital, so has marketing been dramatically altered by the advent of social media. Social marketing presents immense opportunity for authors and publishers who want to reach and engage new audiences. All too often, however, a lack of strategy, tools […]
Cut the Learning Curve Most books only sell between 100-250 copies, max. How can YOU turn your powerful message into a bestselling book? There are certain principles that bestselling authors utilize, but many green authors don’t know them and wish they did. Cut the learning curve! Bridget Cook-Burch, both a New York Times and Wall […]
Authors! What is Holding you Back? In this motivational and “tough-love” session, Author Marketing Club Director Jim Kukral explains the things holding you back from success as an author. Sometimes success is about more than book marketing tactics and writing good books. Sometimes… it’s in your head. Ready to be motivated? Ready to hear some […]
Seek out the designer whose work appeals to you personally. At the bookstore Researching in a bookstore is my favorite way to learn about other designers. Make a trip to the local book store. Review recently published books. Look at different kinds of titles in different sections. Which covers are most striking to you? The cover should sing […]
Hear London-based children’s author, Karen Inglis, talk through top tips and home truths about self-publishing children’s picture books – including why print and selling face-to-face matters, costing your project, finding illustrators and making the most of your artwork to plan, promote and run school events and to support local bookshops. This Article is from […]
Is there anybody reading me? Some years ago i did an MA dissertation called “Is there Anybody reading Me?” which explores why people write without certain markets and found that 99.9% more people were writing than were being published. This statistic usually shocks and I often wonder if today’s indie authors have any idea of […]
Choosing the right book formatting In this video Joel Friedlander, interviewed by David Penny, explains how choosing the right formatting for your book is important. This Article is from the IndieReCon 2015 Conference, for more Agenda content please view our event archives