Opinion: Why Indie Authors Shouldn’t Pay for PR Services
In response to recent reports on ALLi's Facebook forum from indie authors disappointed by poor results from professional PR campaigns,…
Writing: Feel the Fear and Write It Anyway
Launching Cauldstane, her seventh novel, has a special significance for Linda Gillard, because the book embodies her response to her…
Opinion: Social Media? No Thanks! I’d Rather Be Writing
With six novels (both trade-published and self-published) to her name, and an extensive following of loyal readers, Linda Gillard explains…
How I Earn A Living As An Indie Author: I Do It My Way
In a presentation hailed as "inspirational" at a recent Edinburgh publishing conference, self-published writer Linda Gillard described how going indie…
Indie Authors, How Do You Define Self-Publishing Success?
I was impressed by Dan Holloway's recent interview with Debbie Young in which he talked about what success means to…
Guest Post: Independent Authors and Visibility by Linda Gillard
Linda knows how to be seen!
In an over-crowded marketplace, we assume it’s reviews that sell books and, predictably, it’s now possible to buy “honest reviews”. Could paid-for reviews be a good investment? Possibly, but I think we should be asking ourselves a different question—how do books find their readers? Or, to put it another way, what makes a book visible in the marketplace?