Orna Ross pays tribute to Debbie Young, who at the end of April will be leaving her role as ALLi’s Author Advice Center Manager to write full-time – continuing her successful cozy mystery series, and much more.
Author Archive | Orna Ross
Your Feedback Is Invited: Independent Authors’ Bill of Rights (Copyright)
How can copyright law empower the average author, so they can understand their rights in a changing digital and entrepreneurial environment? Orna Ross discusses the principle issues.
Writing: ALLi Members Win & Place in Inaugural Award for Self-published Authors
Sharing the outcome of the new Selfies award recognising self-published books, run by BookBrunch, sponsored by IngramSpark and won by ALLi member Jane Davis! Orna Ross reports.
OPINION It’s Art AND Commerce: Why Indie Authors Should Make Money A Measure of Publishing Success?
What does self-publishing success mean to you? How do you measure it? ALLi Director Orna Ross explains why she believes it’s money – and explains the reasoning and background behind her thinking. Do you agree? Join the conversation!
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This is the self-publishing advice blog, written by members of the Alliance of Independent Authors. We cover the seven processes of publishing – editorial, design, production, distribution, marketing, promotion and licensing publishing rights – here week on week, together with writing advice and how to run an indie author business.
Confidence, Collaboration and Convergence: A Look Back at Self-Publishing in 2018
In her self-publishing review of 2018, Director of the Alliance of Independent Authors Orna Ross overviews this year’s most notable trends
Seasons Greetings from the Alliance of Independent Authors
Campaign: Governments Must Support Indie Author Earnings Through Encouraging Financial Independence
Please read this important statement from Orna Ross, calling for greater and more appropriate government support for indie authors and recognition of our enormous socio-economic contributions – not reflected in traditional author earnings research.
Conference Report: Digital Book World 2018 – The Top Takeaways For Independent Authors at DBW
ALLi Director Orna Ross shares the key takeaways from the groundbreaking Digital Book World conference 2018, including exciting opportunities and calls to action for indie authors who want to be a part of selfpublishing 3.0.
Opinion: Author Earnings through Author Business
A must-read post by Orna Ross that goes behind scaremongering stories about author incomes falling and explains how indie authors are uniquely placed to build successful businesses based on their writing careers.