What Is Creative Writing?
A number of ALLi advisors and members, including Joanna Penn, Alison Baverstock, and Jane Dixon-Smith are making their way to…
How To Sell More Books: Take Two
ALLi is hosting David Gaughran again tomorrow, Tuesday 9th July (4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT; 9pm - 10pm GMT), to reprise…
What IS An Indie Author?
Novelist and Director of the Alliance of Independent Authors, Orna Ross, considers the sometimes confusing question of what exactly distinguishes…
How Indie Authors Sell Foreign Rights.
The good news for us, as indie authors, is that rights issues are greatly simplified. We own our rights and we…
Indie Authors and Book Expo America
Mad old Manhattan. It’s good to be back, walking small between its skyscrapers; stepping aside to let a scurrying New…
Successful Self-Publishing Authors Are Entrepreneurs
Indie authors come in all shapes and sizes and the only unifying characteristic is that they see themselves as creative…
All The Indie Fun of The Fair. Self-Publishing Authors at #LBF2013
We're trying to settle back down here at ALLi Towers, after an exhilarating and exhausting three days at London Book…
The Stigma of Self-Publishing
Are self-publishers just vain? Is this the main reason for the stigma against this way of publishing and reaching readers.…
New Literary Forms for Self-Publishers
One of the least discussed benefits of ebooks and digital publishing is how they are giving rise to interesting new…
Indie Authors: Six Questions To Ask Before You Self-Publish
A while ago, we posed some questions about the qualities that we believe a writer must have if they…
Best and Worst Self-Publishing Services
We are compiling a list of "Fave Raves" and "Yah Boos" for inclusion in our Guide To Self-Publishing Services. An…
Five Indie Author Tips For A Successful Live Ebook Launch
We going to be launching ALLi's Choosing A Self-Publishing Service 2013 at London Book Fair as an ebook. So we're…