We hope you are enjoying our regular ALLi Q & A interviews highlighting and celebrating indie authors who are doing great things – and not just in terms of sales. Here’s another indie to inspire – Terri Reid. When the recession hit her business in early 2010, Terri took the opportunity to write full time. By August […]
This week’s news on all things self-publishing-related includes the announcement of a new inclusive book prize aiming to address diversity; a snapshot of some of the huge book festivals now underway round the globe; the ongoing issue of authors not being paid; why independent bookstores could have more beneficial relationships with indie authors; and how […]
We had a super response to our Q & A last week, the first in our new series highlighting and celebrating indie authors who are doing great things – and not just in terms of sales. This week’s follow up interview is another great read with best-selling vigilante-thriller author Robert Bidinotto under the ALLi spotlight. Solid storytelling […]
Love writing – detest editing? Among this week’s good news reports is that an innovative self-publishing tool is at hand for formatting and conversion – and it’s free. As for conflicting data on digital book sales, a new indie author-inclusive survey aims to give a fuller picture on the under-reported self-publishing sector. Elsewhere, no surprises […]
We love a Q & A here at ALLi which is why we are introducing a regular Sunday interview, How I Do It: Indie Authors Share the Secrets of Their Success. The series will highlight and celebrate indie authors who are doing great things, and not just in terms of sales. First up is award-winning, international […]
In this week’s post, we gaze upwards, courtesy of the latest Author Earnings report, on the continuing ascent of US digital book sales, and also take an admiring glance at how the most successful indie authors reach their readers. Plus, it wouldn’t be weekly news without an Amazon story – but are those rumors of […]
It’s all about accentuating the positive in self-publishing-related news this week, as one successful indie author writes on the ongoing democratisation effect of digital technology. The rise of mobile reading also opens up a revolutionary road of opportunities for indies, while independent bookstores are doing very well, thank you (despite stories of their demise last […]
In this week’s news on all things self-publishing, we look ahead and look out for Amazon’s upcoming warning signs on e-book errors; plus new ideas, appointments, services and gaining the best, and genuine, reviews for your indie books. Valerie Shanley gets the lowdown from her ALLi partners and friends. Surely some mistake Amazon’s plan […]
It’s been a week when authors got results for speaking up about being paid fairly. Valerie Shanley gets the lowdown from ALLi partners and friends on this and all the news self-publishing related, including upcoming indie author events such as ALLi’s new look Fringe Festivals tied into the three biggest book fairs worldwide, plus discussion […]
Can you make yourself more discoverable in 2016? It’s all about that meta data thing. Also in this week’s self-publishing related news, one agent says it emphatically again – e-book sales are not stagnating. Plus used-book stores, ghostwriting, and more as Valerie Shanley catches up with ALLi partners and friends across the newswires and blogosphere. […]