Valerie Shanley picks the latest from a ripe crop of indie author news from ALLi’s partners and friends. The Girls Are Online, The Boys are on the Page …Interesting stats on gender divides in how we read. First off is the report in The Guardian referencing a study published by the National Literacy Trust showing […]
The judges have decided, the champagne is about to be uncorked, and the winners announced in the 2015 IndieReader Discovery Awards (IRDA) at BEA. Indie Reader (IR), an ALLi Partner Member, is the brainchild of Amy Edelman, who set up the awards to give indie authors access to people who can make a difference in […]
Valerie Shanley brings you the latest indie author news from ALLi’s partners and friends Internet Pirates Beware – Copyright Law Is Catching Up…In the first action of its kind brought by UK publishers, the High Court has granted the Publishers Association’s (PA) application for a blocking order against several UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The Society of […]
Valerie Shanley brings you the latest indie author news from ALLi’s partners and friends. Apple Has a Bite of the iBook Production Pie Apple has released a basic how-to guide with its new iBooks Author Starter Kit. The DIY kit takes users step-by-step through detailed activities with all of the necessary materials including author templates to create a basic, […]
Here’s our quick glance at industry news this week on the movers and shakers in indie publishing, plus surveys and some (reliable) gossip. Wilson back in the FastPencil lane FastPencil, the self-publishing service provider with a writing community of some 125,000 authors, is back in the hands of its former owner Steve Wilson, who co-founded […]