How New Writing Events and Groups are Uniting Authors, However They Are Published
How authors publish their books becomes less relevant when the authors themselves take the initiative in setting up events and…
Money Upfront: How Authors Crowdfund their Books: Ben Galley
Indie Author Fringe: This live hangout with self-publishing expert and successful crowdfunder Ben Galley will tell you all you need to know about the options for crowdfunding your book.
Opinion: Why I’m Paying It Forward in Self-publishing
Yesterday on our blog, bestselling indie author Marie Force, already with a successful career as a trade-published author, said that…
Writing: How Authors Can Find Answers to Tricky Questions
With 20 self-published books to her name, US indie fantasy writer Samantha Warren was familiar with the problem of struggling…
Inspiration for Indie Authors Going Global at NINC2015
From somewhere over the Atlantic, ALLi's founder Orna Ross takes for ALLi's Going Global campaign from the NINC 2015 Publishing…
Writing: RNA Admits First Indie Author
Slowly but surely writing and publishing organisations are opening up to indie authors, not least because of ALLi’s tireless campaigning and…
A-Z of Effective Social Media Prompts for Authors
Are you getting bored with social media or stuck in a social rut? Don't worry, it happens to us all…
Opinion: Online Etiquette for the Indie Author Community
As indie authors, we're all used to dealing with people online, whether or not we've ever met our correspondents in…
Changes To ALLi Team: Watchdog
It's all change here at ALLi at the moment. We're sorry to announce that Karen Lotter, who has been with…
Writing: The Thrill of Belonging to the SFWA
US novelist Brian Freyermuth describes the thrill of being accepted as a member of a prestigious genre writers' organisation, the…
Why Indie Authors Should Support the Call for Fairer Publishing Contracts
It's easy for indie authors to assume that trade publishing issues don't affect them, given that they've made the decision…
Opinion: Why Indie Authors Need Bookshops
To celebrate the UK's Independent Booksellers' Week that launched this weekend, ALLi Author Advice blog editor Debbie Young explains why…