Alliance of Independent Authors Archives

ALLi Out & About Australia: Melissa Addey Reports From Queensland

In our regular ALLi Out & About posts, the ALLi team and wider membership share their takeaways from conferences, events and other travels. This week ALLi’s Campaigns Manager, Melissa Addey, shares her reflections from a trip to Queensland in this Out & About Australia Special.

20Booksto50kVegas 2023 Part Two! ALLi Out and About with Dina Santorelli

20Booksto50kVegas 2023 was jam-packed with author events, talks and advice. So, following ALLi team member Sacha Black's reflections last week, we're sharing a part two today! Suspense and thriller author Dina Santorelli is an ALLi ambassador based in New York who attended the 20Booksto50kVegas 2023 conference - this is her report. Read on for Dina's reflections on Vegas itself, her takeaways from the event, and what she'll do differently based on what she learnt.

Indie Author Deals – Black Friday and Cyber Monday ALLi Partner Discounts 2023

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are upon us again, with bargains on offer across the internet. Here at the Alliance of Independent Authors, we love an indie author deal and this year is no different. Read on for a stack of deals from ALLi partner members. There's something for every writer at every level in this Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale for writers.

Text Reads: Member Milestones November 2023

ALLi Member Milestones November 2023: Toni Cabell, Julie Day, Sally Jean-Fox

This regular post from the Alliance of Independent Authors celebrates indie author success stories from across our members. A big congratulations this month to: Toni Cabell, Julie Day, and Sally Jean-Fox.

PODCAST: ALLi Campaigns

November 1, 2023
Sarah Begley
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Indie Author Book Awards Update: September 2023

Literary organizations are increasingly finding ways to ensure their programs recognize and celebrate a diverse range of voices and perspectives in literature. Not only does this benefit the entire book-loving community, but also importantly: these updates benefit authors, the people who are using their voices to share diverse stories.

September 26, 2023
AskALLi Team
Campaigns
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A New Chapter for ALLi’s Content and Communications: Blog Team Changes

Change is the only constant here at the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi). This week, we introduce a new team member, Holly Greenland, who is stepping into the role of Content and Communications Editor as part of the ALLi blog team changes, taking over from Sacha Black, who now moves into a more strategic role.

New Self-Publishing Facts and Figures Released

Following the world’s first independent and international survey of the incomes of self-published (“indie”) authors, commissioned by ALLi and presented at the London Book Fair in April 2023, which showed that self-published authors earn more than authors with traditional publishers, two further reports are now available, offering authors even more facts and figures on self-publishing so that they can make confident business choices.

ALLi Team Updates

If you've spent any time with the Alliance of Independent Authors you'll see particular faces either in the forum or on in posts more than others. Behind the scenes, the team does a huge amount of work that we don't always talk about. So today, we wanted to share some highlights and ALLi team updates from our recent meeting.

ALLi Call for Comments on AI in Self-Publishing

Are you concerned about what AI--artificial and augmented intelligence--might mean for writers and publishers? Or perhaps you're excited by its potential? Either way, if you're an independent author or self-publishing service, ALLi, the Alliance of Independent Authors, wants to hear your ideas, insights and recommendations. This is AI for Indie Authors.

June 6, 2023
Orna Ross
AI, Tools & Tech, Alliance of Independent Authors
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Alliance of Independent Authors: FAQs Answered

The Alliance of Independent Authors is a global non-profit organisation for authors with a mission of ethics and excellence in self-publishing. We do so many things for authors that it's hard to capture it in a sentence or paragraph. Which is why today, we're doing a run down of our most frequently asked questions from non-members.

Self-publishing Authors Earn More says ALLi Income Survey

A recent survey of more than 2000 authors commissioned by ALLi, the Alliance of Independent Authors, has found that self-publishing authors earn more than writers with publishers. And that independent (indie) author incomes are rising, year on year. This contradicts information from earlier author income research and is good news for authors choosing the self-publishing route.