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Archive | Starting Self-Publishing
Posts for those new to self-publishing
Our round-up of Indie Author Podcasts for your Holiday Listening
Jay Artale our ALLi communications manager has put together a roundup of our Ask ALLi and Indie Author Fringe podcasts, and coaxes us to take time for ourselves over the festive season to listen and be inspired.
Podcast: Stop! Don’t launch your book without following these 6 crucial steps from Kathy Meis
Today’s book marketplace is highly competitive. You need to bring you’re A-game not only on the craft side, but on the business side. In our latest Indie Author Fringe podcast, Kathy Meis from Bublish delves into the six crucial steps that authors need to take before launching their book.
Writing: 9 Rookie Errors to Avoid When Plotting Your Self-Published Novel
Author, ghost-writer and writing coach Roz Morris provides a handy checklist to help you make sure you’re not making classic novice errors when planning the plot of your novel. Far-fetched or trite story metaphor Metaphors only work if they are used well and go deep. If your characters’ activities are to be a metaphor, such […]
Writing: How to Work with a Writing Buddy
English indie author C J Browne, who has recently launched her debut thriller Revenge Ritual, describes how finding a great writing buddy help both parties work towards their goals of publishing their books, no matter how your books are published. Writing can be a solitary occupation, but it doesn’t have to be. One way to […]
Why You Should Use Video Media to Market your Self-published Books
Author design consultant and ALLi Partner Member Aimee Coveney makes the case for including video media, vlogging and book trailers as part of any indie author’s marketing campaign, and describes some compelling benefits. One of the challenges to indie authors in marketing their self-published books is that people simply don’t have the time to browse […]
4 Top Social Media Rules for Indie Authors
Using social media successfully is a bit like Alice travelling through Looking-Glass World – to reach your goal, you shouldn’t aim for the most obvious target. Instead, taking what might seem a less direct, more circuitous route might be more effective. Scottish self-published writer Wendy H Jones explains why overt marketing won’t help you sell […]
Book Production: Should You Change Your Cover?
Changing your book’s cover is a hot topic at the moment, with many authors reporting that revamping the look of their book can dramatically change their book’s sales. It takes courage, however, particularly when you’ve grown attached to the original design – the well-known authors’ maxim “murder your darlings”, suggesting the wrench involved in ditching […]
All The Ways To Self-publish A Book On Amazon
Self-Publishing: How do we love thee? Let us count the ways. Over the coming weeks, Orna Ross and Valerie Shanley are building the latest versions of ALLi’s How-To Guides to the most crucial publishing platforms for indie authors. First up: who else? Amazon. If you can read it, Amazon has a publishing platform for it. The biggest online […]
Writing: When to Use First Person
Self-publishing brings many benefits, including the freedom to write your book in first person, third person, or whatever style or voice you choose. Tales abound of authors whose books have been rejected by agents or publishers for writing in the first person – and then again when they’ve obligingly rewritten them in the third! So […]