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The Ultimate Guide to Finding the Right Readers for your Book

As self-publishers, our readers are our greatest asset and our ability to publish directly to them is our greatest opportunity. Finding the right readers is critical to our success. Which is why this week’s #AskALLi Ultimate Guide gives you everything you need to know to find the right readers f0r your book.

March 23, 2020
AskALLi Team
Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Top 100
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The Self-Publishing Advice Conference: Free for Another 24 Hours

On Saturday we ran the Self-Publishing Advice Conference Spring 2020 -- 24 sessions over 24 hours on the theme of boosting your author income. Sacha Black asks: have you registered and tuned in yet? If not, now is the time. The self-publishing advice conference is free for another 24 hours.

March 16, 2020
Orna Ross
Business & Planning, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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How to Take Your Nonfiction Books to the Next Level, with Orna Ross and Joanna Penn: Advanced Self-Publishing Podcast

Do you want to take your nonfiction books to the next level? Are you keen to learn how digital tools are changing nonfiction publishing for authors? In this session, Orna Ross and Joanna Penn focus on advanced nonfiction considerations for authors. Both believe that almost all writers, including poets and novelists, benefit from including non-fiction in their publishing mix. In this revealing podcast, these two leading indie authors share behind-the-books stories about their own creative successes and challenges in writing and publishing nonfiction.

March 6, 2020
Howard Lovy
Business & Planning, Opinion, Podcast, Process 1. Editorial, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Writing
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The Quick and Easy Guide to Fiction Content Marketing

Whether you write fiction or nonfiction marketing is a necessity if you want to sell books. But many authors are shying away from spending heavily on advertising and choosing to focus on content marketing instead. In this week’s #AskALLi Ultimate Guide, the AskALLi team have pulled together everything you need to know to supercharge your fiction content marketing. We hear from Lucinda Brant, Australian based historical fiction author, Dan Willcocks, U.K. based dark fiction writer and Clare Lydon, UK based lesbian romance fiction author.

February 24, 2020
AskALLi Team
Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Top 100
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Why Do I Need an Author Website? Other Questions Answered by Orna Ross and Michael La Ronn; Plus, News with Daniel Holloway: Member Q&A & Self-Publishing News Podcast

Why Do I Need an Author Website? That's among the questions answered in this month's Members Q&A and Self-Publishing News…

February 21, 2020
Howard Lovy
Business & Planning, Opinion, Podcast, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Writing
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Building A Sustainable Business with Multiple Streams Of Income with Sacha Black and Adam Croft: Self-Publishing Fiction & Nonfiction Podcast

If you’ve hung around ALLi long enough, you’ll know a sustainable business with multiple streams of income is a core…

February 14, 2020
Howard Lovy
Business & Planning, Podcast, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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The AskALLi Ultimate Guide to ISBNs for Authors

Buying an ISBN is a subject of debate, while you can use free ISBNs, it brands you as a self-publisher. But is that a good thing or a bad one? Today's post from Eleanor Pigg, registration services manager for Nielsen is a comprehensive guide telling you everything indie authors need to know about ISBNs.

February 10, 2020
Eleanor Pigg
Business & Planning, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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What Amazon Ads Dashboard Changes Mean for Authors

Amazon made a variety of welcome changes to their advertising dashboard in 2019. These changes create opportunities and challenges for authors. Laurence O'Bryan, ALLi partner member and founder of ad agency for books, BooksGoSocial, is here to explain the latest Amazon ads dashboard changes and what they mean for you.

February 3, 2020
Laurence O'Bryan
Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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Opinion: How to Prepare a Successful Book Launch

A book launch is one part excitement and one part terror. You're finally putting your creation out into the world, which means you're actually putting your creation into the world! People can have opinions and make judgments. But you can also find wonderful readers and supporters of your work. ALLi author member Kristan Julius recently launched her first independently published book and is here to explain how she made it a success.

January 23, 2020
Kristan Julius
Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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Everything You Need To Know About Fiction Editing

Getting your first book edited can be an overwhelming experience. There's different types of editors, huge swings in price ranges and that's all before you receive the feedback itself. ALLi partner member and CEO of Fictionary.co Kristina Stanley, is here to explain everything you need to know about fiction editing.

January 18, 2020
Kristina Stanley
Business & Planning, Process 1. Editorial, Top 100
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Opinion: Choosing the Right Audiobook Narrator

It's perhaps no surprise that just like a reader has a preference for one author's voice over another, listeners will have a preference for one narrator over the another. Rosalind Minett, ALLi author member debates whether the author's spoken voice is the best choice for narration or whether we should leave it up to the professionals. One thing's for certain, choosing the right audiobook narrator is a difficult task.

How to Create a Business Plan for Your Indie Author Business

The beginning of the year is a perfect time to set goals and plan actions, especially if you're an author. While most businesses write a business plan, it's not always a consideration writers make. Tetania Bak, from ALLi partner member MiblArt is here to explain how to create one and as well as the goals in it.