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How to Write a Book Proposal to Yourself

You'd be forgiven for thinking book proposals are reserved for the traditional publishing world. But Michele DeFilippo, ALLi Partner member from 1106 Designs, thinks we should all be writing a book proposal to ourselves to save time, effort and money in the long run.

January 6, 2020
Michele DeFilippo
Business & Planning, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Writing
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How to Identify Your Writing Goals

It’s a new year! Which (for those who love to plan) means it’s time to start planning for 2020. ALLi Author member, Rachel McCollin shows you how to identify your writing goals so you can plan the best writing year you've had.

January 4, 2020
Rachel McCollin
Business & Planning, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Top 100
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Your Book in Libraries Worldwide Quick and Easy Guide

All ALLi members can download the ALLi guidebook publications for free in the member area (once you've logged in) over at www.allianceindependentauthors.org. Recently, we've published a number of Quick and Easy Guides alongside the guidebooks. Today we've taken an extract from the 'Your Book in Libraries Worldwide' guide.

January 3, 2020
ALLi Editorial
Business & Planning, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 7. Rights Licensing, Top 100
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The Pros and Cons of Being a Hybrid Author

There are ten key business models that are working for writers right now. Being a hybrid author (both traditionally and self-published) is just one of them. Authorpreneur member Sara Rosett discusses the pros and cons of being hybrid.

January 2, 2020
Sara Rosett
Business & Planning, Process 7. Rights Licensing
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AskALLi Member Q&A Podcast Review of 2019

December sees the ALLi team look back at the year and review the highs and lows. Today is the AskALLi Member Q&A Podcast review of 2019. ALLi team member Michael LaRonn, is here with his round up of the best moments this year.

Review of the #IndieAuthorChat Twitter Chat in 2019

In April this year, ALLi's new Twitter chat #indieAuthorChat was born. Today, Twitter chat host, Tim Lewis, is looking back at the year in review and highlighting some of our best chat questions.

December 15, 2019
Timothy Lewis
Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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Five Tips for Creating Audiobooks

Audiobooks have been a hot topic this year and the boom in popularity shows no signs of slowing down. Partner member Karen Williams The Book Mentor, has been busy producing audiobooks this year. Today, she give us her top five tips for creating audiobooks.

December 9, 2019
Karen Williams
Business & Planning, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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The Best Writing Books of 2019

As the year draws to a close, in ALLi we've been busy looking at the year's highlights. Today, we're celebrating some of our favorite books published in 2019 for writers. We've purposefully not included any of the books mentioned in yesterday's best audiobooks of the year post so we celebrate a range of book. So if you'd like a comprehensive list of the best writing books of 2019 have a look at both post.

Look Back at Self-Publishing in 2019

As we draw into the final couple of weeks of the year, it's we're feeling reflective in ALLi. Orna Ross ALLi Director, takes a look back at self-publishing 2019, the ins and outs, highs and lows.

How To Get Your First 50 Book Reviews: A Quick & Easy Guide for Indie Authors

Encouraging people to publish and share reviews of your book is a key book-marketing activity, possibly the single most important of marketing task for a publisher. ALLi's latest Quick & Easy Guidebook (now available in the Member Zone) focusses on how to get your first 50 book reviews.

November 29, 2019
Orna Ross
Business & Planning, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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#SelfPubCon: The Self-Publishing Advice Conference Lifetime Access Pass

While we're gearing up for the next Self-Publishing Advice Conference #SelfPubCon in Spring 2020, I wanted to take a minute to remind you that while the last conference is over, all ALLi members have free lifetime access. Which means if you missed the Fall 19 conference, you can still catch up with all the sessions. Here's how to access your Self-Publishing Advice Conference Lifetime Access Pass.

Making the Most of Your ALLi Authorpreneur Membership

As an authorpreneur member of the Alliance of Independent Authors (known as ALLi, pronounced like the word “ally”), you’ve already found success in writing, publishing, and distributing your self-published books. How sure are you that you’re getting the most out of your ALLi authorpreneur membership and that you know about all the resources available here? ALLi Communications Manager Boni Wagner-Stafford offers some insight.