Business & Planning Archives

How Being an Opportunist Helps Build Your Writing Career

Are you taking advantage of all the opportunities that your writing life is bringing you? Read Wendy H Jones' case study of how an opportunistic attitude has enabled her to diversify and grown her career as an indie author.

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Financial Management for Authorpreneurs (Part 3): How to Measure Return on Investment

In the third and final instalment of our really useful, clear guide to managing the profitability of your indie author business, authorpreneur Karen Myers talks about net income and how to calculate it.

Financial Management for Authorpreneurs (Part 2): How to Measure Net Income

In the second of really useful, clear guide to managing the profitability of your indie author business, authorpreneur Karen Myers talks about net income and how to calculate it.

Financial Management for Authorpreneurs (Part 1): How to Measure Gross Income and What That Means for Your Indie Author Business

Want to make your author business more profitable/cost-effective? Karen Myers' new series on financial management for indie authors kicks off with a clear explanation of what gross income is, why you need to know yours, and how that data can help you.

Running an Author Business: Top Tips on Managing Research Trip Costs

Do you ever make research trips as part of your writing process? If so, read Anna Castle's latest post to pick up top tips on how to incorporate travel and research costs into the financial management of your author business.

ALLi Campaign: Self-Publishing 3.0: How and Why Indie Authors Should Sell Direct to Readers – and What ALLi is Doing to Help

In the final part of her series on how indie authors can gear up for Self-publishing 3.0, ALLi Director Orna Ross provides great advice on how and why to sell books direct from your website, as well as on other platforms, and ALLi provides free Self-publishing 3.0 badges for your website

June 4, 2018
Orna Ross
Business & Planning, Campaigns, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion

Production: Bespoke Books as an Exciting New Business Model for Independent Publishers

Like to make more money from your books by creating custom editions? It's especially relevant for non-fiction authors, but might also work for fiction. Read Sarah Rayner's case study of how she repurposed a self-help book for markeing use by a top clinic.

How Authors Sell Publishing Rights By ALLi Orna Ross And Helen Sedwick

Book Marketing: Indie Authors – Know Your Publishing Rights!

Are you confident that if someone offered you a rights deal tomorrow, you'd know whether it was worth your while? Here's an easy way to start skillin up and get savvy enough to build your author business through rights sales - read this post by Orna Ross and Helen Sedwick.

May 11, 2018
Orna Ross
Business & Planning, Process 7. Rights Licensing

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Opinion: Why Creative Assets are Key to Income and Influence for Indie Authors (and What They Are)

A must-read post by Orna Ross explaining the crucial role of your creative assets will play in enabling you to build a successful career as an indie author. Make sure you understand what they are - and that you have control of them.

Writing: How Indie Authors Can Use Their Creative Writing Skills to Build an Extra Income Stream through Copywriting to Supplement Sales from Self-published Books

Ever wondered about ways to boost your writing income to supplement what you earn from your self-published books? Read Jules Horne's advice about why freelance copywriting could be just what you're looking for.

How To Get Your Self-published Book Into Bookstores

The Place of the Bricks-and-Mortar Bookstore in the Indie Author’s Book Marketing Campaign

Wondering whether it's worth trying to get your self-published books into bookstores? Had your fingers burned and want to try again but not sure of best approach? Debbie Young's summary of ALLi's guidebook on the subject will kickstart your bookstore marketing plan.

April 27, 2018
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Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion

Audiobook Royalties: To Share or Not Share? An Indie Author & a Professional Narrator Answer the Question

Royalty share deals with narrators seem a great way for indie authors to self-publish audiobooks - but how do you persuade narrators that it's a good deal for them too? Author Anna Castle shares the insights gained from interviewing a top narrator.

April 19, 2018
Anna Castle
Business & Planning, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution