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Opinion: Make 2019 Your Best Year Yet as an Indie Author

To help you concentrate your thoughts for a successful new year of self-publishing, here's a chance to revisit the most relevant opinion posts from the AskALLi blog in 2018. Here's to our best year yet as indie authors!

December 10, 2018
Admin
Business & Planning, Opinion, Process 1. Editorial, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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Financial Management Image - Book Of Dollar Bills

Self-publishing 3.0 Part 2: Government Action on Independent Author Earnings

Please read this important statement from Orna Ross, calling for greater and more appropriate government support for indie authors and recognition of our enormous socio-economic contributions - not reflected in traditional author earnings research.

December 3, 2018
Orna Ross
Business & Planning, Campaigns, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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Opinion: Why Indie Authors Need to Broaden Their Business

If you're now in a comfortable groove of writing and publishing your own books, it's time to step up your indie author operation and diversify - here's why and how, by authorpreneur Karen Myers, drawing on her own experience

Image Of Rachel Amphlett's Book Catalogue Cover

Book Marketing: How to Create a Book Catalog of Your Self-published Books & Why

Ever thought of creating an official reading guide in the form of a self-published book catalog to help readers discover your complete works? Thriller writer Rachel Amphlett explains why and how, drawing on her own elegant case study.

November 2, 2018
Rachel Amphlett
Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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Cover Of Richard Lowe's Book About Being A Professional Writer

How to Make a Living as a Professional Self-published Author

Drawing on his experience of moving from hobbyist to professional indie author, Richard G Lowe Jr, author of over 60 self-published books, provides a useful list of all that this status entails - and the skills you'll need to master

Conference Report: Digital Book World 2018 – The Top Takeaways For Independent Authors at DBW

ALLi Director Orna Ross shares the key takeaways from the groundbreaking Digital Book World conference 2018, including exciting opportunities and calls to action for indie authors who want to be a part of selfpublishing 3.0.

October 18, 2018
Orna Ross
Business & Planning, Campaigns, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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How to Track Sales of Self-published Books

Expert advice to help indie authors with tracking book sales to help them improve the success of their author business - from US fantasy writer Karen Myers.

October 4, 2018
Karen Myers
Business & Planning, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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Debbie Young Delegate Badge For The Amazon Academy

1 Easy Way to Up Your Amazon Skills: Attend an Amazon Academy

If you ever receive an invitation to attend an Amazon Academy conference, snap it up! Three ALLi authors share their verdict on the latest. Plus a reminder of an exclusive tour opportunity at IngramSpark next month.

September 14, 2018
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Business & Planning, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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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.

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.