Authors, Don’t Waste your Money: Book Fair Bewares: David Gaughran
Indie Author Fringe: David Gaughran is not impressed with some Book Fair practices, especially offers to display self-published books at inflated prices.
How to Set Up and Run an Indie Author Collective
Every ALLi member knows there is power in authors working together. Whether it is through large organisations or small groups,…
Book Marketing Tip: How to Offer Signed Books at Low Cost
Here's a quick book marketing tip to enable you to personalise your books for individual readers, wherever they are in the…
Opinion: Indie Authors Need to Talk about Selling
Today's succinct Opinion post comes from a man with a reputation for handselling his books wherever he is on his…
No, Crowdfunding Is Not Begging
Orna Ross, Director of the Alliance of Independent Authors, explains her crowdfunding project and why authors who publish their own…
How to make a living with your writing: JOANNA PENN
Are you an Authorpreneur? Joanna Penn left her day job in September 2011 to become a full-time author entrepreneur. She…
Opinion: Why You Should Run Your Author Career Like a Business
British indie author David Penny makes the case for treating being a self-published author like running a business, drawing on…
Reaching Readers: 15 Top Tips on Crowdfunding
Fresh from the official launch this week of her crowdfunded novel Girl Cop in Trouble, British indie author and serving…
Opinion: Why Indie Authors Shouldn’t Pay for PR Services
In response to recent reports on ALLi's Facebook forum from indie authors disappointed by poor results from professional PR campaigns,…
All about the money? Wanted: Your opinions on author earnings
It’s been hard not to notice how the publishing industry’s attention has been focussed on the always-thorny topic of author…
Publishing: Price-Matching On Amazon
For authors who use 'price pulsing' (i.e. vary the price to stimulate sales) or discount their self-published books across multiple…
Opinion: The Value of Free Books – by Jan Ruth
Self-published novelist Jan Ruth, based in Wales, shares the success story of how she used free book giveaways to raise…