Opinion: Why I Set Up a New Book Award When Other Awards Let Indie Authors Down
As indie authors, we've all been incensed by reports of scammy, insubstantial book awards that set out as much to…
Authors, Are You Prepared for Self-Publishing 3.0? April 2018 AskALLi IndieVoices Broadcast
Welcome to AskALLi, the self-publishing advice broadcast from the Alliance of Independent Authors. This week it's our monthly IndieVoices' self-publishing…
Indie Authors’ Questions Answered in AskALLi Members’ Q&A Podcast for April 2018
Indie authors' questions answered in this month's AskALLi Q&A include issues about pen names, rights sales, reviewers and translations - and many other aspects of self-publishing. Catch the answers here - and feel free to put your own questions for next time!
How to Launch a Self-published Book: April 2018 AskALLi Beginners’ Self-Publishing Salon
Top tips on how to make the most of your book launch, including using your mailing list, ads, Bookbub and other promotions to make the most of the 90-day hot new release window - part of our AskALLi podcast series
The Creative and Business Mind-Set: March 2018 AskALLi Advanced Self-Publishing Salon
In this month's Advanced Salon for Indie Authors, Orna Ross and Joanna Penn discuss the different mind-sets and skill-sets required to maximise your self-publishing success - the creative and the business mind. Find out whether you're getting the balance right.
Book Marketing: 6 Top Ways for Indie Authors to Make Self-published Books More Discoverable and More Competitive on Amazon
Here's a handy checklist of pointers to help you optimise your book's visibility on Amazon - make sure you're not missing out on any of these valuable tips to help you make your book more discoverable and to sell more books!
March 2018 AskALLI Members’ Q&A with Michael La Ronn and Dan Blank – Answering 9 Key Questions about Self-publishing
ALLi's monthly AskALLi Q&A podcast gives our members the opportunity to put their own queries about the self-publishing process to our resident expert indie authors, who cover a wide range of topics in every show.
Self-publishing Success Story: A Kindle Scout Win for Debut Novelist Jo Ullah
Debut novelist Jo Ullah shares the success story of how a Kindle Scout win has got her self-publishing career off to a great start, and includes top tips on what she's learned from the experience to help you do the same.
1 Simple Marketing Tip to Build Read-Through of Your Self-published Book Series on Amazon
If you write books in a series, are you making the most of sales opportunities by listing them correctly on Amazon? A startling number of authors miss this trick - don't be one of them! Simple instructions in this post by series author Debbie Young.
Book Marketing: How to Implement the Ideal Content Strategy to Grow Your Author Brand
How to keep readers reading your books: grow a content strategy to build your author brand - not as hard it sounds once you've read Jyotsna Ramachamdran's simple guide to start you off
Opinion: How to Put the Joy (and the Impact) Back into Twitter – an Editor’s Perspective
Feeling jaded with Twitter? Read this refreshing post by Helen Baggott, who as an ALLi Partner member speaks about Twitter with the perspective of an editor - and potential new reader for your self-published books!
Collaboration Case Study: How to Use Skype to Work Together Across Continents
Have you ever thought about the possibilities that Skype brings to help you collaborate with other indie authors? Here's an interesting case study between two ALLi members in the US and Qatar, working together in real time.