Upcoming Facebook Changes That Will Affect Indie Authors
According to Social Media maven Mari Smith, Facebook is about to make changes that will affect indie authors who use…
World Book Day – An Opportunity For Self-Publishing Children’s Authors
If you’re an indie author writing for children or young adults in the UK, there’s an annual gift of an…
50 Ways To Reach Your Reader #6: Newsletters & Mailing Lists for Indie Authors
Indie authors often don't think about building a good e-mail database when they consider their book marketing plans. But the…
Innovative Book Promotion for Indie Authors
How To Be Truly New & Uniquely You. By Natalie Buske Thomas. You're an indie, right? So are you blazing…
Find Time for Social Media: 8 Tips For Self-Publishing Indie Authors
As authors building our author brands and promoting our books, social media can be a great tool for us. If we know how to use it effectively, that is!
So what constitutes using it effectively?
To boil it down, there is one simple rule for self-published authors to live by…
Interacting and responding to online conversation is what puts the social in social media!
But how can we possibly find the time to reply and comment to every social media mention we get, every blog post comment that we receive and to continue the conversation in other places online?
Especially when you consider all of the other writing and marketing activities we’re expected to do?
We all have certain time constraints, but there is a not-so-difficult answer.
Go deep or go home!
Self-Publishing Authors can Connect with Readers Inside their E-Books. By ALLi Social Media Manager, Karen Lotter
Imagine Indie authors and readers connecting inside their e-books – sounds like something way in the future? Well as we…
50 Ways To Reach Your Reader. # 2: Optimise Your Amazon Author Page
Amazon, the biggest book retailer in the world, was the first company to see the potential in retailing self-published work.…
50 Ways To Reach Your Reader #1 Introduction
REMINDER: Don't forget our Shindig later today (3pm EST): How to Choose A Self-Publishing Partner. Your questions about self-publishing services answered…
Successful Self-Publishing. By Fiona Robyn
This article is the first in an ongoing series called 'Becoming An Indie Author: How I Did It'. ALLi…
How To Write An Email That Will Win You A Book Review. By Catherine Ryan Howard.
In the second of our posts on book reviews, Catherine Ryan Howard discusses the fine art of the please-review-my-book pitch email. Catherine's…
ALLi Goodreads Group Giveaway – Looking for Thrillers
Calling ALLi Members: As some of you know, we are doing a monthly giveaway through our Goodreads Group, starting this…
How Indie Authors Can Reach Readers Without Self-Promotion
Marketeers say the key to promoting a book is to take off your writer's hat. But, argues Orna Ross, that…