Opinion Archives

We Need to Talk About… Indie Author Independence with ALLi Director Orna Ross

This week in our regular Alliance of Independent Authors opinion post, we take a closer look at what it really means to be independent as a self-publishing author. What motivates us to go it alone, what are the real benefits of independent creative control and how could our indie author independence evolve in the future? Read on for thoughts from ALLi Director Orna Ross and our author member community…

ALLi Out And About London Book Fair 2024

The Future of Publishing: ALLi Out and About with Orna Ross

Today's post sees ALLi Founder and Director Orna Ross share her inspirational views on the future for independent publishing from two industry events, and for those of you who couldn't make it in person, you can catch up with a video of one of our top highlights below.

March 22, 2024
Orna Ross
Alliance of Independent Authors, Opinion
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We Need to Talk About…Trigger Warnings: ALLi Member Opinion Piece

Our 'We need to talk about...' regular posts offer an opportunity for ALLi members to share their personal views on an issue affecting the author community. In this month's opinion piece, Sue Rovens reflects on adding trigger warnings to written content, including her reasons for not using them for her own Thriller novels.

Do Genre Categories Work for Indie Authors? We Need to Talk About… Genre

ALLi member Steve Shahbazian has questions to raise about genre categories. Have we got it right? Are they too restrictive? Hear his views...

20Booksto50kVegas 2023: ALLi Out and About

In ALLi Out and About posts, members of the AskALLi team and Alliance of Independent Authors members share the lessons they've learnt from attending book fairs, conferences or other industry events. Today we hear from Sacha Black, who attended the 20Booksto50kVegas 2023 conference.

November 17, 2023
AskALLi Team
Opinion
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Member Milestones: Celebrating Your Success

Member Milestones from the Alliance of Independent Authors celebrates our members' success: Susan Grossey, Mike Magluilo and Eleanor Dixon.

Indie Authors Need to Talk About… Copyright

The indie author's ability to make a living from writing books rests on the concept and laws of copyright. And indie authors can get very heated when they feel that right is being violated, whether by another person, or a machine. Is copyright broken in the digital age? Should we ditch it and start again. Today, the Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi team begins with a new first series article. Orna Ross and Dan Holloway give us their opinions and tell us why indie authors need to talk about... copyright.