How Do You Sell Audiobooks Across all Platforms? With Sacha Black and Adam Croft: Self-Publishing Fiction & Nonfiction Podcast
As audiobook sales continue to grow, so too do the platforms for sales and marketing. But how do you actually sell…
Self-Publishing Trends for 2020 and the Next Decade with Orna Ross and Joanna Penn: Advanced Self-Publishing Podcast
Self-publishing trends are moving fast for indie authors, with new advances in voice first technology, artificial intelligence, and other tools, together…
How to Write a Book Proposal to Yourself
You'd be forgiven for thinking book proposals are reserved for the traditional publishing world. But Michele DeFilippo, ALLi Partner member from 1106 Designs, thinks we should all be writing a book proposal to ourselves to save time, effort and money in the long run.
AskALLi Poetry Podcast Round Up of 2019
Parallel to the growth of self-publishing poetry became one of the fastest growing genres in the late 2010s. So, last year #AskAlli responded to this exciting and heartwarming trend by introducing a new monthly podcast, the Self-Publishing Poetry Salon. Today, Dalma Szentpály, one of the hosts, looks back at 2019 for a poetry podcast round up.
How to Identify Your Writing Goals
It’s a new year! Which (for those who love to plan) means it’s time to start planning for 2020. ALLi Author member, Rachel McCollin shows you how to identify your writing goals so you can plan the best writing year you've had.
Your Book in Libraries Worldwide Quick and Easy Guide
All ALLi members can download the ALLi guidebook publications for free in the member area (once you've logged in) over at www.allianceindependentauthors.org. Recently, we've published a number of Quick and Easy Guides alongside the guidebooks. Today we've taken an extract from the 'Your Book in Libraries Worldwide' guide.
What Will You Do Differently in 2020?
As 2019 draws to a close, it's time to look towards 2020 and the start of both a New Year and a new decade. In November, We asked ALLi Members a question: what will you do differently in 2020? There were a huge range of answers, here's some of the highlights.
ALLi Fiction and Nonfiction Podcast Look to 2020
December has seen the ALLi team look back at the year and review the highs and lows. Today is the slightly different. Instead of looking back at the fiction and nonfiction podcast during 2019, Sacha Black and Adam Croft (the podcast's 2020 hosts) look to the New Year and the upcoming topics.
Partner Member Successes in 2019
During November we asked our members to tell us about their successes during 2019. Today, ALLi member Kayleigh Brindley rounds up some of our partner member successes from 2019.
Happy Christmukkah From ALLi
Happy Chrismukkah, dear indie authors and, especially, dear ALLi Members. Or Happy Makaraa Sankranti, if you're Hindi, or Happy Meán Geimhridh…
Indie Author Translation Rights Program Session Four
The fall Self-Publishing Advice Conference saw ALLi launch the start of the Indie Author Translation Rights Program. If you missed it, you can catch up with the first installment here, the second installment here, and the third installment here. Today, we’re thrilled to present Indie Author Translation Rights Program session four.
#AskALLi Self-Publishing Salons: The Best Podcasts of 2019
Here we present the best podcasts of 2019. When it comes to reading, who said the eyes always have it? In fact, 2019 was the year of the ear. We're getting our information via podcasts, increasingly reading via audiobook. By now, even those who at first harumphed at audio are starting to get the message as the sales figures come in. At the Alliance of Independent Authors, we get it. That's why we spent much of 2019 expanding and improving upon our #AskALLi series of podcasts. We launched new ones, livened up old ones, and our audience is growing along with the the growth of audio.
