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Encore Opinion: Why AI & Blockchain Will Be Game-changers for Indie Authors

July 15, 2019
Kathy Meis
Book Production & Distribution Advice, Debate & Opinion, Running An Author Business, Self-Publishing LIfe
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What can artificial intelligence and blockchain do for you? Kathy Meis of Bublish gives a clear summary and a link to a free webinar on 13 February. (Can't make the event live? Register anyway to access post-event recording.)

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Encore Month: Rachel Thompson Survivor and Inspiration

Welcome back to encore month, today Howard interviews special guest Rachel Thompson about her books, coming to terms with sexual abuse and how she's inspired many other survivors to come out of hiding and seek help.

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Encore Month: #IndieAuthors Broaden Your Business

July 13, 2019
Karen Myers
Beginning Self-Publishing, Book Production & Distribution Advice, Running An Author Business, Self-Publishing LIfe
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In today's encore post, Authorpreneur Karen Myers explains why indie authors need to keep learning and expanding their indie author business activity in order to remain vibrant, profitable and dynamic in an increasingly diverse publishing marketplace. She draws on examples of opportunities she has seized upon to grow her expertise, her reach and her reputation, while continuing to write and publish her own series of fantasy and sci-fi novels.

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Encore Month: Simple Tips for Formatting Your Book Blurb

If you've ever pulled out your hair trying to figure out how to add spaces between paragraphs, or to bold or italicize your font when formatting book blurb on your Amazon KDP dashboard, you'll appreciate these HTML (hypertext markup language) tips from Rob Johnson.

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Encore Month: Bookshop distribution

Like to get your books into bricks-and-mortar bookstores? It'll help if you understand the bookseller's objectives and viewpoint - and this extract from ALLi's guidebook about bookstores will quickly put you in the picture.

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Encore Presentation: Should Just Anybody Write a Memoir? September 2018

July 7, 2019
Howard Lovy
Book Editorial Advice, Book Production & Distribution Advice, Self-Publishing LIfe, Writing Advice
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Next up we have Leila Summers an indie author writing and publishing memoir. Leila makes painful topics universal, a podcast well worth listening to if you missed it the first time around.

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Encore: Case Study of Book Potato, A New Bookshop Supporting Indie Authors

Encore update: Indie-friendly bookshop the BookPotato has issued a new call to indies: join them with your recipe- and food-related books…

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Encore Presentation: Wattpad Author Jandra Sutton June 2018

June 30, 2019
Howard Lovy
Book Production & Distribution Advice, Book Promotion & Marketing Advice
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Welcome to encore month. For the next few Sundays, we'll be sharing some of our most popular podcasts from the last couple of years. First up we have Jandra Sutton, a Wattpad author, and Ashleigh Gardner, from Wattpad Studios.

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Midyear Author Business Review: AskALLi Advanced Self-Publishing Salon with Orna Ross and Joanna Penn

June 29, 2019
Howard Lovy
Book Production & Distribution Advice, Book Promotion & Marketing Advice, Writing Advice
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It’s Week 23 Q2, 2019, halfway through the year. How is your author business doing so far? In this month’s AskALLi Advanced Salon,…

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Journey To The Perfect Book Cover

June 26, 2019
Helen Baggott
Book Design & Formatting Advice, Book Production & Distribution Advice, Book Promotion & Marketing Advice, Debate & Opinion
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Commissioning your first cover is one of the most exciting parts of the publshing journey. It's often the first time your book 'feels' real because you get to see it in a tangible way. But it's also scary because all of us want to have the perfect book cover for our story. ALLi prides itself on its approved partner directory and vetted services. Author member Helen Baggott tells us about her experience of finding a designer and receiving her first cover.

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ALLi Launches the Indie Authors’ Copyright Bill of Rights

Copyright is fundamental to an author’s ability to publish and trade in books, create successful author-businesses, and earn an income from their work. Thus, changes in copyright law are of deep concern to the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi). Our Copyright Bill of Rights offers ALLi’s interpretation and recommendations of what today’s authors and readers currently need from copyright law, policy, and practice.

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