Watchdog: Is Kirkus Selling Dreams – or Do They Deliver?
ALLi Watchdog Giacomo Giammatteo continues his examination of the Kirkus book reviews service. A lot of companies have jumped on…
Watchdog: Is A Kirkus Review Worth The Price?
ALLi Watchdog Giacomo Giammatteo provides a balanced and objective appraisal of Kirkus, the paid review service used by some indie…
Do Self-Publishing Authors Earn More?
Here at The Alliance of Independent Authors, we’re trying to get an answer to that question. At the Digital Minds…
Smashwords Commended by ALLi’s Author Service Award 2014
In today's Opinion slot, Giacomo Giammatteo of our Watchdog team, fresh from updating ALLi's guide book Choosing A Self-Publishing Service,…
Review: Penguin’s Author Solutions Still Poor Self-Publishing Service Choice
It's update time for our Choosing A Self-Publishing Service Guidebook. Our latest edition will be released next week on Amazon and all major retailers…
Publishing: New Free Service from BookBaby
Earlier this week digital book distribution service Bookbaby launched BookBaby Free, the first of its services to be available without…
Publishing: Boston Book Festival, Opening Up To Indies – But Not Enough
Indie author Christine Frost shares her disappointment on a major book festival's attitude to self-published writers and makes some constructive…
How to Choose the Best Self-Publishing Service
A profile of ALLi's Choosing A Self-Publishing Service Guide by its co-author, Ben Galley, one of ALLi's Watchdog team. As…
The Alliance of Independent Authors Watchdog Warning: New Self-Publishing Resource from Writers & Artists
Another once-venerable publishing brand, Writers & Artists, an imprint of the Bloomsbury group, is showing little regard for writers as…
Ingram Spark Not Bright For Self-Publishers
Here’s some news straight from the buzzing stalls of Book Expo America. There are some big changes afoot at Ingram,…
ALLi Watchdog: Agent Assisted Self Publishing
Agent-assisted SP takes many different forms. At one end of the scale, it mean an agency encouraging one of their…
Best and Worst Self-Publishing Services
We are compiling a list of "Fave Raves" and "Yah Boos" for inclusion in our Guide To Self-Publishing Services. An…