The Self-Publishing Advice Center

PODCAST DROP: Latest Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway
2026-08-07 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-31 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-24 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-17 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-03 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-06-26 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-06-19 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) and 8 more dates | ALLi Podcast
A breakdown of the week's most significant self-publishing news, providing insights, implications, and in-depth analyses.
The Self-Publishing News Podcast stream is proudly sponsored by PublishMe—helping indie authors succeed globally with expert translation, tailored marketing, and publishing support. From first draft to international launch, PublishMe ensures your book reaches readers everywhere. Visit publishme.me.

PODCAST DROP: Inspirational Indie Authors interview
2026-08-02 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-19 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-05 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-06-21 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-06-07 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-05-24 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-05-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-04-26 13:00 - 14:00 | ALLi Podcast
Dive deep into personal stories of indie authors, understanding their pathways to success, challenges faced, and lessons learned.

PODCAST: Publishing for Profit Advice
2026-05-13 13:00 - 14:00 | ALLi Podcast
Transform your passion into profit. This podcast helps you balance artistry and entrepreneurship, guiding you every step of the way.

PODCAST: Marketing & Promotion Advice
2026-05-06 13:00 - 14:00 | ALLi Podcast
Join host Orna Ross as she interviews the brightest minds, experts, and insiders in the writing and self-publishing business. Get actionable insights to help you level up your author brand and reach more readers.
The Marketing & Promotion podcast stream is proudly sponsored Bookfunnel

PODCAST DROP: Real-world production and distribution decisions from best-selling author, Andrew Griffiths
2026-04-29 13:00 - 14:00 | ALLi Podcast
In this episode, ALLi's Non-Fiction Advisor Anna Featherstone is joined by Andrew Griffiths, a best-selling small business author to unpack the real-world production and distribution decisions behind his successful books.
From choosing between traditional publishing and self-publishing, to making deliberate design and print choices, Andrew shares how those decisions influence perception, pricing, and reach.
The Self-Publishing With ALLi Production & Distribution Podcast Stream is proudly sponsored by Gatekeeper Press – Your partner in premium independent publishing. Empowering authors with expert guidance, 100% rights, 100% royalties, and global distribution. From editing to marketing, their all-inclusive services help you publish professionally and confidently. Gatekeeper Press — Where Authors Are Family.

LIVE PARTNER WEBINAR: Grow Your Book Business with Customization and Direct Sales with Lulu
2026-04-28 19:00 - 20:00
It's more important than ever for authors to own their content and audience. With Lulu's Print API, you can create a library of personalized books, journals, and planners for your readers and sell them directly from your website. No inventory, no upfront costs and no losing your customers to third party retailers.
In this ALLi Member only session, Lulu's Education & Community Manager, Chelsea Bennett, will explain the benefits of customization and direct sales, and share some user cases and steps to get started.
If you're looking for a competitive edge for your author or publishing business, this may be it!
Key takeaways:
1) How to utilize customization to grow your business
2) How direct sales can help build relationships with readers
3) What to know before you get started
Join us live and bring any questions you have about Lulu for our closing Q&A.
See you there!

PODCAST DROP: Editing & Design
2026-04-22 13:00 - 14:00 | ALLi Podcast
Tune in to our Editing & Design podcast stream with Howard Lovy. Discover how you can apply best practices in these first stages of the publishing process to ensure the excellence of your work and its ability to appeal to your target readership.

PODCAST DROP: Lunar Planning as a Creative Tool for Authors
2026-04-19 13:00 - 14:00 | ALLi Podcast
Orna Ross explores lunar planning as a creative framework for authors: a way to set intentions, focus attention, and shape your writing and publishing work across a natural, grounded, and connected cycle of momentum and release.
Drawing on her own lunar planning practice, and offering some simple tools you can use immediately, Orna shows how the moon’s phases can provide an establishing rhythm and routine for sustaining your most essential work, rest and play as an author-publisher—idea-gathering and drafting, editing and finishing, outreach and promotion, release and renewal.
Stop pushing your natural energy and start collaborating with it to build a creative life that’s both productive and sustainable.
