The Self-Publishing Advice Center

PODCAST DROP: Latest Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway
2026-05-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-05-15 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-05-08 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-05-01 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-04-24 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-04-17 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-04-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-04-03 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) and 2 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: Editing & Design with Howard Lovy
2026-05-20 13:00 - 14:00 | ALLi Podcast
The early stages of publishing can shape everything that follows.
This podcast stream looks at how to approach those first steps with care, applying proven practices that support the quality of your work and help it connect with the right readers. From refining your foundation to keeping your audience in mind from the start, it’s about setting your book up well before it reaches the world.
A thoughtful look at what it takes to begin strong.

PODCAST DROP: Creative Self-Publishing with Orna Ross
2026-05-17 13:00 - 14:00 | ALLi Podcast
Creative planning doesn’t have to mean rigid schedules or burnout.
This podcast stream explores a practical approach to shaping your writing and publishing plans, setting intentions that feel meaningful, and building goals you can actually stick to. It’s about finding a balance between structure and creativity, so you can keep moving forward without losing momentum.
Tune in for another informative session with Orna Ross!

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 DROP: Inspirational Indie Authors interview
2026-05-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-04-26 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-04-12 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-29 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-15 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: 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: Pivoting to a New Genre, Limited Company Woes, POV Issues, and More
2026-05-03 13:00 - 14:00 | ALLi Podcast
Got questions about your self-publishing journey? You’re not alone, and this month’s Self-Publishing with ALLi Member Q&A has you covered.
Join Michael La Ronn and Sacha Black as they tackle a fresh batch of real-world author questions. From figuring out how to market nonfiction without feeling salesy, to navigating a genre pivot when your writing takes a new turn, they dig into the stuff many indie authors quietly struggle with.
They also get practical. If you’re publishing through a limited company and staring at the KDP tax interview wondering what goes where, you’ll want to hear this. And if you’ve ended up with multiple covers for a series and aren’t sure how to choose, they break that down too.
It’s honest, useful, and straight to the point, with insights you can actually apply.
Tune in and see if your question is answered.

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.

PODCAST DROP: Marketing & Promotion
2026-04-08 13:00 - 14:00 | ALLi Podcast
The Marketing, & Promotion podcast stream is proudly sponsored by Bookfunnel
Tune in to our Marketing, & Promotion podcast stream with Orna Ross. Orna 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.
Bookfunnel – The essential tool for your author business.

PODCAST DROP: Gardners vs Ingram, Account Closures, Vetting Service Providers, and More
2026-04-05 13:00 - 14:00 | ALLi Podcast
This month's episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi Member Q&A podcast with hosts Michael La Ronn and Sacha Black, covers:

Should I use Gardners vs. IngramSpark?
Help! Amazon KDP closed my account!
Help! Google Play closed my account!
How do I vet a service provider to determine if they are legitimate?
How do I vet an unsolicited request from a literary agent?

And more…
Don't miss it!

PODCAST DROP: Verse, Visuals & Special Edition Decisions — Making a Book with Intention
2026-04-01 13:00 - 14:00 | ALLi Podcast
In this episode, Anna Featherstone explores with author Lande Jewels the many decisions that can sit around — and beyond — the writing of a book.
The conversation looks at what happens when authors think carefully about form, illustration, publishing models, and the wider impact of how their work is made and shared.
They talk about writing in verse, working with illustrations, choosing a pen name, publishing special editions with a focus on quality, using Kickstarter and thinking about social responsibility in authorship.
Along the way, Lande reflects on what she's learned by doing — offering practical insights for writers and creators who are curious about publishing choices beyond the manuscript.
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 Webinar: Putting Together Your Publishing Dream Team with Reedsy
2026-03-31 19:00 - 20:00 | SellfPubConnect
ALLi Member Exclusive Event.
Learn how to assemble the right professionals for your publishing journey — from editors and designers to marketers and translators.
Reedsy cofounder Ricardo Fayet walks you through each stage of the publishing process, what services you actually need (and what they cost), how to spot scams, and pro tips for finding, hiring, and collaborating with top-tier freelancers.
Plus, discover free tools like Reedsy Studio that can save you money on formatting and typesetting.
The presentation will be followed by a 15 minute Q&A.

PODCAST DROP: Why Self-Editing Matters and How to Strengthen Your Manuscript Before Hiring an Editor
2026-03-25 13:00 - 14:00 | ALLi Podcast
On the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, host Howard Lovy talks to Katie Chambers of Beacon Point, an editing and writing services company, about what self-editing really means and why it’s a critical step before hiring a professional editor.
Katie explains her structured, multi-pass approach, showing how authors can strengthen their manuscripts, reduce editing costs, and make better use of professional feedback.
They discuss common self-editing mistakes, practical techniques authors can apply right away, the careful use of AI as a tool rather than a shortcut, and how developing these skills helps writers improve with each book.

PODCAST DROP: The Creative Power of Substack for Authors
2026-03-22 13:00 - 14:00 | ALLi Podcast
Orna Ross shares her personal experience of using Substack as a creative and commercial home for her writing. What has it changed and clarified, what it has asked of her, and how has publishing serialised fiction has transformed her working methods?
She argues that Substack’s simple but wide-ranging tools—Posts, Notes, Sections, Audio and Live—make it the most creatively enabling platform available to authors today, offering a structure for showing up in whatever way suits you best while strengthening the direct relationship with readers.
