02Jun 23
Matty Dalrymple and Mark Lefebvre: Reaching More Readers with Your Short Fiction — Self-Publishing Conference Highlight
In this Self-Publishing Conference Highlight, authors and educators Matty Dalrymple and Mark Lefebvre explore ways writers can use their short fiction to connect with more readers, while generating income at the same time. Opportunities in anthologies, foreign language markets, and audio, as well as effective use of short fiction as reader magnets or reader funnels are covered, alongside creative ideas such as incorporating short fiction in location-based apps, or using micro-fiction as part of your bookstore pitches.
01Jun 23
Member Milestones: Celebrating Your Success
Welcome back to member milestones. Today, the Alliance of Independent Authors is continuing the series of posts celebrating your success. As always, we're very proud of all of our members at every level. A huge congratulations to the members featured today.
31May 23
Self-publishing News: New Version of EPUB Bakes in Reader Accessibility
W3C's new EPUB standard has accessibility baked in. Literary groups bring lawsuit against Arkansas legislators. Naver's NFT move.
29May 23
Part-Time or Full-Time Self-Published Author? What Does it Take?
Writing full-time is something that many authors aspire to. In fact, it's the pervading "goal" in the industry. The general expectation is that if you write, you want to write full-time. But not everyone does. Which is why today, the Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi team is looking at part-time or full-time self-publishing author? And what does it take?
28May 23
Inspirational Indie Author Interview: Robin Phillips. Author Shines Light on History Through Books on Role-Playing Games
My ALLi author guest this episode is Robin Phillips, who writes books about role-playing games and military history. It's a subject that has fascinated him since he was a child. Robin, writing under the name of Russell Phillips enjoys writing about history, but not just the major events. He specializes in discovering and shining a light on little-known battles and turning points in history. He also uses his self-publishing expertise to help other authors.
26May 23
Writing and Publishing Across Multiple Genres: Advanced Self-Publishing Podcast With Orna Ross and Sacha Black
As Joanna Penn is in New Zealand this month, Sacha Black is stepping in to discuss planning an integrated publishing business across multiple genres with ALLi Director Orna Ross. Sacha will pose one of the questions Orna is most often asked: How does she manage to write and publish across the three macro-genres of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry while also running ALLi? This episode will explore the creative planning method Orna uses to integrate not three genres and four brands across two businesses: one for-profit and one nonprofit.
25May 23
Member Milestones: Celebrating Your Success
Welcome back to member milestones. Today, the Alliance of Independent Authors is continuing the series of posts celebrating your success.
24May 23
Self-publishing News: Is UK Sales Tax on Audiobooks About to End
UK parliament to debate dropping sales tax on audiobooks. Paper shortage threatens print publishing's supply chains.
22May 23
Most Frequently Asked Questions About Self-publishing Answered
The Alliance of Independent Authors recently ran an article on the most frequently asked questions by non-members. Today, we're running another FAQ post, but this time, we're answering the most frequently asked questions about self-publishing from our members.
21May 23
Use Your Creative Passion to Discover Your Niche: Creative Self-Publishing Podcast with Orna Ross and Howard Lovy
On the Creative Self-Publishing Podcast, ALLi Director Orna Ross and News and Podcast Producer Howard Lovy discuss using your creative passion to discover your genre, niche, and micro-niche. We all have something specific that inspires us. But we need to translate that inspiration into defining our specific categories so readers can find us. That, in turn, can fire up our creativity.
19May 23
Debut Authors Get Little Support, Young People are Reading More, and AI and the Writers' Strike: Self-Publishing News Podcast with Dan Holloway and Howard Lovy
Today on the Self-Publishing News podcast: Traditionally published debut authors find they're getting frustratingly little in the way of support. A German survey finds that young people are reading more, but they're getting their recommendations from TikTok, which is being banned around the world. And once striking Hollywood writers return to work, will they just be finishing up scripts begun by AI? News Editor Dan Holloway and News and Podcast Producer Howard Lovy discuss these and other stories making the news this month in indie publishing.
18May 23
Member Milestones: Celebrating Your Success
Welcome back to member milestones. Today, the Alliance of Independent Authors is continuing the series of posts celebrating your success.
