Self-publishing News: The Whole Picture
It's less than a month until what will be my third 100 kilometre ultramarathon. I have had a terrible year…
Indie Author Fringe Winners and Request for Feedback
We wrapped up another successful Indie Author Fringe at the weekend and want to say thanks to our fabulous sponsors and speakers…
A Good Book Is A Team Effort: Getting help with your Self-Publishing Journey: Jay Artale
An ongoing challenge for indie authors is choosing the best available self-publishing services, from the large distributors like Amazon KDP or Apple iBooks down to the right designer, editor and marketing approach for each title. ALLi offers assistance with this key decision through our Partner Member facility, Watchdog Desk, vetted services and regularly updated publication, Choosing A Self-Publishing Service. And we thank the sponsors of today's Fringe who have allowed us to keep it free to all authors
Streetlib: An Alternative Solution for Book Distribution: Marco Croella & David Penny
While he was at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2016 reporting for ALLi's Indie Author Fringe, ALLi Technical Manager David Penny arranged to meet with Marco Croella of StreetLib so he could discuss his alternative service to distribution companies such as Smashwords and Draft2Digital. Due to unforseen circumstances (and David standing in the wrong place) he never did get to meet Marco in Frankfurt, but they conducted their interview a couple of days later.
How To Reach More Readers And Make More Money From Your Books: Gabriel Mercer, Joanna Penn, Adam Croft
An audio session from the London Book Fair Author HQ. Joanna Penn focuses on how to think about each book as a potential for multiple streams of income, as you write and produce it. Gabriel tells how to track what is working and what's not, so as to choose
publishing options that take most advantage of expanding global opportunities for your book(s). And Adam explains how developing a business mindset enabled him to become one of the biggest-selling self-published novelists in the world.
Production: Best Way to Format Your Own .epub Files for Ebooks
Easy ways to turn your ebooks into .epubs following top tips for ALLi author members
Self-Publishing Salon with Orna Ross & Joanna Penn: Video, Podcast & Event Recap
Each month Orna Ross and Joanna Penn join forces to bring you The Self-Publishing Salon, and live online broadcast where they discuss what’s going on in the publishing industry, and provide an update on the latest tools and techniques that are helping them achieve their writing and publishing goals.
What Self-Publishers Need To Know Now About Writing and Making Books
The focus for our first Indie Author Fringe event of 2017 is How To Write, Produce and Distribute A Book. It's fringe to the London Book Fair and we'll be bringing you live events direct from Author HQ in the Olympia, so that those unable to be there in person can still benefit from the most useful sessions for indie authors.