Publishing After Lockdown

June 9, 2020

Tim Lewis, ALLi Author Member and Twitter chat host

Last week on the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) chatted about publishing after lockdown. The ALLi Twitter chat starts 8pm UK Time on Wednesdays (that's 3pm EST and noon Pacific Time) under the hashtag #indieAuthorChat and lasts for an hour.

Our Twitter chats are a virtual meet-up for anyone interested in self-publishing. If you're looking to connect with more people in our industry, joining our Twitter chat is the perfect way to start. During the chats you can network with other authors, learn indie author strategies, and ask any burning questions you have to our guest expert.

The tweets below are only the questions and answer tweets not every tweet on the chat. The topic of this chat was publishing after lockdown.

Lockdown 3rd June – Curated tweets by StonehamPress

This Wednesday we have questions about writing by hand vs dictation vs typing.

(Did you miss the summary of last week's Twitter chat about publishing with Ingram Spark? You can find that here: Publishing books with Ingram Spark with Robin Cutler)

Author: Timothy Lewis

Tim Lewis is the host of the Begin Self Publishing Podcast www.beginselfpublishing.com and writes science-fiction and fantasy under the pen name Timothy Michael Lewis.

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