5 Important Tips for Vetting Community-Specific Publishers
Publishing services that serve specific communities are increasingly popular, but exploitative and predatory operators follow close behind.
Creative Self-Publishing — Your Books, Your Way with Orna Ross: Self-Publishing Conference Highlight
Creative self-publishing is when indie authors approach our publishing tasks, and our author business, with the same creative mindset that we bring to our writing. It focuses not just on what we do, but how we do it, as we publishing our books and establish our author business.
International Insights: Online Book Fairs
For the next edition of the Alliance of Independent Authors International Insights hosted by Mark Williams of The New Publishing Standard, we’re moving on to online book fairs. If you missed our introduction series to global book markets, you can read them here: Africa, India and China markets in Asia, the Middle East North Africa markets, the Ibero-America markets, the Asia-Pacific markets and the European markets, and also a special edition on the English-language markets. This is international insights: online book fairs.
International Insights: Europe
For the next edition of the Alliance of Independent Authors International Insights hosted by Mark Williams of The New Publishing Standard, we’re back for another regional spotlight. To read the rest, you can visit: Asia here, Middle East Arab markets here, Ibero-America here and Asia-Pacific here. Today, Mark is focusing on the Europe market.
Self-Publishing News: Blurb is Sold
High quality self-publishing print platform Blurb is sold while serial fiction platform Radish raises $63m
International Insights: Ibero-America
Welcome back to the Alliance of Independent Authors next instalment in the International Insights series hosted by Mark Williams of The New Publishing Standard. This week, Mark discusses Ibero-America.
The Ultimate Guide to Content Repurposing
Content repurposing is banded around a lot. But what does it mean and how do you "do it"? Well, that's what the Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi team aims to answer today. With deep thanks for the contributions from members and partners. In particular, Nate Hoffelder, Debbie Young, Alison Morton, Tom Fowler.
How Good Prose Sells More Books, With Sacha Black: Self-Publishing Conference Highlight
Writing books is easy, writing good books is hard. Do you want to know how good prose sells more books? Getting every element of your story right is important. But it's the words that make readers come back. Good stories need good words.