How to be Creative for the Long Term, with Orna Ross and Joanna Penn: Advanced Self-Publishing Podcast
In this session Orna and Joanna go back to the source to talk about creativity: what it is, how to…
Self-publishing News: Audible Captions dispute may be over
Audible Captions settles its dispute with publishers, Kindle Unlimited pays over $250m for the second year in a row, and piracy is in the news.
Opinion: How to Prepare a Successful Book Launch
A book launch is one part excitement and one part terror. You're finally putting your creation out into the world, which means you're actually putting your creation into the world! People can have opinions and make judgments. But you can also find wonderful readers and supporters of your work. ALLi author member Kristan Julius recently launched her first independently published book and is here to explain how she made it a success.
Opinion: The Emotion of Book Publishing
Once you've published a book or three, it's easy to forget the emotional rollercoaster the first book took you on. Sure, there are always highs and lows in this business, but there's nothing quite like the first book. ALLi associate member Nadia Stewart knows the emotion of book publishing all too well. She tell us about her journey trying to publish her first book.
How Do You Sell Audiobooks Across all Platforms? With Sacha Black and Adam Croft: Self-Publishing Fiction & Nonfiction Podcast
As audiobook sales continue to grow, so too do the platforms for sales and marketing. But how do you actually…
Self-Publishing Trends for 2020 and the Next Decade with Orna Ross and Joanna Penn: Advanced Self-Publishing Podcast
Self-publishing trends are moving fast for indie authors, with new advances in voice first technology, artificial intelligence, and other tools,…
Self-Publishing Predictions for 2020 and the 2020s
This New Year is special as it marks not just the changing of a year but the start of a new decade. And how things change in a decade. It's hard to believe that barely more than a decade ago the iPhone was a new fangled piece of technology. But here we are a decade later with a plethora of technology at our fingertips. Today, ALLi director Orna Ross looks not to the past, but to the future, to 2020 and the decade to come. Here are her self-publishing predictions for 2020 and the 2020s.
Five Tips for Creating Audiobooks
Audiobooks have been a hot topic this year and the boom in popularity shows no signs of slowing down. Partner member Karen Williams The Book Mentor, has been busy producing audiobooks this year. Today, she give us her top five tips for creating audiobooks.