ALLi Insights: Reaching Readers with Kindle Scout
In this month’s How-to for Authors, Orna chatted with Kindle Scout GM Dina Hilal to get an overview of the Kindle Scout…
Opinion: Why I Paid for a Publicity Service
When it comes to paid marketing services for books, authors often complain they’re expensive, don’t always lead to sales, or…
Matera Writing Conference Report 2015
British indie novelist Jean Burnett, who is both trade-published and self-published, reports on the 12th Women's Fiction Festival in Matera,…
Book Promotion: Lateral Thinking with Movie Opportunity
It's always worth looking for events in the public eye that are relevant to your books and which may therefore…
This Week’s Self-publishing News
Competing headlines may claim a decline in e-book sales, but indie authors are the ones continuing to thrive in the…
This Week’s Self-publishing News
Amazon set the publishing newswires buzzing this week on opening their first physical bookstore in Seattle. Also, how healthy is…
Writing: What’s the Difference Between Critiquing and Manuscript Assessment?
What kind of feedback should you seek prior to publishing your manuscript? Kelly Hart, Australian founder of Better Scribe and…
This Week’s Self-publishing News
More indie sales stats to study this week, plus a new ebook distribution deal, long-running copyright battles, going after fake…