Book Marketing: How to Use Pretty Links
A D Starrling and Karen Myers describe how they've used what A D describes as "one of the best marketing tools…
Production Tips: How To Use a Survey to Choose A Book Cover
One of the many benefits of ALLi membership is access to a closed forum of indie authors around the world,…
Opinion: Literary Festivals Should Focus on Readers
ALLi's Advice Centre Editor Debbie Young steps on her soapbox to respond to bestselling novelist Joanna Trollope's call for literary…
Publishing: How Self-publishing Saved My Life
British indie author Paul Tomkins, a Professional Member of ALLi, describes how self-publishing route the toll on his health in challenging…
Opinion: Book Reviewing Begins at Home
Debbie Young, Commissioning Editor of this blog, shares her heartfelt views about book reviewing, and explains why she's changing her…
Reaching Readers: 5 Top Book Promotion Tips for Beginners
ALLi partner member Alison Jack, who is both an editor and an author, shares her top book promotion…
Reaching Readers – What NOT To Do: Focus On One Book
As a fresh take on our "reaching readers" strand that runs every Saturday, today we've got a top tip on…
Writing: Word Counts in Fiction – How Long Is A Novel?
Is it a novel? Is it a novella? Is it a novelette? It can be hard to decide what to…