Watchdog: Review of Draft2Digital
 We covered a lot of aggregators in the “Choosing a Self-Publishing Service” book, released in the Spring, documenting the…
Watchdog: Is Kirkus Selling Dreams – or Do They Deliver?
ALLi Watchdog Giacomo Giammatteo continues his examination of the Kirkus book reviews service. A lot of companies have jumped on…
Watchdog: Is A Kirkus Review Worth The Price?
ALLi Watchdog Giacomo Giammatteo provides a balanced and objective appraisal of Kirkus, the paid review service used by some indie…
The Alliance of Independent Authors Watchdog Warning: New Self-Publishing Resource from Writers & Artists
Another once-venerable publishing brand, Writers & Artists, an imprint of the Bloomsbury group, is showing little regard for writers as…
ALLi Watchdog: Agent Assisted Self Publishing
Agent-assisted SP takes many different forms. At one end of the scale, it mean an agency encouraging one of their…
Indie Authors ALLi Watchdog Warning: Archway Publishing
The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) is concerned about the email approach being made by Archway Publishing to a…
AI for Authors: Ethical & Practical Guidelines
When you hear the words "artificial intelligence" it usually evokes one of two responses, either excitement and curiosity at the prospect of new technologies, bringing more books and products to the world, or fear because the only experience of you have of AI are movies like I, Robot, the Matrix and the Terminator. But the Alliance of Independent Authors is here to show you the plethora of opportunities AI brings authors and how to work with AI ethically. This article is brought to you by Orna Ross. With thanks to Joanna Penn, Laurence O'Bryan of BooksGoSocial, Amit Gupta of Sudowrite, JD Lasica of Authors AI.
Seven Red Flags in Serialized Fiction Contracts
Learn the seven red flags to watch for in serialized fiction contracts, including waiving moral rights and unfair payment structures, to protect your rights as an indie author.