IndePENdents.org: Offers Seal of Approval for Indie Books
Let no talent be lost to the chaos of the publishing explosion: that is the cri de coeur of IndiePENdents.org, "an…
Cracking Kobo: Free Self-Publishing Event for Indie Authors
Join us on Wednesday at 4pm EST (9pm GMT) for an online Alliance of Independent Authors event with Mark Lefebre, Director…
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…
Is Exploiting Self-Publishing Authors To Be The New Publishing Model?
Is the new business model for publishers to be selling over-priced and under-performing services to writers? That's the question that…
Amazon Removing Indie Author’s Reviews. Self Publishers: Tell Your Story Here.
At the Alliance of Independent Authors, we largely support Amazon's work to clean up the customer review system for books,…
Announcement: New Key People at The Alliance of Independent Authors
We like to bring your attention to some of the wonderful people who have recently stepped up to help make…
Literary Festivals, Book Events and the Self-published Author. By ALLi Community Builder Dan Holloway
As self-publishing becomes more common, and increasing numbers of indie authors achieve both commercial and critical success, literary festivals urgently…
Taking Indie Authors Into Libraries and Other News
ALLi Newsletter Nov/Dec 2012 The big news in the Nov/Dec issue of The Alliance of Independent Authors' newsletter is that…
Successful Self-Publishing. By Fiona Robyn
This article is the first in an ongoing series called 'Becoming An Indie Author: How I Did It'. ALLi…
How To Get Book Reviews
Trying to get readers to write a review is like getting your two-year-old child to take a horrible-tasting medicine, says ALLi member and regular contributor, Giacomo (Jim) Giammatteo. But it is possible and it is worth it. In the first of a three-part series on reviews, he explains how he gets more than twenty reviews a month.
The Process of Getting Reviews
I launched my book in mid April 2012. Since then I have managed to get seven editorial reviews, 77 reviews on Amazon, and another 44 reviews on Goodreads. No matter how you look at it, that’s a lot of reviews (more than 20 per month) so how do you get that many reviews?
I can tell you it’s not by having a big family. I didn't have my wife write one (mostly for fear of what she'd say) and I didn't have either of my sons write a review. A few family members did write reviews—the ones who read the kind of books I write. And guess what, one of those reviews was not a five star. (Yeah, I know. Tough family)
For what it’s worth, here’s the secret—work your
Superb Self Publishing – the Motherlode for Overgrounding
Self publishing is at the cutting edge of the most interesting, radical and provocative writing that's happening right now. Dan…
Self-Publishing Survey
Help us to help you.
The Alliance of Independent Authors has teamed up with Dr Alison Baverstock of Kingston University to carry out a self-publishing survey this autumn.
To make it work, we need you to go to this link http://www.surveymonkey.
It won't take you more than ten minutes to complete and answers will be used to