Self-publishing News: Eyes on the Prize

Futurebook reminded us that the key to success is finding our niche, while The Selfies is a new Prize for indie authors.

December 4, 2018
Dan Holloway
News
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Position Yourself For Success in 2019: AskALLi Advanced Self-Publishing Salon December 2018

In this month's Advanced Self-Publishing Salon from the Alliance of Independent Authors, Orna Ross and Joanna Penn discuss how to…

December 1, 2018
Howard Lovy
News, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Writing
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Self-publishing News: Amazon and the Emails

Amazon remains tight-lipped after leaking many of its customers emails, but opens up its US store to Australian customers once again.

November 27, 2018
Dan Holloway
News
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Book Marketing: 15 Practical Ways to Get More Book Reviews

Are you worried that book reviews aren't coming in as quickly as you'd like? Read this checklist of 15 things you can do to build up reviews and see if you are missing any tricks! Compiled from the ALLi Hive wisdom.

November 23, 2018
Admin
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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Self-publishing News: Booksellers Square Up to Amazon (Again)

Booksellers stand up to Amazon and force a backdown over the withdrawal of the Abebooks website from several countries. Smashwords celebrates its half millionth title with a radical site overhaul.

November 13, 2018
Dan Holloway
News
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Book Marketing: Make the Most of Your Great Book Reviews

It's too easy to remember the bad reviews and forget the good ones - so here's how and why to keep track of all your best reviews and how to use them to advantage both for personal motivation and for book marketing.

Self-publishing News: The Role of the Library

In this week's Self-publishing News Round-up, we hear how more audiobooks are available for library borrowing, Amazon's recruiting speaks volumes about the future of work, and we say goodbye to the founder of the Little Free Library.

November 6, 2018
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-publishing News: Amazon’s Bad Week

Amazon's share price took a plunge but what exactly does this mean for indie authors? Amazon also seems to have been removing authors' titles seemingly at random.

October 30, 2018
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-publishing News: Rise of Subscription Publishing

Subscription services are the talk of Frankfurt Book Fair while Comic Con's success demonstrates the continued rise of graphic literature. Amazon faces increased postal costs while Barnes and N oble Press has something new.