Last week, I was invited on behalf of ALLi to present a fifteen-minute speech on the state of publishing for the independent author at The Bookseller's Author Day. The title of my speech was: Why Every author Should Self-publish Once. Having…
I’m grateful to ALLi for the opportunity to publish the full text of my Author Day speech about author unity here. When you release your words into the world unexpected things happen, and I know there have been some misquotes and misconceptions…
On Monday, The Bookseller, the trade magazine for the UK publishing industry, ran a one-day conference called Author Day ("It's time for authors to have their day"). That writers agree with that sentiment was evidenced by the social media response, which saw…
Self-publishing news for Halloween looks at the latest report claiming a decline in sales of ebooks, this time in Canada, and also those questions being asked in high places (that’s the EU) on the inequity on taxation and re-selling rights…
More indie sales stats to study this week, plus a new ebook distribution deal, long-running copyright battles, going after fake reviewers, and great author events coming up. It's all news to Valerie Shanley as she gets the latest stories from…
All publishing eyes are on the Frankfurt Book Fair just now, and ALLi is right in there at the heart of the self-publishing action. Valerie Shanley has been catching up on all of the news with ALLi partners and friends from…