Ask ALLi April 28 – Your Self-Publishing Questions answered by Joanna Penn and Orna Ross Each month Joanna and Orna answer Member’s self-publishing questions. The opening topic on today's Ask ALLi was IndieReCon. If you didn't have an opportunity to catch…
Ask ALLi April 2nd – Your Self-Publishing Questions answered by Joanna Penn and Orna Ross Each month Joanna and Orna answer Member’s self-publishing questions. As usual the event kicked off with a round-up of activity from both Orna and Joanna. The…
Orna Ross, founder and director of ALLi, explains why she likes the term author-publisher. At ALLi, independent authors come in many guises but are united by a mindset: we see ourselves as the creative directors of our books, from inspiration to publication.…
Normally on a Sunday, we run a feature called "How I Do It" that focusses on super-successful indies. Today, in the second part of a two-part series where Mark Coker, Advisor to ALLi and founder of Smashwords, teaches how to give…
Let's talk terminology -- a subject that's been exercising minds around ALLi Towers of late. And for the purposes of this post, three particular terms. * What to call authors who publish their own work? * What to call those…
"It's all about the reader." CJ Lyons talks about the writing and publishing strategies that have led her to her to sell more than two million books so far, with five new releases in 2013. What's the secret of your success? I…