TwitterChat: Selling from an author website with Nate Hoffelder
On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) this week we asked questions about Selling from an author website with Nate Hoffelder
The Ultimate Guide to Selling Books on your Author Website
Selling books is bread and butter for any author and increasing numbers of indie authors are making their own website the hub of their publishing business, with other online sellers as outposts. The Alliance of Independent Authors has a bookshop on this website where non-members can buy its books (All are free to members who can download by logging in allianceindependentauthors.org and navigating to the BOOKS menu). Today, we bring you the ultimate guide to selling books on your author website.
SEO for Authors
SEO has an air of difficulty around it. It's fiddly and detailed and confusing. But it doesn't have to be. Rachel McCollin, ALLi author member, discusses SEO for authors bringing you all the tips and tricks you need to master SEO.
How to Market Your Books with a Specialist Blog
Wondering how to attract more attention to your author website when you're not yet a household name? Try crimewriter Barry Faulkner's approach: set up a blog about a specialist topic of interest to potential readers of your genre instead.
Landing Pages: What Are They and Why Should Indie Authors Build Them?
Wondering what landing pages are and whether your author website needs them? Read Jay Lemming's concise and practical introduction to help you maximise their impact on your website.
Why Authors Need To Switch To More Personal Branding: Feb. 2018 Advanced Salon with Orna Ross & Joanna Penn
Enjoy this month's Advanced Self-publishing Salon in the format of your choice: podcast, video, or transcript, all accessible from this post.
An Inventive Idea for Book Marketing & Promotion on your Author Website
How to get readers to visit more pages of your author website via a simple I-spy competition - by military history writer Russell Phillips
Why Indie Authors’ Websites Need to Evolve Over Time
A gentle reminder to keep refreshing your author website, and some top tips on what to look out for, by ALLi blog editor Debbie Young.
Opinion: What’s the point of an author website?
With so many opportunities to reach readers provided by social media, is it really worth going to the time, trouble,…
How and Why to Make Your Indie Author Website Mobile Responsive
To reach more readers with your author website, you need to optimise its visibility - which includes making sure that…
10 Top Tips for the Best Author Website
Whether you're self-published or are contracted to a trade publishing house, setting up and maintaining an effective website is one…
Reaching Readers: 5 Tips to Optimize Your Indie Author Website
You're an indie author. You have a website, of course. Is it the best indie author website it can be?…
