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The Ultimate Guide to Selling Books on your Author Website

May 4, 2020
AskALLi Team
Book Production & Distribution Advice, Running An Author Business, Self-Publishing LIfe
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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

September 21, 2019
Rachel McCollin
Beginning Self-Publishing, Running An Author Business, Self-Publishing LIfe
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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.

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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?

August 31, 2015
Karen Myers
Book Promotion & Marketing Advice, Debate & Opinion
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With so many opportunities to reach readers provided by social media, is it really worth going to the time, trouble, and expense of setting up and maintaining a dedicated author website? Not only is it worthwhile, it's crucial, says self-published…

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 it's mobile-friendly. Three internet-savvy ALLi members explain why there's not a moment to lose in making sure your site passes muster.…

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 of the most important steps in creating your author brand, allowing you to spread awareness of your books and communicate…

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? ALLi author member and website developer Matthew Wayne Selznick, basedin Long Beach, California, shares his five top tips to keep…

Reaching Readers: An Easy Twitter Trick for your Author Blog

Like to get more social media shares for your author blog posts? ALLi blog editor Debbie Young offers this quick and easy tip to direct more readers via Twitter to your author blog - the best showcase for all your work…