TwitterChat: Are Pre-Orders a Good Idea?
On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) this week we asked questions about Are Pre-Orders a Good Idea?
How To Do Successful Book Launches, With Sacha Black and Adam Croft: Self-Publishing Fiction & Nonfiction Podcast
Do you want to perfect your book launches? Do you wonder if book launches are even relevant in 2020? This week’s AskALLi session with Sacha Black and Adam Croft will discuss the conflicting and often confusing subject of launching your book and giving it the greatest chance of success.
How to Leverage Book Signings
Book signings – despite the fear associated with them – can be an extremely useful marketing tool. You get to meet real readers for one, you grow your confidence and sell books. Alexa Nazzaro, ALLi Partner member and founder of www.aaxelauthorservices.com, has a ton of creative ideas to show you how to leverage book signings.
Bookstore Chain WH Smith Opens Up to Indie Authors: Case Study with Richard Vaughan-Davies
How indie author Richard Vaughan-Davies secured a booksigning event in bookstore chain WH Smith, which recently announced it is open to approaches from authors - including indies - to hold events in-store. Pick up top tips how to here.
How to Launch a Self-published Book: April 2018 AskALLi Beginners’ Self-Publishing Salon
Top tips on how to make the most of your book launch, including using your mailing list, ads, Bookbub and other promotions to make the most of the 90-day hot new release window - part of our AskALLi podcast series
March 2018 AskALLI Members’ Q&A with Michael La Ronn and Dan Blank – Answering 9 Key Questions about Self-publishing
ALLi's monthly AskALLi Q&A podcast gives our members the opportunity to put their own queries about the self-publishing process to our resident expert indie authors, who cover a wide range of topics in every show.
Self-publishing Success Story: A Kindle Scout Win for Debut Novelist Jo Ullah
Debut novelist Jo Ullah shares the success story of how a Kindle Scout win has got her self-publishing career off to a great start, and includes top tips on what she's learned from the experience to help you do the same.
Marketing: What’s the Best Timing for Self-publishing a Series?
Received wisdom is to launch the first three books in a series all at once - but does that patience really pay off? K T Lee's case study offers helpful pros & cons to help you decide what's best for your books.
Book Marketing: 1 Easy Way to Reduce the Stress of a Book Launch Event
How to engage other indie authors to help your book launch event run smoothly
How to Hold a Book Launch Event on a Zero Budget
In a month when we're sharing lots of partnership ideas for authors, here's a great case study of a zero-budget book launch shared by two authors
How to Host a Facebook Launch of Your Self-published Book
Historical crime writer Angela Buckley explains why it's a great idea to hold an online launch for an indie book,…
Why Book Launches Don’t Measure the Success of Self-published Books
Worried that your book didn't make enough sales on its launch? Fear not! John Doppler is here to reassure you…