Opinion: Why I’m Glad I Went to the Amazon Marketing Academy 4 top tips gained from Amazon's Marketing Academy - valuable information for any indie author Read more→ April 10, 2017 Katharine Smith Opinion, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion 5 Comments
Should Indie Authors Put Endorsement Quotes or “Puffs” on Self-published Books? Endorsement quotes on book covers: do you use them? Should you? How do you get them? ALLi authors discuss... Read more→ March 23, 2017 Admin Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion 26 Comments
How to Write a Blurb for a Self-published Book Ever struggled to write a book blurb? Struggle no more! Just follow this simple advice... Read more→ March 1, 2017 Fred Johnson Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Writing 12 Comments
Creative Book Marketing and Promotion Ideas for Indie Authors and Self-published Books This month's round-up of top marketing tips from our membership shares ideas that might work well for you too. Read more→ February 24, 2017 Admin Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion 3 Comments
Book Marketing Shots In the Dark: Wacky Ideas that Really Work How to make your own luck when marketing books - three ALLi authors share inspiring ideas for book marketing Read more→ January 28, 2017 Admin Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion 2 Comments
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 Read more→ January 21, 2017 Jane Davis Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion 7 Comments
How To Time Launches and Marketing for Self-published Books in 2017 Setting up new book marketing plans for the new year? Check out these top tips on timing from ALLi authors and partner members. Read more→ January 14, 2017 Admin Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion 4 Comments
How to Market Children’s Books Online How to market books to children aged under 12: think like a broadcaster! Top tips from ALLi's Children's Author Adviser Karen Inglis. Read more→ December 17, 2016 Karen Inglis Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion 9 Comments
10 Data Sources That Self-publishing Authors Should Update Before Year End The end of the year is a great time to take stock of the many places that hold data about you and yours books - here's a handy checklist Read more→ December 15, 2016 Admin Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion 8 Comments
Opinion: Why Readers Don’t Owe Authors Book Reviews Do you - should you - ask readers in the back matter of your self-published books to post reviews of your work? US indie author Karen Myers explains why she thinks it's a bad idea. Read more→ December 5, 2016 Karen Myers Opinion, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion 27 Comments
Book Marketing Shots in the Dark Unusual idea for promoting your self-published books from author members of ALLi - would some of these tips work for your books? Read more→ November 26, 2016 Admin Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion 1 Comment
How to Design and Use Business Cards to Market Your Self-published Books Top tips on why you should produce business cards for your self-published books and authorpreneur business, and what you should include on them. Read more→ November 12, 2016 Karen Myers Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion 7 Comments