Publishing: How to Use ARC Copies to Promote New Books
In the publishing trade, it's common practice to issue prior to a book's publication a number of ARCs - which…
New Universal Links from Draft2Digital
On 2 August, Draft2Digital, ALLi Partner Member and one of ALLi's favorite book distributors, introduced a new service called “Universal Book Links,” or UBL. We asked Kevin Tumlinson, Draft2Digital's new Director of Marketing, to tell us more about it.
Book Marketing Shots in the Dark
Three fun tips in this month's light-hearted post in our series of off-the-wall, outside-the-box book promotion ideas from our members.…
Opinion: The Cautionary Tale of Insurgent Publishing
When Linda Formichelli hired Insurgent Publishing to promote her upcoming book, it marked the start of a promising partnership. In…
Book Marketing: How, Why and When to Use Blab – and What is Blab, Anyway?
PLEASE NOTE: SINCE LORNA SIXSMITH WROTE THIS HELPFUL ARTICLE, THE BLAB SERVICE HAS UNFORTUNATELY BEEN CLOSED DOWN. (We're just leaving…
Opinion: Why Authors Shouldn’t Spend Too Much Time on Photography
How much time do you spend taking photographs to publicise your self-published books? Or to illustrate your blog posts, to…
How to Use BookBub to Boost Sales of Self-Published Books
Award-winning English author Jane Davis shares her successful case study of using book promotion service BookBub to market her literary…
8 Ebook Discovery Services Compared
Free and discounted ebooks can be a powerful tool for increasing sales, but only if readers know about the deal.That's…
Opinion: To Tweet or Not to Tweet? Is Twitter Worthwhile for Self-published Authors?
Award-winning historical novelist Anna Belfrage from Sweden shares the results of her experiment to determine whether Twitter is an effective…
Writing: The Role of Writing Role Models in Your Self-publishing Career
For #WritersWednesday, here's a question that's a starting point for a conversation, rather than defining an answer: when writing and…
9 Book Marketing Shots in the Dark
To round off the month, here's a fun list of top tips from successful self-published authors on surprising ways they've…
Book Marketing: How to Use MailChimp and Bookfunnel to Grow Your Author Mailing List
It's received wisdom in the world of self-publishing that authors should strive to develop email lists of readers interested in…