Book Marketing Shots in the Dark
At the end of each month, we share unusual book promotion ideas contributed by ALLi author members who are adopting…
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…
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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…