Opinion: Asking Takes Courage
Let's start the week with an inspiring tale of perseverance and self-belief leading to success, by indie author and scholar…
Book Promotion: Lateral Thinking with Movie Opportunity
It's always worth looking for events in the public eye that are relevant to your books and which may therefore…
Book Marketing: How Authors Can Use Periscope’s Video Streaming Service
Periscope, whose website describes it as offering users the opportunity to "explore the world in real time through someone else's…
Five Ways for Self-published Authors to Use Video to Promote Self-Published Books
British indie novelist Laxmi Hariharan describes how video can help you drop barriers between the characters in your self-published books…
One Simple Way to Boost Sales of Your Self-Published Book This Christmas
Though festive titles are already visible all over the internet and in bookshops, you don't have to have a Christmas-themed…
Book Marketing: 6 Top Tips on How to Make LinkedIn Work for Authors
Ask any indie author which social media they use and love the most, and most are unlikely to reply "LinkedIn".…
Why You Should Use Video Media to Market your Self-published Books
Author design consultant and ALLi Partner Member Aimee Coveney makes the case for including video media, vlogging and book trailers…
How to Promote Your Book via Local Radio
When English indie author Chrissie Parker was seeking to market her novel set in the Greek island of Zakynthos, she…
Five Self-publishing Lessons Learned Between Debut and Second Book
In the run-up to self-publishing her second book, Irish indie author Lorna Sixsmith, who self-published her first book on 29th…
How to Promote a Children’s Book with Crossword Puzzles
Following the recent post on using quizzes to promote your book, British indie author Karen Inglis, ALLi's advisor on writing…
4 Top Social Media Rules for Indie Authors
Using social media successfully is a bit like Alice travelling through Looking-Glass World - to reach your goal, you shouldn't…
Opinion: What’s the point of an author website?
With so many opportunities to reach readers provided by social media, is it really worth going to the time, trouble,…