Writing: How to Deal with Negative Reviews
How to Submit a Self-published Book for Review in Publishers’ Weekly – and Why
Opinion: Why Readers Don’t Owe Authors Book Reviews
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It's standard practice in the publishing trade to produce what's usually referred to as an Advance Information sheet in the…
Opinion: Small is Beautiful – and More Efficient
ALLi's blog editor Debbie Young pays tribute to one of the less usually discussed advantages of being an indie author:…
Publishing: Update on The Ethics of Reviewing Other Authors’ Books
Two years on from "sockpuppetgate" - when certain authors were discovered to be posting negative reviews of books they deemed…
Publishing: How do Book Bloggers Work? Interview with Stephanie M Hopkins
Understanding how book bloggers operate will help you approach them in the right way and increase your chance of gaining…
Opinion: Friends, Glazed Eyes & Five Stars: An Indie Author’s Take on Book Reviews
In the run-up to the publication of her second novel The Labyrinth Year, the sequel to Baby, Baby, British indie…
Reaching Readers: Lessons Learned From Blog Tours
Award-winning Canadian novelist Dianne Greenlay shares her experience of three blog tours, to help other self-published authors considering using this route to…
How to Reach Book Reviewers via NetGalley
Book publicity expert Ben Cameron describes the Netgalley service used by trade publishers to put books in front of reviewers…