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International Insights: Online Book Fairs

For the next edition of the Alliance of Independent Authors International Insights hosted by Mark Williams of The New Publishing Standard, we’re moving on to online book fairs. If you missed our introduction series to global book markets, you can read them here: Africa, India and China markets in Asia, the Middle East North Africa markets, the Ibero-America markets, the Asia-Pacific markets and the European markets, and also a special edition on the English-language markets. This is international insights: online book fairs.

August 29, 2020
Mark Williams
Business & Planning, International Insights
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International Insights: Europe

For the next edition of the Alliance of Independent Authors International Insights hosted by Mark Williams of The New Publishing Standard, we’re back for another regional spotlight. To read the rest, you can visit: Asia here, Middle East Arab markets here, Ibero-America here and Asia-Pacific here. Today, Mark is focusing on the Europe market.

August 15, 2020
Mark Williams
Business & Planning, International Insights
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International Insights: Asia-Pacific

For the next edition of the Alliance of Independent Authors International Insights hosted by Mark Williams of The New Publishing Standard, we're back for another regional spotlight. To read the rest, you can visit: Asia here, Middle East Arab markets here, Ibero-America here. Today, Mark is focusing on the global Asia-Pacific market.

August 8, 2020
Mark Williams
Business & Planning, International Insights
6 Comments

International Insights: English-Language Markets

For the fourth edition of the Alliance of Independent Authors International Insights hosted by Mark Williams of The New Publishing Standard, we take a break from our regional spotlights (Asia here, Middle East Arab markets here, Ibero-America here, though Mark will be back with more next week!) to focus on the global English-language markets.

August 1, 2020
Mark Williams
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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The Ultimate Guide to Building A Solid Author Platform

Authors get very confused about the question of building a solid author platform. What is it, exactly? How is one built? Should we try to build it or let it form organically? If our books are good enough, is that in itself enough to create a great author platform? Today, the Alliance of Independent Authors' AskALLi team brings you the ultimate guide to building a solid author platform.

June 1, 2020
AskALLi Team
Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Top 100
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The Ultimate Guide to Hardback and Premium Books

While the digital age combined with Covid-19 lockdown has seen an increase of readers turning to ebooks, there are a huge section of readers who are staunch paper readers and specifically, hardback or premium book readers. This is the ultimate guide to hardback and premium books

May 11, 2020
AskALLi Team
Business & Planning, Process 2. Design & Formatting, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Top 100
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The Ultimate Guide to Selling Books on your Author Website

Selling books is bread and butter for any author and increasing numbers of indie authors are making their own website the hub of their publishing business, with other online sellers as outposts. The Alliance of Independent Authors has a bookshop on this website where non-members can buy its books (All are free to members who can download by logging in allianceindependentauthors.org and navigating to the BOOKS menu). Today, we bring you the ultimate guide to selling books on your author website.

May 4, 2020
AskALLi Team
Business & Planning, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Top 100
16 Comments

How To Do Successful Book Launches, With Sacha Black and Adam Croft: Self-Publishing Fiction & Nonfiction Podcast

Do you want to perfect your book launches? Do you wonder if book launches are even relevant in 2020? This week’s AskALLi session with Sacha Black and Adam Croft will discuss the conflicting and often confusing subject of launching your book and giving it the greatest chance of success.

April 3, 2020
Howard Lovy
Business & Planning, Podcast, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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The Ultimate Guide to Getting Book Reviews

Arguably, when you publish a new book, gaining reviews is a key book-marketing activity; possibly the most important of all marketing tasks. But it's hard, and the rules about what you can and can't do constantly change. This is the ultimate guide to getting book reviews.

March 30, 2020
AskALLi Team
Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Top 100
2 Comments

The AskALLi Ultimate Guide to ISBNs for Authors

Buying an ISBN is a subject of debate, while you can use free ISBNs, it brands you as a self-publisher. But is that a good thing or a bad one? Today's post from Eleanor Pigg, registration services manager for Nielsen is a comprehensive guide telling you everything indie authors need to know about ISBNs.

February 10, 2020
Eleanor Pigg
Business & Planning, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
8 Comments

Your Book in Libraries Worldwide Quick and Easy Guide

All ALLi members can download the ALLi guidebook publications for free in the member area (once you've logged in) over at www.allianceindependentauthors.org. Recently, we've published a number of Quick and Easy Guides alongside the guidebooks. Today we've taken an extract from the 'Your Book in Libraries Worldwide' guide.

January 3, 2020
ALLi Editorial
Business & Planning, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 7. Rights Licensing, Top 100
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Outside the Box Book Marketing

Let me ask you a question... When was the last time you stepped out from behind the screen and connected – in person – with new readers? In a saturated world, finding fresh ways to market your books and find new readers is increasingly difficult. However, author member Lesley Tither shows us how a little outside the box thinking can create amazing results.

September 27, 2019
Lesley Tither
Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Writing
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