Self-publishing News: Most Sales or Most Reads?
Well that was a week! I won’t go into the details because this isn’t a column about me – but I am delighted to say that I bring this report to you in rather bleary-eyed fashion because as I would…
Self-publishing News: You’ve Sent Mail
I go to a lot of events where writers talk about how to be an entrepreneur and how great it is to be indie...because "entrepreneurial spirit". For several years now there has even been a name for it, the authorpreneur.…
Should Indie Authors Put Endorsement Quotes or “Puffs” on Self-published Books?
Endorsement quotes on book covers: do you use them? Should you? How do you get them? ALLi authors discuss...
Self-publishing News: A New Home
Excuse me while I just settle down and get comfortable in my new home here on a Tuesday. I look forward to welcoming you here. OK, now I've popped next door to Monday's opinion column and borrowed a pint of milk,…
Self-publishing News: Format Wars
OK, wars is too strong a word, but this week, the predominant theme I have been coming across is that of digital and physical, and the relation between the two. It's a perennially fascinating thing to get played out, and…
Self-publishing News: What’s In Store
The big literary event of the week for me was the year's first Oxford Professor of Poetry lecture, an event that happens just three times a year. The title was the wonderfully tempting "Poetry and the Underworld: Access All Areas",…
Self-publishing News: Eyes on the Prize
It was only last week that the drums were rolling in anticipation of the Indie Author Fringe that accompanied Frankfurt Book Fair, and now the stalls are swept, the moth balls installed, and scenic sagebrush is tumbling through the alleyways…
Sunday Success Stories: Best Value from $100 Book Marketing Budget
In our new occasional series on how ALLi members work together to mutual benefit, here's an interesting case study from author Alison Ripley-Cubitt, describing how fellow ALLi novelist Jane Davis inspired her to spend her $100 marketing budget to best effect.…
This Week’s Self-publishing News: The art of Discovery
OK, we all know that the very best advertising for your books is the last book you wrote. But you can write the greatest book in the world and if no one knows it exists then no one is going…
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 novels. Why BookBub? There’s little doubt about it, BookBub is the Holy Grail of ebook advertising. I have heard them…
This Week’s Self-publishing News: Being Indie and Free Expression
There are many motivations for going indie. One of the metaphors I used to hear most was that setting out for Indieland was like being part of the Gold Rush, that this was a territory being staked out and carved…
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 where ebook discovery services come into play. These mailing lists can put your free or discounted books in front of…