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…
It's been a week of memories since we last spoke. Specifically, one of my self-publishing heroes and inspirations has been back in the UK for the first time since we collaborated on a pop-up art and literature project back in 2010.…
There's no getting away from that word 'new' as just one week into 2016 and already a lot is happening in self-publishing related news. Whether it's initiatives from the London Book Fair 2016, a global letter-writing campaign for better contracts…
In this month’s How-to for Authors, Orna chatted with Katie Donelan from BookBub. Here's our edited highlights and the ALLi Insights video about marketing your book through BookBub Competition to be included in the daily BookBub email is fierce, especially in…
Orna posed the question "Does Paid Marketing Work For Authors?" and our Twitter followers didn't hold back in their responses. Each month we host a monthly Twitter Chat using #AuthorALLiChat, and discuss different self-publishing topics to help indie authors achieve their goals. If…
Don't miss these free Alliance of Independent Authors Events. Talk to us about Paid Book Marketing in our Twitter Chat. Watch what BookBub has to say about Paid Promotions. Discover what member's self-publishing questions Orna and Joanna answer this month. Our Twitter Chat and ALLi…
If you’re a self-published author, one of the biggest challenges you’ll face is getting your books in front of new readers when hundreds of thousands of books are published each year. Price Promotions A price promotion is one of the…
The self-published British sci-fi novelist Simon Denman has drawn on his own experience from launching his bestselling sci-fi novel "Connected" to deduce valuable advice how to harness and benefit from the algorithms used by Amazon and other influential sites to determine…
Thriller writer Alison Morton shares her experience of using the services of BookBlast to boost sales of her first novel, Inceptio, just before self-publishing its sequel, Perfiditas - a useful tactic to build momentum and interest of her Roma Nova…
Book recommendation websites can be a valuable tool to help you reach more readers. One of these, the free subscription service BookBub, sends readers a free daily email of recommended reads, discounted and tailored to suit each subscriber's personal reading…
We are compiling a list of "Fave Raves" and "Yah Boos" for inclusion in our Guide To Self-Publishing Services. An informal list of your favourite self-pub services and the ones that make you mad as hell. They can be big…