Creative Book Marketing and Promotion Ideas for Indie Authors and Self-published Books
This month's round-up of top marketing tips from our membership shares ideas that might work well for you too.
21 Ways to Sustain Independent Bookshops
It's all too easy for indie authors to assume that independent bookstores and bookshops aren't interested in self-published books, that…
New Writing Project Celebrates Bookshops – Call for Entries
What writer doesn't love bookshops, or hasn't been influenced or inspired by visiting bricks-and-mortar bookstores from an early age? Independent…
Opinion: Why Indie Authors Need Bookshops
To celebrate the UK's Independent Booksellers' Week that launched this weekend, ALLi Author Advice blog editor Debbie Young explains why…
Book Promotion: Joint Events with Non-Indie Authors
English thriller writer Alison Morton describes her collaboration with a trade-published author, steampunk novelist Liesel Schwarz, to build the audiences…
ALLi Campaign: Introducing #Authors4Bookstores
ALLi's newest campaign is to encourage indie authors and bricks-and-mortar booksellers to work together to mutual benefit. Full details will…
How to Connect With Bookshops – Advice from a Former Bookseller
Our Berlin correspondent Nerys Hudson shares some insights into publishing gained from the other side of the bookshop counter at…
How To Reach Readers: Befriend Your Local Bookshop
Self-published author Catriona Troth describes how making friends with her local bookshop has helped her raise her profile as a…
How Indie Authors Can Get Their Books Stocked in Bookshops – Part #2
In her previous post, Roz Morris described how she got her novels stocked by independent bookstores. Drawing on that experience,…
How Indie Authors Can Get Their Books Stocked in Bookshops – Part #1
Indie author Roz Morris explains how she got her novel stocked by bricks-and-mortar bookstores – and how self-published books meet…