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The Ultimate Guide to Pre-orders for Indie Authors

We've all heard of pre-orders, but how many of us actually use them? How do we use them and are they useful in today's market? That's the topic the Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi team is answering today. This is the ultimate guide to pre-orders.

TwitterChat: Selling from an author website with Nate Hoffelder

On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) this week we asked questions about Selling from an author website with Nate Hoffelder

Sell Books from Your Author Website, With Sacha Black and Orna Ross: Self-Publishing Fiction & Nonfiction Podcast

In this month’s Fiction & Nonfiction Self-Publishing Salon, Sacha Black and Orna Ross outline the advantages and downsides of selling books directly to readers from your own author website and consider the implications for exclusivity with platforms like KDP Select.