Self-publishing News: Talking Author Earnings
Figures show that author incomes continue to fall. Now is the time to make your website secure or fall foul of Google's algorithms, while you may already be falling foul of Facebook and Amazon's.
The Creative and Business Mind-Set: March 2018 AskALLi Advanced Self-Publishing Salon
In this month's Advanced Salon for Indie Authors, Orna Ross and Joanna Penn discuss the different mind-sets and skill-sets required to maximise your self-publishing success - the creative and the business mind. Find out whether you're getting the balance right.
Opinion: Sell Your Books, Not Your Soul – with Collaborative Digital Marketing
It may be counter-intuitive, but helping to promote other authors may be better for your books than promoting your own, says ALLi Partner Laurence O'Bryan, founder of BooksGoSocial, in this thought-provoking and philosophical Opinion piece.
Self-publishing News: When the News becomes the News
Facebook has changed the way it decides what shows up in your newsfeed to avoid content from businesses, but what does that mean for indies? And Amazon has been tinkering with KDP.
Self-publishing News: Smashwords in Action, Piracy, Amazon Reviews & Facebook Ads
This week's essential self-publishing news round-up from ALLi includes positive developments at Smashwords, perspectives on piracy, and a new survey about Facebook ads for authors.
Opinion: How Effective Is Facebook Advertising for Indie Authors and Self-published Books?
Here's a chance for you to take part in an important new survey about the effectiveness of Facebook advertising for indie authors - don't miss out!
Opinion: 1000+ Reasons to Love the ALLi Facebook Forum
Why partnership for authors doesn't always mean parting with cash - how you can benefit from the hive's wisdom and generosity via our Facebook group
1 Simple Marketing Tip to Boost the Reach of Author Facebook Pages
Reports of the death of Facebook author pages are greatly exaggerated - although their reach doesn't match the potential of paid FB ads, here's one easy way to make yours more effective
Self-publishing News: Collectives
It is a week since my office burned down as I write this, and our whole faculty is currently working…
Self-publishing News: truly original books are what indies do best
Well, that was a week. Apologies if any of this is incoherent at all - just as I was sitting…
Book Promotion: 10 Ways to Build Your Author Mailing List without Paying for Facebook Advertising
One of the hottest topics in book promotion right now is the use of strategic Facebook advertising to build your…
How to Host a Facebook Launch of Your Self-published Book
Historical crime writer Angela Buckley explains why it's a great idea to hold an online launch for an indie book,…