This Week’s Self-publishing News
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Writing: Advice Videos on ALLi’s YouTube Channel
When looking to increase their knowledge about self-publishing, many indie authors instinctively turn to the written word via blogs or…
ALLi News: Updates on a new event for YA and Children’s Authors
Calling all YA and Children's authors! We're excited to announce another live ALLi Q&A event which is welcome to all…
Publishing: A Lighthearted Recipe for Self-publishing Success
Having successfully self-published two self-help books, occupational psychologist Sarah Dale considers what she's learned along the way about the process…
Publishing: What It Really Means to Self-Publish – One Debut Author’s Story
Elaine Pereira's guest post last December about writing I Will Never Forget, her award-winning memoir of her mother's dementia, was…
Insider’s Guide To Self-Publishing With Lightning Source.
David Taylor, President of Lightning Source (LSI) UK, spoke to ALLi member, JJMarsh, recently about how LSI works with indie authors, the…
Successful Self-Publishing Authors Are Entrepreneurs
Indie authors come in all shapes and sizes and the only unifying characteristic is that they see themselves as creative…
Choosing A Self-Publishing Service. The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) Guide.
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Successful Self-Publishing. By Fiona Robyn
This article is the first in an ongoing series called 'Becoming An Indie Author: How I Did It'. ALLi…
Is DIY Distribution Best For Self-Publishers?
Today, in the fourth part of our ‘Which Distributor’ series where Alliance members share the experiences, Elizabeth Lorraine, vampire lover, TwiMom, avid gardener, world traveler and author of the Royal Blood Chronicles explains why she prefers to go direct to retailers.
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For me, even though it takes a little time, I prefer to go to each site and upload my books myself, rather than use a middlman service. I have three main reasons for this:
- I like being able to track daily sales.
- It makes it easier for marketing, since I can tell if something is working right away and act accordingly.
- I get paid monthly.
I started out on Create Space, Amazon’s self publishing engine for print, in the fall of 2009. Those first years they didn’t make it easy for you to get the formatting right. I had to