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Planning for a Creative 2024 and Trends for Independent Authors: Publishing for Profit with Orna Ross and Joanna Penn

As we move into another year, Orna Ross and Joanna Penn discuss how they plan for the year ahead and some of the most important trends for independent authors, including the continued rise of direct sales, the impact of generative AI, and more.

January 10, 2024
Howard Lovy
Podcast
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The Seven Processes of Publishing: Book Production

Welcome back to the processes of publishing series where the Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi team is advising on the seven processes of publishing. Today, we're looking at the book production process.

May 1, 2023
AskALLi Team
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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The Indie Author Rights Program

The Indie Author Publishing Rights Program is an Alliance of Independent Authors program that educates and encourages authors to selectively license publishing rights to trade publishers at home and overseas, TV and film producers and other rights buyers.

September 5, 2019
Sacha Black
Business & Planning, Process 7. Rights Licensing
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Seven Mistakes to Avoid When Recording Your Audiobook

Indies are empowered business people. Our income streams are limited only by our imagination, which is probably one of the reasons indie author audiobook narration is becoming so popular. Gordon Rothman, partner member, teaches us seven rookie mistakes to avoid when recording our audiobooks.

August 3, 2019
Gordon Rothman
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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How Self-Publishing Helps Us Heal

Writing helps many of us to heal. It's a catharsis, a way of channeling out the pain we're feeling. That's never truer than for Kim Mcleod who loss a child, one of the most devasting tragedies a person can go through. Kim's here to talk about how writing helps healing.

May 13, 2019
Kim Macleod
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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