What IS An Indie Author?

Novelist and Director of the Alliance of Independent Authors, Orna Ross, considers the sometimes confusing question of what exactly distinguishes…

How I Do It: Successful Indie Authors Share Their Secrets. This week: Mel Sherratt.

"Twitter changed my life, it really did." Mel Sherratt talks about the writing and publishing strategies that have made her…

How much of what a novelist writes is autobiographical? Conversely, if a non-fiction writer changes the names and circumstantial detail…

What's going on with John Green and his Why I'll Never Self Publish (and Sue Grafton's Self-Publishing is a Short-cut, a…

The good news for us, as indie authors, is that rights issues are greatly simplified. We own our rights and we…

OK, first, when I say literature should be more like art I know I’m saying something fundamentally wrong. Because I’m…

Here’s some news straight from the buzzing stalls of Book Expo America. There are some big changes afoot at Ingram,…

"I know quite a few authors who have put an e-book out," said the piece on the Writers & Artists…

Mad old Manhattan. It’s good to be back, walking small between its skyscrapers; stepping aside to let a scurrying New…

Having published an astonishing 157 posts in its first year, the ALLi Self-Publishing Advice blog is gaining a reputation as…

As the literary events and conference season kicks off, one London conference stands our from the rest. Writing in a…

As festival season approaches, we're getting started on our campaign to get literary organisations, festivals, bookstores and reviewers to find…