The Advantages of Self-Publishing for Non-Fiction
"Today is the best time to be an author, especially of non-fiction," says Amy Shojai, certified animal behaviour consultant and award-winning…
ALLi News: A Final reminder to Ask Amazon!
As you may be aware from our events calendar, ALLi is running a special members-only event on Tuesday, 7th January at…
ALLi News – ALLi’s Winter Events and Newsletter
ALLi Winter Event Programme: A reminder to check out ALLi’s member events programme for this winter. It's a busy few months…
Opinion: If Indieland Must Have Gatekeepers… by Dan Holloway
Indie author and poet Dan Holloway considers whether it's possible to implement quality control standards in the world of self-publishing without…
Opinion: How Indie Publishing Compares to the Indie Music Scene
With a foot in both camps, indie author, poet and musician Jessica Bell is in a great position to compare and…
Alliance of Independent Authors on Erotica Controversy & Removal of Author-Published Books
The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) and I have been quoted and, yes, even misquoted, about the removal of author-published books…
The Alliance of Independent Authors Watchdog Warning: New Self-Publishing Resource from Writers & Artists
Another once-venerable publishing brand, Writers & Artists, an imprint of the Bloomsbury group, is showing little regard for writers as they…
Ambitious Plans In Place for ALLi Blog
Having published an astonishing 157 posts in its first year, the ALLi Self-Publishing Advice blog is gaining a reputation as THE…
How to Deal with Rejection and Criticism as an Indie Author. A Guest Post by ALLi’s Creative Advisor, Mark McGuiness
The great thing about being an independent author is that you side-step the usual interminable rejections by agents and publishers, and…
Free Online INDIE Revolution Conference 12 – 14 February
The Alliance of Independent Authors is delighted to be sponsoring a fantastic FREE online conference for self-publishing indie authors in Feb…
ePublishing Press Release from Kobo
Kobo announced at BEA (Book Expo America) that its self-publishing platform is finally about to be released.
This will be an epub platform and it’s good news for indie authors. Here’s the press release in full.
Read through it and see what you think:
Triple Digit Year-over-Year Growth Strengthens Kobo’s Global Leadership (via PR Newswire)
With continued aggressive expansion Kobo evolves from young ebook upstart to global leader TORONTO, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Kobo Inc. a global leader in eReading, today announced triple digit growth, growing eBook downloads by 400 percent, eReader sales by 160 percent, and eReaders by 280 percent…
Guest Post: 50 Shades of Crimson – The Self-Publisher’s Guide to Marketing
Long ago when I was a young mother looking for a little extra income, I got talked into selling Tupperware. I…