New Zealand novelist Katherine Hayton shares her inspiring success story about her fourth novel's success in a Kindle Scout campaign, leading to a publishing contract with Amazon's own imprint, Kindle Press. Back in January, I ran a Kindle Scout campaign…
Kindle Scout is a relatively new opportunity for indie authors to pitch for what is effectively a publishing deal with Amazon. In some respects, it's similar to a crowdfunding campaign, in that you need to rally your own support in…
The rise and fall and rise of e-books, royalty descents, new arrivals, sudden departures, court cases, fake reviews and a proliferation of pirates - these were just some of the stories featured in our regular self-publishing related news posted here…
In this month’s How-to for Authors, Orna chatted with Kindle Scout GM Dina Hilal to get an overview of the Kindle Scout program and elicit some ALLi Insights about how authors can leverage this Amazon publishing opportunity to reach readers. What is…
If writers and books help connect a troubled world, then self-publishing increasingly gives more people that voice. Valerie Shanley discovers all that's happening in this week's indie news from ALLi partners and friends. Paris, Baghdad, Beirut, Sharm…
Mark your calendars for our free Alliance of Independent Authors live events. Join in our Twitter chat today. Watch our ALLi Insights event and hear what self-publishing questions Orna and Joanna answer in this month’s Ask ALLi. These events are the last ones scheduled for 2015, and…
Orna Ross is hosting a live Google+ Q&A event with Kindle Scout GM Dina Hilal and Amazon's Susan Stockman Each month Orna chats with experts and entrepreneurs from her indie author network. Each indie author’s journey is different, and the key…
If it’s indie author news, ALLi has it. Welcome to our new fortnightly look at what’s happening in the global self-publishing community, including platforms and services, competitions and funding, industry movers and shakers - and the odd snatch of (reliable)…