Self-publishing News: Fun of the Fair
London Book Fair saw an emphasis on audiobooks, big data, and blockchain. And Amazon runs into problems with scammers while Kobo expands its audiobook offering to France.
Self-publishing News: Finding Your Voice
Smashwords partners with Findaway Voices, more than a million ebooks have now been borrowed through Overdrive, and we meet the best ebook coders.
Self-publishing News: Direct Publishing Platforms Get a Makeover
Nook and iBooks get a makeover, Rakuten Kobo partners Walmart, and a new prize for thrillers opens its doors to indies
Self-publishing News: A Brief History of 2017
ALLi rounds up the key stories of 2017 for self-publishers from the rise of Blockchain to the downfall of distribution platforms backed by big publishers.
Self-publishing News: Barnes & Noble – Saying Goodbye to Nook?
This week's round-up of top self-publishing news stories includes Barnes & Nobles' withdrawal of Nook, DRM matters, the onward march of ebooks in libraries and a stalemate in China.
Self-publishing News: a Tale of Three Platforms
This week's top self-publishing news stories for indie authors, including Amazon's crackdown on fraud, Kobo's new audio service & falling ebooks sales.
Self-Publishing News: Changing Platforms
Libraries are magical places. I am absurdly lucky in Oxford to spend a great deal of time in some of the most remarkable reading rooms in the world, from the eccentric rotunda of the Radcliffe Camera to thousands of the…
Self-publishing News: In Overdrive
This week's must-read round-up of self-publishing news for indie authors includes news on key distributors, aggregators and bookstores - brought to you by ALLi's news editor Dan Holloway.
“Going Wide” to Distribute Your Self-published Books on Multiple Platforms – A Case Study by Susan Kaye Quinn
If your ebooks have been Amazon exclusives, should you consider going wider? Susan Kaye Quinn helps you decide.
Self-publishing News: End of an Era?
The first hot day of the year is something I relish ever since I started running ultramarathons. There are two really important things to learn about taking part in 100 kilometre running race. The first is pretty obvious - when…
Self-Publishing Salon with Orna Ross & Joanna Penn: Video, Podcast & Event Recap
Each month Orna Ross and Joanna Penn join forces to bring you The Self-Publishing Salon, and live online broadcast where they discuss what’s going on in the publishing industry, and provide an update on the latest tools and techniques that are helping them achieve their writing and publishing goals.
Self-publishing News: Indies on the Curriculum
As this goes to press, I will be standing in front of a class of 30 or so Masters students on a publishing module in one of the UK's leading universities in the area. And I will be talking about…