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Successfully Self-Publishing Children’s Books: The ALLi Guide

Children's book publishing is a big section of the industry. But marketing is a little different. Today, the Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi team is launching a new guidebook all about how to publish a children's book for indie authors.

November 8, 2021
AskALLi Team
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Top 100
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NFTs for Indie Authors

NFT is a word flying around the indie author community right now. But what does it mean, why should we care and what's happening right now with them? In today's post, the AskALLi team welcomes and thanks Laurence O'Bryan from BooksGoSocial along with Creatokia to discuss breaking news on the NFT front as well as everything you need to know as indie authors.

November 1, 2021
AskALLi Team
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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The Ultimate Guide to Pitching for Independent Authors

Whether we like it or not, when we have something to sell, be it books, services or something else, then we are going to have to get our hands dirty and sell ourselves or our products. Pitching is something we can all be better at. Which is why today, the Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi team is talking all about how to pitch blogs, podcasts and traditional media.

October 25, 2021
ALLi Editorial
Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Top 100
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What’s the Best Way to Include Photos in a Book? Other Questions Answered by Orna Ross and Michael La Ronn in our Member Q&A Podcast

What's the best way to include photos in a book? This is among the questions answered on our #AskALLi Members Q&A hosted by Michael La Ronn, author of science fiction and fantasy novels as well as author self-help books; and ALLi Director, author, and poet Orna Ross.

October 15, 2021
Howard Lovy
Podcast
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The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Your Book Genre for Indie Authors

Understanding the genre you want to write in is one of the most important elements of being an author. It helps you craft books closer to what your readers want, it helps you be more marketable and hopefully sell more books. But what do you need to know and where do you go looking for that market information? Today, the Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi team welcomes partner member Nat Connors from Kindletrends to explain how to understand your book genre.

October 4, 2021
AskALLi Team
Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Top 100
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TwitterChat: How much time should you spend Marketing vs Writing?

On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) this week we asked questions about How much time should you spend Marketing vs Writing?

August 31, 2021
Timothy Lewis
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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The Ultimate Guide to SEO and Findability for Indie Authors

SEO is one of those acronyms that strikes fear into the heart of non-techy authors. We may know it stands for Search Engine Optimization and that it's key to our websites and books being found by readers but we may not have the first clue how to go about it, or even why it's important. And while there is a lot of advice for making straight how-to, non-fiction findable, literary writing poses particular challenges. This is the Alliance of Independent Authors no-coding required, Ultimate Guide to SEO and Findability for Indie Authors. Our thanks to Penny Sansevieri of Author Marketing Experts, Michele DeFilippo for contributions to this post.

July 12, 2021
AskALLi Team
Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Top 100
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The Ultimate Guide to Pre-orders for Indie Authors

We've all heard of pre-orders, but how many of us actually use them? How do we use them and are they useful in today's market? That's the topic the Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi team is answering today. This is the ultimate guide to pre-orders.

July 5, 2021
AskALLi Team
Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Top 100
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The Ultimate Guide to Seasonal Publishing for Indie Authors

Traditional publishing is organized around seasons, which you’ll have seen in the bestseller charts and the marketing activities of bookstores. Should indie authors also follow these seasons? Are there any aspects we could do in a different way, as our business model is more nimble? That's the topic the Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi team is tackling today. This is the ultimate guide to seasonal publishing for indie authors.

June 28, 2021
AskALLi Team
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Top 100
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The Ultimate Guide to Reader Magnets for Indie Authors

Reader Magnets, Lead Magnet, Freebies. All words that get flung around the indie sphere a lot. But what do they mean? Why are they so useful and what sort of thing should you create anyway? These are the questions we will cover in today's post: The Ultimate Guide to Reader Magnets.

June 14, 2021
AskALLi Team
Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Top 100
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Podcasting as an Indie Author

Podcasting is popular business, many authors are taking up the mic and putting their voices out in the world to help them find readers, building up a platform and growing their confidence. Today, the Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi team is launching a new book all about podcasting for indie authors. This is how to design a podcast show for indie authors.