Self-publishing News: Barnes and Noble Royalty Wobbles
Barnes and Noble struggle with royalties to ebook distribution platforms, Patreon lays off staff, and good news for bokosellers might not be what it seems.
Self-publishing News: Patreon and Changes in Micro-funding
Patreon might be looking less attractive to indies but there are new opportunities to microfund through podcasts.
Self-Publishing News: Apple’s Latest Event
Apple launches a subscription news service and Patreon changes its fee structure while artificial intelligence writes novels.
Self-publishing News: How Writing is Changing
Writing gives us freedom. Being indies gives us even more freedom. But new research asks how much freedom we really have in this marketplace.
Self-Publishing News: Pirates Walking the Plank
Piracy is in the news this week, with file sharing site oceanofpdf taken offline and a new study that posits a direct link between piracy and reduced sales.
Building Your Team of Professionals: June 2018 AskALLi Advanced Self-Publishing Salon
In this month's Advanced Self-Publishing Salon from the Alliance of Independent Authors, Orna Ross and Joanna Penn discuss how to assemble a team of professionals. Topics discussed this week include News update from Orna Ross: Drowning in GDPR, but all…
Older Authors Refuse to Fade Away: May 2018 AskALLi IndieVoices Broadcast
Welcome to AskALLi, the self-publishing advice broadcast from the Alliance of Independent Authors. This week it's our monthly IndieVoices' self-publishing salon with interviews conducted by ALLi Managing Editor Howard Lovy and updates from News Editor Dan Holloway. This Month's IndieVoices…
Self-publishing News: What Does Internet Freedom Mean for Indies?
A date has been set for an end to net neutrality rules, Open Library launches an embed feature for bloggers, and Amazon considers expansion into the Arab world.
Self-publishing News: Net Neutrality and You
ALLi's Self-publishing news looks at what the vote on net neutrality means for you, the reversal of Patreon's plans to charge fees on funding, and the Society of Authors' complaint against Open Library.
Self-publishing News: Grand Decentral Station
ALLi's Self-publishing News looks at how changes to Patreon's business model will affect indies, new developments in blockchain, an exciting breakthrough for indies in dealing with European Union tax law complexity, and the growth of the digital textbook rental market.