Opinion: Authors, Please Leave Your Sense of Entitlement at the Door
British thriller writer Alison Morton, lets off steam about her frustration with indie authors with the wrong attitude to self-publishing:…
Opinion: You Can’t Beat Live Meetings
Still buzzing from attending Kingston University's excellent conference at the end of March, organised by Dr Alison Baverstock, ALLi's Author Advice…
Publishing: Indie Author wins Romance Writers Award
ALLi author Sandra Schwab reports on the encouraging news that a self-published auhor has won one of the most prestigious…
Writing: Advice Videos on ALLi’s YouTube Channel
When looking to increase their knowledge about self-publishing, many indie authors instinctively turn to the written word via blogs or…
How I Do It: Kristen James Shares The Secrets of Her Self-Publishing Success
100,000 books sold, 1,000 reviews on Amazon, 20 books in two and half years - that's self-publishing superstardom by any…
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…
Find Time for Social Media: 8 Tips For Self-Publishing Indie Authors
As authors building our author brands and promoting our books, social media can be a great tool for us. If we know how to use it effectively, that is!
So what constitutes using it effectively?
To boil it down, there is one simple rule for self-published authors to live by…
Interacting and responding to online conversation is what puts the social in social media!
But how can we possibly find the time to reply and comment to every social media mention we get, every blog post comment that we receive and to continue the conversation in other places online?
Especially when you consider all of the other writing and marketing activities we’re expected to do?
We all have certain time constraints, but there is a not-so-difficult answer.
Go deep or go home!
Self-Publishing Authors can Connect with Readers Inside their E-Books. By ALLi Social Media Manager, Karen Lotter
Imagine Indie authors and readers connecting inside their e-books – sounds like something way in the future? Well as we…
Are Indie Authors Devaluing Books? By ALLi Community Builder, Melissa Foster
Are your books priced at 0.99c? Are you skipping out on editing or in too much of a hurry to…