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:…
British thriller writer Alison Morton, lets off steam about her frustration with indie authors with the wrong attitude to self-publishing:…
Still buzzing from attending Kingston University's excellent conference at the end of March, organised by Dr Alison Baverstock, ALLi's Author Advice…
ALLi author Sandra Schwab reports on the encouraging news that a self-published auhor has won one of the most prestigious…
When looking to increase their knowledge about self-publishing, many indie authors instinctively turn to the written word via blogs or…
100,000 books sold, 1,000 reviews on Amazon, 20 books in two and half years - that's self-publishing superstardom by any…
Another once-venerable publishing brand, Writers & Artists, an imprint of the Bloomsbury group, is showing little regard for writers as…
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!
Imagine Indie authors and readers connecting inside their e-books – sounds like something way in the future? Well as we…
Are your books priced at 0.99c? Are you skipping out on editing or in too much of a hurry to…