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What Control Really Means for Indie Authors

August 24, 2019
JJ Toner
Book Production & Distribution Advice, Running An Author Business, Self-Publishing LIfe
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For an indie author, maintaining control over our work is often one of the reasons we choose to be and stay indie. We want control of our covers, our plots, our characters. And why not, it's our business. Author member JJ Toner explores what control really means for indie authors.

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Opinion: Future Audiobook Trends

August 23, 2019
Dawn Brookes
Book Production & Distribution Advice, Running An Author Business, Self-Publishing LIfe
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The audiobook market has grown in double figures for six straight years with a 37.1% growth in the USA in 2018. If you haven't entered the audiobook market yet, now is seriously the time. Author member Dawn Brookes is here with a look forward at where she thinks the future of audiobook publishing is heading.

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How to Reduce Reverberation for Better Self-Published Audiobooks and Podcasts

August 17, 2019
John Wagner-Stafford
Beginning Self-Publishing, Book Production & Distribution Advice
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Good quality sound is important for your self-published audiobooks and podcasts. When you're setting out to work in any audio format, there are a few tricks to getting studio-quality sound. And none of these have anything to do with your microphone.

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Opinion: The Trials and Tribulations of DIY Audiobooks

August 12, 2019
Andrene Low
Beginning Self-Publishing, Book Production & Distribution Advice, Running An Author Business
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Audiobooks are the flavor of the month. But getting one recorded by a professional doesn't come cheap. However, Andrene Low author member, is here with a hilarious take on the trials and tribulations of DIY audiobooks.

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Encore Month: 5 Reasons Authors Fall for Vanity Presses

July 26, 2019
John Doppler
Book Production & Distribution Advice, Running An Author Business, Self-Publishing LIfe, Writing Advice
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When stories surface about authors defrauded by unscrupulous vanity presses, sometimes for tens of thousands of dollars, the reaction is sometimes unsympathetic. In today's encore post, John Doppler explains the five reasons authors fall for vanity presses.

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Encore Opinion: Put Readers First – an Essential Ingredient of Successful Book Marketing

A great reminder in today's encore post from David Penny, author of the Thomas Berrington Historical Mysteries set in the final ten years of Moorish Spain. David makes a plea for indie authors to focus on marketing to their readers rather than to other writers, to make the best use of marketing time and resources, and to free up more time for writing.

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New Authorpreneur Membership Category

July 1, 2019
Orna Ross
ALLI Campaigns, Running An Author Business, Self-Publishing LIfe
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At the Alliance of Independent Authors we are introducing a new member category: Authorpreneur Membership. Authorpreneur is a made-up, hybrid word (author + entrepreneur), a new word for a new kind of job, but some authors don't like it, thinking it faddy or forced. It is gaining traction in the self-publishing sector for a few reasons. ALLi director Orna Ross is here to talk us through the reasons for the change.

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Three Kinds of Self-Publishing Author

June 28, 2019
Orna Ross
Beginning Self-Publishing, Running An Author Business, Self-Publishing LIfe
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There are three kinds of self-publishing author. At ALLi, we give them different names, so we know who we are talking about, and how to best serve them. Director of the Alliance of Independent Authors Orna Ross draws the distinction between the self-publishers, the indie authors and the authorpreneurs

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Indie Authors and Copyright Debates

April 26, 2019
Boni Wagner-Stafford
ALLI Campaigns, Debate & Opinion, Publishing Rights & Contracts
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ALLi continues to work on development of its Copyright Bill of Rights (working title) for the global self-published author in the…

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The Self-Publishing Advice Blog: How to Self-Publish A Book

Welcome to ALLi's Self-publishing Advice Center, a community outreach service from the Alliance of Independent Authors, offering advice and guidance you can trust, across the seven processes of publishing: Editorial Design Production Distribution Marketing Promotion Publishing rights management

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Which Contracts Ring Alarm Bells? AskALLi Members’ Q&A and Self-Publishing News, February 2019

February 16, 2019
Howard Lovy
Book Production & Distribution Advice, Book Promotion & Marketing Advice, Self-Publishing News, Writing Advice
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Welcome to AskALLi, the Self-Publishing Advice Podcast from the Alliance of Independent Authors. This week it’s our monthly Member Q&A where…

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Why Being Indie Brings Me More Joy in My Writing

While gaining interest from trade publishers, large or small, may seem like a dream come true, the indie route can bring more joy and rewards of all kinds to the aspiring author, as Errin Stevens explains about her own experience

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