Why Indie Authors Should Have A Facebook Interest List
Are you finding that your Facebook Author Page generates less response than before? ALLi's social media manager, Karen Lotter, knows…
Please Don’t Call Me An Indie Author
MONDAY OPINION: Some of us wear our indie-author badge with pride. Others think self-publishing is for shmucks. Both stances are…
50 Ways To Reach Your Reader #3: Websites for Indie Authors
Whether you sell books directly on your website or use it as a referral site to Amazon or another retailer,…
“Amazon Is Playing Indie Authors Like Pawns” says Mark Coker of Smashwords
MONDAY OPINION. Guest Post by Mark Coker. For more of Mark's thoughts on the dangers of exclusivity and importance of…
50 Ways To Reach Your Reader #1 Introduction
REMINDER: Don't forget our Shindig later today (3pm EST): How to Choose A Self-Publishing Partner. Your questions about self-publishing services answered…
Why Indie (For Me) Means NOT Having A Publisher
Steena Holmes recently wrote a post for this blog explaining how the great thing about being indie, for her, was having the freedom to have it both ways: to self-publish or trade publish, as it suits her. Here Dan Holloway explains why the step into trade publishing is one he won't be taking — ever.
We are increasingly hearing about the hybrid model, with authors deciding for which books and in what ways to engage publishers and/or agents, who then become partners, singing to the author’s tune.
Whilst I have to say a part of me wonders if there aren’t some elements of utopianism creeping in, it is certainly true that many agents and publishers are starting to change the way they view their relationships with authors. And I certainly think what writers are doing, taking the reins – or at least setting out to – in these relationships, is fabulous, and definitely in the indie spirit.
I Have A Publisher Now But I’m Still Indie
Our book of the month for October is Finding Emma by Steena Holmes, recently picked up for an Amazon promotion…
How To Put Your Alliance of Independent Authors Membership Badge on Your Blog
When you join the Alliance of Independent Authors, we send you a snippet of code to put on your website, so you…
Self-Publishing in Australia
It’s still a rarity to see someone on a bus in Australia with an e-reader, even an iPad, says ALLi…
Amazon Pen Name or Real Name?
What is an Amazon Pen Name? Your Amazon Pen Name is the public name associated with contributions to the Amazon…
How To Get Book Reviews
Trying to get readers to write a review is like getting your two-year-old child to take a horrible-tasting medicine, says ALLi member and regular contributor, Giacomo (Jim) Giammatteo. But it is possible and it is worth it. In the first of a three-part series on reviews, he explains how he gets more than twenty reviews a month.
The Process of Getting Reviews
I launched my book in mid April 2012. Since then I have managed to get seven editorial reviews, 77 reviews on Amazon, and another 44 reviews on Goodreads. No matter how you look at it, that’s a lot of reviews (more than 20 per month) so how do you get that many reviews?
I can tell you it’s not by having a big family. I didn't have my wife write one (mostly for fear of what she'd say) and I didn't have either of my sons write a review. A few family members did write reviews—the ones who read the kind of books I write. And guess what, one of those reviews was not a five star. (Yeah, I know. Tough family)
For what it’s worth, here’s the secret—work your
Superb Self Publishing – the Motherlode for Overgrounding
Self publishing is at the cutting edge of the most interesting, radical and provocative writing that's happening right now. Dan…