Self-publishing News: Overdrive is sold
Rakuten sells Overdrive to the same equity firm that bought audiobook platform RB Media, and Romance Writers of America implodes.
Greatest Hits of 2018: AskALLi Advanced Self-Publishing Salon January 2019
This month's Advanced Self-Publishing Salon from the Alliance of Independent Authors features some of the best discussions of the year between Orna Ross and Joanna Penn. Enjoy this compilation of three of their best shows. The AskALLi podcasts are sponsored…
Campaign: Governments Must Support Indie Author Earnings Through Encouraging Financial Independence
Please read this important statement from Orna Ross, calling for greater and more appropriate government support for indie authors and recognition of our enormous socio-economic contributions - not reflected in traditional author earnings research.
Position Yourself For Success in 2019: AskALLi Advanced Self-Publishing Salon December 2018
In this month's Advanced Self-Publishing Salon from the Alliance of Independent Authors, Orna Ross and Joanna Penn discuss how to position yourself for success in the next year. Catch up on the latest self-publishing news for author entrepreneurs, including search on…
5 Tips for Growing your Author Business: AskALLi Advanced Self-Publishing Salon November 2018
In this month's Advanced Self-Publishing Salon from the Alliance of Independent Authors, Orna Ross and Joanna Penn discuss five tips for growing your author business. Plus, lessons learned at Novelists INC and Digital Book World. The AskALLi podcasts are sponsored…
Conference Report: Digital Book World 2018 – The Top Takeaways For Independent Authors at DBW
ALLi Director Orna Ross shares the key takeaways from the groundbreaking Digital Book World conference 2018, including exciting opportunities and calls to action for indie authors who want to be a part of selfpublishing 3.0.
Opinion: Author Earnings through Author Business
A must-read post by Orna Ross that goes behind scaremongering stories about author incomes falling and explains how indie authors are uniquely placed to build successful businesses based on their writing careers.
ALLi Campaign: Self-Publishing 3.0: How and Why Indie Authors Should Sell Direct to Readers – and What ALLi is Doing to Help
In the final part of her series on how indie authors can gear up for Self-publishing 3.0, ALLi Director Orna Ross provides great advice on how and why to sell books direct from your website, as well as on other platforms, and ALLi provides free Self-publishing 3.0 badges for your website
Self-Publishing 3.0 & Other Important Issues for Indie Authors: May 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 Self-publishing 3.0. Topics discussed this week include An update from Orna on the London Book Fair - the most author-friendly book fairs - and…
Authors, Are You Prepared for Self-Publishing 3.0? April 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…
ALLi Campaign: Indie Authors – Get Ready For Self-Publishing 3.0 Part 3
ALLi's founder and director Orna Ross invites you to be a part of Self-publishing 3.0 and the opportunities coming for "true self-publishing" i.e. direct sales to readers. Exciting times ahead for those ready to seize new opportunities!