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Does Free Still Work? Indie Author Marketing

You've spent weeks, months or even years working on a book. Countless hours of blood, sweat and tears, and now you have to give your work away for free? It can be a hard one to accept, but if you shift your mindset, using "free" as a marketing tactic, a tool in your book promo belt can work wonders for you. Today, the Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi team is asking and answering the question, does free still work?

The Ultimate Guide to Finishing a Series

Authors, publishers and readers love series – authors because it’s easier to write each new book in the same world as the first one, publishers because it’s much easier and more profitable to market and sell a sequel to a successful book than a standalone, and readers because if they discover a series they like, they will read them all. Each new book feels like a homecoming. But as an indie author, how do you know when to call a halt to a successful series and move on? Debbie Young, who has just completed her seven-book Sophie Sayers Village Mystery series, gleans top tips on finishing a series from ALLi author members.

Writing A Series – And How to Grow A Series from a Standalone Book

Do you write standalone books but fancy writing a series? It may be easier than you think to make the transition. Read Kate Frost's case study of how she almost inadvertently became a successful series writer and why she's glad she did.

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Book Marketing: How to Create a Book Catalog of Your Self-published Books & Why

Ever thought of creating an official reading guide in the form of a self-published book catalog to help readers discover your complete works? Thriller writer Rachel Amphlett explains why and how, drawing on her own elegant case study.

1 Simple Marketing Tip to Build Read-Through of Your Self-published Book Series on Amazon

If you write books in a series, are you making the most of sales opportunities by listing them correctly on Amazon? A startling number of authors miss this trick - don't be one of them! Simple instructions in this post by series author Debbie Young.

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Writing a Prequel: Why Write It and How to Market It

Sometimes, despite your best-laid plans to write and self-publish series of novels, an out-of-sequence idea leaps out of nowhere…

Writing: Why Now’s A Good Time to Self-Publish Serial Fiction

American self-published fantasy novelist Samantha Warren draws our attention to the growing market and potential success of serial fiction, drawing…

Secrets to a Successful Series by Addison Moore

First and foremost, there aren’t any hard and fast secrets to a successful series, there are only ideas that, through…