Self-Publishing News: Reddit is Going Public after 18 years
Reddit has announced it's holding an Initial Public Offering while Substackers can curate a “network” to recommend their subscribers. Reddit IPO update from ALLI.
Self-Publishing News: X to Start Charging A Dollar a Year
Elon Musk has always made a public show of caring about bots on X. Back in the days when the company was called Twitter and he announced he was going to pay an eye watering sum to buy the company, the reason he gave for subsequently trying to back out was that Twitter refused to say how many bots were on the platform. Now Musk is leveraging that performative concern to start charging users of unverified accounts $1 a year.
Does TikTok Still Sell Books?
TikTok is the most popular social media app at the moment amongst authors, especially for its BookTok. So does TikTok still sell books?
Make the Most of Your Membership of ALLi #1: Private Facebook Discussion Group
The first in a new monthly series of tips on how to make the most of your membership of the…
Opinion: Every Author Should Be Easily Discoverable Online
Finding it difficult to make contact online with certain indie authors, the highly successful historical novelist Helen Hollick, now self-published,…
Opinion: Social Media? No Thanks! I’d Rather Be Writing
With six novels (both trade-published and self-published) to her name, and an extensive following of loyal readers, Linda Gillard explains…
Opinion: Building A Reader Community Is More Important Than Marketing Books
Self-published novelist Matthew Wayne Selznick explains why he's not marketing his books, he's building a reader community - and why…