Why The Alliance of Independent Authors is Sponsoring IndieReCon

February 14, 2013

ALLi reckons that IndieReCon is, hands down, the web's best free conference for self-publishing writers.

Featuring over 25 stellar guests discussing the nuts and bolts of self publishing, this three-day event is an opportunity you won't want to miss.

As a nonprofit organisation, ALLi's resources are limited but when IndieRecon reached out and asked us for sponsorship, we were delighted to step up and offer a free membership as one of the prizes in their great giveaway.

While not everybody will win a prize, all attendees will take away even more valuable gifts from the event in the form of information and advice. Over three days, bestselling authors like Bob Mayer, Hugh Howey, M. Leighton, CJ Lyons, Barbara Freethy, Colleen Hoover, RaShelle Workman, Darcie Chan, Addison Moore and our own Orna Ross will spill many secrets to self-publishing success in blog posts, chats and vlogs.

It's wonderful to see so many indie authors (lots of them ALLi members or advisors) coming together with the organizations that support self-publishing endeavours — IndieReader, The Book Designer, Indelibles, World Literary Cafe, Kindle Fire Department, Goodereader, and Bibliocrunch — to offer what they know, free of charge, to benefit others who want to tread the same path.

This is the sort of collaboration and mutual support that make the indie world such a great place to set up a stall.

Here's the schedule, from Feb 19th to 21st. and you can register here for updates and giveaways draw.

See you there!

This Post Has 2 Comments

Orna Ross says:
February 17, 2013 at 9:11 PM
Hi Peter, you can get full information on our joining page here: http://allianceindependentauthors.org/joining.html. With regard to your tax inquiry, we’d need to know a little bit more about your business details i.e. are you a sole trader or registered company. Once you’ve joined, we’ll be able to give you one-to-one advice on how to proceed. In the meantime, here is an earlier blog post that you should find helpful: https://selfpublishingadvice.org/tax-on-usa-author-royalties/.
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Peter Tong says:
February 14, 2013 at 9:53 AM
1) Please send me information regarding joining the AIA.
2) I have a choice of two forms to exempt me from paying the full 30% US tax. Can you help me to decide, please? Is it W-8ECI or W-8BEN?
Thanks
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