Canadian novelist Maia Sepp takes the Writer’s Union of Canada to task over its attitude to independent authors. I’m disappointed in the Writer’s Union of Canada’s membership committee’s recent announcement of their decision to (potentially) include indie writers. Instead of innovating with an eye to the future, the union chose to adopt a two-tiered membership […]
Join us on Tuesday 9th July (, 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT; 9pm – 10pm GMT) for our rescheduled interview with David Gaughran, author of the bestselling Let’s Get Visible and Let’s Get Digital, about how to sell more books on Amazon and beyond. I’ll be asking him about the differences between Amazon and other online […]
“It’s all about the reader.” CJ Lyons talks about the writing and publishing strategies that have led her to her to sell more than two million books so far, with five new releases in 2013. What’s the secret of your success? I try to always put my readers first with every decision I make. Whether it’s editorial, […]
Got no response from your last press release? Then study these six top tips to help you write a super-powerful press release, presented by Bronwyn Hemus, co-founder of ALLi Partner Member Standout Books. Yes, journalists are busy but they are never too busy for news that will help them fill their column. Writing an irresistible […]
Joanne Phillips, author of two novels and nearing the completion of her third, explains how to recruit and use beta readers to fine-tune your work before it’s published – an invaluable service that won’t cost you a penny. Put simply, beta readers are people who volunteer to read your work prior to publication and give […]
Every Wednesday ALLi will tell the world about our members’ latest book launches, news, awards, freebies, workshops and updates on the writing life — our #WriterWednesday (#WW) update. Dianne Greenlay I was pleased to be notified that Deadly Misfortune (the second book in my historical series) has been awarded First Place in the Historical category […]
Novelist and ALLi Director Orna Ross considers the (sometimes confusing) question of what exactly distinguishes an indie author. This post was prompted by an ALLi member who thought she had to leave our Alliance because she had just signed a deal with a trade publisher. “It’s ironic,” she wrote. “All the great tips I got […]
Some months ago, ALLi worked with Dr Alison Baverstock on her most recent investigations into self-publishing, the findings from which will be published soon. Here she gives us a sneak peek at what the research revealed about indie authors. What I found [in my research] was in direct contrast to previously widely held assumptions about […]
