ALLi business news and tips: October 22, 2024

It can be hard to keep on top of all the blogs and news sources that aim to help writers.

So here’s a roundup of posts from the Alliance of Independent Authors that authors might find valuable — but also might've missed earlier — all in one place.

Business tips

• Member Q&A podcast: Debating blog tours, navigating ISBN updates, and more 

• Planning for retirement: Financial strategies for indie authors 

• Hybrid publishing: Hype, hope, harm, or handy? 

• Creating a compelling author website 

• ISBNs made easy: A guide for indie authors  

Self-publishing news with Dan Holloway

• Microsoft Copilot now pays authors for content (October 5) 

• Publishers face deadlines to meet EU Accessibility Act (October 8) 

• Copyright dispute over Canada's fair use act continues (October 10)

• Are your ebooks ready for the EU Accessibility Act? (October 11)

• AI and tech giants face landmark changes (October 12) 

• New AI tools for advertising on Amazon (October 17)

• Survey finds young people think bookshops are cool (October 18)

• Bookwire offers new tools to help authors control how AI uses their work (October 19)

• Takeaways from the Frankfurt Book Fair and SelfPubCon (October 22)