ALLi's current take on the changes at Twitter

Posted on November 9, 2022 at 11:19 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

No matter your opinion on Elon Musk and his acquisition on Twitter, you likely have some questions about what it...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Social media and websites

Monday motivation, times three

Posted on November 7, 2022 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Your favorite writing and publishing experts know you need a little extra boost this morning. Joanna Penn shared an excerpt...

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Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Joanna Penn, Motivational, Writer's Digest

There's a push to keep book events hybrid, for maximum accessibility

Posted on November 2, 2022 at 10:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Alliance of Independence Authors's weekly business roundup is out. The headline item was, not surprisingly, the ruling blocking Penguin...

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Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Author events, The business of writing

ALLi: Yes, Audible's return policy is changing ... but only slightly

Posted on October 20, 2022 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

When Amazon announced the changes to its ebook return policy, many minds likely turned to the audiobook world. After all,...

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Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Amazon, Audiobook

Covering the basics: What a book designer wants authors to know

Posted on October 11, 2022 at 10:01 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Our standard caveat applies: We think it's best that authors hire a professional cover designer, unless they happened to also...

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Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Cover design, Jane Friedman

Understand your publishing type to build a better team

Posted on October 5, 2022 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

None of us can do it all, no matter what "it" is. So of course you've heard about the benefits...

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Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), The business of writing, Writing advice

What does artificial intelligence art mean for indie writers?

Posted on October 4, 2022 at 1:39 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

When it comes to artificial intelligence and the publishing industry, you probably have given more thought to its role in...

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Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Cover design, Technology

From Joanna Penn: How to write — and how to not write

Posted on October 3, 2022 at 12:23 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Joanna Penn is back in action, after some time spent away from the publishing world. On her blog, she has...

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Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Joanna Penn, Motivational, Writing advice

ALLi's take on the Spotify audiobook announcement

Posted on September 23, 2022 at 1:48 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

As you probably already know, Spotify has launched its expanded audiobook store. And so with a few days since the...

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Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Audiobook, Technology

ALLi's guide to audiobook marketing

Posted on September 20, 2022 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Marketing audiobooks is, in many ways, similar to marketing ebooks. But it's not a package deal, necessarily — there are...

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Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Audiobook, Marketing / promotion