The Creative Penn's advice on selling books directly

Posted on January 30, 2023 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Kristine Kathryn Rusch noted in her year-end review that 2022 was a turning point in how authors began cutting out...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, The business of writing

Why (and how) authors should look themselves up online

Posted on January 20, 2023 at 9:44 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The thought of looking yourself (or your pen name) up online can feel terrifying. After all, there's a strong opinion...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Marketing / promotion, The business of writing

'Tis always the season to give a book as a gift

Posted on January 18, 2023 at 9:35 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

For many of us, the major gift-buying holidays are in the rearview mirror. But there are plenty of smaller ones...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Marketing / promotion, The business of writing

Kris Rusch: 2022 was the year of authors cutting out the middle man

Posted on January 13, 2023 at 8:55 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Selling direct to readers isn't a new idea. But, says Kristine Kathryn Rusch, it became much more popular and common...

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Tagged As: Bookstore, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Publishing, The business of writing

ALLi offers a guide to practical and ethical use of AI for authors

Posted on January 4, 2023 at 9:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Artificial intelligence is a hot topic in the writing and publishing industry. And like anything new and game-changing, it has...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Artificial intelligence (AI), Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, The business of writing

Kris Rusch on what Amazon's 2022 changes could mean for authors

Posted on December 23, 2022 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Whether you're wide or exclusive, there's pretty much no ignoring Amazon if you're an author. So it's not surprising that...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The business of writing

ALLi: 2022 was a hugely significant year for self-published writers

Posted on December 21, 2022 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Dan Holloway of the Alliance of Independent Authors has what might be a bold claim. While 2020 and 2021 were,...

Categories: Behind the scenes

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

How ALLi's Orna Ross puts together her annual author plan

Posted on December 19, 2022 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Being an author, nowadays, most likely means wearing a number of different hats — marketer, accountant, and storyteller. So if...

Categories: Behind the scenes

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

Some dos and don'ts of publishing

Posted on December 8, 2022 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The latest posts on publishing coming across our (figurative) desk are clear dos and don'ts. In the former category, we...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Penny Sansevieri, Publishing, The business of writing

A full lineup of news from the Alliance of Independent Authors

Posted on December 5, 2022 at 9:20 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Audiobook, Motivational, Publishing, Social media and websites, The business of writing