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50 Ways To Reach Your Reader. # 2: Indie Authors & Amazon Author Page

Amazon, the biggest book retailer in the world, was the first company to see the potential in retailing self-published work. Indie authors have reason to be very grateful to Amazon for their then...

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Self-Publishing Authors can Connect with Readers Inside their E-Books. By...

Imagine Indie authors and readers connecting inside their e-books – sounds like something way in the future? Well as we know on the web, the future is yesterday! I’ve just discovered this new...

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Find Time for Social Media: Eight Tips For Self-Publishing Indie Authors. By...

As authors building our author brands and promoting our books, social media can be a great tool for us. If we know how to use it effectively, that is! So what constitutes using it effectively? To boil...

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Innovative Book Promotion for Indie Authors

How To Be Truly New & Uniquely You. By Natalie Buske Thomas. You're an indie, right? So are you blazing your own trail or  simply following the herd, hoping for a break-through? I don't hold out...

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50 Ways To Reach Your Reader #6: Newsletters & Mailing Lists for Indie Authors

Indie authors often don't think about building a good e-mail database when they consider their book marketing plans. But the indications are that an accurate, comprehensive database of readers who like...

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World Book Day – An Opportunity For Self-Publishing Children’s Authors. By...

If you’re an indie author writing for children or young adults in the UK, there’s an annual gift of an opportunity to raise your profile within schools. It’s called World Book Day – and the next one is...

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Upcoming Facebook Changes That Will Affect Indie Authors

According to Social Media maven Mari Smith, Facebook is about to make changes that will affect indie authors who use the social networking site to promote their books. Facebook is holding a press...

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“I Wasted $8000 On Kirkus Review Advertising.” An Indie Author’s Story.

This article has been removed by request of Kirkus Reviews, owing to some inaccuracies by the author, and replaced by an amended version HERE (22.3.2013)  

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Five Indie Author Tips For A Successful Live Ebook Launch

We going to be launching ALLi's Choosing A Self-Publishing Service 2013 at London Book Fair as an ebook. So we're collecting tips for a successful ebook launch party. Here's the top five so far: 1....

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Four Things Indie Authors Need to Understand About Google Search

As indie authors, we're always trying to get our book to rank at number one or to appear on a better page in the search results. Getting this right demands some knowledge of Search. Let’s take Google –...

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Indie Authors: 50 Ways To Reach Your Reader # 9: Online Contests

There are many ways an indie author can reach readers. Sometimes it just requires a slow and steady slog, sometimes it takes a bit of thinking out of the box. One way to generate excitement and buzz...

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Indie Authors: Get One Link To Your Book In All International Amazon Stores

One of the frustrations for authors when it comes to Amazon is that if your readers are taken to a link in one store, for example Amazon.com, but they live in another country, they'll  find a green...

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Self-Publishers. Use Amazon Categories to Drive More Sales. 50 Ways To Reach...

This is an excerpt from Let’s Get Visible: How to Get Noticed and Sell More Books by David Gaughran, friend of ALLi. Like its predecessor, Let's Get Digital, it's a great book. Not just useful....

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Facebook Author Interviews. 50 Ways To Reach Your Reader #11. By Jessica Bell.

I’ve been blogging for four years. In that time, the writing community has grown. A lot. We have all read our fair share of cover reveals, book launch announcements, and author interviews, so much so...

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Books on the Underground – 50 Ways to Reach Your Readers #12 by Alison Morton

  I live in France and can’t access UK bookshops easily, so I’ve had to be a little innovative in my PR and marketing. I heard about Books on the Underground from a fellow author, historical novelist...

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Getting Good At Goodreads: An Indie Authors Guide

  Orna was at BEA's UPublishU last week and really enjoyed the presentation by Goodreads's Director of Marketing, Patrick Brown, with romance indie-author supremo Bella Andre, on how authors can get...

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BookCrossing. 50 Ways to Reach Your Readers #13

While no one is ever going to find a formula to guarantee your book those all important word of mouth recommendations, there are things that you can do to give readers the best possible chance of...

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Write A Better Press Release – 50 Ways to Reach Your Readers #14

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...

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How Indie Authors Can Get Their Books Stocked in Bookshops – Part #1

Indie author Roz Morris explains how she got her novel stocked by bricks-and-mortar bookstores – and how self-published books meet independent booksellers’ needs. Like many indie authors, I wasn’t sure...

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How Indie Authors Can Get Their Books Stocked in Bookshops – Part #2

In her previous post, Roz Morris described how she got her novels stocked by independent bookstores. Drawing on that experience, she has put together some practical pointers to help you do the same,...

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