Category: News (Page 1 of 23)

Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• Robin was interviewed for the ALLi Inspirational Indie Author podcast.
• How to spot publishing scams.
• Penguin Random House’s former CEO, Markus Dohle, was known as “The Emperor”. Mark Williams argues that the emperor had no clothes.
• It appears that Google no longer indexes websites automatically.
• Podcast: everything you need to know about book distribution.
• How to sell your books directly to readers.
• You may have a platform and not realise it.

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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• You don’t need to know everything about a subject to write non-fiction.
• How to make freebies work for you.
• What does the US Supreme Court ruling on fair use mean for AI?
• How to get Amazon ads working for you.
• What Print-on-Demand (POD) is, and how it works for indie authors.
• Don’t give up on your business (or writing) ideas.
• Get reviews by offering an advance reader copy.

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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• Amazon KDP are increasing their print charges. Authors may need to revise the list price of their print books.
• It looks like Barnes & Noble will no longer allow print-on-demand (POD) books to be stocked in their stores.
• What ALLi thought about this year’s London Book Fair.
• Not long after Kobo Plus launched in the US & UK, Amazon is increasing the price of Kindle Unlimited.
• How to create images that suit your marketing aesthetic.
• How to fit your genre’s tropes into your books.
• Algorithms are rubbish at recommending books, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that humans are better.

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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• TikTok’s owner may be planning to launch a traditional publishing company.
• Chuck Tingle has got a traditional publishing deal for a full-length horror novel.
• Dates have been announced for this year’s SelfPubCon, a 24-hour online conference, with free access for three days.
• It’s scary to be accused of plagiarism. Here’s what to do if it happens to you.
• Advice on building a mailing list (podcast with transcript).
• How successful authors use social media.

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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• The view some authors have of traditional publishing is based on an ideal of the past, not the reality of the present.
• Twelve ways to get free publicity from sources that your readers trust.
• A fan fiction author has sued Amazon and the Tolkien estate.
• BookBub surveyed over 500 authors to get data about their use of newsletters.
• Chuck Wendig on Bluesky and the current social media landscape.
• People are uploading entire films to Twitter.
• 2022 was an excellent year for traditional publishing in the UK, but the Publishers Association is reluctant to admit that ebooks had any part in it.
• More than half of respondents to a Bookseller survey said that publishing their debut book had a negative effect on their mental health.

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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• Draft2Digital authors can now set up discount coupons for the Smashwords store.
• To stand out from the crowd, keep your marketing and interaction human.
• How to do better on BookBub.
• A collection of tips on the craft of writing.
• This explanation of how a fake literary agent scam works should help you to avoid them.
• What to do and not do if you want to write a book.
• If TikTok is banned in the US, there will be no more BookTok sales.

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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• The Alliance of Independent Authors surveyed thousands of authors, and discovered that self-published authors earn more.
• If you’re a wide author (not Amazon exclusive), we recommend joining the Wide For The Win community, on Circle or Facebook.
• How to find your niche.
• Why and how to use lists in your content marketing.
• The US publishing industry’s supply chain needs a significant overhaul.
• Make the most of your marketing time.
• How to write effective dialogue.

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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• We’re collecting data to help developers of geolocated links. Please fill in this short survey, especially if you’re travelling abroad.
• Why you should give yourself credit when you write.
• Ten ways to market a book.
• ALLi has advice for editing your own novel.
• Amazon has spent $2 billion on drone deliveries, and they’re still not operational.
• Can you use song lyrics in your book? Probably not, but here are some ideas.
• Victoria Strauss has an excellent article on copyright vs rights.

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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• Kobo’s subscription service, Kobo Plus, is now available in the UK and US.
• Why you shouldn’t pitch your book’s film rights.
• We all want to sell more books, but there’s no need to burn yourself out in the process.
• It’s not for everybody, but Draft2Digital has advice for anyone wanting to start a podcast.
• Authors work with words, not numbers. But numbers are important for your business.
• If you need to make a copyright claim, watch out for these mistakes.
• We’re collecting data to help developers of geolocated links. Please fill in our short survey (should take less than a minute).

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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• The UK’s ASA has advice for anyone wanting to run competitions on social media.
• Mark Williams says publishers should embrace the future, including AI.
• Jonathan Bailey has a good explanation of why the Internet Archive lost its court case.
• Every novel has a niche. Use that to your advantage when marketing.
• How to write your story’s midpoint.
• Why you should “go wide” with your book and not be exclusive.
• Lots of tips around the craft of writing.

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