ALLI ONLINE INDIE AUTHOR FRINGE 2017
One of the events you don't to miss this year is The Indie Author Fringe on March 18, starting 10 am GMT. This first online conference that ALLI schedules for 2017 includes videos, podcasts, and articles from an exciting line-up of self-publishing
THE DUBLIN BOOK FESTIVAL BEGINS TODAY
The Dublin Book Festival begins on a sunny November Thursday with an opening event that celebrates the diversity, progress, and creativity within the Irish literary landscape in recent years. Taking cues from the essays in Beyond the Centre (New Island), an anthology commissioned
BOB DYLAN AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
In 2016, the much- coveted prize goes to Bob Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."
YOU DON’T NEED A PUBLISHER, YOU NEED KICKSTARTER
Amanda Palmer's success story on kickstarter.com (she raised over 1 million $ in one month) made me believe that something similar might happen one day to books. I didn't imagine, though, that it would be so soon. Good Night Stories
Arthur C. Clarke Award Opens To Indies
The Arthur C. Clarke Award is now open to self-published titles. Beyond the announcement though, what are the practicalities? How will the judges cope with the potential extra titles when submissions in recent years have already increased from around 50 books
The Top US Writers’ Conferences Of The Fall 2016
With the first week of August coming to an end, we are heading fast for the fall. We have prepared a list of the most important US writers'conferences in the next months so that you may plan ahead and book your seat on
The 2016 Dublin Writers’ Conference
For many of us, 2016 is the year of the indie author. According to one Author Earnings Report, last year in the USA readers spent 600 million dollars on self-published books. This fast growing market isn't just about opportunities but
The future of publishing is in the hands of indie authors
SO YOU’RE an indie writer. What’s wrong with that? So you don’t have an agent? What’s wrong with that? So you don’t have a big-time New York publisher. What’s wrong with that? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. However, it seems that so many writers, through conversations or blogs, want to apologize
5 Online Marketing Trends Authors Should Consider
As a publicist, if I propose a book marketing and publicity strategy for authors with outdated practices, I lose credibility. Staying on the cutting edge of trends means knowing when it’s time to dump outdated strategies that don’t work and
