Ep#24: Orna Ross chats with Toby Mundy about How Authors Sell rights.

The writer’s path to publication has grown more complex, as new choices emerge. What once was a one-track pathway to print in now a maze of formats, platforms, apps, films, broadcast, foreign, translation, audio and more. 

Each of these markets offers different opportunities and operates by different rules. How are writers to find their way without a team of experts and lawyers?

The Alliance of Independent Authors is releasing How Authors Sell Rights to help authors navigate today’s complex rights marketplace. A compilation of advice from publishing and legal experts, How Authors Sell Rights shows writers the best ways to reach decision-makers in various industries, what these rights-buyers are looking for, and what to expect in negotiating a license or sale of rights. 

Covering both business and legal aspects, and focussing particularly on audiobooks, TV & film and translation, How Authors Sell Rights shows how the rights landscape for authors is transforming and yielding unprecedented opportunities.

And you can always catchup later on ALLi's YouTube Channel: 
www.youtube.com/user/indieauthoralli 

Or via our Self-Publishing Advice Centre www.selfpublishingadvice.org

ALLi Insights: How Authors Sell Rights with Toby Mundy

Ep#49: Orna Ross and Joanna Penn launch the first episode of their Self-Publishing Salon.

This month we welcomed the launch of our Self-Publishing Salon with Orna and Joanna. Usually this duo hosts our month Ask ALLi Q&A event to answer Member's self-publishing questions, but this Salon has a new format and instead of answering Member questions, they're having a conversation about what's going on in the publishing industry and about their own indie author events and experiences.

Whereas our month Ask ALLi Q&A is aimed at emerging and experienced indie authors, the topics discussed in our Salon events will be skewed towards the more experienced authors who have already mastered industry terms and are familiar with the basics of self-publishing.

Topics discussed this month are Digital Book World, The Data Guy, ISBNs, Audio books, Niche Markets, Box Sets, Pronoun, Microsoft, and Kobo.

Visit our Membership site:
http://allianceindependentauthors.org
Visit our Self-Publishing Advice Centre

http://selfpublishingadvice.org

Advanced Self-Publishing Salon w/ Orna Ross & Joanna Penn: January 2017

Ep#70: In a monthly salon type discussion, Orna Ross, Director of the Alliance of Independent Authors and Joanna Penn, of TheCreativePenn.com, talk about the latest tools and trends of interest to emerging and experienced self-publishing authors.

Topics discussed this week include:
- Benefits of Co-writing with other authors
- Putting Your Audience First
- Avoiding Author Stress and Burnout
- The Evolving World of Audiobooks
- The impact of Supermarket Discounting of Books
- The Changing Face of Self-Publishing

The Self-Publishing Advice broadcast is a weekly show, brought to you by ALLi, the Alliance of Independent Authors and this advanced salon is one of four regular slots. The others are a Beginners salon, a Member Q&A and a special guest highlight presentation from the Indie Author Fringe, ALLi’s free online author conference.

Find more author advice, tips and tools at our self-publishing advice center, selfpublishingadvice.org. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at allianceindependentauthors.org.

Now, go write and publish.

About the Hosts:

Joanna Penn is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author, as well as writing non-fiction for authors. She is also a professional speaker and entrepreneur, voted as one of The Guardian UK Top 100 creative professionals 2013. She spent 13 years as a business IT consultant in large corporations across the globe before becoming a full-time author-entrepreneur in September 2011.

For more information about Joanna, visit her website: www.thecreativepenn.com

Orna Ross launched the Alliance of Independent Authors at the London Book Fair in 2012. Her work for ALLi has seen her named as one of The Bookseller’s “100 top people in publishing”. She also publishes poetry, fiction and nonfiction, and is greatly excited by the democratising, empowering potential of author-publishing.

For more information about Orna, visit her website: www.ornaross.com

Advanced Self-publishing Salon w/ Orna Ross & Joanna Penn October 2017

Ep#71: Welcome to Ask ALLi, the Self-Publishing Advice Podcast from the Alliance of Independent Authors. This week it’s our monthly Member Q&A where ALLi Members’ have their most pressing self-publishing questions analyzed and answered. Join your regular hosts for the Member Q&A: indie author's David Penny & Debbie Young

Summary of our Ask ALLi Self-Publishing Member Q&A Topics:

Q: Should you use British English or American English?
Q: Should a new version become a new book?
Q: Can you gain the same visibility for a book on Amazon if you sell it directly?
Q: What are some easy book publishing alternatives?
Q: How can you check the reputation of a self-publishing service?
Q: Is it best to use IngramSpark together with CreateSpace for print?
Q: How can I make it seem like I’m a publishing company with a catalogue of books?
Q: What’s the industry standard for rights and royalties and what reimbursement arrangement should I use with my illustrator?
Q: Where can I get a foreign rights contract template?

Our weekly Self-Publishing Advice broadcast is brought to you by ALLi, the Alliance of Independent Authors. This Member Self-Publishing Q&A is one of four regular shows, which includes a beginners and advanced self-publishing salon and a special guest highlight presentation from the Indie Author Fringe, ALLi’s free online author conference.

Find more author advice, tips and tools at our self-publishing advice center, selfpublishingadvice.org. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at allianceindependentauthors.org. Now, go write and publish.

Visit our Self-Publishing Advice Center here: selfpublishingadvice.org

About your hosts:

ALLi’s Technical Manager David Penny is the author of the best selling Thomas Berrington Historical Mystery series set in the final years of Moorish Spain, and before returning to writing full time he worked in education, printing and publishing, and for 25 years ran his own software company.

ALLi’s Publications Manger Debbie Young enjoys sharing best practice with our members around the world, as well as running two local authors’ groups and the Hawkesbury Upton Lit Fest on her home turf. Small wonder, then, that her cosy mystery series, the Sophie Syers Village Mysteries, is set in a small English village populated with authors and booksellers.

ALLi Members' Self-Publishing Questions Answered By David Penny & Debbie Young October 2017

Ep#72: This week we're showcasing the session "Author Tools to Reach Readers with Carla King"

Carla King is the author of the Self-Publishing Boot Camp Guide for Authors. She has collated the best tools you can use to reach more readers and build your fan base, whatever your genre. These tools are easily integrated into your website and let you listen and respond to readers, attract and reward fans, and sell direct.

Topics Discussed in this Session:
Getting reviews with Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs)
Giveaways tools for Authors
Selling your book direct
Selling your book as a subscription
E-Commerce Options for Authors
How authors can use Gumroad
Become a Content Curator using Aer.io
Beta publishing with Leanpub
Integrating HTML Widgets into Your Website

This session was hosted by Carla King who is the creator of the Self-Publishing Boot Camp books and workshops and founder of Author Friendly, a resource, education, and service center for self-publishers and small presses. Her comprehensive Self-Publishing Boot Camp Guide for Authors is now in its fourth edition. She has written for Bowker’s Self-Published Author, Bookworks, PBS MediaShift, and hosts a popular blog at AuthorFriendly.com. Carla also penned the Book Formatting, Book Distribution, and Book Discovery guides for IngramSpark, where she is on the advisory board.

More Information about our Indie Author Fringe free online conference:

If you're not familiar with our Fringe event, it's three-times a year, online conference for self-publishing authors, brought to you by the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), and fringe to the major global publishing fairs; London Book Fair, BookExp, and Frankfurt Book Fair.

ALLi brings together the most up-to-date self-publishing education and information available and broadcasts it to authors everywhere. Running 24 sessions over 24 continuous hours allows our members, and other authors round the globe, to attend sessions, no matter where they’re located.

selfpublishingadvice.org/what-is-indi…thor-fringe/

You've been listening to an Indie Author Fringe highlight presentation for the AskALLi Self-Publishing Advice broadcast, brought to you by the Alliance of Independent Authors.

As well as bringing you highlights from the Fringe conference, our weekly show features a beginners and advanced self-publishing salon and a Member Q&A, where ALLi members have their most pressing questions answered. All our broadcasts are designed to keep you up to date with the fast-changing choices and challenges of self-publishing.

Find more author advice, tips and tools at our self-publishing advice center, selfpublishingadvice.org. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at allianceindependentauthors.org. Now, go write and publish.

Fringe Highlight: Author Tools To Reach Your Readers w/ Carla King

EP#73: Welcome to Ask ALLi, the Self-Publishing Advice Broadcast from the Alliance of Independent Authors. This is our monthly Beginners' Self-Publishing Salon, with advice, tips and tools for indie authors just starting out. And here are your regular hosts for the beginners’ salon: Jay Artale and Michael La Ronn.

The topics covered in this beginners session about Being a Part Time Author and Getting Full Time results includes:

- Writer’s Mindset Challenges
- Reasons for Not Writing
- Author’s Fear of Failure
- Conquering Mindset Challenges
- Finding Time to Write
- Work Life Balance
- Where and When you Write
- Essential Writing Tools
- Dictation Tools for writers
- Building an Author Support Network

Our weekly Self-Publishing Advice broadcast is brought to you by ALLi, the Alliance of Independent Authors. This beginners salon is one of four regular shows, which include a more advanced salon, a member Q&A and a special guest highlight presentation from the Indie Author Fringe, ALLi’s free online author conference.

Find more author advice, tips and tools at our self-publishing advice center, www.selfpublishingadvice.org. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at www.allianceindependentauthors.org. Now, go write and publish.

About your show hosts:

Jay Artale is a project manager who swapped corporate life for a nomadic existence as a non-fiction writer. She's written and self-published a series of travel guides, travel writing books, and poetry collections. Jay is also one of the co-organizers of the Indie Author Fringe, a 3X a year online conference for indie authors who self-publish. Connect on Twitter: @BirdsOAFPress

Michael La Ronn is the author of over 30 science fiction & fantasy novels and author self-help books. To date, he has published over 1.5 million words of fiction and nonfiction. Since publishing his first book in 2014, he has produced a prolific writing portfolio while raising a family and working a full-time job in the insurance industry. Connect on Twitter: @MichaelLaRonn

Beginners Self-Publishing Salon: PART-TIME AUTHORS w/Jay Artale and Michael La Ronn October 2017

Ep#74: This week we're showcasing the session "Failing Faster To Succeed As An Author" hosted by Tara R Alemany. 

A little bit of market research can go a long way toward ensuring the financial success of your books. Learn how to test topic ideas and refine them into ready-to-sell titles for enthusiastic readers. Learn how to use Kindle Spy and KDP Rocket to research estimated monthly sales of Top 100 Paid titles in your niche, and settle on relevant keywords so that it's positioned for explosive sales. Tara also shows how she uses other author tools to achieve self-publishing success.

Topics Discussed in this Session:
- 3 primary strategies for authors
- Author Research Tools: Kindle Spy
- Author Research Tools: KDP Rocket
- Working on your book outline
- Getting Reader Feedback
- Choosing a Book Title
- Cover Design Help
- Author Design Tools: Help Me Choose A Cover
- Author Design Tools: Bookalyzer
- Back Copy Blurb
- Author Marketing Tools: Connect Explorer

More Information about our Indie Author Fringe free online conference:

If you're not familiar with our Fringe event, it's three-times a year, online conference for self-publishing authors, brought to you by the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), and fringe to the major global publishing fairs; London Book Fair, BookExp, and Frankfurt Book Fair.

ALLi brings together the most up-to-date self-publishing education and information available and broadcasts it to authors everywhere. Running 24 sessions over 24 continuous hours allows our members, and other authors round the globe, to attend sessions, no matter where they’re located.

selfpublishingadvice.org/what-is-indi…thor-fringe/

You've been listening to an Indie Author Fringe highlight presentation for the AskALLi Self-Publishing Advice broadcast, brought to you by the Alliance of Independent Authors.

As well as bringing you highlights from the Fringe conference, our weekly show features a beginners and advanced self-publishing salon and a Member Q&A, where ALLi members have their most pressing questions answered. All our broadcasts are designed to keep you up to date with the fast-changing choices and challenges of self-publishing.

Find more author advice, tips and tools at our self-publishing advice center, selfpublishingadvice.org. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at allianceindependentauthors.org. Now, go write and publish.

Tara R. Alemany is a multi-award winning author, speaker, consultant and publisher. She speaks frequently on book marketing and publishing topics and works with authors and speakers regularly to get found online, on stage and on-the-shelf using the services of her Connecticut-based business.

Emerald Lake Books is a hybrid publishing company specializing in working with positive people wanting to make a difference in the world while creating visibility for their business or cause at the same time. Based in Sherman, CT, and founded by Tara R. Alemany in 2014, Emerald Lake Books is designed to help the busy author who would rather be writing than spending their valuable time learning the necessary steps to successfully position, publish and launch their work.

Fringe Highlight: Failing Faster To Succeed As An Author Tara R Alemany

Ep#75: Welcome to Ask ALLi, the Self-Publishing Advice Podcast from the Alliance of Independent Authors. This week it’s our monthly Member Q&A where ALLi Members’ have their most pressing self-publishing questions analyzed and answered. Join your regular hosts for the Member Q&A: indie author's David Penny & Debbie Young

Summary of our Ask ALLi Self-Publishing Member Q&A Topics:

Q: How do we handle royalties for a co-writing project?
Q: What’s the best way to produce cover artwork for print?
Q: How do I register by books with the Nielsen Database
Q: How Can I access Waterstones’ Distribution Channel
Q: Can I offer free audio book downloads to gain reviews?
Q: What are the benefits of InstaFreebie and BookFunnel for Book Giveaways?

Our weekly Self-Publishing Advice broadcast is brought to you by ALLi, the Alliance of Independent Authors. This Member Self-Publishing Q&A is one of four regular shows, which includes a beginners and advanced self-publishing salon and a special guest highlight presentation from the Indie Author Fringe, ALLi’s free online author conference.

Find more author advice, tips and tools at our self-publishing advice center, selfpublishingadvice.org. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at allianceindependentauthors.org. Now, go write and publish.

Visit our Self-Publishing Advice Center here: selfpublishingadvice.org

About your hosts:

ALLi’s Technical Manager David Penny is the author of the best selling Thomas Berrington Historical Mystery series set in the final years of Moorish Spain, and before returning to writing full time he worked in education, printing and publishing, and for 25 years ran his own software company.

ALLi’s Publications Manger Debbie Young enjoys sharing best practice with our members around the world, as well as running two local authors’ groups and the Hawkesbury Upton Lit Fest on her home turf. Small wonder, then, that her cosy mystery series, the Sophie Syers Village Mysteries, is set in a small English village populated with authors and booksellers.

ALLi Members' Self-Publishing Questions Answered By David Penny & Debbie Young November 2017

Ep#76: In a monthly salon type discussion, Orna Ross, Director of the Alliance of Independent Authors and Joanna Penn, of TheCreativePenn.com, talk about the latest tools and trends of interest to emerging and experienced self-publishing authors.

Topics discussed this week include:
Establishing yourself as an non-fiction influencer
The stabilization of the author business model
Writing more non-fiction
Blockchain & Micropayments
Selling your books direct
BookFunnel integration with direct sales channels
Pronoun's closure
The fundamentals of your author business
Romance audiobook subscription model
Going Global: The world outside the US
New Podcasts for authors
Starting an author podcast

The Self-Publishing Advice broadcast is a weekly show, brought to you by ALLi, the Alliance of Independent Authors and this advanced salon is one of four regular slots. The others are a Beginners salon, a Member Q&amp;A and a special guest highlight presentation from the Indie Author Fringe, ALLi’s free online author conference.

Find more author advice, tips and tools at our self-publishing advice center, selfpublishingadvice.org. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at allianceindependentauthors.org.

Now, go write and publish.

About the Hosts:

Joanna Penn is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author, as well as writing non-fiction for authors. She is also a professional speaker and entrepreneur, voted as one of The Guardian UK Top 100 creative professionals 2013. She spent 13 years as a business IT consultant in large corporations across the globe before becoming a full-time author-entrepreneur in September 2011.

For more information about Joanna, visit her website: www.thecreativepenn.com

Orna Ross launched the Alliance of Independent Authors at the London Book Fair in 2012. Her work for ALLi has seen her named as one of The Bookseller’s “100 top people in publishing”. She also publishes poetry, fiction and nonfiction, and is greatly excited by the democratising, empowering potential of author-publishing.

For more information about Orna, visit her website: www.ornaross.com

Advanced Self - Publishing Salon With Orna Ross & Joanna Penn November 2017

Ep#77: This week we're showcasing the session "How Authors use Podcasts to grow their Brand" hosted by Tim Lewis.

If you’re considering starting a podcast to raise your indie author profile and grow your audience, Tim shares the what, why, and when of podcasting for beginners.

Topics covered in this author podcast include:
What is a Podcast?
Who Can Launch a Podcast?
The Basics of RSS Feeds & Podcast Hosting
Why you SHOULDN’T launch a Podcast
Why you SHOULD launch a Podcast
How do you Start a Podcast?
Podcasting Equipment
Choosing Your Podcasting Niche
Stereo vs. Mono Audio Tracks
Avoiding explicit podcast
Avoiding Copyright Infringement
Podcast Hosting Options
Podcast Ratings and Reviews
Building a Podcast Audience
Podcast Editing
Make it easy to Subscribe on Android
Become a Podcast Guest

More Information about our Indie Author Fringe free online conference:

If you're not familiar with our Fringe event, it's three-times a year, online conference for self-publishing authors, brought to you by the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), and fringe to the major global publishing fairs; London Book Fair, BookExp, and Frankfurt Book Fair.

ALLi brings together the most up-to-date self-publishing education and information available and broadcasts it to authors everywhere. Running 24 sessions over 24 continuous hours allows our members, and other authors round the globe, to attend sessions, no matter where they’re located.

selfpublishingadvice.org/what-is-indi…thor-fringe/

You've been listening to an Indie Author Fringe highlight presentation for the AskALLi Self-Publishing Advice broadcast, brought to you by the Alliance of Independent Authors.

As well as bringing you highlights from the Fringe conference, our weekly show features a beginners and advanced self-publishing salon and a Member Q&A, where ALLi members have their most pressing questions answered. All our broadcasts are designed to keep you up to date with the fast-changing choices and challenges of self-publishing.

Find more author advice, tips and tools at our self-publishing advice center, selfpublishingadvice.org. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at allianceindependentauthors.org. Now, go write and publish.

Host Bio: Tim Lewis is the author of three Science Fiction novellas and two (soon to be three) short fantasy novels.  He is also the host of the Begin Self-Publishing Podcast as has interviewed over forty authors, experts and marketing specialists about how to produce and market a book.

Website: http://www.stonehampress.com
Facebook: Facebook/timlewis808
Twitter: @stonehampress
Pinterest: stonehampress

Fringe Highlight: Author Podcasting for Beginners with Tim Lewis

EP#78: Welcome to Ask ALLi, the Self-Publishing Advice Broadcast from the Alliance of Independent Authors. This is our monthly Beginners' Self-Publishing Salon, with advice, tips and tools for indie authors just starting out. And here are your regular hosts for the beginners’ salon: Jay Artale and Michael La Ronn.

The topics covered in this beginners session about Designing your own book cover includes:

- eBook Design Tools
- Image Rights
- Cover Design Awards
- Stock Photos
- eBook Cover Thumbnails

Our weekly Self-Publishing Advice broadcast is brought to you by ALLi, the Alliance of Independent Authors. This beginners salon is one of four regular shows, which include a more advanced salon, a member Q&A and a special guest highlight presentation from the Indie Author Fringe, ALLi’s free online author conference.

Find more author advice, tips and tools at our self-publishing advice center, www.selfpublishingadvice.org. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at www.allianceindependentauthors.org. Now, go write and publish.

About your show hosts:

Jay Artale is a project manager who swapped corporate life for a nomadic existence as a non-fiction writer. She's written and self-published a series of travel guides, travel writing books, and poetry collections. Jay is also one of the co-organizers of the Indie Author Fringe, a 3X a year online conference for indie authors who self-publish. Connect on Twitter: @BirdsOAFPress

Michael La Ronn is the author of over 30 science fiction & fantasy novels and author self-help books. To date, he has published over 1.5 million words of fiction and nonfiction. Since publishing his first book in 2014, he has produced a prolific writing portfolio while raising a family and working a full-time job in the insurance industry. Connect on Twitter: @MichaelLaRonn

Beginners Self-Publishing Salon: DESIGN YOUR OWN EBOOK COVER w/Jay Artale & Michael La Ronn Oct 2017

Are you new to self-publishing? Or a seasoned indie author who wants to cut through the noise to get only the most up-to-date and important self-publishing advice? 

The “AskALLi Podcast" is brought to you by the most trusted name in self-publishing, the non-profit Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi).

https://www.allianceindependentauthors.org/

1st Tuesdays: Highlight from ALLi's Indie Author Fringe online conference. A presentation from an industry expert or successful indie author on making great books and reaching more readers. All levels. 

http://www.indieauthorfringe.com

2nd Tuesdays: ALLi Member Q&A: Answers to members' current self-publishing queries, hosted by ALLi team members, Debbie Young and David Penny. Only ALLi Members can submit questions but all are welcome to listen and learn. All levels. 


3rd Tuesdays: Beginners' Self-Publishing Salon. Best practice advice on one of the seven stages of publishing, hosted by ALLi team members, Jay Artale and Michael La Ronn. Level: Authors new to self-publishing. 

Last Tuesdays: Advanced Self-Publishing Salon hosted by ALLi Director Orna Ross and Advisor Joanna Penn. Top tips, tools and trends, with analysis of the latest self-publishing news. Level: More experienced indie authors.

All interviews, advice and recommended services are  vetted by ALLi’s Watchdog Desk. Self-publishing is a fast changing world but you can trust us to bring you only the best and most actionable ideas and insights, tools and techniques: what we know is working for authors right now. 

For a minimal time investment each week, you can keep up to date with the expanding range of opportunities for authors, then go back to your writing and publishing. 

Subscribe to the Ask ALLi Podcast here: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/subscribe-alli-podcast/

The podcast is one of the many  services for indie authors in ALLi's Self-Publishing Advice Center: http://selfpublishingadvice.org

Find out about becoming an ALLi Member: https://www.allianceindependentauthors.org/reasons-to-join-alli/

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