Selling Translation Rights: A Tricky Skill Set for Independent Authors
ALLi hopes to mitigate the challenges of selling rights to your book in a foreign language.
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Another Day, Another Author Income Report
The latest surveys from the UK reiterate downward trends in writers’ earnings. ALLi called for including self-publishing
Crunch Time for Self-Publishing and BookExpo
BookExpo’s focus on traditional publishing draws criticism from ALLi.
Links of Interest: March 22, 2017
Marketing Toolbox The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) recently offered a full day of free virtual workshops, many marketing and business focused, all available online. Review the program here. Best practices for selling more books on Amazon: Established authors will be aware of the strategies and tactics in this article, but it doesn’t hurt to review what … Read more
On Mindset and Success: Insights from DBW Indie Author
Discussion of the increasingly blurred lines between self-publishing and traditional publishing.
Links of Interest: October 19, 2016
Links of Interest in traditional publishing, self-publishing, marketing, and news.
Self-Publishing 2.0: Competing Amid “Eroding Terms and Conditions”
Orna Ross of ALLI says that the competition the indie field faces is an “erosion in terms and conditions for self-publishers”—namely at Amazon.
A Smart but Difficult Path to More Author Profits: Selling Rights
One of the best services provided by ALLi is the explication for writers of business factors once understood only by publishers and agencies.
ALLi’s New Publishing Rights Service: London, Frankfurt, but Not Chicago
The U.K.-based Alliance of Independent Authors is working with literary agency Toby Mundy Associates to have eligible members’ translation and other subsidiary rights sold by TMA.
Going Global: How Indie Authors Are Entering International Markets
Frankfurt Book Fair is all about rights sales, and ALLi has launched a Going Global campaign to search for meaningful international direction for authors.