Podcast Episodes

What is Hybrid Publishing and Should I Consider It? More Questions Answered; Self-Publishing News

Episode 166

What is hybrid publishing and should I consider it? That is among the questions answered this month on our monthly Member Q&A, where ALLi Members' have their most pressing self-publishing questions a…

Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

Scottish Author Barry Hutchison Finds Indie Success With Comedy Science Fiction

Episode 165

My guest this week is Scottish author Barry Hutchison, who has found great success as an indie author writing comedy science fiction and crime thrillers.

These two genres might seem to be unrelated, …

Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

Book blurbs, book hooks!

Episode 164

Orna Ross, Adam Croft, and Boni Wagner-Stafford discuss the similarities, differences, and key elements in your book blurbs.

What must every indie author include in their blurb? What should they neve…

Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

Helena Halme Turned Her Real-Life Experiences into Romantic Nordic Mysteries

Episode 163

My guest this week is Helena Halme, a writer of Romantic Nordic Mysteries. She lives in the United Kingdom, but is originally from Finland. Before she became a novelist and ALLi's official Nordic amb…

Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

Orna Ross: Creative Self-Publishing: Optimising Platforms, Formats and Income Streams

Orna Ross: Creative Self-Publishing: Optimising Platforms, Formats and Income Streams

Self-Publishing Advice Conference, Digital Book World 2019

Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

Rachel Thompson: Social Media Book Marketing Strategies

Episode 162

What can you do today to master social media book marketing strategies? Which strategies work and which are a waste of precious time? Rachel Thompson, who knows a social trick or two, reviews what wo…

Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

Cozy Mystery Author Debbie Young Gives Back to the Indie Author Community

Episode 161

My guest this week is Debbie Young, and if you're an ALLi member, you already know her as a helpful presence on the members' facebook page or on our blog. But Debbie has gone through a long journey a…

Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

Alternate History Author Alison Morton Imagines a New Rome, Ruled By Women

Episode 159

My guest this week is Alison Morton, whose background as a translator, historian, and British army veteran make her uniquely qualified to write an alternate history of Rome, asking what would have ha…

Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

How To use Audio To Market and Sell Books

Episode 160

From audiobooks to readings to podcasts, audio has never been a hotter topic in publishing, but how do you use audio to market and sell books? 

In search of the answers, Joanna is off to the Podcast…

Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

Welcome to Our First #AskALLi Self-Publishing Poetry Podcast

Episode 158

In another first for the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), and as part of its 2019-2020 season of broadcasts, ALLi launches the first Self-PublishingPoetry Podcast.

For poets, this is a safe on…

Published on 6 years, 4 months ago