Veteran educator and author Margaret Stenerson announces the release of two powerful books that shine a light on the transformative power of knowledge, curiosity, and lifelong learning: My Noble Profession (Third Edition) and The Joy of Knowing: Everyday Wonders and Science Stories. Together, these titles offer a heartfelt tribute to teaching as a calling, and …
Orna Ross, founder and director of the Alliance of Independent Authors, discusses the development and purpose of Indie Author Lab, explaining how it was created in response to changes in the indie author community—particularly the rise of AI. An ongoing monthly program designed to help serious authors address their specific challenges, it is based on …
Evelyn has had enough. She’s decided to leave her husband, Jack. He micromanages everything she does, including how she packs her suitcase—and why is she packing a suitcase? She can’t quite remember. Still, she’s had enough of his affairs (with her ex-roommate, an art student, and a mother from the park). She’s tired of being …
Aurelia Lyndham is on the cusp of major changes in her life. She’s the owner of On the Square Books, and she’s in the process of editing her latest novel and planning her wedding to Oliver Pearce, a book editor. Despite her happiness, she’s afraid to reveal to her betrothed that, each night, she interacts …
Breaking news: as of July 7, Amazon has extended the upper limit of the 70 percent KDP royalty bracket to $12.99 from $9.99. That allows some books to have a higher ticket price reflecting an author’s desire to price within the market, without having to take a hit down to the 35 percent royalty rate. …
On this episode of Self-Publishing with ALLi, Dan Holloway covers four stories: a new EU tariff that will affect authors shipping books directly to European readers; The Economist’s striking data showing book publishing volumes have doubled since ChatGPT launched in 2022; the Commonwealth Short Story Prize awarding its top prize to the very story accused …
Tariffs have been in the news a lot in the past few years, and this week saw them return, to the anger of the book industry. From July 1, the European Union is introducing a 3 euro tariff on all small packages sent into the union. Small items worth under 150 euros had previously been …
Wherever books are discussed, the past few weeks have seen heated discussion of a graph that appeared in the Economist. It puts flesh on the bones of that “million more books” claim that did the rounds a little earlier. What it shows is the correlation between the steepening of the “books published” figures and the …
Dr. Harold “Harry” Goodman is part of a team tasked with an investigation of the famous Shroud of Turin. The Shroud is said to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ, but can such claims hold up under scientific scrutiny? Goodman and a group of scientists head to Italy to find out; Decker Hawthorne, a …
In this member-first Q&A on the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, host Michael La Ronn talks with Alliance of Independent Authors Business Adviser Joe Solari about how indie authors can think more clearly about the business side of writing. Joe explains why authors should focus less on revenue and more on profit, how to approach pricing …
Welcome to Spammers and Scammers, our second edition in this new series where we explore different scams targeting our indie author and publisher community so we can stay educated and protected from bad actors in our community. Last month, we… The post Spammers and Scammers: The Personalized Pitch appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.