She calls herself Kikiloa, but she’s better known as Mitochondrial Eve: the woman from whom all people now living are descended. Born in “the deep night of Africa’s great rift valley” some 200,000 years ago, she was betrayed by her father, impregnated, and enslaved. In the present day, we find her living in San Francisco, …
Guided by his uncle Adam, Jack, a pale-skinned boy with light hair, ventures out onto a lake in hopes of reeling in a catch that’s large enough to feed his family. Back on shore, his excitement turns to nervousness once he realizes that his meager haul might not satisfy the growing numbers of mouths to …
On a Tuesday morning in 2024, three Atlanta-based women receive the unfathomable news that the fourth member of their close-knit friend group is missing. From that devastating moment, various flashbacks reveal significant moments from the years and months leading up to the tragic revelation, uncovering the fractures in each woman’s seemingly ideal life: Stephanie Summer …
There is a new AI lawsuit in town. It raises some very interesting questions. It’s also seeking to establish a class action, and the class would almost certainly contain a lot of indie titles, which is why I am heading back to the AI lawsuit well once more. The post News Summary: Hachette, Cengage, and …
On this episode of Self-Publishing with ALLi, Dan Holloway covers three positive stories: KDP raising the upper price limit for its top royalty bracket from $9.99 to $12.99, effective July 7th; Bookshop.org launching audiobooks for UK readers on a £12.99 monthly subscription designed to deepen ties between readers and their local indie bookstores; and the …
There’s a new portmanteau in town, and it’s ready to pick a fight with Romantasy. So says the Bookseller with a fascinating insight into the latest trending tags on BookTok. That portmanteau is Dystomance. The word derives, of course, from “dystopian romance.” It marks a resurgence in interest in dystopian books. The post News Summary: …
Genre-Bonding: What It Is and Why It’s the Indie Author’s Best Marketing Move Writing is solitary. Publishing doesn’t have to be. That’s the thinking behind what we at the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) are calling genre-bonding: getting to know… The post Genre-Bonding: What it is and Why it’s the Indie Author’s Best Marketing Move …
On the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, host Howard Lovy talks to Pablo Yáñez González, founder of BeYourCover, about how artificial intelligence is changing book cover design. A professional book cover photographer for more than fifteen years before building AI tools, Yáñez explains where AI can help authors create marketable covers, where it still falls short, …
At the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y., Calamity Jane recounts her exploits to a diverse crowd of spectators. The crowd audibly gasps as the former Pony Express rider—known to friends by her birth name, Martha—describes how she bested a desperado armed only with a meat cleaver. Buffalo Bill Cody, his Cowboy Band, and mighty …
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 …