Orna A Ross / Alliance of Independent Authors

To celebrate the launch of Advertising for Authors, the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) is offering new students two of their highly useful guidebooks and a weekly update of news and views, tips and tools, from their self-publishing advice center.

How to Choose A Self-Publishing Service

• Need an editor? A designer? A book marketer? Thinking about using an assisted service? This annually updated book from ALLi's Watchdog desk not only brings you its ratings of good and bad self-publishing services, small and large, but also teaches you how to assess any service to ensure it is ethical, effective and author-centered.

How Authors Sell Publishing Rights

• How does a self-published book sell overseas, or get into French or Spanish or German translation? How do indie authors sell TV, film or merchandising rights? This guide shows writers what such rights-buyers are looking for, how to reach decision-makers in various industries and how to pitch and negotiate a deal.

ALLi is a non-profit association for self-publishing writers. All guidebooks draw on the trusted knowledge of the ALLi team and its most successful members and advisors.