Ep#50: Orna Ross and Joel Friedlander answer members' questions on writing, publishing and promoting books.

Each month, Orna Ross, ALLi Director, invites a special guest into the indie author hot seat to answer ALLi Members’ self-publishing questions. This month’s special guest was self-publishing pioneer Joel Friedlander.

“Self-publishing gives you an opportunity to change the world, one reader at a time, but you have to treat your work with the respect it deserves.”

“Keep learning and don’t give up, book publishing is a marathon, not a sprint.”

Our monthly Ask ALLi broadcasts are an ideal way to keep learning about being an indie author and the skills you need to acquire to become a successful self-publisher.

Here are the topics we covered:

Author Collaboration

FREE Writing Technique

How important is it that non-fiction copy editors have familiarity with the topic they’re editing?

Will the new Amazon KDP Paperback service replace Createspace?

How do we find a publicist we can trust?

What is your experience with Bookbaby? Good, bad, or indifferent?

The strategy of using Amazon and IngramSpark together, and what direction to take on my ISBNs.

Visit our Self-Publishing Advice Center for more helpful indie author advice: http://selfpublishingadvice.org

Find out how to become a member of the Alliance of Independent Authors:

https://www.allianceindependentauthors.org