Indie Author Magazine

Baked-in book marketing isn't limited to the catchy hooks you embed in your story. Creative book design draws your readers in, making them want to pick up your book, run their hands over the cover, and show it to their friends. And with the rise of direct

Last week, we were excited to share the Indie Author Training summits coming later this year. (You can view the full list and sign up to be notified when registration opens here: https://indieauthortraining.com/#summit-season!)This week, we're kicking thi

Hello, my pretties!Your book is written, edited, covered, and formatted. You could publish tomorrow.But should you?Launching a book without preparation is like throwing a party without sending invitations. You might have a wonderful time alone, but it won

If you've visited https://indieauthormagazine.com this week, you may have noticed that things looked a bit different. This week, we redesigned several of our websites and platforms to hopefully make them easier to use-and secretly made an exciting announc

How do you build a sustainable writing career in an industry that never stops changing? The enigma has long plagued many indie authors-those writing Mystery and other genres alike. But USA TODAY best-selling author Sara Rosett has spent years doing exactl

Audiobook listeners, did you hear the news? Earlier today, digital audiobook platform Libro.fm announced that it will begin offering ebooks on the platform starting this fall. Along with the expanded catalog, the platform will roll out several new feature

Hello, my pretties!We've spent the past two installments talking about how your book looks on the outside-the cover that will draw your readers' eyes and the blurb that will get them hooked on your story. Now, we're turning the page, literally, to focus o

For many indie authors, the joy of publishing comes from paving their own path. Paranormal Cozy author Annabel Chase has published more than 150 books, has around 313,000 Goodreads reviews across all her titles, and has even seen one of her books displaye

The landmark settlement between authors and AI company Anthropic for the company's use of pirated books to train its AI models finally came to a close this week after more than a year of court proceedings. A federal judge approved the settlement Tuesday,

Late last month, MailerLite announced changes to the company's free plan that would take effect July 1. With the change, users would have access to additional features, but the number of subscribers allowed on a free plan would decrease from 500 users to