Self-publishers

Indie authors may think that an effective publicity campaign is out of their reach. Think again.

There is something in the air in the self-publishing world at the moment; just ask the Alliance of Independent Authors' (ALLi) co-founder and director Orna Ross, who has watched the sector develop over the past decade and a half. Though she still does not see traditional and self-publishing as "sitting together that much", she believes "it's a hugely exciting time to be an indie author".

In 2012, I wrote an earlier version of this article as a warning to self-published authors who fall prey to scams that take advantage of the highly recognized industry trade show, BookExpo (also known as BEABookExpo America, commonly referred to within the book publishing industry as BEA. The largest annual book trade fair in the United States).

Jo Nolan takes a wry look at the fine art of self-publishing

After four years of hard work with a well-known New York City literary agent, around Christmas 1999, I gave up on the traditional route and decided to publish my first novel, a Silicon Valley cyberpunk thriller called Acts of the Apostles, myself.