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Media Release: ALLi Launches Organization Membership for Author Associations
ALLi Launches Organization Membership for Author Associations
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 5, 2020, London, UK: The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), the global non-profit association for self-publishing authors, has announced an Organization Membership, a move which will expand the association’s global reach and assist a new segment of self-published authors.
The initiative is part of ALLi’s ongoing Open Up to Indie Authors Campaign, which offers best practice advice to literary enterprises and organizations on how to include self-publishing authors and books in their projects and programs.
“It makes no sense for author champions to ignore or denigrate a movement that is empowering so many authors,” says ALLi director Orna Ross. “Our Open Up to Indie Authors campaign targets all players in the publishing and self-publishing sectors but no organizations are more important in this regard than the author organizations. We are very pleased to partner together with organizations that want to serve their self-publishing communities and to help in any way we can.”
ALLi’s aim is to expand global awareness of the power of self-publishing and serve a more diverse array of independent authors.
About the Membership
An Organization Partner of ALLi is a national, local, genre or special interest author organization that aligns with ALLi’s advocacy for ethics and excellence in self-publishing and believes in the power of collaboration and co-operation.
The membership is a partnership with ALLi that helps to meet the needs of their self-publishing members.
Organization Membership Benefits
- A downloadable digital handbook: Empowering Independent Author-Publishers: A Guide for Writer’s Associations and Organizations.
- ALLi’s quarterly periodicals: member magazine The Indie Author to keep members up to date with the fast-changing world of author-publishing (published three times a year), and a partner member directory of self-publishing services, from freelance editors and designers to large, multi-service companies, all vetted and approved by ALLi. (published in January each year and updated online quarterly).
- An affiliate program where the organization is rewarded if its members join ALLi (30% off the first year’s subscription).
- Access to ALLi’s Author Member Forum for a representative of the organization.
- Concierge service with ALLi’s Outreach Manager for any urgent issues that may come up with its members.
- Infusion of creative, bold, and innovative ideas and energy to and from its self-publishing members, enabling the organization to recognize the diverse ways in which books are sold in today’s digital publishing landscape, not least through authors’ own websites.
New Ambassador Initiative
ALLi is also announcing a revamped Ambassador program, which leverages key contacts to grow author membership in Australia, Canada and Commonwealth, EU, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, and the United States.
ALLi’s Ambassadors will leverage their local or genre networks to grow ALLi’s reach in its key global territories. Outreach to author associations through the organization membership will also be a strategic focus for ALLi’s new ambassadors.
New Outreach Manager
Both the Organization Membership and Ambassador Programs will be run by ALLi’s new Outreach Manager, Michael La Ronn, who will be responsible for driving new membership, and also finding new ways for ALLi to support the self-publishing community.
“Author organizations can increase their fee income by accepting self-published members,” says Michael La Ronn. “But they need to be able to provide access to quality information about self-publishing to their members, and they also need to serve their members with the latest trends and developments. Becoming an organization member of ALLi will make this easy.”
ALLi continues its expansion across the globe with trusted advice that the industry relies on and its growing member base, which now includes service and organization partners from every corner of the publishing community.
About ALLi
The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) is the only global, non-profit association for self-publishing writers. ALLi aims to foster excellence and ethics in self-publishing; to support authors in making better books and reaching more readers; and to advocate for author independence through publishing skills, creative entrepreneurship, and digital business development.
Media Contact:
Michael La Ronn
ALLi Outreach Manager
Email: [email protected]