Building Your Team of Professionals: June 2018 AskALLi Advanced Self-Publishing Salon

In this month's Advanced Self-Publishing Salon from the Alliance of Independent Authors, Orna Ross and Joanna Penn discuss how to assemble a team of professionals. Topics discussed this week include * News update from Orna Ross: Drowning in GDPR, but all ALLi sites are updated and there's a downloadable guide for members. * Orna is also setting up for Self-Publishing 3.0, launching a Patreon for poetry, and is finishing up a script. * Joanna publishes How To Write Non-Fiction: Turn Your Knowledge Into Words, along with workbook, large-print editions, multimedia course, and audiobook. * The difference between trademark and trademark. Has Amazon really banned ARC reviews? No, but there is a communication problem. * Is traditional publishing shaking in their boots? * When is an author ready to build a team of professionals? What are the different kinds of professionals you need to hire? * Be prepared to cut your losses if one of the professionals isn't working out. * What should you outsource and what should you do yourself? * It is a relief when you find the right person to help you. You get your writing time back. * What tools to use for collaborative work. * Contracts are a very good idea to protect you both. * Map your week. Make time for your writing and publishing. Find more author advice, tips and tools at our self-publishing advice center, http://selfpublishingadvice.org. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at http://allianceindependentauthors.org. Now, go write and publish!