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A new conference in London called Author Day is an event both for writers and publishing industry professionals—getting together to discuss divisive issues is the whole point.

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As many of us in publishing race across international borders for trade shows and conferences, our books can lag months behind us in “staggered” releases — a pattern rightly called into question.

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Following the Author HQ program at London Book Fair, the Alliance of Independent Authors held its IndieReCon in London to do reconnaissance on ALLi’s first three years of international operation and writerly progress.

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As the Alliance of Independent Authors introduces its new guidance for best author practices in the marketplace, we have an opportunity to look at issues of professionalism, amateurism, and a publishing industry caught between them.