Alinar Publishing

Alinar Publishing is saying goodbye come October. The site was conceived in 2006 as a self publishing co op, back when there was virtually nowhere an indie author could sell ebooks direct to the public. We intended to keep it open for a couple of years while we tried our luck winning print contracts, and then the indie revolution started up, slowly at first and then with gathering pace. We decided to stay open and keep selling our books at Fictionwise. Amazon Kindle was also building at the same time alongside other platforms like Barnes and Noble Nook and the ibook store. With them came the proprietory ebook readers and the result of that is that most readers now buy for their ereader at the relevant bookstore and we're starting to think that Alinar Publishing might have come to the end of its useful life. Coupled with readers now buying direct to their ereader, there are so many direct sales outlets for indie authors these days that there's simply no need for a personal one. It makes a lot of sense from my point of view as I have to do annual accounts and tax returns, author royalties and run business banking for Alinar. That's all time I could be spending writing. Re evaluating and moving with the times is a hugely positive thing and the remaining Alinar authors all feel they can serve their readers best by putting their efforts ino the platforms most readers buy from. Alinar Publishing did a great job for us when we needed it, but we probably won't be renewing our hosting package come October. Time to move on and get the benefit of all these great selling venues and tools avaible to us indies, now.

I'm proud to think we were pioneers of self publishing in our own little way. And I'm amazed and delighted that self publishing has opened up the way it has and given so many opportunities to so many people. A huge thank you to all our past customers, we wouldn't have kept going so long without your support. Things change, things come to an end and the new takes their place. I'm really pleased to be closing because self publishing has become so successful and accessible. Back when I wrote my first bio as an Alinar author I was talking about our concept and I said, "I think more people will be selling this way in the future. How prophetic were those words? "