ALLi Review - What is The Alliance of Independent Authors and Is it Worth It?

About this video

The creator reviews ALLi, the Alliance of Independent Authors, a nonprofit organization for independent authors. He says it offers three membership levels ranging from $89 to $149 per year, with benefits including an education platform, a very active Facebook group where members can ask questions, contract vetting, general legal advice, blogging, speaking and interview opportunities, and deals and discounts on services, including five IngramSpark free setup codes per month that he says could alone save more than the membership cost if used every month. The main reason he joined and stays, however, is access to ALLi’s connections: the organization communicates with KDP, ACX, Draft2Digital and IngramSpark, and can help members reach higher-level support staff instead of going back and forth with front-line support. He gives his own example of a Draft2Digital issue from a couple of years earlier that went nowhere until ALLi reached out and someone senior contacted him and resolved it much faster. He adds a disclaimer that ALLi will not help recover an account if the author broke guidelines; it only helps with communication. He admits he does not use many of the discounts or other services, and says he also stays because he believes in the nonprofit’s cause of helping authors.

Key takeaways

• ALLi, the Alliance of Independent Authors, is a nonprofit with memberships the creator prices at $89 to $149 per year
• His main reason for joining is escalation help: ALLi can connect members to higher-level support at KDP, ACX, Draft2Digital and IngramSpark
• He cites his own Draft2Digital problem being resolved much faster after ALLi reached out to senior staff on his behalf
• ALLi only helps with communication; it will not help recover an account for an author who violated guidelines
• Other benefits include education, an active Facebook group, contract vetting and legal advice, and five IngramSpark free setup codes per month

Episode details: published April 25, 2022 · 5:04 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Sean Dollwet’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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