Sentences with phrase «as indie publishers many»

So, it's got nothing to do with us as indie publishers, and everything to do with how astronomically expensive it is for a corporation to make even one small change.

Final thought: just as indie publishers help to balance and compete with the corporate influence of the Big Six (Five, Four, Three?)

However, there are increasing numbers of micro-businesses being set up by authors who also publish other author's books so these perhaps count as indie publishers.

Freedom: As indie publishers many authors get freedom to publish their books as per their schedule.

As indie publishers, they can bring their product to the market faster, have greater freedom in terms of creativity and can have closer relationships with readers.

Vanity and POD companies saw that the term «indie» had a respectable conotation and began defining themselves as indie publishers as well.

When I look at the data for those designated as indie publishers (5K report), and calculate out percentages, you have both 35 % and 70 %.

I honestly think (in baby steps) we are moving that way with the choices writers have as indie publishers now.

So more writers jumping into the mix as indie publishers is the one thing that is different from any time in history.

It's always farmed out just as indie publishers do.

The secret to success as an indie publisher is to identify the type of book a target reader wants and then give them that type of book.

As an indie publisher of children's books, I am frustrated with the messy ebook landscape, too.

As an indie publisher, you also need to set up a publishing schedule and then, as best as possible, stick to it.

As an indie publisher, you can use your own publication deadlines to help drive yourself to finishing and releasing books.

Chapter 4 Production and Scheduling The first three posts in this series were designed to be a unit and help you get set up as an indie publisher.

More precisely, what is defined as Indie Publisher is actually the definition of an Indie Author and every Author who does not see his writing as a hobby.

But as an indie publisher, with no real track record yet, (and a world that is expanding into electronic publishing faster than most people can keep up with) how is it possible to make any real projections of sales?

But you, as an indie publisher, can absolutely get your books sitting right beside any book from any traditional publisher in a bookstore if you want.

Covers tend to get better after a few dozen covers as long as the indie publisher is paying a lot of attention to learning cover design and font layout and blurb use.

As an indie publisher, knowing the nuances of the world's largest marketplace will increase your ability to get your book in front of thousands of potential customers.

So keep your mind open and the two forms of business apart in thinking and you, as an indie publisher, will make better decisions.

And then a few established writers such as Michael Stackpole and J.A. Konrath started talking to other writers about the money that can be made as an indie publisher, and the control it gives writers.

Still, patience is crucial because as an indie publisher I can't afford the book launch splash; instead, I must rely on a slow growth of a title as word - of - mouth grows.

What I can say is that, yes, I made more per copy as an indie publisher.

As an indie publisher, I make more money and am having more fun.

But now, as an indie publisher, you have changed hats from being a writer to a publisher.

As more things have opened up, like working with Ingram, I've slowly added those into my daily things I have to be as an indie publisher.

As an indie publisher, your book editor works directly for you and can advise you on how to suit your market and also nurture you according to your individual strengths and interests.

As an indie publisher, if something's not working, you can change your cover.

As an INDIE publisher, we are getting larger clients all the time for conversions.

As an indie publisher, you are responsible for you own cover.

Traditional publishers are required to adapt to the market as well, but your advantage as an indie publisher is that you're more versatile than they'll ever be.

Even if you get just one piece of inspiration from seeking out more information, that's a piece you didn't have before and weren't applying to your book's potential success, so as an indie publisher, one of our best pieces of advice is to never stop learning and looking for opportunity.

Oh, sure, they will put it in their catalog and maybe list you for some e-arcs through some ABA program (that you could get into as an indie publisher).

Reason # 3... I can get my books out to far, far, far more places and into more stores and more countries around the world as an indie publisher than I ever could through a traditional publisher.

As an indie publisher and a writer with books in traditional publishing, I love indie publishing.

But I would like to know how long it will take me to get that money as an indie publisher, and then keep making more.

As an indie publisher, most likely 90 % of your sales will be ebooks.

As every indie publisher knows, distribution on Amazon is often critical for small publishers and Advantage offers 3 strong benefits:

Ron, you can get a very professional edit as an indie publisher — just do your homework and search carefully, ask for testimonials or references, and ask exactly what they look for (don't settle for just spelling and grammar — there's so much more at stake), and get a sample edit, or a trial edit of the first 10 - 30 pages or so.

As an indie publisher with several authors» works to promote and build, we're constantly looking for the most effective tools.

No matter what you do as an indie publisher, you must be writing first.

As a long - time editor for independent authors (more than ten years now) and as an indie publisher since 2011, I think what would tremendously help this checklist would be to mention at what stage of book production these steps should be done.

As an indie publisher, I use print - on - demand (POD) technology and ebooks, both of which mean there's no charge unless a book is ordered.

I second Vaughn's comment about editing — as both an indie publisher and an editor, I think lack of editing can not only cripple an indie's first book but their «brand» as well.

As an indie publisher, I format picture books for Kindle (mobi) and ePub3 ebooks for Apple, Kobo, PublishDrive, Follett, Mackin and Permabound.

You might still wonder why AMC should be a good platform for you as an indie publisher.

As an indie publisher, users can't leave reviews on pre-orders for digital titles.

As an indie publisher, I am big on DIY, so I tried to write my own CIP block.

Now, this idea is integrated into the complex way I understand what it means to be successful as an indie publisher.