Sentences with phrase «indie author states»

Stuart Ayris presents An Indie Author States His Case posted at Tollesbury Time Forever, saying, «A blog post on my thoughts about what it is to be an Indie Author — including a definition!»

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«So far, over 200 libraries have registered to be Indie Author Day hosts across the United States and Canada, where several thousand authors are expected to gather.

So, by your definition Snookie is a real author and Hugh Howey is not because you stated one must make a living off of their work, but clarified that Indie or Self - published writers should never call themselves authors, while those who are traditionally published may.

Besides, as we already stated before, the Authors Guild, which Michael Koz here admitted and stated are the only one serious about what is writing and what is an author accepts Indie writers subscriptions and membership.

Predictions from industry experts like Mark Coker have stated that the number of indie authors may decrease, but that the quality of content and business activity of the remaining authors will increase.

In the United States 84 % of all paid indie downloads happen on Amazon and 80 % of all indie author earnings are generated on Amazon.

4) Fundamentally, it's going to be champions for indie authors as the driving force and indie authors as the hammer that brings the current revolution in books to a glorious conclusion (and hopefully a steady state where readers and authors and the ecosystem can create a win - win - win).

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BEYOND THE ISSUE OF FREE: LOUSY COMPETITION The other thing that made me sure of KDP was the abysmal state of Amazon's competitors: unfriendly user experience and lousy search capability that works against indie authors.

Mark Williams from the International Indie Author Facebook Group has mentioned considering opportunities in translation for foreign sales of audiobooks (ACX has this capability, as does Ubook (Mark states they operate out of Brazil and offer audiobooks in Portuguese and Spanish).

My editor and my formatter both contacted me this weekend about my rankings and sales and stated they had never before seen a new Indie author with their debut book break into the top 500 sales on Kindle.

And Orna Ross, founding director of ALLi, will be on the program of Frankfurt's International Author and Self - Publishing day of programming, at 10 a.m. on the Publishing Perspectives Stage, (Hall 6, E11), to brief the attending authors on the world state today of the indie movement and trends of key importance for their careers.

Howey, who has openly stated in the past that his story is not typical for indie authors, explained the purpose and the benefits to giving away free books as a reader engagement tool.

JKS worked to get the first book of her Liv Bergen Murder Mystery Series into the hands of booksellers across the country, resulting in the highly - prized Indie Next Pick nomination, a strong endorsement by independent bookstores across the United States, that gives an author the type of buzz in the book industry needed to create legitimacy.

Meanwhile in the United States the median household income in the US is $ 52k per year and the average indie author from the USA earns less than $ 100 over the lifetime of their book.

The indie author landscape is constantly changing and in a state of flux.

Others have pointed out the unfairness of this post on multiple levels, but no one has yet stated that there are many indie authors who do take this business professionally.

I must agree with David Sheppard where he states that the indie author is being held to a higher standard than some traditional author.

But — as I stated above — I think indie authors have few other choices.

At first I considered the tests positive and stated publicly that the Select KENP royalty system may be a great thing for Indie Authors and Small Publishing companies.

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EditionGuard provides indie authors and publishers with access to state - of - the - art digital publishing tools that were previously only available to large publishing houses.

http://www.Indieauthorsunite.com Indie Authors United states that they are no longer a viable site.

As quoted by Mr. Porter Anderson in the new Digital Book World white paper, Mr. Guy states, «Adult fiction sales in the US are nearly 71 percent digital now, and that is also the category where indie sales have made the deepest inroads: today, 30 percent of all US adult fiction book purchases are of titles self - published by indie authors.»

But as you stated so well, we need to be nimble and that's the benefit of being an indie author.

The eBook world is in such a state of flux, that any quality information which can help indie authors to succeed in distributing their books in this format is most welcome.

The growth of titles in the $ 2.99 - $ 9.99 range has been supported both by the fact that Kindle pays indie authors who conform to this pricing range almost twice the royalty rate that is otherwise available to them and by the frequently stated resistance of many Kindle customers to prices above $ 9.99.

I stated at the beginning of this post that each indie author has different needs and weaknesses.

Indie authors using the new system can simultaneously submit their ebooks to SELF - e's team for state and national anthology consideration.

They favor indie authors and accept submissions from outside the United States.

I'm only stating the facts: about 95 % of indie authors will be lucky to sell a hundred copies a year.

A quick word about libraries: They may not be the first thing that jumps to an indie author's mind when they think of viable places for their book, but in the United States, libraries spend over $ 3 billion annually on reading materials.

With less than two months to go before registration closes, libraries in nearly every U.S. state and four Canadian provinces plan to host Indie Author Day events.

Both Hugh and Data Guy are performing an invaluable service for all us authors, both Indie and trad - published, by helping pierce somewhat the mystery surrounding the state of publishing today.

The first report stated that indie authors write books that have higher ratings than traditionally published authors» books, and that indie books and books from small publishers dominated popular genres.

Mark Coker states 10 reasons how indie authors will dominate 50 % of the eBook market in 2020.

For the third year in a row, Matthias Matting (founder of selfpublishingbibel.de, Germany's go - to source of information about self - publishing) and Hilke - Gesa Bußmann have conducted a poll among German indie authors to shed a light on the current state of self - publishing in Germany.

Do some state that they refuse to consider indie authors — Absolutely — they are few and far between.

Orna Ross founded The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) for indies and professionals of diverse background who work with indies; Hugh Howey provides sales data in his author earnings report, engages himself with other self - publishing gurus to clarify the current state of eBook sales, and reach out to his fans and fellow authors on his website; Joanna Penn shares her insightful advice regarding self - publishing and encourage indie authors to speak up and share their sAuthors (ALLi) for indies and professionals of diverse background who work with indies; Hugh Howey provides sales data in his author earnings report, engages himself with other self - publishing gurus to clarify the current state of eBook sales, and reach out to his fans and fellow authors on his website; Joanna Penn shares her insightful advice regarding self - publishing and encourage indie authors to speak up and share their sauthors on his website; Joanna Penn shares her insightful advice regarding self - publishing and encourage indie authors to speak up and share their sauthors to speak up and share their success.

On October 8, 2016, over 250 libraries in 45 states played host to 3,000 + Indie Author Day attendees.

If your library is in one of the gray states above, click here to take part in this annual day to celebrate your local indie author community.

Here's the thing: Way back in 2009 when the Kindle opened to indie authors, the ebook market was, for all practical purposes, the United States.

We're thrilled to announce that 43 out of 50 US states will be involved in Indie Author Day festivities.