Sentences with phrase «indie side of publishing»

As I have done in a couple of posts lately, let me divide the major decisions a writer makes on both the traditional side of publishing and on the indie side of publishing and talk about the fear involved in those decisions.

Not exact matches

Kozlowski is the only person I know oblivious enough to include a graph of daily ebooks showing indie books making up nearly 50 % of the US ebook market, and then in the very next paragraph babble about them only being a «drop in the bucket» relative to the trad - published side.

As a serial entrepreneur, I have always been drawn to the DIY side of the world, and as soon as the publishing freelancers moved into indie publishing land and I had access to the same editors, cover artists, and interior formatters, it was only a matter of time.

The Indie community responded with a wave of justified outrage and there have been posts, tweets, and videos published by both sides.

However the conditions of the contract was so one sided that i thought of publishing this as an Indie author.

One of the top issues that continues to plague indie authors isn't in the writing, editing, or publishing side of the business, but in the marketing and promotion aspect.

On a side note around terminology, at the Alliance of Independent Authors, we like the confidence that the word «independent» encourages in writers — but we now use the term Author - Publishing instead of «self» or «indie» publishing, as nobody who does this well does it by his - or herself (and «indie», to our minds, should be preserved for books that have an experimental, beyond the mainstream,Publishing instead of «self» or «indie» publishing, as nobody who does this well does it by his - or herself (and «indie», to our minds, should be preserved for books that have an experimental, beyond the mainstream,publishing, as nobody who does this well does it by his - or herself (and «indie», to our minds, should be preserved for books that have an experimental, beyond the mainstream, content).

And, of course, writers who are wrapped into indie - publishing groups like the Kindle Boards will think I am way off because the feedback is one - sided.

(Side Note: For those of you who sold North American rights to a book to traditional publishing and you don't have those rights back yet, why not do an indie book and sell it electronically outside the States?

Canva is a great resource for the DIY side of indie publishing.

We're not going to be delving too much into the promotional side of indie publishing here but that's a very respectable accumulation of readers in a relatively short time.

Since there is no vetting process, there are hundreds of thousands of indie titles listed side by side with traditional publishing.

As we consider the story of hybrid authors, let's take a look at the elements of traditional publishing and indie publishing side by side.

Even with the indie publishing side of things, which can help cash flow a little, this new world has not varied from the time it takes to learn how to tell a decent story.

It actually builds the self - publishing market — and I expect that hybrid writers will lean more and more toward the indie side of the equation.

Too often, the label of «Indie author» or «self - published author» still evokes the unfair stigma of being sub par, unworthy when compared to authors on the other side of that gilded line of traditional publishing.

Also, make sure this person is also versed in both sides of the business of publishing, both traditional and indie.

Some time ago I took side on an online discussion (published in November» 13) on the value of FREE with ebooks, especially from Indie writers.

On the flip side, the Indie Self Publishing world is made up of writers focusing on writers and writing.

«On the author side, IR offers publishing and distribution services, along with sponsoring the IR Discovery Awards which puts indie titles into the hands of industry professionals that can make a difference in their success.»

Those of us who want control and don't want agents as collaborators will lean more and more toward the indie publishing side.

I appreciate books like Zoe's how - to for an insight into the business side of indie publishing.

I'm sharing my best indie author resources — and this Thursday, I'll also premiere a self - publishing nuts - and - bolts column at Janice Hardy's blog, The Other Side of the Story!

Over the last couple of days, I've seen a number of posts by authors from both sides of the traditional vs. indie publishing discussion (yes, I'm being nice here.

On the indie publishing side, a lot of the heartbreak I see over sudden changes in Amazon algorithms or business practices as they go after people gaming the system could have easily been avoided if people had read, remembered, and abided by the terms of the contract.

The problem I see on the indie publishing side is that Amazon reviews in particular seem totally untrustworthy so while readers may be able to avoid the really bad ebooks that only have one - star reviews there are plenty getting five - star reviews where I've barely managed to read through five pages of the sample before abandoning them.

It seems the overall message is positive, regardless of whether it's from the legacy publishing or the indie publishing side of the fence.

Many indie authors are determined to perfect their craft and figure out business side of publishing while others are looking to perfect their craft.

The only good side to his plan, should the major publishers put it into effect, is that it would create yet another spike of sales for indie and small press e-books because economics would mean people would try the lower priced books instead of paying double digits, perhaps high double digits, for a single legacy published e-book.

Given the very slow publishing schedules in mainstream publishing and the fact that there is a limit to how many books a publisher wants from any given midlist author in a year, the money odds for «most» of us who are not famous or breakout bestsellers... is in the indie side of things, because we can publish on a faster timetable, while still keeping the quality up.

Jon Reed asks bestselling hybrid author Nick Spalding which side of the publishing fence is best — traditional or indie?

We all need the business side of this game, whether indie or traditional no one will read our books if they aren't published.

It's true that this situation has changed a bit in the past few years, due in part to better and more diligent indie authors and — on the flip side — slack in the editing of traditionally published books.

Then there is a vast swath of us indie authors who publish, sell some copy, and get good reviews... but are loath (for one reason or another) to get into the marketing side.

Some traditionally published authors (if they are able) now self - publish some of their work, and on the other side indie authors sign up with traditional publishers to handle some parts of the process.

If, for example, an indie developer was to create a game as a side project and self - publish it to the Live Creator store, they would still have the option to apply to be part of the ID@Xbox program at a later date.