In fact author Mike Dennis admitted just that on
the KBoards Writers» Café, an online forum where a lot of self - published authors hang out (including me).
A quick search on
the KBoards Writers» Cafe forum can often provide information from those in the trenches who are ahead of us on the indie publishing journey.
Quite a few posts on the indie author discussion site
KBoards Writers Cafe reflect a concern, even an obsession, with writing and publishing as fast as possible, for fear of failing to generate sustainable sales.
If you hang out someplace like
the KBoards Writers» Café, you can see what people are doing before you publish yours, why you're still looking for a publisher.
The Kboards Writer's Cafe (a popular forum where indie writers hang out and discuss the industry) is chock full of threads about the evils and praises of Kindle Unlimited and how something that might have worked in 2012, now doesn't, and on and on, but there is no denying that new authors are coming onto the scene and seeing a lot of success all the time, even in 2016 as they did in 2011 - 2012.
For me,
the Kboards Writer's Café is a great resource, but the point there is information, not connecting with fans.
Not exact matches
Find out who other
writer friends are using, or get involved in self - publishing forums or groups — such as
KBoards, or the Alliance of Independent Authors.
You will find plenty of happy authors in the
Kboards»
Writer's Cafe Thread.
I've also used several others with varying results —
Kboards, Omnimystery News, Every
Writer Resource, Goodkindles.
I've been a lurker on
Kboards»
Writers Cafe for months now, and the same 3 - 4 people who regularly comment about the evils of Amazon on EVERY SINGLE Amazon - related thread have sales rankings for their books in the high six - digits.
Writer's Cafe @
KBoards: A message board primarily focused on issues important to indie authors.
I have found an absolute wealth of information on the
Writer's Cafe in the
KBoards forums.
One of the most active communities is the
Writers» Cafe on
Kboards, but there are also many Facebook groups catering to authors.
I have left the
writers Cafe at
kboards and started my own indie author forum, Joe.
Also, anecdotally from discussions on the
Kboards and Passive Voice, several major hybrid
writers have noted that the Big 5 aren't so much interested in print only deals — they're looking for erights too.
There is also a great community on the
Writer's Cafe section of the
KBoards forum.
Hugh Howey launched the idea on
Kboards, a forum for Kindle readers, but also the meeting place of an active community of indie
writers.
Start a thread on The
Writer's Cafe on
kboards (be sure and join the discussion on the Kindle Scout thread while you're there), or reach out for help in one of the many author community pages on Facebook.
The
Writers» Cafe on
KBoards is proof that you're never alone as an indie author.
I've also seen such threads on the
Writers» Cafe on
Kboards, but you may have better luck if you can find out where the authors in your genre hang out.
Hmm, this survey must be for
Kboards «
writers.»