Sentences with phrase «most indie publishers»

It gets ambiguous because most indie publishers are self - published but not all self - published authors are indie publishers.

Most indie publishers, especially POD publishers, are not prepared to print and distribute thousands of books and then accept returns when some of them don't sell.

The greatest stumbling block that remains for most indie publishers is making sense of the registration process that enables the sale and protection of books.

Since most indie publishers are going to face these same questions, it seemed like a good topic to address in a larger forum.

The effect of this system is that, for most indie publishers operating on their own, real national book distribution is very challenging.

Added to this is the expense, clearly beyond most indie publishers, of printing enough books to stock enough stores around the country to take advantage of a media campaign that you probably can't afford anyway.

You will find that most indie publishers come at a high cost.

That's far more work and business knowledge for most indie publishers to handle.

Most indie publishers just ignore those 20/80 numbers and ignore that 80 % of the reading and book - buying public.

(Honestly, for most indie publishers right now focused on Kindle Select and giving their book away for 99 cents, this number would be far, far too high.

Most indie publishers are writers first and the best way to produce good stories is write what we care about, what we love, what we are passionate about.

That's what most indie publishers do in these early days of this movement and nothing wrong with that at all.

Most indie publishers for the most part have yet to learn this fact.

Sadly, relying on hope for marketing or organic traffic doesn't quite get the book sales for most indie publishers.

* (By the way — most indie publishers don't use the dinosaur ISBN system because it's unnecessary and meaningless and overpriced therefore their (quite copious) sales are not being recorded for the purposes of this article.)

And most indie publishers are not seasoned veterans of publishing, but new writers coming in.

Not exact matches

In terms of trad pub vs indie — most trad publishers don't want to publish collections of short fiction by unknowns, but you can submit to magazines and anthologies as well as self - publishing collections or using them for marketing.

Of course, it's important to note that most published books are not error - free, whether they are from big name traditional publishers or small indie micro-publishers.

For example, most of the «Uncategorized Single - Author Publisher» category is also Indie, but we keep it separate from Indie because we didn't verify book by book that those were known Indie authors.

$ 3 is still not a huge stretch compared to the $ 10 or more most traditional publishers are charging for ebooks, but as an Indie author, I want to make sure to keep a handle on what my readers are expecting and willing to pay.

But for most of the indie authors and small publishers I work with, money is at a greater premium than time.

Most readers are not typographers and are probably oblivious to the subtle differences among typefaces and most first time Indie publishers might find themselves in the same bMost readers are not typographers and are probably oblivious to the subtle differences among typefaces and most first time Indie publishers might find themselves in the same bmost first time Indie publishers might find themselves in the same boat.

However, Nielsen discovered that this age group and gender demographic are reading far more non-fiction than most book buyers would believe, which speaks to a strong need for more content from publishers and indie authors.

This would be far more understandable a concern if most consumers knew how much an author's work is stripped away in the editorial process by major publishers, and then understood that self - published authors often chose to pursue indie authorship because random gatekeepers had deemed their book wasn't fit or worthy enough for mass market publication.

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?

The most successful Indie writers experience one day the thrill of a call from a big publisher (or a movie producer) and suddenly the Indie writer is no more.

Most of us are familiar with J.A. Konrath, who, after self - publishing several of his unpublished novels in ebook form and realizing how much more money he could make on his own than with a traditional publisher, became indie publishing's most vocal champMost of us are familiar with J.A. Konrath, who, after self - publishing several of his unpublished novels in ebook form and realizing how much more money he could make on his own than with a traditional publisher, became indie publishing's most vocal champmost vocal champion.

Brooke Warner, publisher and publishing expert, will help you avoid some of the most common pitfalls for indie authors, and encourage you to move ahead with your publishing goals with confidence and know - how.

Whether you go indie or you publish through a traditional publisher, you're going to be the one who needs to care most about promoting your work.

(Bet most of you indie publishers out there didn't even know the IBPA even existed, did you?

For indie publishers, formatting content can be one of the most frustrating parts in the publishing process.

For the most part, pricing for indie publishers has settled into a range from $ 2.99 to $ 7.99 for electronic novels.

If the web has changed anything (I DO think it has — and I don't think I'm a digevangelist for the sake of it, but because I perceive a change), it's the ability to reach and distribute to an author's niche with minimal outlay — if an author truly accepts that lack of bookshops sales are part of their business model (I think they should — specific deals with Indie stores aside — and for that reason I think self - publishing is wrong for most self - publishers), then the age - old obstacle of distribution has been removed from the equation.

Indie publishers are making huge waves in the literary fiction world, and are producing some of the best, brightest and most critically acclaimed literary fiction around.

We know that libraries have access to hundreds of millions of readers but they don't have massive budgets, we know that traditional publishers have been unfriendly to libraries, and we know that indie authors» books are becoming some of the most popular books in the world.

According to the most recent report, self - published titles make up more than one - fourth of the books published on Kindle, yet indie authors make 40 % of the royalties, which is more than the Big Five publishers receive combined.

And I have a wonderful, helpful publisher — so I have nothing like the workload of most indie authors.

Huge number of myths around indie publishing and going to a traditional publisher, so many that most writers won't think of indie publishing, will just knee - jerk right into the old agent / editor / publisher system without one thought of going another way.

A major conundrum for most indie authors is how to cost effectively market books without a publisher's marketing budget behind them.

Creating a book marketing and publicity plan is a necessity for indie authors and it's advisable for even most traditionally - published authors to set up some personal market tactics to execute in tandem with their publishers» efforts.

The wisest and most savvy authors and indie publishers are investigating what a book publicist can do for them.

Because self - published authors keep 70 % of their total purchase price on Amazon compared to the 25 % that most traditionally published authors get from their publishers, indie authors are earning almost half the daily author revenue in the Mystery / Thriller, Science Fiction / Fantasy, and Romance genres.

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I say that because most new indie or self - publishers use print - on - demand printers like CreateSpace and IngramSpark (or sister Lightening Source) and these printers provide the ISBN barcode free.

Of these ebooks, most independently published ones have a larger market share than traditionally published ones when broken down into genres: Self - published romance, mystery, horror, science fiction and fantasy all sell better from indie authors or Kindle imprints than they do from traditional publishers.»

I suppose that in case of such a segregation («Publisher» — «Indie author») most of these authors would register themselves as one - man Publisher companies.

A trade publisher who pays poor royalties (as most trade publishers still do on ebooks) can still be a good choice for an indie, if the scale and publishing and marketing plan is good.

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As with most evolutions in storytelling and entertainment, it'll probably require an indie creator to prove the model works... or a publisher identifying a qualified creator or two, paying them, and making a business leap of faith.

If you are like most publishers (especially indie publishers) it's probably an afterthought and something composed on - the - fly when requested.