I honestly think (in baby steps) we are moving that way with the choices writers have
as indie publishers now.
Not exact matches
As an event coordinator at an
indie bookstore in the greater Boston area, I can tell you right
now that I'll be writing to your
publisher immediately to see if we can get you to come to our store... we'd love to host you!
Joan is a former
indie publisher who makes her living
now as a freelance writer, editor and book consultant while she continues to work on her own writing projects.
The
publishers you all think of
as huge
now were small press or solo shops,
indie presses, back 50 or 100 years ago.
As soon as indie writers get their collective heads out of the imaginary castle they are defending and start realizing that ALL DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS that a traditional publisher uses for paper books is open to them now, without problem, the indie writer can make a ton more money and sell far, far more book
As soon
as indie writers get their collective heads out of the imaginary castle they are defending and start realizing that ALL DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS that a traditional publisher uses for paper books is open to them now, without problem, the indie writer can make a ton more money and sell far, far more book
as indie writers get their collective heads out of the imaginary castle they are defending and start realizing that ALL DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS that a traditional
publisher uses for paper books is open to them
now, without problem, the
indie writer can make a ton more money and sell far, far more books.
In this process over the next five to ten years, the slush pile will almost vanish
as we know it
now and editors will go mostly to solicited novels, either from agents who have published their clients work or from
indie publishers.
I definitely see myself
as an entrepreneur
now that I've gone
indie, where
as when I was still querying agents and
publishers, I thought of myself
as applying for a job.
The percentage of
indie authors who never worked with a traditional
publisher is rising from year to year (
now 60 %)
as is the percentage of authors who never even tried to find a
publisher (35 %).
But
now,
as an
indie publisher, you have changed hats from being a writer to a
publisher.
We've
now got WMG Publishing identified
as an
Indie, but
as you point out, there are many similar multi-author Indies out there, so a portion of the Small / Medium
Publisher red in our charts is actually more «Indies in disguise.»
Now,
as an independent consultant, Howard helps
indie authors and
publishers find their voice.
Publisher's Weekly took note of a recent promotion by Amazon of a traditional - turned -
indie author, what some in the industry are
now referring to
as a hybrid author, and the tone of the original announcement by Amazon is almost inflammatory.
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 don
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 don
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.
Launched in 2013, this
now monthly (mostly) podcast is for anyone interested in following along on my journey
as an author and
indie publisher.
With over 20 years experience
as a Sales Director for companies (such
as F+W and WRITER»S MARKET), Amy
now guides
indie authors and
publishers through the maze of book sales and distribution.
Now, the «
indie author» can gain full access to the same online sales shelf space and digital shelf space
as any major
publisher.
Now, this idea is integrated into the complex way I understand what it means to be successful
as an
indie publisher.
As regular IndieReader's know by
now, by cutting out the middleman of
publishers,
indie authors work directly with online retailers to publish and distribute their books more quickly, more inexpensively to the consumer, and for a much larger share of the profits than a «trad»
publisher offers.
When you sign the petition, you support not only
indie writers (many of whom are
now,
as never before, making a living writing books that lots of people enjoy), but you also support FREEDOM of CHOICE, which is what, it seems to me, that Hachette and other
publishers and conglomerates and other big money grabbing corporations, are trying to take away from us.
At the click of a button,
indie authors —
as well
as the smallest boutique
publishers and micropresses — can
now sell their books through the same online retail storefronts that today account for roughly 50 % of total US print sales.
They started off supporting
indie content and you know it was a few years ago when they started supporting
publishers, and
now to move into the console space and handheld space, I think we wanted to make sure that this was something that was still a part of what is true to Humble and true to their roots
as well, and it seemed like a really natural fit.»
Now I'm releasing my out - of - print books
as an
indie author and at the same time, I'll be doing some other books that crashed and burned with traditional
publishers.»
In all my dreams about getting published by a «real
publisher» (before I realized how much smarter it is to go
indie), I never even dared to dream
as big
as I've done for myself in 2013... and I also realized that what I've achieved this year is small - time compared to what's possible
now with a career
as an author.
Amazon is
now selling over one million ebooks a day to bring in nearly $ 6 million, with
indie publishers becoming increasingly dominant
as the market share for the Big 5 traditional
publishers continues to fall.
As a long - time freelance editor working solely with self - publishing authors (since 2005) and now as an indie publisher (and still an editor), I am not surprised at these stats, but here is what I'm wonderin
As a long - time freelance editor working solely with self - publishing authors (since 2005) and
now as an indie publisher (and still an editor), I am not surprised at these stats, but here is what I'm wonderin
as an
indie publisher (and still an editor), I am not surprised at these stats, but here is what I'm wondering:
If smaller
indie developers can afford to make their titles HD version a universal one than it's definitely possible for bigger
publishers as well - what I see
now is just a shortsighted stupid «milking» policy on their side.
9 years later and we have moved on from solely being a production house; we
now search for great
indie titles
as a
publisher to support!
This week I have 2 special guests both from the game speak podcast where we discuss a bit of a controversial subject where AAA
publishers are
now getting into the
indie scene and still categorising those released games
as indie games