A very special thank you also goes out to reviewers and book bloggers who have taken time out of their busy schedules to read a book
by an unknown Indie author like me.
With limited shelf space, buyers are far more likely to order a book they're familiar with — and their customers have heard of — than a title
by an unknown indie author.
Not exact matches
READINGS David Thomson's The Big Screen reviewed
by Robert Horton; Anthony Slide's Hollywood
Unknowns: A History of Extras, Bit Players, and Stand - Ins reviewed
by R. Emmet Sweeney; Alisa Perren's
Indie, Inc.: Miramax and the Transformation of Hollywood in the 1990s reviewed
by Eric Hynes; Mark Shiel's Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles reviewed
by Michael Talbott
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.
Poetry
by unknown poets would be homeless without
indie publishing, I think.
I had heard of other
indie authors garnering thousands of downloads, but I'm a relatively
unknown new - comer and I was more than happy to see hundreds of downloads fueled
by little more than a change in price... I didn't do any specific promotion beyond Twitter, Facebook, and a blog post.
Question: How much does the origin of a new book
by an
unknown author, whether from a small press, academic press, Big Five publisher, or
indie publisher, affect your choice to purchase?
We will also have an arcade featuring new and upcoming titles ranging from
indie to small, and a new social card game sponsored
by MailChimp where you trade
unknown currency amongst each other, and trade in cards for real prizes.
Even at a glance, it's obvious that School of Talent is very much a passion project
by a small,
unknown indie studio sailing on a hope and a prayer.
Squids Odyssey is a title
by The Game Bakers, a smaller and mostly
unknown indie studio.