Sentences with phrase «from indie»

Open Book Audio is a fine example, they do accept content from indie authors but their website looks like it was made in 1992 and they don't have any apps to listen to the books while on the go.

I make a very good living from my Indie titles and have for three years now.

There are tons of success stories from the indie side of the equation.

Why should I have to give away 60 % of my potential earnings (70 % I get from indie - publishing vs. 10 - 15 % I'd get from traditional publishing) just so I can stay off the «indie list» as you suggest.

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.»

While many groups, from indie booksellers up to US Congressmen have voiced their opinions, these two organizations have actually sought permission to use a «friend of the court» brief as a way to have their stance on the entire proceedings — but specifically the settlement reached with three of the publishers — entered into record, also giving Judge Denise Cote a mechanism to take their points into consideration.

I would not pay $ 9.99 for these books — most of them are from the indie self - published dung pile and are not even worth downloading if they were free.

Odds are, those who read e-books are A) finding these hugely expensive e-books elsewhere — at libraries, usenet, various websites — OR B) are finding substitutes from indie authors OR C) all of the above.

But never forget that the real push began when Zero Sum went free, and that was entirely due to support from the indie author community and my twitter crew.

As a reader, I know I find myself picking up more and more books from indie authors because they are writing stories I want to read and they are doing it at prices that allow me to read two or three or more books for the price of a single Big 5 title.

Don't Do Everything Yourself: Tips from an Indie Author — http://bit.ly/1dIiznp

Making Money From Indie Publishing — A Guide For the Hopeful, the Optimistic and the Doomed by Sarah A. Hoyt

What's more, the deal should see Nook Press promote titles from Indie Author Previews in its promotional Nook First and Nook presents promos, along with customer emails and social - media work.

Traditional publishers have way more competition from indie authors than they used to!

Has there been a «tonal shift» in what Porter calls the «palaver» from the indie writer sector of the publishing world?

Pulp - Free (app) Pulp - Free Publishing's app is a comic - reading platform that allows for easy publication from indie creators (currently available only for Apple devices).

Robin shares her thoughts on the value of the new Goodreads Digital Book Giveaway program and considers why we've both seen some pushback from the indie community.

Media attention is another difficulty, for much the same reason — because there's more than enough output from traditional channels, media outlets aren't eager to spend time looking for the diamond in the rough from the indie channels.

An indie bookstore may occasionally order books from indie authors and publishers directly, but they usually work with book distributors for all their titles.

Nathan Shumate discusses some of the reasons for lousy covers from indie publishers in this article.

If I can get the book from an Indie for the same price that it is listed on Amazon — I will buy from the Indie instead, and lots of Indies have the advantage of having DRM free books.

Bookstore chains do not normally order from indie authors or independent publishers directly.

One of the more common questions I get from indie publishers with a print book is what is the difference between Amazon Advantage and Amazon Marketplace?

For more about how to price your book — for domestic and international markets, physical bookstores and Amazon, print and digital books — you can check out the GLOBAL PRICING: HOW TO PRICE YOUR BOOK TO SELL WORLDWIDE session from Indie Author Fringe with our very own Robin Cutler and Andy Bromley.

By giving readers the opportunity to choose to purchase from an indie bookstore, you are showing local booksellers that you are a savvy author and that you actively encourage sales of your book from independent bookstores.

Returns from online stores are less than 5 %, returns from Indie brick - and - mortar stores are around 20 %, and the big chain stores can have returns of more than 30 % — sometimes much more.

* sigh * It really frustrates me, as a blogger AND writer myself, when I get spammy messages from indie authors.

The sales that would go to that $ 15.99 book are going to lower - priced books from indie authors and self - published authors, like me.

All the emails or messages I get from indie authors that are just spam then put me of giving indie authors a try.

As I'm out at some busy events this weekend and Michelle has just come back from a retreat, I've asked David Estes to post today in response to an appalling blog article from an indie author, telling book bloggers that we were «doing ourselves a disservice» not reviewing indie.

The poor bookstores are reduced to pulling the books they want for their customers from the indie publishers, when they finally realize the book exists.

For those authors that truly care about releasing their work to the public and marketing it for a profit, the amount of time and effort put into their writing makes it far from the skeleton that many seem to expect from Indie writers.

I've not been blogging for too long, it will have been a year by the end of this month, but have already received so many emails from indie authors.

If I didn't have to spend so much time sorting through the junk emails, I think I would be accepting a lot more review requests from indie authors.

Although these questions on editing have been tackled from indie authors who have worked with several different editors on their own books, as far as I know there hasn't been a quality article from the other side (from the editors themselves) besides trivial and pointless posts meant to drum up new business.

Mind you the negative feedback and criticism may as well come from indie book reviewers as anywhere else, I guess.

I'm getting huge, negative feedback from indie publishers that they have set up accounts with B&T, get accepted, paid the $ 350 for an indie publisher and then nothing happens.

From William Penn and the Quakers telling England «So long and thanks for all the fish» (a paraphrase) and settling in Pennsylvania for religious independence, to a hot summer in the 1700s when our forefathers created one of the most famous indie publications of all time, to Sylvester Stallone's «Rocky,» it is hard to separate Philly from indie culture.

I have been very impressed with the overwhelming positive feedback from indie authors who have published an audiobook version of their books.

The initiative is called #Amazoncart and this program is one of the best things to help facilitate more eBook sales from indie authors.

You haven't presented one fact to substantiate your claim that Amazon is «keeping its distance from indie publishing.»

This makes Unlimited a barren wasteland of quality content from indie authors.

«It took Edelweiss — and the growing interest among book buyers to carry self published titles in their stores (see recent articles in the Christian Science Monitor and Publisher's Weekly that note increasing interest from indie bookstores in self - pubbed titles)-- to help solve the problem.»

For a low monthly fee you get access to over 700,000 titles, mostly from indie authors.

Kelly is even claiming that GoodReads is sexist because the site does not do enough to protect women from indie authors shilling their books or authors who have a problem with a bad review.

A number of other companies also exhibited their tech features that support ebooks, especially from indie authors.

It feels more like a higher end e-reader than most other devices around this price level from indie companies.

While there was some anger from the indie publishing community at the thought that self - published authors would lose the control over their books that makes them independent in the first place, the number of authors who signed up caused the number of borrowable ebooks to skyrocket.

This company only deals with established companies, but also takes submissions from indie authors.

This creates a problem where we see a ton of cloned content and sub-par programs from indie developers.