Not exact matches
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.
As
indie authors continue to knock down the stigma of their products being «lesser than» without the stamp of approval
from a Big Five
publisher or
smaller press, this next hurdle is readying to be toppled by self -
publishers, thanks once again to Amazon.
The vast majority of titles are
from smaller publishers and
indie authors.
You can also go cruise on Google for other «best of 2015» fiction lists, such as those
from or by
Small Presses, Independent
Publishers, more
Indie / Self - Pubbed authors, Debuts, Flash Fiction, and on and on.
As to what «types» of
publishers, they're
from both major and
small publishers, both mainstream and
indie.
Indie books are on shelves right beside all other books
from quality
small presses to medium
publishers to the big
publishers.
The elimination of the NEA could have a severe trickle - down effect in the
small press world, as many
indie publishers depend on funding
from the organization to stay afloat.
Today virtually all
publishers,
from the
smallest indie press to large general trade book
publishers — with the very interesting exception of the Hachette Book Group — sell directly to consumers in some fashion.
Daily Author Revenue Per Author
Indie Published $ 17.43
From Small or Medium
Publisher $ 9.68
From Uncategorized Single - Author
Publisher $ 16.67 Penguin Random House $ 44.48 Hachette $ 46.07 Harper Collins $ 27.03 Macmillan $ 24.25 Simon & Schuster $ 55.57
The number of today's bestsellers
from small to medium
publisher debut authors is also growing year over year, although not at the same explosive rate with which
indie debuts are grabbing and holding slots on the charts.
The service has over 700,000 digital editions available, mainly
from small publishers and
indie authors.
Now, OverDrive has announced it carries DRM - free content
from seventeen
smaller publishers, including some self - published authors, including
indie... [Read more...]
It is not always easy to find our niche, or readers who will become rabid fans, but since making the transition
from writing for
small publishers to going
indie, I've put together a list of the ten important things I've learned on my journey.
Frankly, I see a lot more «good» writing and editing coming out of
indie and
small press books right now than I do the stuff coming
from legacy
publishers.
They either wait for the
publisher to bring the price of the e-book down or they are buying
from smaller presses and
indie authors who are either self - publishing new work or putting out their back lists.
The National
Indie Excellence ® Awards (NIEA) is a prestigious National award contest open to recent English language books in print
from small, medium, university, self and independent
publishers.
There has been some good news
from the
smaller publishers, as
indie publishing houses figure out how to compete.
The Daily $ Revenue to Authors
from B&N's eBook Bestsellers chart reveals how
indie - published titles account for 39 % and represent the majority group that outperforms the other groups:
Small / medium
publisher, uncategorized single - author
publisher, Penguin Random House, Hachette, Harper Collins, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.
If you self /
indie published, revenues
from book sales would flow to you, not a
small percentage that is split
from proceeds after distribution /
publisher takes a share.
It's just been published by a
small,
indie publisher, Swyers Publishing, and is now available on Amazon.com, B&N.com, Smashwords.com, and
from the
publisher.
Having just signed with a
small literary agency and requesting the rights back for my first two books
from my previous
publisher (long story), 2016 may see me dipping my toes into the
indie pool.
Whether it's releases
from small indie authors or titles
from major
publishers, I continued to stumble across eBooks that are shoddy at best.
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?
As readers, it means we will have to continue to choose between buying one traditionally published e-book
from publishers like Randy Penguin (at $ 12.99 or more) or buying two or three — or more —
indie or
small press published e-books.
The first report stated that
indie authors write books that have higher ratings than traditionally published authors» books, and that
indie books and books
from small publishers dominated popular genres.
These sales included titles sourced
from the Big Five
publishers,
small presses, and
indie authors.
That yielded equally accurate absolute numbers for the other, non-AAP-measured ebook categories: non-participating
Small / Medium
Publishers,
Indie Published books, and those
from Amazon Pub Imprints.
The one difference I have found, and mentioned to her after - the - fact, is that, significantly, when you go it alone certain mainstream reviewers that will review anything
from an official
publisher, will only review
indie work through a
smaller, fee - for - review subsidiary.
What They Left Out The information they don't have comes
from sites who do not report e-book sales, and the hundreds of
indie publishers,
from small press to single authors, who also do not report sales numbers to the AAP.
DCL pioneered the use of in - house Adobe Content Servers to manage ebooks purchased directly
from authors,
small publishers, and
indie distributors such as Smashwords, and they were eager to help launch similar projects elsewhere.
Indie and
small -
publisher titles dominate the bestselling genres, which shows demand
from readers is not being fully met by trad publishing.
Dark Day Interactive - is a
small indie Development company, based in Australia and the United Kingdom, with past experience in the video game market, with the current release of Once Bitten, Twice Dead on PC, and iOS hits like Sky Island, the team has taken there past skills and knowledge
from other projects and combined them into one tight company, answering to no major
publishers, only making games they love, for the community and helped shape by the community.
The Gamescope Expo is a place for game developers,
from the
smallest one - man
indie studios to the big
publishers to show off their new and coming games.
But as a
small indie publisher everything can take time — it would be great if we get this time and patience
from the community during EA!
Everyone
from the
smallest indie team to the biggest
publishers, will retain up to 95 % of the sales proceeds, which is 25 % higher than the current industry standard.
There's a definite focus on
indie and
small publisher games in Humble's library, but there are offerings
from bigger players like Square - Enix and 2K.
Everyone
from the
smallest indie team to the biggest
publishers, will retain up to 95 per cent of the sales proceeds, which is 25 % higher than the current industry standard.