Claire Ryan (@rayntweets), who heads up
an independent author services company, has created a free WordPress plug - in that makes it easy to sell your books on your website, while pointing to all the different retailers and devices on which your book might be available.
Not exact matches
Amazon's suite of
services for
independent authors makes it possible for me and many other
authors to bypass traditional publishing
companies.
Through his editing
company, Editwright, he provides comprehensive editorial
services (developmental editing, substantive editing, line editing, copyediting, and proofreading) to
independent authors, small publishers, and professional
companies.
The Alliance of
Independent Authors has released its recent guide to all things self - publishing, and this year awarded its inaugural
service award to Smashwords and its founder, Mark Coker, for the work the
company has done in furthering the cause of indie authorship.
These are «vanity publishers» and should be distinguished from the above
companies that offer
services to the
independent author and do not pretend to be a publisher.
Self - publishers usually hire
independent contractors for this work; not
author services companies.
4 min readAs an
independent author, dozens of
companies, sites and
services will offer to show you how to market your self - published book — for one low fee, naturally.
It is published by PartnerPress, in association with professional self - publishing
services company AuthorImprints, a member of the
Independent Book Publishers Association and the Alliance of
Independent Authors.
Author Imprints is an award - winning, professional
independent publishing
services company.
in other words to
author a piece of writing and distribute it, print it, wrap it and sell it as you yourself see fit, even by mutual agreement with an outsourced
company that offers specific dedicated
services such as printing, binding, distribution, packagaing, marketing or any such
service, not by the decisions of any other entity but by your own choice as you yourself see most convenient... and if in exchange for
services rendered you split the revenue consider it as credit with interest paid on sales... so yes if you are an
independent author you are allowed to leave the publishing and distribution to people that get paid to publish and distribute and marketing to marketers and sales to salesmen... but you must above all
author independently.
If you use our
company for any of its
services, whether editorial or design, you are exercising your rights as an
independent author / publisher.
So is there a place for new
companies to offer
services to self - publishing or
independent authors, and do to so fairly and with dedication and skill?
Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, BookBaby was launched in early 2011 and applies the same
services and powerful resources as sister
company CD Baby to the digital publishing world, to help
independent authors and publishers accomplish their goals.
Sponsored by BookBaby, one of the nation's leading self - publishing
services company, #IndieAuthorCon is the only US event dedicated to self - publishing where
independent authors will learn from industry experts what it takes to publish, market, and sell their books while managing their writing career.
BB eBooks is a Bangkok - based
company that was founded in 2013 to provide fast, reliable, and professional formatting and design
services for books created by
independent authors and small presses.
Focusing on products and
services for the
independent author community, BookBaby is a new division of parent
company CD Baby.
Stories To Tell is a full
service book publishing
company for
independent authors.
The
company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including kindle e-readers, fire tablets, fire TVs, and echo devices; and provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online
service that allows
independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store.
As handsomely awarded a startup as it is — pulling in The Bookseller's first FutureBook BookTech Gold Award at the end of 2015 and London Book Fair's Quantum Publishing Innovation Award in spring 2016 — this was a
company originally built to serve the needs of
independent authors and the
service providers who work to professionalize self - publishers» output.
Greenleaf Book Group — publishing
services company Greenleaf Book Group is a publisher and distributor that specializes in the development of
independent authors and the growth of small presses by offering industry guidance, business development, and unmatched production, distribution, and marketing
services.
Currently, self - published e-books are made available on B&N.com through an intermediary: Smashwords, which is a fine
company that offers a great
service to
independent authors.
Joanna: If people don't want to do everything themselves and are going to use a
company, then there's a watchdog
service by the Alliance of
Independent Authors.
Pronoun is able to offer
services to
independent authors free of charge because it powers the publishing programs of large media
companies including The New York Times, Forbes, and Fast
Company, which are paying partners.