Not exact matches
For example, setting time aside in school each day for
independent reading, bringing in
authors to talk to students, and keeping bestseller lists
posted in the school.
If you've read the blogs we
posted in advance of the event, especially the one
authored by former Danville
Independent Superintendent Dr. Carmen Coleman (Innovation in Danville, KY Schools) you'll recall that Danville educators started with the question, «What does a Danville diploma mean?»
Debbie Young, a co-author of the Opening Up to Indie
Authors book from the Alliance of
Independent Authors («ALLi»), has
posted a piece about quality in self - publishing, as the new book becomes available to Amazon Kindle readers: Opinion: Spotting the Elephant in the Self - Publishing Room.
If you'd like to find out more about it, you may like to read the blog
post I've just written in my capacity as Commissioning Editor for the Alliance of
Independent Authors on their blog of self - publishing advice here: http://www.selfpublishingadvice.org/voice-recognition/
the reason so many of us
independent authors went with lulu is b / c twenty percent is so doable... it is cheaper to
post our books on ARE which takes forty percent...
(Drawing attention to my latest
post on the Alliance of
Independent Authors» self - publishing advice blog)
Last year's report was «debunked» by a number of sources, including this piece
posted on the Alliance of
Independent Authors blog.
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It's absurdly short - sighted of the Big 5 to reject the one path which is actually mutually - beneficial to publishers and
independent authors — but that is the point of this
post, after all.
(A
post about one of my writing roles — as Commissioning Editor of the Alliance of
Independent Authors» blog of Self - publishing Advice)
This
post first appeared on the Alliance of
Independent Authors»
Author Advice Centre blog here.
Posted by Sherrie Wilkolaski Art of Publishing,
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Independent Publishing, Marketing Tips, Publishing Services Consultant, Sherrie Wilkolaski
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You can explore other options with this
post by Andrew Lowe: «Ebook Library Services For
Authors: An Alliance of
Independent Authors Report.»
Perhaps you've read one of our books, blog
posts or heard that we won Top website for
Independent authors by both the Alliance of Independent Authors and the Association of Independent A
authors by both the Alliance of
Independent Authors and the Association of Independent A
Authors and the Association of
Independent AuthorsAuthors?
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This
post from Debbie Young rounds up the experience of ALLi (Alliance of
Independent Authors) members when being interviewed on local radio.
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As
authors who have met me (or who have followed my book promotion blog here or at the Huffington
Post) know, I'm a strong support of
independent book publishing and
independent authors.
To learn more about what they offer, read this piece by Meaghan Sansom from
Author's Republic, guest
posting on the blog for the Alliance of
Independent Authors and this
post on the same blog by writer Katherine Hayton with more details.
One of my favorite tutorials on creating fixed - layout ePUBs is R. Scot Johns's (@RScotJohns) seven - part series of
posts «How To Create Fixed - Layout iBooks» on Scot's Blog: The Adventures of an
Independent Author.
Re.ad Publishing is a full - service publishing house and interactive platform for
independent authors to purchase content,
post reviews and communicate with other users that share a common interest.
As Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, pointed out in his
post on Amazon's exclusivity, «
Authors who go exclusive at Amazon become more dependent (the opposite of
independent) upon Amazon.
Posted by Lee Anne McClymont Art of Publishing,
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TCE is also on Shelfari, Booklikes and several
independent sites (sites that
post ebooks, reviews,
author interviews and stories about indie books /
authors).
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Linda Gillard presents
Independent Authors and Visibility
posted at The Alliance of
Independent Authors Advice Blog.
As for another large group of people who have not paid to read eBooks, there is probably a large percentage of them who have downloaded legally «free» copies... like ones you have written about in some of your 4456
posts — not only from
independent current
authors, but from the huge quantity of public domain books offered on large sites like ProjectGutenberg.org — many of which come pre-loaded on some eBook reading devices.
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Once again, Publishers Weekly's annual overview of fast - growing
independent publishers features not only innovative indies, but a publisher whose business model is largely built on
author fees: Morgan James... -LSB-...]
Tweet us to let us know you're helping us make a difference or
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GoodEReader has
posted several very informative articles that seek to educate
authors of every ilk, whether they are traditionally published through a major publishing house with a four - book deal, self - published through an
independent press, or have recently converted a manuscript to electronic format and uploaded it to an online site guided only by their own ability.
As a career professional writer and
Independent Author - Publisher, I am dismayed by the misleading portrayal of B&N and KOBO in your
post.
I had written a
post, Kickstart Your Indie Project, on Indies Unlimited in favor of Kickstarter, and my fellow IU writer Rich Meyer had written one, Mendicancy — The First Refuge of The Modern Indie, critiquing the idea of
independent authors asking for money to fund their book costs.
Smashwords CEO Mark Coker recently released the 2018 updated edition of his Smashwords Book Marketing Guide, in which his advice to
authors still includes a strategy of pricing at least one book as free, and if you have a series, price the first book as free, despite his gloomy 2018 Publishing Predictions blog
post, in which he predicted an increased glut of high - quality, low cost eBooks, and the demise of
independent publishing by a rising, Amazon - dependent model.
Posted by Karen Hodges Miller Art of Publishing,
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This guest
post is by Clare Wilson,
author of The Long Staff As a small - fry
author with an
independent publisher, you need to be creative when it comes to book promotion.
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Just a quick
post today to let you know that the Alliance of
Independent authors is running a FREE online conference this Saturday Oct 14th.
As an editor, I offer editing and publishing services to
independent authors of speculative fiction, mystery, and romance, so I would love to see
posts on writing craft, self - publishing, and marketing aimed at these niches.
Independent bookstores, an important weapon in any author's book publicity arsenal, are thriving in particular with the Huffington Post lauding high profile new openings and others touting 2017 as the year of the independent
Independent bookstores, an important weapon in any
author's book publicity arsenal, are thriving in particular with the Huffington
Post lauding high profile new openings and others touting 2017 as the year of the
independentindependent bookstore.
In the November 21 edition of the Huffington
Post, E-book entrepreneur Mark Coker (Founder of Smashwords) has written one of the most helpful articles anywhere on the pros and cons of E-books, and I consider it «must» reading for every
independent author.
I'm launching a survey in which my goal — my AMBITIOUS goal, I should clarify — is to publish an epic roundup
post highlighting 75
independent authors of literary fiction.
I did
post about it and posed some questions on the
Independent Mystery Booksellers
authors» blog, if anyone is curious: http://knock-em-dead.blogspot.com/2009/05/calling-all-
authors-blog-tours.html