Sentences with phrase «indie author advice»

By Turgay Birand 2016-08-09T13:13:20 +00:00 August 9th, 2016 Categories: Business, Design, eBook Writing Tags: eBook mistakes, ebook publishing, eBook publishing mistakes, indie author advice

By Turgay Birand 2015-04-17T19:35:37 +00:00 April 23rd, 2015 Categories: eBook Writing Tags: eBook advice, indie author advice, self publishing advice

PS - I have an Indie Author Advice section on my blog where I answer many of the frequently asked questions I get from authors.

By Turgay Birand 2016-08-09T13:14:25 +00:00 August 11th, 2016 Categories: Business, eBook Writing, eCommerce Tags: ebook publishing, ebook sales, indie author advice, self publishing

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My advice would be that authors leave the fact of their «indie - ness» off all marketing aimed at readers and let the book win on its own merit.

It's a trove of advice for indie authors - enjoy!

Having worked with traditional publishers and self - published several of her books, Massey has great advice for indie authors on independent publishing, book marketing and strategies for getting a book into bookstores, libraries and reviews.

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Taking the advice in this book will save authors and indie publishers a great deal of time, trouble and money.

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The gold - standard advice that all indie authors get, essentially from day one, is «build a mailing list.»

More than I think, any other industry, anywhere, in any business, indie authors really love to work together, to be happy for each other's successes, to offer help when it is needed, to give advice (and ask for it).

Thanks also for the good advice on being an indie author and on promoting.

Peter Sandeen has a great list of leads and some good advice overall regarding conversion that you can apply to your indie author book marketing, and then there are sites like Guest Post Tracker that let you search for opportunities by topic and provide a service for tracking your submissions.

What wonderful advice for other indie authors.

By Marcy Kennedy (@MarcyKennedy) One of the almost universal pieces of advice we hear as indie authors is that we need to build a newsletter mailing list.

By the time I published my next novel, Hampstead Fever, I had a far better idea of how to do it — much of that thanks to the advice I received through the Alliance of Independent Authors, an organization I would recommend to any indie author.

Joyce graciously met with the IngramSpark team to offer some insights and sage advice for indie authors in how best to get their book onto library shelves.

If you're looking for advice on how to be an indie author, podcasts are an incredible resource.

Indie authors are given an almost overwhelming amount of advice about promoting and marketing their book, a great deal of which is contradictory.

What would be your advice for newer authors looking to become the next «indie success story»?

Most indie authors already know this and recycle the (in my opinion) bad advice that you need the text to be legible as a thumbnail.

Stay tuned for Part II and subsequent Parts to this intraself communication which will contain advice for many indie authors as we continue on this journey of educating this indie author, earlier Sally: YOU!

Creating an author blog is one of the first pieces of advice we give indie authors to grow their fan bases, nurture their platforms, and create community.

f you're looking for advice on how to be an indie author, podcasts are an incredible resource.

Just follow this helpful advice page from indie author, Karen Inglis.

There are plenty of tips out there for writers, but what is often missing is the honest advice that new indie authors need to hear.

For authors who were not contact by the retailer, Amazon did have some advice for other indie authors on ways they can get involved in the October celebration and hopefully reach new readers.

Thanks Anne, I keep returning to your pages again & again... as a new indie author & blogger, it's great to read frank, honest and useful advice when learning the ropes!

I wish more indie authors could see this post and take your advice.

A positive experience and good advice I think — I participated in a blog tour for an Indie Author, David Litwack, and really enjoyed his book.

# 2 Indie authors follow advice and then quit if it doesn't work for them.

Our Goals Are To Help Promote Authors, Introduce Indie Authors and Books To Readers, Provide Editorial Reviews, Give Advice and Have Book Discussions.

Isn't this exactly the kind of advice that's causing indie authors to rush to market with the first draft of their book, before it's gone through several rounds of rewrites and had some professional editing?

Fortunately, for those writers who are determined to publish a novel, whether as an indie author, or through a traditional publisher, there is no shortage of advice.

MG: What's the # 1 piece of actionable advice you'd give to indie authors that have decided to self - publish for the first time?

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Welcome to the third and final part of our ongoing series outlining Indie Author Fringe (IAF), a series of free, online conferences for independent publishers presented by the Alliance of Independent Authors, offering non-stop advice and inspiration, organized around key self - publishing topics.

Here's the advice we gave to our newbie indie author who had just launched her blog:

Indie Publishing Group is always eager to help promote authors and writers, dedicating a complete blog section to Indie Author Interviews and Author Advice Articles.

As an indie - published author, the team you put together to publish your book is as close to a professional marketing team as you're going to get, and their advice may be invaluable.

Her advice to other indie authors: spend time and money on the book cover, the editing, and the writing rather than over-marketing on Twitter, Facebook, or self - promotion blogs.

Jane Friedman gives excellent Indie advice, both through her blog and her newsletter, Hot Sheet, considered essential for self - pub authors.

I belong to Independent Book Publishers Assoc. (IBPA) and they offer tons of great advice and marketing opportunities for indie authors and publishers.

There's a lot of advice out there for indie authors, and some of it is contradictory, which has the unfortunate effect of allowing indie authors to accept the advice they like and agree with, and ignore the stuff they don't want to think about.

One book we recommend is written by global indie author M.A. Demers (available EVERYWHERE through every major e-retailer's catalog) and is one of the best all inclusive self - pub help / advice / support books out there.

The big advice I would give to indie authors looking to self - publish is NEVER pay anyone to do it for you.

One of Coker's strangest pieces of advice, at least when taken at face value, was that digital publishing affords the indie author the ability to take massive risks, some that many traditional authors aren't able to risk.

I also give advice on how indie authors can form their own squads.

So, your advice on how to avoid buying bad eBooks from indie authors is to buy NO eBooks from indie authors?