Sentences with phrase «indie author discussion»

Quite a few posts on the indie author discussion site KBoards Writers Cafe reflect a concern, even an obsession, with writing and publishing as fast as possible, for fear of failing to generate sustainable sales.

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Participating in the discussion will be NaNoWriMo Municipal Liaisons Lori Thomas and Jackie Dana, as well as indie authors Vidya Gopalakrishna, Abby Goldsmith, Adrian Hale, Aaron Gallagher, and Tina Anderson.

Well, if the frequent and often heated discussions on the Amazon KDP forums are anything to go by, many authors feel offering one's book for free devalues it, the author herself and thus all indie authors.

I feel like there's a lot more discussion on this to come for indie authors!

As one of these indie authors this article takes such great joy in bashing, I would like to add my two cents to the discussion.

In addition to the potential to meet other indie authors there was an hour long webcast panel discussion with experts regarding changes in the publishing industry which makes the world of indie authors reach far and wide.

In April, I was honored to participate in a panel discussion on indie authors and libraries at the Public Library Association's annual convention in Denver.

The majority, such as our Indie Author Support and Discussion group (IASD), are on Facebook, which makes them virtual groups.

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

I chaired a fun discussion on this point at the Alliance of Independent Authors» Indie Author Fair earlier this year — you can watch the video of it here.

All that considered, every discussion at the Digital Book World Indie Author Conference is certain to prove useful, whether you are already into your indie publishing journey or have yet to bIndie Author Conference is certain to prove useful, whether you are already into your indie publishing journey or have yet to bindie publishing journey or have yet to begin.

Tip: In February, BookBub held a discussion on the Kboards and answered many questions for indie authors.

I want to talk a little about an Amazon service called Kindle Unlimited, because it's complicated and interesting, and is increasingly the primary discussion subject among authors (of the indie variety) and not for a lot of really good reasons.

This is a jam packed show with a riveting discussion on who exactly is the spokesman for indie authors.

Successful indie authors openly share their strategies and methods with those who are just starting out, they participate in open discussions, some even literally assist new authors through collaborations, marketing and promotion, and one - on - one mentorship.

Heard a lot of discussion about these points on a couple other sites from several indie authors.

Hosted by successful indie author and motivational speaker Joanna Penn, The Creative Penn has interviews and roundtable discussions about how to succeed as an author - entrepreneur.

Today on Twitter Indie authors managed to make the term #Kindle trend, and instead of discussion about a new model, firmware update or a deal, all Tweets were from authors.

With so much discussion in the industry about reasons for authors to choose indie publishing over traditional, many authors and readers alike tend to overlook the fact that the end result of a traditional publishing deal only comes about after a publisher has signed the author's book.

I've had discussions with a few people about websites recently, and I'm working on a project for indie authors that could benefit from information on websites.

In this discussion for the Indie Author Fringe as part of Frankfurt Book Fair, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author CJ Lyons and I discuss some of the aspects you need to conAuthor Fringe as part of Frankfurt Book Fair, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author CJ Lyons and I discuss some of the aspects you need to conauthor CJ Lyons and I discuss some of the aspects you need to consider.

They are like the folks in the discussion thread last week who see only the bad in indie and don't recognize that there are a number of excellent authors out there, more and more of whom are starting to make a living from indie publishing.

Over the last couple of days, I've seen a number of posts by authors from both sides of the traditional vs. indie publishing discussion (yes, I'm being nice here.

Probably one of the most confusing single discussion points among indie authors today is the topic of ISBNs.

There was some understandable rejoicing in the UK's self - publishing camp this week, as word was put about that the Bristol CrimeFest next May will include a «self - publishing / hybrid crime fiction author» on one of its panel discussions, «Emerging Indie Voices: Crime Fiction From the Edge.»

Please join us for our 2017 Indie Author Day on Saturday, October 14 for panel discussions, informative presentations, and and a great chance to network with your fellow local authors!

But what bothers me more are those authors, and they are too often self - published authors (and that gives all of us who do some indie publishing a bad name), who go on the attack on discussion boards or who think it is their right to take over a discussion thread by hijacking it to talk about our book.

As an indie author and artist and member of many writer's groups, I hear a lot of discussion about how much indie authors are willing to pay for covers and illustrations; and all I can say is, if you editors think you have it bad, try being an artist.

For real - life stories from indie authors on how much they spent to self - publish their work, check out our discussion: How Much Does It Cost to Self - Publish a Book?

To buy your own ISBNs, go to http://www.myidentifiers.com Bowker U.S. ISBN Agency site Wikipedia entry on the International Standard Book Number ISBNs Don't Matter as Much as You Thought by Indie Author April Hamilton About ISBNs from Smashwords Twitter #ISBNhour discussion group link (moderated by @LJNDawson) UK ISBN Information

Discussion about Amazon, indie author earnings and publishing costs, and ways to promote your self - published books.

You will not find discussions on indie books unless you hunt for the author or title.

But Author Earnings is about organizing a group of indie authors, and the site's quarterly report has been the subject of many discussions.

There's a huge thread on kboards (and lots of discussion in private groups) with indie authors complaining about not only a possible algorithmic shift, but more concerningly, issues with the accuracy of pages read being reported.

The announcement of KU intersects and influences the previous debate and sets off new discussions about how and why people do and should be able to read books, treatment of and compensation for authors, indie vs. traditional publishing, book pricing, price fixing, antitrust and monopolies, capitalism and fairness.

Somewhat to our surprise, despite all the overheated media coverage of Amazon's 2014 negotiations with Big Five publishers and the ongoing discussion of the Kindle Unlimited (KU) program's effect on indie self - publishers, the pie charts for this author earnings report are almost boring this time around.

As I scrolled down to the bottom of the page to look at the latest Amazon forum posts, the first discussion on the list was titled «How to avoid Indie authors» so you know I just had to see what this was all about.

Last year, she opened a candid discussion among indie authors about falling sales.