Sentences with phrase «indie author movement»

When the history books of the indie author movement are written 20 years from now, historians may point to December 8, 2011 as the day that indie authors lost their independence.

These opportunities will still be 1,000 times greater than the opportunities writers had prior to the rise of the indie author movement that took root in 2007 and 2008.

He's an indie author, an indie author advocate, and a super entrepreneurial uber creative artist and marketer who's making his mark on the indie author movement.

She is the author of several books including «The Indie Author Guide ``, a blogger and an outspoken advocate for the indie author movement.

In the introduction, I give a personal update from Auckland, New Zealand and how the indie author movement is spreading.

In my case self publishing also led me to found Publetariat and the sister sites you mentioned, also to become an advocate and to some extent an activist in the self publishing and indie author movement so it's really changed my life in some major ways.

This indie author movement [is] here to stay and it's going to transform publishing for the better.

April L. Hamilton is an author, blogger, Technorati BlogCritic, leading advocate and speaker for the indie author movement, and founder of Publetariat, the premier online news hub and community for indie authors and small imprints.

Hugh is well documented for trying to be the vanguard of the indie author movement.

She hypes up self - publishing for personal profit and not for the betterment of the indie author movement.

For writers now, it is a perfect time to «embrace the indie author movement.»

I'm going to take a shot in the dark here and say that Penguin is reading the writing on the wall, seeing the indie author movement take off to unexpected heights with the digital self - publishing industry coming of age, and is finally wising up enough to want a piece of it.

This hurts the indie author movement, trying to validate themselves as financially viable, hurts the journalism industry (how do we know just how well self - publishing is vs trade publishing) and the bookselling industry as a whole (if it doesn't have its own ISBN there is no way we can order the book for our stores)

Not exact matches

«As the indie book movement continues to develop, authors are constantly looking for ways to reach new audiences.

Reactions have ranged from outrage and disgust that once again self - published authors were being treated as amateurs, wannabes, and «aspiring authors,» to anger at indie authors for trying to liken their plight to the civil rights movement with Howey's choice of title and comments along the lines of, «It's like shades of Jim Crow when blacks had to sit in the back of the bus...» [1.

I think it's fair to say that when people talk about the indie movement in the book world, we're really talking about a broad set of configurations from small presses to collectives of writers to individual authors, whether they create their own imprint or just operate as a self - published author in the Amazon or Smashwords universes.

Indie authors have elevated him to practically a religious figure of the self - publishing movement.

We couldn't be more in awe of the self - sufficient, self - starting, inspirational, educational, entertaining, thought - leading, movement - making indie authors we work with.

It signifies many things to me; it's part of a broader movement dear to indie authors around the world; writing, publishing and making a lot of money from book sales is basically all I plan to do for the rest of my life.

I think it's funny how the whole movement started as a rage against gatekeepers, but now the indie authors (many self - appointed) are now the gatekeepers.

Howey is the author of the runaway fiction hit Wool which he chose to self - publish, thus putting him into the limelight of the indie - publishing movement.

SELF - e, one of the Indie Author Day partners, is a collaboration between Library Journal and BiblioLabs designed to cultivate robust local writing communities and keep libraries at the center of the indie book moveIndie Author Day partners, is a collaboration between Library Journal and BiblioLabs designed to cultivate robust local writing communities and keep libraries at the center of the indie book moveindie book movement.

A lot of people blame the indie movement, but some of the worst social media behavior I've seen comes from Big 5 authors who are following the dictates of their marketing departments.

And Orna Ross, founding director of ALLi, will be on the program of Frankfurt's International Author and Self - Publishing day of programming, at 10 a.m. on the Publishing Perspectives Stage, (Hall 6, E11), to brief the attending authors on the world state today of the indie movement and trends of key importance for their careers.

One notable feature of the author - centric self - publishing movement is the understanding that indie authors and companies are moving the entire industry forward at a rapid pace, while only a few holdouts in the traditional industry are digging their heels in and refusing to follow the crowd.

I've worked with more than three hundred indie authors and I'm passionate about the self - publishing movement.

A lot of people blame the indie movement, but some of the worst social media behavior I've seen comes from traditionally published authors who are following the dictates of their marketing departments.

We know this movement is great for all writers, whether or not they choose to self - publish and ALLi members are proud of our indie status and carry that pride into all our ventures, negotiations and collaborations, with publishers, services and other authors.

IR's mission was to showcase and highlight great indie books and authors, and in the process, to create an indie movement similar to what was happening in music and film.

While there have been indie authors for countless years, the advent of digital publishing and e-reading has meant that the self - publishing movement has exploded in the last two years.

As the self - publishing movement grows around the world, what international opportunities exist for indie authors looking to work with global partners and find readers around the world?

I appreciate trailblazers like Zoe who are so supportive of the indie movement and who are helping new indie authors get started.

I love the entrepreneurial spirit of the indie - writer movement, but I also appreciate all that a publishing house has to offer authors.

The indie authorship movement, as I discussed in my last column about the Indie Author Manifesto, is fueled by writers asserting control over their destinies and demanding fair and equitable treatment from business partindie authorship movement, as I discussed in my last column about the Indie Author Manifesto, is fueled by writers asserting control over their destinies and demanding fair and equitable treatment from business partIndie Author Manifesto, is fueled by writers asserting control over their destinies and demanding fair and equitable treatment from business partners.

Agents and not publishers are resisting the indie movement: There has been a recent uproar about authors that have decided to take the self - publishing route.

Number Two: Getting book reviews is so important to indie authors, but there aren't many organized movements to help them get more reviews — so I'm going to start a «Indie Author Champion» proindie authors, but there aren't many organized movements to help them get more reviews — so I'm going to start a «Indie Author Champion» proIndie Author Champion» program.

One movement in the indie publishing world these days is the author co-op.

She then goes on to write about a new era «in which trading conditions have changed and new possibilities are emerging for those who are alert to opportunity» — this, in reflection on Fine's comments about «an increasingly sophisticated author space,» several years now into the indie movement's development.

«Over the past three years, we've seen this movement grow and evolve, and Indie Author Day will be the first instance of bringing this whole community together on one day to raise awareness of self - published books and demonstrate its place as a vibrant part of the publishing ecosystem.»

Table of Contents «To Call for Change Within the Publishing Community» «To Stand Up for Each Other» «A New Era of Openness» «I Didn't Have a Social Life Before» «To Call for Change Within the Publishing Community» This is how a movement might start: Indie authors are outselling the Big Five.

The survey points out that the percentage of ebook dollars going to indie authors has crept up for two straight quarters and indies are earning nearly 40 % of the ebook dollars going to authors, which shows real progress and that the indie ebook movement is here to stay.

Today we have some valuable advice from Mark Edwards, one of the superstar authors who made indie publishing the powerful movement it has become.