Not exact matches
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.
Taking a step back for
perspective, Amazon has made it possible for
indie authors to sell their books.
Porter Anderson, Editor - in - Chief of Publishing
Perspectives, Co-Owner of The Hot Sheet, and frequent guest blogger on our IngramSpark blog, will reveal the most pressing elements of the business for
indie authors right now.
Do
indie authors see in my work what they want, because I try to listen to and use their ideas, even if they aren't the best from a sales and marketing
perspective?
For Hugh's
perspectives on audio books, exclusivity and subscription models, innovations in the publishing space and marketing for
indie authors, check out the podcast on iTunes.
Hugh Howey once again shares another interesting
perspective on the
indie publishing revolution, in this case a refutation of the frequent criticisms of the
Author Earnings reports methodology, from the unnamed Data Guy behind those reports.
Spoken from a very narrow
perspective and with absolutely zero knowledge of how successful
Indie and Hybrid
authors operate.
From the
perspective of an
indie author seeking a path to greater readership, a book trailer offers an opportunity to tap into the burgeoning lingua franca of the Web: video.
The segregation of
indie writers from professional
authors is starting to transcend personal
perspective and now is being put into practice at conventions.
Rachel Thompson, Carolyn McCray, and Amber Scott, arguably three
authors who bring vastly different publishing
perspectives to the table, have released their
Indie Book Collective's bible of independent publishing, Dollars and Sense: The Definitive Guide to Self - Publishing.
Her reflections on her publishing experience are enlightening, especially from an
indie -
author's
perspective.
My
perspective: I belong to a local chapter of IBPA, and I believe it's indispensable for new
Indie authors.
It's also designed to help
indie authors who have already published, but are struggling: either with keeping
perspective for the long - term, trying to scale up their businesses from the first book, or just trying not to drown in social media quicksand.
Although venting to your family and coworkers may make you feel better, you'll get a keener professional
perspective if you talk to fellow
indie authors.
I am a new
indie author (one book in print), so my
perspective is quite narrow.
An excerpt from Beyond the Literary - Industrial Complex: How
Authors and Publishers Are Using the Amazon Kindle and Other New Technologies to Unleash an
Indie Movement of Readers and Writers By Stephen Windwalker Copyright 2008, 2009, Stephen Windwalker and Harvard
Perspectives Press.
A Comparison of Traditional and
Indie Publishing From the
Author's
Perspective for $ 295.
Looking at this from the
perspective of percentages, this may be good for
indie authors who are enrolled in KDP Select.
Hi Nina, Congrats on finishing your book and it is a daunting time — check out this post on the arc of the
indie author http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2014/07/08/arc-of-the-
indie-
author/ Hopefully it will give you some
perspective as to where you are on the journey.
Mark: I have a pretty unique
perspective on Amazon going wide with their ads and it's exactly what BookBub has seen, but I mean BookBub came in,
indie authors were their first.
My
perspective is unabashedly that of an
indie author.
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From a unit market share
perspective today,
indie authors probably control 15 - 20 % of the ebook market with much variation across retailers and categories.
Ebook pricing is something
indie authors debate all the time so this unique
perspective is fascinating.
As an
indie author, you must learn to stand back and evaluate yourself and your work objectively from a publishing business
perspective.