Sentences with phrase «indie author platform»

Indie Publishing Austin Minutes for Meetup # 2: Indie Author Platform Special guest: Tom Corson - Knowles

However, just as Barry observed, I'm currently building an indie author platform, and I've come to the conclusion that there we're all playing in a level field.

The variety of applications for a tool like this one spread far across just the indie author platform and the results in the first five days of open use are already pouring in.

Pressbooks Public is an indie author platform that turns public libraries into writing centers for local authors, helping them to format their books for distribution in library collections, and commercial ebook and print - on - demand channels.

Not exact matches

Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn says indie authors drive 20 % of the platform's ebook sales.

About Blog It is the mission of Indies Unlimited to celebrate independent authors; to help them build their followings; to provide a platform for members of the independent author community to share and exchange ideas, knowledge, expertise and frustrations; and, for readers and reviewers to become exposed to the amazing depth and array of talent in the indie community.

Support indie authors: StoryBundle is a platform for indie / small publisher authors to get exposure for their works, both for the titles featured in the bundle and for the rest of their catalog.

Instead of going with Createspace or one of the other POD platforms available for indie authors, I tried out the new KDP Print option.

There are other platforms out there, but many of them aren't really open to indie authors or are significantly more difficult to use.

Like many indie authors, I distribute my books to some retail platforms through Draft2Digital, a company I've always found to be competent, responsive, and trustworthy.

In the days of digital technology, e-books, tablet reading devices and Kindle Direct Publishing (to name one distribution platform), paperback for indie authors was the one «as yet unconquered» land for self - published authors everywhere until about four years ago, when Amazon - owned print - on - demand company CreateSpace built traction and changed the playing field for indies everywhere.

The biggest mistake was in failing to understand the necessity of abundant platform and marketing resources to succeed financially as an indie author.

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In fact, her efforts and success at building an author platform were a huge factor in getting her noticed and approached by an agent, as well as earning her the respect of many fellow indie authors and many, many happy readers.

Smashwords, although a valuable resource for indie authors and publishers to get their ebooks formatted and distributed in a variety of formats for different eReader platforms, is not yet the destination for the everyday e-book reader / buyer.

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Major publishers have not committed themselves to the platform yet, so its mainly populated by second rate companies and indie authors.

Kobo deleted close to a thousand titles on their platform and giving a scolding to the vanity presses and indie authors who were responsible.

Ebook distribution platform Smashwords, one of the top retailers for self - published and digitally published works, unveiled a new program today that will make it even easier and more lucrative for libraries to put indie authors» titles in the devices of digital reading patrons.

Based on a pick - and - choose menu of services that includes more than just editing — which right away is a departure from the standard, as too many «author services» companies require all or none expensive packages — the platform is delving into things like review services that will send out copies of an author's book to their channels, along with talks of translation (an ungodly expense for indie authors that can easily cost upwards of tens of thousands of dollars per language) and audiobook services.

The second generation platform launched in early 2013 and focuses on getting indie authors to submit their books for inclusion into the Nook bookstore.

I knew that Babelcube, although most likely the largest platform, had a reputation for poor customer service on some indie author forums.

I think, right, now, the easiest option for the busy indie author is to go through a platform like Babelcube.

Look at the impact that a few sites already have on Indie Authors, some authors pray for luck in getting placement in the latest «Bookbub / ENT / POI / Freebooksy / etc / etc» because those platforms have figured out how to market since «Select didn't work for me» or «Countdown didn't work for me» or «Facebook only goes to 16 % of my fans list&Authors, some authors pray for luck in getting placement in the latest «Bookbub / ENT / POI / Freebooksy / etc / etc» because those platforms have figured out how to market since «Select didn't work for me» or «Countdown didn't work for me» or «Facebook only goes to 16 % of my fans list&authors pray for luck in getting placement in the latest «Bookbub / ENT / POI / Freebooksy / etc / etc» because those platforms have figured out how to market since «Select didn't work for me» or «Countdown didn't work for me» or «Facebook only goes to 16 % of my fans list».

Whether it's a small indie press that sees value in an author's work or an author using a contemporary platform to self - publish, it takes a truly entrepreneurial spirit to achieve successful independent publishing.

Right now I'm finishing my PhD in Comparative Literature in Taiwan, developing platforms and services to help indie authors and artists be more successful.

Welcome to the 21st episode of The Author Hangout, a «Hangout on Air» designed to help authors, especially self - published and indie authors, with marketing their books and improving their author plaAuthor Hangout, a «Hangout on Air» designed to help authors, especially self - published and indie authors, with marketing their books and improving their author plaauthor platform.

With more than 65 million members, 2 billion books and 68 million reviews, Goodreads is a major platform indie authors don't want to overlook.

Since 2007, she has been an author - marketer who has helped indie authors, as well as the «Big 5» book publishers, reach new readers, increase ebook sales and continue sustained platform growth.

How can indie writers and self - publishers use a blog to build an author platform?

One thing I love about being an indie author is getting ten checks a month from my various platforms, every single month, rather than the four per book advance spread over 2 years.

In this session, speakers will talk about how technology can enable readers and indie authors to connect, and how indie authors can promote their writing with emerging platforms.

Welcome to the third episode of The Author Hangout, a «Hangout on Air» designed to help authors, especially self - published and indie authors, with marketing their books and improving their author plaAuthor Hangout, a «Hangout on Air» designed to help authors, especially self - published and indie authors, with marketing their books and improving their author plaauthor platform.

As the world's largest distributor of indie ebooks, Smashwords lets you bypass having to deal with multiple author platforms by letting you upload your book and immediately start selling at more than 20 ebook retailers.

I think it's also worth noting that although there are a great number of authentic platforms and services out there, there are also numerous sites that seek to exploit new indie authors who may not quite know what they're doing just yet.

But for the majority of first time indie authors with zero platform, it probably isn't (though, of course, it can be.)

But while everyone else here is taking author's creative content and using it to make an income, we indie authors are supporting ourselves by not giving our rights or work away to publishers, doing everything ourselves, taking control over our own marketing platforms, and urging other authors to do the same.

The platforms, available for free to patrons in select libraries, enable indie authors to format their books professionally and distribute them into library collections.

But first, let's clarify that IngramSpark is a publishing platform for indie authors and Lightning Source, its sister company, is targeted toward more experienced publishers with multiple titles.

I've done my part to try and offer solutions for indie authors with no platform and no marketing budget.

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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.

Many authors have spoken out on the superfluousness of having an agent take on roles that the indie author can easily fulfill; if ebook platforms like Kindle Direct Publishing were to ridiculously insist that they would only accept ebook submissions from literary agents, that would be the end of indie authors and agents would once again be almost a requirement for authors to put their works in front of readers.

«We connected with Operation E-book Drop through indie author Edward C. Patterson and Smashwords to provide these books to troops abroad, and readers here can download the e-books to any platform that the author has already established, no matter what device they choose to use.»

Platforms, Kobo offers indie authors the chance to bring their manuscripts to the light of day.

Indie authors have been booted off from the platform, in order to help readers find more quality content.

Smashwords joined up with OverDrive to make indie authors» titles available in libraries around the world, and Simon & Schuster provided access to a massive backlist of ebooks to two of the top subscription - based reading platforms.

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The instructors are chosen from the top of the industry and include International Bestselling Authors, Top Editors, Indie Publishing Platform Managers, and many more.

Today, indie authors have as much of a potential platform as authors using traditional publishing houses, since they are able to distribute their work through Amazon (arguably the single most important book distirbution channel in the world today).