Sentences with phrase «indie author stories»

And it's indie author stories like yours that make me happy to be an indie author and proud of our community.

i'm very interested in your indie author story... how did you decide to go this route?

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Browse through some of our author success stories, and get a glimpse of what exactly an indie review from Kirkus can do for you.

Indie comics author Nick Marino is writing Cougar and Cub for Action Lab Comics, a unique superhero dramatic comedy with an accidentally timely story.

Here's how the indie success story typically goes: little - known new author puts out a book, which skyrockets in popularity in sales and eventually attracts a lucrative deal with a mainstream publisher.

In the news this week were stories based on Kindle Unlimited earnings, the Indie Author Power Pack's push for the bestseller list, the importance of your book launch, the Nook Press push for print on demand and traditional publishing's view on contracts with indies.

When you're just starting as an indie author, there's a tendency to look around and see success stories — authors who have built an immense following, who have a bulging mailing list, who have enough followers on social media to found their own small country.

But the real catch is, that more often than not, I choose Indie authors because their stories are often BETTER than well known published, paper - back / hard - cover writers, so there Mr K what's - his - name.

The bottom line — and I speak as both a seasoned indie author and anthologist (the Panverse series) as well as a freelance editor — is that the tired writing dogma and «rules» that get endlessly recycled in writers» groups, on popular blogs, and elsewhere pale in the face of story.

However, the indie author market isn't the same as it once was when all those success stories were being trumpeted across mainstream media.

But, maybe it will be neat, concise, and the cover, description, and first few pages will grab you and draw you into a story you would have otherwise missed — just because it is by an Indie Author.

The booksellers blamed this on the rampant increase in indie authors who often would publish such stories to gain publicity or earn money.

This is the very reason that self - publishing success story and vocal champion for indie authors Hugh Howey has suggested the formation of an actual union for indie authors.

Jonathan's road from his first published short story in 1978 to being a full - time indie author of more than thirty novels of (mostly) military science fiction.

I'd heard stories about ebooks from reputable indie authors or traditional publishers suffering from formatting problems, and I didn't want to run into the same issues.

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I know a lot of indie authors and read a lot of indie stories, and I'm aware of the strategies behind their pricing decisions, so, the lower end of the pricing structure isn't an issue for me.

I too am one of those «indie author» success stories.

Be on the lookout for our next female success story with traditionally published author turned indie author, Sylvia Lafair.

I love being an Indie author and having total control over marketing my stories, but I'm often at a loss as to how to find fun ways to share my books.

If you are an indie author and would like to have your story included in our Book Plugs section, then please provide us with the information listed below.

Also, if you'd like to support a fellow indie and check out her work, she's writes paranormal, romance, horror, and dark fantasy, and is the author of 10 novels and 9 short stories.

Many, many traditionally published authors are working to add either back - list titles they've gotten the rights back on, or bonus books (novellas, short stories) through indie publishing to boost the sales of their books under contract.

The news included stories on happiness for indie authors, Amazon purchase of dot - book domains, women's dominance of self - publishing, the Ethical Author Code, and Hachette's deal with Amazon.

TCE is also on Shelfari, Booklikes and several independent sites (sites that post ebooks, reviews, author interviews and stories about indie books / authors).

Meet indie author rockstar Colleen Hoover posted at 30 Day Books, saying, «A crazy beautiful story of how writing, indie publishing, and Amazon have dramatically turned someone's life around.

Meredith Bond is an award - winning author of a series of traditionally published Regency romances and indie - published paranormal romances, including Magic In The Storm and «In A Beginning», a short story about Lilith recently published in the anthology, Tales From The Mist.

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

A lot of writers, especially Indie Authors, in my opinion, don't develop their plots or characters enough which is one reason their stories fail.

In this title, indie author Andrew Galasetti combines impeccable writing with his talent for building a story that will later continue in his work, To Breathe Free, which will continue the story of runaway... [Read more...]

Self - published author and indie author advocate Hugh Howey turned the publishing industry on its head, not with his beat - the - odds success story that made him a household name, but for his willingness to throw open the vault of secrecy surrounding what authors of every ilk actually earn.

Howey, who has openly stated in the past that his story is not typical for indie authors, explained the purpose and the benefits to giving away free books as a reader engagement tool.

What I truly love about being an indie author is sharing my stories with a freedom that doesn't make my books any less than those who go through big publishers.

I still am not sure if I should I go a more traditional route or fully embrace the indie lifestyle and the powerful freedom to produce a work from start to finish, but having a weekend when authors and writers are empowered and encouraged to create and share great stories was worth it all.

Some indie authors try to claim they don't need an editor, but I've never seen any such story turn out well.

Because of the personal stories and words of wisdom from more than a dozen indie authors in my book, I felt your readers would enjoy hearing about it.

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The news stories focused on the success secrets of super authors, the decline of indie bookstores in the U.K., how the Tragedy of the Commons theory applies to self - publishing, Facebook's Contentgeddon, and the future of disruption in the publishing industry.

I'm the author of a book that I've serialized on a blog integrated with blogging about the story and background, and even as I go down this path as an indie, think it would be fantastic to work with an agent.

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He is a trained and experienced technical writer, and is himself an indie author who has sold short stories to professional markets.

What do you get when you ask 34 of today's top indie authors to each submit a story and then ask a team of judges to scour that ore and pick out the gems?

JA Konrath, guru to indie authors and one of self - publishing's success stories, believes that 2014 is the year that the legacy publisher will fight back.

What I am very curious to know is how an indie author can prevent fanfiction from being written about her stories.?

Do indie authors have even the remotest of chances to become the next $ 1,000,000 success story?

I'm also an indie author myself, having published the science fiction thriller Luck and Death at the Edge of the World as well as novellas and short stories.

Bookstore employee and indie author, Hugh Howey had no idea that publishing his short story out on the web would completely change his life.

As a reader, I know I find myself picking up more and more books from indie authors because they are writing stories I want to read and they are doing it at prices that allow me to read two or three or more books for the price of a single Big 5 title.

This is but one indie author's story of wasting $ 8,000 on display advertising for her book!

I have also reviewed indie books where, although the story was good, the author was clearly unfamiliar with the configuration of his / her computer and di not know that there is a spelling and grammar checker built into the computer.