Sentences with phrase «indie author team»

Other events included a panel on building your indie author team, and a session about e-book pre-orders, which session leader and Smashwords founder Mark Coker called, ``... probably the most exciting tool today for self - published authors,» citing more effective advance marketing and the opportunity to break onto the bestseller lists as reasons to provide pre-orders.

As a publishing expert with over 20 years of experience in the industry from working in publishing houses and as a freelance professional, I can be an invaluable member of your indie author team.

PG (Passive Guy) takes relevant chunks from a huge variety of blogs — anything from The Washington Post, to Amazon, to the mega-successful indie author team of Saffina Desforges, and posts them in one handy dandy place for you to peruse.

From a cover artist, to editors, the Indie Author team is often made up of hired professionals, networked and bartered services, or some combination of those.

A different approach might be... indie authors team up together to cross-promote and give away their (free) books together as a value added magnet.

Not exact matches

Our team has put authors in the national spotlight, scheduled cross-country book tours, blossomed indie careers, branded publishers and expanded reader fan bases.

«Authors who want to attend events but don't see that their library is participating can inform the Indie Author Day team.

Indie Authors are a tight knit community but they should remember one thing... without the other members of the team it takes to polish and finish a book so it can be published there would be no book.

I was just saying to be mindful of that when you discover new authors or books from indie authors that are more fragile than books backed by a strong team of authors supportking each other (like the «2K Class» inattentive for debut middle grade and YA authors: http://classof2k14.com/meet-the-authors)

Rather than rely on the expertise that a publisher's team can provide in each phase of the process, the indie author builds their own team based on their connections and budget.

The amazing Triskele Books team, who masterminded the event in partnership with ALLi, set up the opportunity for indie authors to be interviewed by Andy Bromley of Ingram, the book distributor responsible for the publishing and distribution services Lightning Source and Ingram Spark, through which many indie authors, myself included, publish their books.

My little company team prides itself on developing brand recognition for indie authors and professionals.

If I WAS one of the people who took you to task about the farm team concept, I'm sure it must have been in reference to indie authors, not digital imprints for major publishers.

Joyce graciously met with the IngramSpark team to offer some insights and sage advice for indie authors in how best to get their book onto library shelves.

The first step to being a successful indie author is knowing where and when to implement your team of experts.

Indie authors in particular need a «tribe» behind them — a support team of fans of their work who want to help the author get out the word to readers everywhere.

Jera Publishing is a team of self - publishing specialists, offering high - quality, affordable services for the indie and self - publishing author: cover design, interior layout, eBook conversion, marketing, and self - publishing consultation.

Indie authors are an important part of the Goodreads community and there are several ways authors can engage with readers on Goodreads for free, including sharing what you are reading yourself (Maggie Stiefvater, Rick Riordan, and Roxane Gay are three great examples of authors who do this), using our «Ask the Author» feature, and providing additional content about your books with our Kindle Notes & Highlights on Goodreads feature (see how Emma Chase shared notes on her book, Royally Screwed, which led to some great interactions with her fans — authors should contact our author team if they are interested in doing something like thisAuthor» feature, and providing additional content about your books with our Kindle Notes & Highlights on Goodreads feature (see how Emma Chase shared notes on her book, Royally Screwed, which led to some great interactions with her fans — authors should contact our author team if they are interested in doing something like thisauthor team if they are interested in doing something like this too).

We are a team of experienced, authors, editors and designers dedicated to helping indie authors get the exposure they deserve!

«During the first annual Indie Author Day on October 8, 2016, libraries from all over North America will host their own local author events with the support of the Indie Author DayAuthor Day on October 8, 2016, libraries from all over North America will host their own local author events with the support of the Indie Author Dayauthor events with the support of the Indie Author DayAuthor Day team.

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?

As an indie - published author, the team you put together to publish your book is as close to a professional marketing team as you're going to get, and their advice may be invaluable.

If your library has not registered, be sure to let the Indie Author Day team know and they will be in touch to help get your local library involved.

In my opinion there is not a better publicity team out there for the Indie Author.

New novels are regularly published by big name authors such as Jeffery Deaver, Dean Koontz and James Patterson, but indie authors have no way to get involved in the program unless they use a secret email address to get in touch with the editorial team.

I heard that Amazon were burying reviews unless they had the Verified Purchase turned on, so some indie authors are advising authors to use the free days in Kindle Unlimited to allow launch teams to get the book for free before they can review it, meaning it shows as a Verified Purchase.

Thank you for the Manifesto, Mark, and all that you and your team do for the Indie Author.

This is where a lot of authors, myself included, struggle and I appreciate that you acknowledge authors who can't indie publish, and not always for a lack of will, but lack of money and building a team that helps things «run themselves» as you put it in your post above.

Iterate and Optimize is a behind - the - scenes peek into how indie publishing company Sterling & Stone grew their three - author team into a juggernaut, and a next - level guide for authors looking to explode their sales and do the same.

Picking up from Tucker in that last bit about embracing differences — and knowing that the IndieReCon team is now going into a period of evaluation to map out the way forward — I might offer this, too: at our Author (R) evolution Day conference (#ARDay) in New York, debuted by O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing on February 12, it became evident that the concept of an «entrepreneurial author» may be more germane to what we're seeing now than that of an «indie» or independent or self - publishing or traditionally publishing or hybrid aAuthor (R) evolution Day conference (#ARDay) in New York, debuted by O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing on February 12, it became evident that the concept of an «entrepreneurial author» may be more germane to what we're seeing now than that of an «indie» or independent or self - publishing or traditionally publishing or hybrid aauthor» may be more germane to what we're seeing now than that of an «indie» or independent or self - publishing or traditionally publishing or hybrid authorauthor.

«The entire ForeWord team has been at work since last summer creating a redesigned website with an easy to navigate homepage, loaded with thousands of reviews of the latest books from indie publishing along with genre - related features, author interviews and with plans to integrate more live information like blogs and weekly Don't Miss Lists,» said Victoria Sutherland, ForeWord's publisher.

«In my opinion, the most significant boost for the lot of Indie Authors in recent times has come from President Geri Clouston and the B.R.A.G. Medallion Award team.

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Unfortunately this is a much more common problem for indie authors because we're left to our own devices, we don't have a publishing house making expert recommendations to a team of in - house professional designers.

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 ruthless judges to scour that ore and pick out the gems?

Indie authors don't have the luxury of a cover design team or much money to invest in professional help, yet covers can be very important for the success of a book.

An indie author with an entire street team of evangelists, talking about how amazing an eBook is, combined with a limited - time sale of the eBook, and timed with a press release for the eBook is a stellar way of promoting a completed work.

However, they are the only members of your team that may not be given public thanks (some authors are happy to give credit to the ghostwriter, but they are often well - known celebrities, not indie authors trying to build an audience).

Indie authors sometimes team up with others in the same genre to produce book bundles for promotion rather than profit.

From editing to design to book promotion, you can put together a team of wonderful people who are passionate about helping indie authors find success in self - publishing.

Traditional publishers are terrified of indie publishing, which provides only one benefit to them — as a sort of farm team for spotting promising new authors — and a host of toxic futures.

We will then assign an Indie Author Day team member to help you to get in touch with the right person at your library.

Indie authors do not need to make an initial investment, besides the time to properly communicate with your translator team.

Cascadia Author Services (CAS) was established by Ben and his team to provide indie author services with a very simple mandate: Don't take advantage of the aAuthor Services (CAS) was established by Ben and his team to provide indie author services with a very simple mandate: Don't take advantage of the aauthor services with a very simple mandate: Don't take advantage of the authorauthor.

Now, this quality comes with a team ensuring your indie book is refined to the highest caliber, but it is a team that you acquire yourself, with the freedom as the author to make executive decisions and choices about your book's trajectory.

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The indie author doesn't have the benefit of a publishing team, but any author who achieves something great deserves recognition for it.

Since many indie authors and smaller publishers are new to the world of audiobooks, I thought you might like to have a quick overview of the 7 players on an audiobook production team:

Indie authors have basically got publishing figured out, have built their team, and can focus on writing... so they're unusually positive, friendly, optimistic and confident (a fun group to hang out with for sure).

14 http://selfpublishingteam.com – Toni and Shannon, the self - publishing team are passionate about helping indie authors publish their work and build dedicated fan bases.