Sentences with phrase «indie author thing»

In the meantime, I'll just keep doing that indie author thing that upsets you so much: writing and publishing, sans a New York publishing house.

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So we asked more than 1,000 professional publicists the most important thing they think every indie author should do when publishing a book.

Everything else that I have read, recently, about local book signings for Indie Authors only mention things like «grueling,» or they go on to question the value of such in today's digital marketplace.

Indie authors are for the most part, all about the business end of things.

I think this kind of positive energy is absolutely key for indie authors today: you have got to believe that you can make it and persevere in your work with that belief until things begin to pick up.

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'm just checking to see if you're getting any new income results from Indie Authors, and if things have changed in results since so many authors are going self - pubbing and it might be harder to make a splash (and Authors, and if things have changed in results since so many authors are going self - pubbing and it might be harder to make a splash (and authors are going self - pubbing and it might be harder to make a splash (and money).

Self - published authors and avid readers of all - things - indie primarily exist in a digital space.

The thing that separates these successful indie authors from the multitudes is, mainly, one important element:

The answer comes down to one thing and it is something I hope doesn't happen: increased governmental regulation of e-books and indie authors in an attempt to «save» traditional publishing.

One of the things I love about being an indie author is giving readers choices — including where they buy.

The best thing about Reedsy is we make things easier for indie authors without taking away control.

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.

Yes, it was and is a thing... and I, like best - selling indie authors like Jacinda Wilder before me, was already cashing in on the trend before this «professional» even knew what it was.

Indie authors know the value of cover art, its normally the first thing readers see and first impressions really matter.

One thing indie authors have done is devalue the work of legitimate published authors.

As soon as he receives $ 5000 in royalties s / he also has the one additional right to vote for the Guild Board, which is the only thing that changes between the Authors Guild of America membership when entering at the $ 500 level or at the $ 5000 for Indie Authors.

The Alliance of Independent Authors has released its recent guide to all things self - publishing, and this year awarded its inaugural service award to Smashwords and its founder, Mark Coker, for the work the company has done in furthering the cause of indie authorship.

Then NY showed their hineys in regards to how they managed ebooks, editors and agents were telling their authors not to quit their dayjobs, and I decided I was better off in my own hands, doing the indie thing.

But successful indie authors won't have opinions or beliefs — they'll try things out and see what works, for them.

Indie authors have also changed the way indie readers find new things to Indie authors have also changed the way indie readers find new things to indie readers find new things to read.

Indie and Small - Press Authors are inundated with less - than honest offers of marketing services, but AMC delivers the real thing.

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.

Recently I posted an article / video called «The # 1 Thing Indie Authors are Doing Wrong» — I didn't expect much traffic but actually people have been sharing it quite a lot.

I didn't realize they blacklisted Amazon authors like me, or that they've stopped offering print only deals (which is really the only thing they have left to offer a successful indie author).

The benefits are incredibly good value for money, and if any aspiring indie author can afford to pay for only one thing, that's the one thing I'd recommend.

It's both inspirational and depressing to watch someone else sell more books than you are (I'm often in that position, with the crazy successful indie authors I hang out with)-- but that the most important thing is to keep writing, keep improving, keep putting out your best work, and keep finding ways for your audience to find you.

If you're an Indie Author, the one thing you have going for you is control.

They could say they offer a 1,000,000 % discount for indie authors and it would amount to the same thing: just more marketing on their end to sell their service.

I became intrigued by this topic when as an author with two dozen e-books on Smashwords I read founder Mark Coker's «2013 Book Publishing Industry Predictions — Indie Ebook Authors Take Charge,» Among other things, Coker noted that «If Amazon could invent a system to replace the author from the equation, they'd do that,» and went on to describe how one innovative publisher, ICON Group International has already patented a system that automatically generates non-fiction books, and he worries that as the field of artificial intelligence increases, «how long until novelists are disinter - mediated by machines.»

One thing that thrills me is when I meet people who, after being successfully traditionally, indie, or self - published, realize that they know enough to pass along their publishing knowledge to other authors.

This makes our job as indie authors a hard one, but there are certain things we can do stand out from the rest.

Things like having a great cover, having a well formatted book, having a well - written blurb (not to mention book)... these are all things you should already either know (or you can learn how to do that in my Indie Author Survival GThings like having a great cover, having a well formatted book, having a well - written blurb (not to mention book)... these are all things you should already either know (or you can learn how to do that in my Indie Author Survival Gthings you should already either know (or you can learn how to do that in my Indie Author Survival Guide).

At the beginning of a project many indie authors get overwhelmed by everything thing they need to achieve, so they end up procrastinating because they don't know where to start or how to achieve their goals.

One of the great things about the rise of indie publishing is its accessibility — all it takes is an internet connection for an author to reach the whole world.

All of us probably have a list of things that we're falling behind on at all times, which is part of why we never feel like we're truly «off duty» as indie authors.

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.

Indie authors are very busy, juggling lots of things; so without a clearly signposted path, it's easy to get lost.

BEYOND THE ISSUE OF FREE: LOUSY COMPETITION The other thing that made me sure of KDP was the abysmal state of Amazon's competitors: unfriendly user experience and lousy search capability that works against indie authors.

I think it would have worked the same if $ 0.99 never existed and $ 2 would have been the great thing for Indie writers to be discovered because established authors from publishing houses still sell their ebooks at over 5 times that price in most cases.

During that time we're getting foreign sales, audio sales, large print... things that most indie authors normally wouldn't get on their own... so we're doing something with these rights.

And covers and how to do them is where things get really spread out in author and indie publisher tastes.

And that is also a valuable thing for an indie author like myself.

Steve Z said: «Angry Games... this whole thing about an author signing away rights for life is pure bs,» and «This is one of the most blogged falsehoods I see on indie sites.»

After writing a great book, the next most important thing indie authors need to do is find readers.

If you managed to give away a lot of copies of your book, that translated to the most important thing an indie author needs: visibility.

Book formatting is one of the things that most indie authors think they can skimp on.

Yes, it seems like a human editor could easily go through and make judicious choices, rather than machines, but then things will operate more like the NYT bestseller lists, where someone is manually approving bestsellers rather than letting the market dictate (something else indie authors are very upset about; they think the NYT list should be numbers only).

Successful indie authors have one thing in common: they realize that they are not only writers, they are also business owners, marketers, salespeople and much more.

The best thing that I can say to other authors thinking of pursuing the indie - pub path, be it an author who's just getting started, an author who's currently traditionally published, or an independent author looking to improve, is to treat independent publishing as a business.