It sounds ridiculously naive to me when
indie authors talk about book marketing or promotion.
It drives me nuts to hear
indie authors talk about their 70 % «royalty» from Amazon.
What a great idea — the sample of the book looks like
indie authors talking to indie authors.
A lot of
indie authors I talk to struggle with the concept of book marketing.
it's funny, because every time I read
indie authors talking about self pubbing, it sounds exciting and I start thinking — why not?
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Steampunk (and Harlequin and Amish romance)
author Shelley Adina joins us today to
talk about managing multiple pen names and genres, keeping a long - running series fresh (and selling), paying for foreign translations of
indie books, and working the cons to get in touch with more readers (and take trips you can write off on your taxes!).
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Most successful
indie authors these days (I'm
talking everyone from Dean Wesley Smith and J.A. Konrath to Amanda Hocking and E.L. James) are operating in both worlds.
I think it's fair to say that when people
talk about the
indie movement in the book world, we're really
talking about a broad set of configurations from small presses to collectives of writers to individual
authors, whether they create their own imprint or just operate as a self - published
author in the Amazon or Smashwords universes.
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.
We also
talked about SFWA, where Jonathan is the Chairman of the Education Committee and doing a lot to help
indie authors inside of the organization.
When it comes to book promotion she knows what she's
talking about and
indie authors should listen — and act.
I discuss all these topics — the importance of editing and how best to get it; legacy marketing vs
indie marketing; how an
author can decide what's best for him or her — in greater detail in a
talk I gave at Grub Street Writers earlier this month.
To hear the hours kept by many
indie authors, you'd think you were
talking to a partner in a top law firm.
When the electronic revolution started to hit books and a few
authors discovered how really simple it was to
indie publish, lots of
talk started about how writers could get rich by just
indie publishing their first or second book, and a few writers actually did.
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.
Talk them the HELL up on Facebook or Twitter, especially if they're
indie authors, because I guarantee you they'll need every bit of exposure they can get.
If we're
talking indie authors, I'll see if the book's been deployed to Smashwords.
I've
talked about this with some other black female writers — as
indie authors especially — with our suspicions that the majority of romance readers (non-black) will not pick up a book with a black woman on the cover, should we do it anyway and take the risk just to see ourselves on the cover?
Start with: Blog
Talk Radio shows that feature
authors and books, like Indie Books with Will Wilson, The Backporch Writer with Kori Miller, and so many more; Google + LIVE and taped Hangouts on Air, such as my show, CHANGES, which then go to Youtube; D'vorah Lansky's and others» teleseminars and webinars devoted to books, book marketing and authors; The Authors Show, A Book and a Chat and many others on their own «channels»; podcasts and other shows, such as The Author Hangout, with Shawn Manaher and R.J. Adams, via iTunes and other sources, and so man
authors and books, like
Indie Books with Will Wilson, The Backporch Writer with Kori Miller, and so many more; Google + LIVE and taped Hangouts on Air, such as my show, CHANGES, which then go to Youtube; D'vorah Lansky's and others» teleseminars and webinars devoted to books, book marketing and
authors; The Authors Show, A Book and a Chat and many others on their own «channels»; podcasts and other shows, such as The Author Hangout, with Shawn Manaher and R.J. Adams, via iTunes and other sources, and so man
authors; The
Authors Show, A Book and a Chat and many others on their own «channels»; podcasts and other shows, such as The Author Hangout, with Shawn Manaher and R.J. Adams, via iTunes and other sources, and so man
Authors Show, A Book and a Chat and many others on their own «channels»; podcasts and other shows, such as The
Author Hangout, with Shawn Manaher and R.J. Adams, via iTunes and other sources, and so many more.
Therefore,
indie authors aren't necessarily competing against
authors with millions of books in print in thousands of bookstores (you know who we're
talking about!)
It's only Day One and I've already heard all about what
Indie authors need to know, learned how to run a great
author cooperative, and listened to the great Joel Friedlander
talk about book design basics.
I had the opportunity to
talk recently with Inkspokes, a site for
indie authors and their readers — we discussed some of the joys (and pitfalls) of independent publishing.
What I've begun suggesting to folks is to read up on and
talk with the
indie authors in their own professional writing organizations (such as SFWA, whose voting membership supported self - publishing by an 8 - to - 1 ratio).
The main area of conjecture is that Nielson only
talks to big publishing companies and excludes
indie authors.
With so much
talk in recent news about the poor quality of
indie authors» works and data that shows that only about 59 % of self - published
authors go so far as to pay a professional editor before hitting that publish button, it's easy to forget that the traditional publishing industry has its fair share of mistakes, too.
With so much
talk in recent news about the poor quality of
indie authors» works and data that shows that only about 59 % of self - published
authors go so far as to pay a professional editor before hitting that publish button, it's easy to forget... [Read more...]
Reach out and e-mail your favorite
indie author (we're here and we're hungry to
talk about our work... though, not necessarily about what you like for breakfast).
Jim
talked about ebooks being rented from libraries and how it's a market
indie authors should consider.
As an
indie author I spend a lot of time
talking to others about the importance of a quality product and how to make sure they deliver one.
She was an
indie author, and we were
talking about RMFW and how it helped us.
We had a blast
talking about the changes technology has delivered to
authors, the essential skills
indie authors need to develop, the new Universal Book Link from Draft2Digital (which is very cool IMHO), and a variety of other topics.
Just a few weeks ago I was
talking about
Indie Author Day coming up.
But I want to
talk about something totally different, that very few people are doing, that is marketing gold for
indie authors starting out.
This is the third in a series of blog posts where I
talk about my experiences with self - publishing and learning how to be an
indie author.
What I do know, I'm learning from other
indie authors who
talk about their methods.
According to this attorney roundtable podcast on the Smart Passive Income Podcast (which is well worth a listen, or going to the site and downloading the transcript for free, to because 80 - 90 % of what this show
talks about setting up a business structure applies to
indie authors), some of these policies are junk.
I love my job and hope to see my
author's succeed, so I'm not complaining about them, just a challenging situation — and a situation perhaps that is critical to the success and failure of
indie published books that nobody else is
talking about.
In Susan Kaye Quinn's
Indie Author Survival Guide, she
talks about the sharks in this industry.
I
talked about this in a previous article called: Booktube for
Indie Authors which opened the eyes of a lot of authors who knew nothing about this subculture of book rev
Authors which opened the eyes of a lot of
authors who knew nothing about this subculture of book rev
authors who knew nothing about this subculture of book reviewers.
I want to
talk a little about an Amazon service called Kindle Unlimited, because it's complicated and interesting, and is increasingly the primary discussion subject among
authors (of the
indie variety) and not for a lot of really good reasons.
We
talk about this in length in The
Indie Author Revolution!
Since I'm
talking about reasonable pricing and I'm an
indie author, I'm going to take a moment to tout my latest.
Talking about your specific book rather than books and
authors in general increases the chances that the person you're chatting with will jump to support
indie publishing.
For me (I'm an
indie author), I see social media as a way of building a community, a tribe of fans who are interested in what I write, but who are also interested in simply
talking about books and reading.
Barbara
talks about going from
author to CEO of a creative business, as well as branding, writing in a series, connecting with readers and what's coming next in the
indie world.
I'm
talking about
authors writing genre fiction, either with existing fan - bases (from fanfic or their
indie books) or just starting from scratch.
As an editor myself, I'm going to take a risk today and
talk about some reasons that an
indie author just might not need an editor after all.
They
talked about the biggest 2014 developments in book publishing — from audio to subscription models to the «bleeding edge» of self - publishing — and what those mean for
indie authors.