Sentences with phrase «indie authors and others»

It also appears that a lot of the data about e-book sales going down comes from traditional publishers, whereas indie authors and others are doing well with e-books.

In a new article for DBW, 2014 Author Survey: Indie Authors and Others Prefer Traditional Publishing... Slightly, Weinberg very carefully acknowledges that the survey sample is self - selecting:

Not exact matches

Shel is the primary author of both Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World (endorsed by Seth Godin, Jack Canfield, Cynthia Kersey, and many others) and the earlier Guerrilla Marketing Goes Green (named a Groundbreaking Indie Book by Independent Publisher magazine) and an international speaker.

By purchasing a Kirkus indie review, authors can have the opportunity to build some name recognition and get noticed by agents, publishers and other industry influencers.

I was discussing this with someone yesterday, going back and forth at possible explanations, which included that self - pubbed authors tend to work the review mines harder than their trad pubbed peers, or have more support from other indie authors reviewing, or get higher ratings due to the generally lower price of the work (greater satisfaction due to a price / performance expectation).

The indie writers who are now wanting to go with a traditional publisher because — duh — they will get this huge advance and will be sent on tours to sign their books and will soon be playing poker with other best selling authors ala Castle.

I love making connections with other writers and finding ways of collaborating, as with the Indie Author Fair (see picture below).

We openly and freely support one another as Indie Authors and ask others to do the same for us.

The other day, I wrote «Bad, Indie Writer, Bad», taking on the opinion that indie authors are «spamming» Amazon and «polluting» it and other stores with what is basically dIndie Writer, Bad», taking on the opinion that indie authors are «spamming» Amazon and «polluting» it and other stores with what is basically dindie authors are «spamming» Amazon and «polluting» it and other stores with what is basically dreck.

Given the transformational changes taking place throughout the industry, very desirable industry professionals (agents, editors, many others) will find ways to offer high - quality services that can make a perceptible difference to an indie author's book marketing and sales.

As more authors move toward indie publishing, I feel there will be a growing need for designers, editors and other publishing professionals to help them reach their goals.

It's tedious work, but the author's name and reputation are at stake here, and not only his or hers, but every other indie author's out there.

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)

Well, I don't believe that is happening, and I believe if either or both of these ventures ultimately fail because of a few really loud voices who don't intend to use it anyway, and others «allowing» them to determine for them what is right for them, then I don't want to hear another indie author complain about how «hard it is.»

Then I met Ricardo Fayet at a number of events, and discovered that his start - up, Reedsy, is aimed at connecting indie authors with editors and other professionals.

The answer for indie authors, self - publishers, and those who publish other people's books is that metadata is how readers find your book.

But, unlike Vanity Publishers and other cretins who try to soak naive indie authors, NetGalley understands that serving indie authors is the best way to grow their business.

Paul Pilkington, a lecturer in a university in the UK, signed up with the UK - based publisher Hodder & Stoughton after two of his novels went on to sell more than 150,000 copies, other indie authors who got picked up by conventional publishers include the likes of Kerry Wilkinson and Beth Reeks.

to read and review any books that I was offered, in particular self - published ones to support other indie authors

From my personal experience and that of other authors I know, indie press houses have a poor record of sending monthly or quarterly sales reports, even if these reports are stipulated in the contract.

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More than I think, any other industry, anywhere, in any business, indie authors really love to work together, to be happy for each other's successes, to offer help when it is needed, to give advice (and ask for it).

After working with fellow indie authors in NIWA for a few years now, I've decided that it's stupid that I don't have print copies of my books available on Amazon (and by extension, a couple other places that carry books published via CreateSpace / KDP).

For indie authors, should you create an LLC or other entity to «protect yourself» or are you OK writing and publishing as yourself?

Sabrina Ricci presents Indie Authors: Book Sales and Other Income Strategies posted at Digital Pubbing.

We are glad to be doing what we can to promote Angela, and other members of the indie author community.

--(Briefly) started a book recommendation site with a fellow author — Launched a movie review blog with a friend (still going)-- Launched a t - shirt company with a couple other friends (sucked a bunch of time and never amount to much of anything)-- Found a publicity company for indie authors called Book Review 22 (the second best venture)

«He and others have mentioned the need for indie authors to start creating more innovative fiction rather than fiction that's just like what the mainstream has, only the mainstream didn't publish it.»

Half because (as a huge reader my whole life) it became a bucket list item after having read other Indie Authors (John Conroe, PS Powers, Laurence Dahners) and figured, I can do this as well.

Another common myth which I, and other indie authors have had to face, is the belief that us self - published authors quite simply don't sell any books.

As an indie author, you can also make edits to your book cover, your price, and other important details based on reader feedback before you move to a final version, and this is not something traditional deals typically allow.

We have two nifty offers for savvy authors today, one absolutely free (and just in time for NaNoWriMo, and the other, an Indie Author Power Pack with over 1,000 useful pages for just 99 cents...

If you liked this post, you might be interested in joining ALLi, which provides great networking opportunities with other indie authors, both on line and in real life, and sharing best practice, experience and moral support.

I have other friends who take the hybrid route, publishing with both traditional publishers and as indie authors.

Although Ingram makes your book available to them, there is no guarantee that stores / libraries will order your book, which is why we have several other blog posts with tips on how to sell your book to bookstores and how indie authors can get their books into libraries.

If you aren't already a member of BookWorks, join our community of indie authors, editors, coaches, designers, marketers, bloggers and other self - publishing pros, and your book might be selected for a future Recommended Reading List.

He's included in the book an outstanding glossary of Amazon goods and services offered to indie authors from Kindle Direct to their print division CreateSpace to Amazon Author Central plus too many others to mention here.

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.»

The community of indie authors is a big one, and many make it a point to support other indie authors in various ways throughout the year.

You can also go cruise on Google for other «best of 2015» fiction lists, such as those from or by Small Presses, Independent Publishers, more Indie / Self - Pubbed authors, Debuts, Flash Fiction, and on and on.

My goals have changed, by necessity, and indie life holds plenty of challenges for my competitive side, but it still pinches, just a tiny bit to watch other authors achieve the old goals I had to leave behind.

As an indie author who exerts enough effort making others aware of the book and coercing them to buy and then read it, you know for darn sure I ain't dealing with returns.

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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.

-- At those 4 other stores, self - published indie ebooks make up 22 % of all ebooks purchases and take in 32 % of all author income generated by ebook sales.

All these facts plus numerous other benefits such as free promos and countdown deals makes Amazon, in my opinion, the absolute best place for indie authors to publish their works.

From Mur Lafferty (winner of the John W. Campbell award for Best New Writer), to writers on the rise such as Joshua Mays, Michael Bailey, Charlie Wood, Adam Oster, and other stars of the indie author circuit.

I'm sorry this has happened to you and so many other indie authors.

I've turned my sights toward other venues such as Smashwords and Kobo, etc. and am pushing my books on those sights like never before hoping to build volume with a vendor that appreciates the indie author.