These companies offer
indie authors opportunities to reach the major retailers as well as smaller book retailers, closed - off ones, and subscription services, such as:
Thanks so much for giving us and other
Indie Authors the opportunity to learn about you and what drives your writing!
While not all international Amazon sites maintain an electronic publishing capability, more and more
indie author opportunities are opening up worldwide, especially... [Read more...]
Not exact matches
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.
This will represent an even greater
opportunity, I think, for
indie authors (though I hate to hear that Borders may close).
Traditional publishing didn't give that
opportunity to
authors in many cases — but
indie publishing does.
This is a perfect
opportunity for
indie authors to come in and serve library patrons.»
Indeed, Stark is so excited by Shelf Media's work in finding a unique publishing solution and the
opportunities Lulu.com's self - publishing model provides
indie authors and publishers, he plans to use Lulu.com to back his own imprint, GeekVoodoo Books.
It really bothers me that some indies think that
indie authors are «selling out» when they have an
opportunity to publish traditionally.
When seats come open, I will send a PayPal invoice, that will be your
opportunity to buy a ticket for $ 129.99 which gets you lunch on Wednesday (November 7), swag, snacks & drinks throughout, and the best three days of
indie author conference you can imagine.
Because of this development, I think POD produced books will grow exponentially over the next year, and
indie authors should see more
opportunities and fewer barriers.
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.
And I am DELIGHTED with the
opportunities now available to
indie authors today.
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.
Peter Sandeen has a great list of leads and some good advice overall regarding conversion that you can apply to your
indie author book marketing, and then there are sites like Guest Post Tracker that let you search for
opportunities by topic and provide a service for tracking your submissions.
Thank you for all the
opportunities you have given to me and all
Indie authors!
A few weeks ago when I gave the key note address at the West Coast Writers Conference
Indie Author Conference, I had the
opportunity to meet Kathy Ide.
It's time for booksellers to clap on, develop ways to facilitate
indie authors, and share in the financial
opportunities rather than cling to the kind of elder - think displayed at this book fair — because that's what drove us into the arms of Amazon to begin with.
For every big name six - figure - earning
indie author, there are dozens of writers who earn money by looking toward local
opportunities.
It's enough to say that
indie books (or self - published books, or whatever you'd prefer to call books that are not traditionally published and distributed) have lost their stigma, and all of the book publicity
opportunities that are available to
authors of traditionally published books are now on the table for
indie authors, too.
PP: Why should
indie authors pursue international readers and
opportunities when they have plenty of work creating, selling and promoting their books at home?
Mark Williams from the International
Indie Author Facebook Group has mentioned considering
opportunities in translation for foreign sales of audiobooks (ACX has this capability, as does Ubook (Mark states they operate out of Brazil and offer audiobooks in Portuguese and Spanish).
Indie authors and self - publishing companies are invited to Hall 6 on Saturday, October 17 for a day - long program on new developments and
opportunities for self - publishers.
Indie authors now have a real
opportunity to publish and sell their books worldwide to reach success.
The reason
indie authors often contact other book publicists (and seek additional book promotion
opportunities) after enduring a fruitless long - term relationship with another book publicist is because, when a book's about to be published, an
author and publisher's common sense seems to kick in.
Kevin Weiss, president and CEO of
Author Solutions, the world leader in
indie book publishing, issued a video statement Monday addressing the importance of providing expanded choice and
opportunity in the book publishing industry.
Indie Author Day is a great opportunity to promote your work and other indie authors, Start planning
Indie Author Day is a great
opportunity to promote your work and other
indie authors, Start planning
indie authors, Start planning now.
After giving the letters a couple reads,
Authors United and ABAs» pleas to the DOJ seem to speak mainly on behalf of Big Five traditional publishing, while overlooking the
opportunities small presses,
indie publishing, and self - publishing been afforded by the online vendor.
Even if
opportunities at the moment will be limited to those best selling of the
indie authors, it represents a further development that will surely offer amazing
opportunities for writers to connect with readers.
For more information on how
Author Solutions and
indie book publishing are increasing the number of
opportunities and choices for
authors, readers and publishers, log on to authorsolutions.com.
The interview underscores the
opportunity for
indie authors to breathe new life into their books simply by making incremental improvements to cover images, or the editing.
Vinny, Thanks again for a really great
opportunity that doesn't try to climb into
Indie Author's wallets!
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.
Since
indie authors have ample access to online distribution, new sales
opportunities -LSB-...]
But for now, it appears to be one of the best
opportunities in so far as it is a way for libraries to stop shunning
indie authors» works by receiving feedback from a trusted name in the library space.
This ensures that many of the books that dominate the top 100 in many different categories will not be appearing anymore, which leaves
indie authors a tremendous
opportunity to get their ebooks to rank high on Amazon by offering them for free.
It is unfortunate the none of the nominees on this list is a self - published title, but as this list was reader - generated, it may be a telling sign of both how consumers perceive self - publishing, as well as how
indie authors still have their work cut out for them in terms of viable promotion
opportunities to help readers know about their work.
Even formerly traditionally published
authors like US President Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis have told Good e-Reader that doors closed to them once their self - published titles came along, specifically in review and interview
opportunities; Davis even recounted how she appeared on NPR to promote one title, but when she reached out to that same program about her debut
indie title, she was told there was a policy in place against self - published works.
As not only print and digital publishing
opportunities grow for
indie authors, distribution options have also grown.
As independent bookstores look for ways to adapt to a changing publishing and bookselling climate, a number of stores have begun to offer better
opportunities for
authors and readers to connect through
indie titles.
Self - published
authors have a new sales and distribution
opportunity, thanks to the pioneers in
indie book promotion, IndieReader.
There are probably other great
opportunities for live
indie author events that are escaping me at the moment.
The fact is that Amazon and now Barnes & Noble are taking advantage of the
opportunity to work with - AND - make money from great
indie author like Zoe, HP Mallory, Amanda Hocking... Each of them has to have made a lot more money for those companies than what Borders is charging for their «service.»
With more than 450,000 eBooks self - published each year, the alliance struck by Total Boox and BlueInk Reviews is another innovative
opportunity for
indie authors to expand their reach to a wider audience.
As
indie authors, we have
opportunities to reach international readers that many traditionally published
authors could only dream of.
Describing itself as «the essential guide to self - published books and the people who write them,»
Indie Reader offers
authors industry - related content, the IR Discovery Awards, advertising
opportunities, and paid honest reviews.
There has never been more
opportunity for success for
indie authors than there is today.
The day - long event will be packed with
opportunities to learn from successful
indie authors and digital publishing professionals.
By giving readers the
opportunity to choose to purchase from an
indie bookstore, you are showing local booksellers that you are a savvy
author and that you actively encourage sales of your book from independent bookstores.
Getting your book in more than just the iBookstore and Kindle store offers more selling
opportunities for our
indie authors.