Sentences with phrase «indie authors side»

With the exception of specific publisher - sponsored events, every panel, workshop, or party I helped with or attended at RT had traditional and indie authors side - by - side.

Not exact matches

As an Indie author, I've always sided with Amazon because Amazon made my career as a writer possible.

Costs can be as inexpensive as $ 50 for someone who's just going to use stock art and does design on the side (check the Kindleboards Yellow Pages for a list of folks) to $ 500 - $ 1,000 for a custom illustration such as indie fantasy author David Alastair Hayden has for his Wrath of the White Tigress.

It really doesn't benefit an indie author that is just making some side money.

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.

I love brick - and - mortar bookstores and continue to patronize them, but I have to ask myself, who is on my side as an indie author?

However the conditions of the contract was so one sided that i thought of publishing this as an Indie author.

On the other side, you've got folks suggesting that indie pub authors suffer from the Dunning - Kruger Effect, which is a polite way to say that many of them are idiots with superiority complexes.

And for someone who has struggled for a long time with comparison and never feeling «good enough», the business side of being an indie author has been emotionally difficult.

One of the top issues that continues to plague indie authors isn't in the writing, editing, or publishing side of the business, but in the marketing and promotion aspect.

With Indie Publishing Group by your side, the next step in your author career will be a breeze.

On a side note around terminology, at the Alliance of Independent Authors, we like the confidence that the word «independent» encourages in writers — but we now use the term Author - Publishing instead of «self» or «indie» publishing, as nobody who does this well does it by his - or herself (and «indie», to our minds, should be preserved for books that have an experimental, beyond the mainstream, content).

Although these questions on editing have been tackled from indie authors who have worked with several different editors on their own books, as far as I know there hasn't been a quality article from the other side (from the editors themselves) besides trivial and pointless posts meant to drum up new business.

Now, with the advent of self - pubbing, the barbarians avoid the gates altogether and enter through the side door, much to the dismay of the elitist NY - pubbed authors, who see their private club being infected willy - nilly by hordes of unwashed indie writers.

But, on the other side, traditional publishers are motivated by schedules and marketing in ways that indie authors are not.

I read a great interview this week by a traditionally published author with an indie author who has an agent but wouldn't sign until she got guarantees that they wouldn't interfere in her self publishing side.

I'm so excited to be an indie author, as well as the progress and direction the indie side is headed.

On the indie side of things, October's Author Earnings report had some startling news, news that even seemed to blindside the gatherers of the data: for the first time since AE started tracking indie book sales more than two years ago, the indie author market share had decAuthor Earnings report had some startling news, news that even seemed to blindside the gatherers of the data: for the first time since AE started tracking indie book sales more than two years ago, the indie author market share had decauthor market share had declined.

Do you really think indie authors are RELIANT about being side by side with traditional publishing?

What great response, obviously Simon is trying to get the wretched female demographic on his side by saying «indie authors are great, here is why»

The bright side is that thousands of other indie authors are willing to give advice and share their experiences.»

Had they not blazed the trail, returned and reported that everything is fine on the other side, I could never have made the decision to turn down a New York book deal to become an indie author.

They all basically blame indie authors for putting their erotica titles side by side with children's books, hampering eBook discovery and raising a firestorm.

As we consider the story of hybrid authors, let's take a look at the elements of traditional publishing and indie publishing side by side.

For a time it seemed that there would be two separate sides to the publishing industry, with indie authors on one side and traditional authors on the other.

Too often, the label of «Indie author» or «self - published author» still evokes the unfair stigma of being sub par, unworthy when compared to authors on the other side of that gilded line of traditional publishing.

Whether you are a traditional author who wants to take a walk on the indie side, or an indie who would like to add the clout of a traditional deal to your name, the future is looking bright for authors on all paths.

It is directly responsible for me shifting the majority of my ebook purchases over to Kobo, with a side helping of Smashwords and Amazon for indie authors.

But on the more serious side of the issue, two of the sponsors of the event are fellow zombie authors who helped put on the event and donated promotional give away items, not because they are huge supporters of the zombie - human dating scene but because they are tireless champions for indie authors.

«On the author side, IR offers publishing and distribution services, along with sponsoring the IR Discovery Awards which puts indie titles into the hands of industry professionals that can make a difference in their success.»

Indie authors are flexible and have time on their side, if we don't catch the first wave, we can always catch the next.

I'm sharing my best indie author resources — and this Thursday, I'll also premiere a self - publishing nuts - and - bolts column at Janice Hardy's blog, The Other Side of the Story!

To give you an idea of the difference between Indie Authors and self - publishers, allow me to list out two examples on Amazon that clearly represent both sides.

Over the last couple of days, I've seen a number of posts by authors from both sides of the traditional vs. indie publishing discussion (yes, I'm being nice here.

Yep, there's that other side that shows the success of indie authors is on a fast climb above traditional.

May Odin and Thor be on the side of Indie authors... while Jeff Loki continues his world domination tour.

Time is on my side — the field keeps tipping in favor of an indie author willing to put in Gladwell's 10,000 hours.

Many indie authors are determined to perfect their craft and figure out business side of publishing while others are looking to perfect their craft.

Given the very slow publishing schedules in mainstream publishing and the fact that there is a limit to how many books a publisher wants from any given midlist author in a year, the money odds for «most» of us who are not famous or breakout bestsellers... is in the indie side of things, because we can publish on a faster timetable, while still keeping the quality up.

Stewart is an indie author with several published novellas and story collections in the dark fantasy or horror genres, with a few side trips into poetry and non-fiction.

Anyway, yes, indie authors must be masters of marketing, but it does seem like all authors benefit from learning that side of the business.

I quickly realised that not everyone knows what to do with what seem — from a tech savvy indie author's side of the screen — to be simple book files.

The future will be a mix of indie bookshops and the big A. And if Amazon keeps figuring out the physical retail side of things, and gets author events, book clubs, and writing workshops going, they may be able to beat the indies at their own game.

I do not think I have seen anyone really explore the fact that that behind all the excited noises coming from the indie side of the business, there is an uncomfortable suspicion forming that the whole idea of an «indie author» is increasingly suspect.

Jon Reed asks bestselling hybrid author Nick Spalding which side of the publishing fence is best — traditional or indie?

As far as the RT convention in my home town, if the indie authors that paid the normal fee were put in a side room, they should have protested by picking up their tables and chairs and setting them up where they saw fit (a little rebellious, but hey, there act was a serious slight to indies).

What indie authors signing traditional contracts should watch out for, especially if they want to keep self - publishing on the side.

Unfortunately they persist, as shown in this piece from the Guardian last month, where author Ros Barber said, «Now, I understand that «indie publishing» is all the rage, but you might as well be telling Luke Skywalker to go to the dark side.

It's true that this situation has changed a bit in the past few years, due in part to better and more diligent indie authors and — on the flip side — slack in the editing of traditionally published books.

Coincidentally, my personal conversation with indie author, Catriona Toth, on Facebook realigned my one - sided perception that indies need to be self - reliant.