Sentences with phrase «indie book runs»

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Gary worked with punk label SST Records in the late - 1980s, ran the independent book publishing house Incommunicado Press during the 1990s, was Vice President of the media website Salon.com in 2000, and started the indie DVD label Plexifilm in 2001.

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!).

As far as which part of Kirkus will run the review, it's «Kirkus Indie» as the books are, in fact, indie bIndie» as the books are, in fact, indie bindie books.

Even though some writers want to run at the sight of the word «marketing» (that would include me), indie book promotion is something that can be done without relying on a publisher to do it for you.

Technically, an indie can put a book out without spending a dime (though hiring an editor, at the least, is recommended), meaning that even 99 - cent ebooks can result in tidy profits, whereas traditional publishers must put a lot more money into the process and can't afford price points like that, at least not in the long run.

But with indie publishing running so much of the industry now, the playing field is really evened out and a lot of the big mojo that used to hit the bestseller lists is being seen in fiction — which often doesn't report to these lists, or authors are selling lots of copies of all of their books, as opposed to one, singular title.

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.

It also fails to take into account the fact that indie bookstores, where some of those less than best seller books could be found, were run out of the market by the influx of the big box bookstores in the 1980s and 1990s.

I seriously doubt the good indie books outweigh the scammers and people who run content farms.

When the New York Times ran a piece about Tinkers» unlikely rise to fame, Jennifer Weiner retorted on Twitter: «Indie booksellers, book bloggers congratulating themselves for getting TINKERS sales all the way to... 7,000» and «Then again, I also never thought Times would fail to review debut by guy w / Iowa degree.

Why Indie Authors Need a Business Hat (Helen Sedwick on The Book Designer): «Many writers who dive into self - publishing are surprised to discover they are running a business.

As an indie author it is important to learn how you can run your own book signings.

Run by a lawyer who specializes in book IP law, it's one of the best blogs out there for gathering assorted business news about publishing, with a very indie friendly readerbase and tons of great comments: http://www.thepassivevoice.com/

When it came to marketing The Indie Author Revolution, we ran Facebook ads to increase our «likes» for the book's fan page.

Sooner or later any writer on the web (especially on Linked In) will run into mega-spammer Paradon Books (a revolution in publishing they will tell you) or Indie Writers Support.

One of the longest running debates surrounding self - published and indie press titles is how much a book is worth.

I could probably come up with at least 10 major benefits of running an Amazon book launch campaign, including how it helps you sell more books long after the bestseller campaign is over, to getting approached by foreign publishers looking to do editions of your book in other languages (this has happened to several indie authors I know, after they hit the bestseller lists on Amazon).

Being an indie author means running a profitable business... so I can afford to write more books, of course.

And for Indie Author who only creates ebooks, Amazon's Matchbook program is the perfect incentive to get print versions of their books up and running.

For two years, we have run Indie Author Fairs — pop up bookshop that allow authors to showcase their books and interact directly with readers.

To set up a book signing, certain steps need to be taken as an indie author to make sure things run smoothly — the responsibility falls squarely on your shoulders to initiate and run the event.

I brushed it off last month, did a run through revision, and then a copy edit (for an indie book I do a much deeper copy edit as it's as close to final as I can get it).

There are agencies either ran independently or consisting of several book designers that can help indie authors with their covers.

But indie publishers printing short runs are free from the business realities of mass production (POD publishers often order single books made to order).

Angelfall has been on my list to read since it came out last summer, one of the first flush of YA indie books to run up the charts.

And for any Indie Author who only creates eBooks, Amazon's Matchbook program is the perfect incentive to get print versions of a book up and running.

Two Indie friends have books releasing today: Fellow Indelibles author Lisa Nowak is releasing her contemporary boy - POV novel Getting Sideways, the sequel to Running Wide Open.

dear victoria, me & my husban now are running our indie book publisher in jakarta, indonesia.

Before, if an indie author had a three or five - day freebie book promotion running through KDP Select, that author could count on a nice sales bump for several days immediately after its free book promotion ended.

These guys run the Self Publishing Podcast, among other things, and the book is full of practical information for indie authors.

Previously he ran the iconic indie Soft Skull Press for which work he was awarded the Association of American Publishers» Award for Creativity in Independent Publishing in 2005 — the last book he edited there, Lydia Millet's Love in Infant Monkeys, was selected as a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist.

Kobo is running free classes for indie bookstore owners on how to profit from selling electronic books.

The end of 2016 was a time for introspection and family, and now that 2017 is here, we are already hearing from indie authors who are hitting the ground running on their book marketing!

Darcy Pattison runs her own small indie publishing house to self - publish children's books.

Run multi author promo with peeps in your field (you need to find other indie authors who are trying to promote their books and offer to organize something for them — most will be eager.

I run a book cover business so I have seen the best and the worst in Indie publishing.

To secure reviews for an indie book, authors had just a few options last year: paid review services (offered by outlets such as Kirkus, IndieReader, BlueInk Review, and Self - Publishing Review); customer reviews (solicited by sending review copies to beta readers or via Goodreads or social media giveaways); or a blog tour, where bloggers run an excerpt, review, or q & a — none of which usually leads to coverage in the traditional media.

Run by Founder and CEO, Penny Sansevieri, Author Marketing Experts sets out to solve a very common problem that indie authors face: how can you successfully market your book without a large budget or a big team.

In the past, this was based on the facts on the ground at the time: publishers had a lock on distribution and indie publishing consisted mainly of doing a small print run on your own and handselling your books.

Review by: A.R. Young on March 04, 2017: Finally, a book that can help indie authors give traditional publishers a run for their money.

Design helps create your brand — I've run into one thing with my indie writer and small publisher clients — the authors often do not want to see their name large on the book.

We knew that our September 2015 spider run collected the details of 60.9 % of Amazon's daily paid downloads (direct sales + KU borrows), of which a total of 245,000 were of indie books in KU.

I've run into this trying to get books into the local indie store down the street.

1) Those offering authors services They write posts to get you to buy their book formatting, book conversion, book covers, author websites, book marketing, etc. 2) Blogs run by indie authors themselves These are full of tips and tricks and useful content.

So far I have made more money from trad, but I firmly believe in the freedom of indie publishing (my latest book, Joe Coffin, will be indie published as I can not see how it would fit with a regular publisher) and I also believe that in the long run I will make more money down the indie route.