The phrase
"indie publishers" refers to independent book publishers who are not associated with big publishing companies. They typically publish books from lesser-known authors and usually have limited resources compared to larger publishing houses.
Full definition
Freedom:
As indie publishers many authors get freedom to publish their books as per their schedule.
This one change last summer will turn out to have a large impact for many
indie publishers in 2014 and beyond.
This data file features an updated list of the largest indie bookstores that work with authors and buy books
from indie publishers.
There are a number of
indie publishers who will go to great lengths to disguise the fact that they are vanity press houses.
That's what most
indie publishers do in these early days of this movement and nothing wrong with that at all.
I've been guilty of including my
small indie publisher in it's own realm because it doesn't require the wait times (nor have the distribution) of the big publishing houses.
Normally I hate talking about pricing of ebooks
by indie publishers because there are no right answers and I always end up making people mad.
With the advancement of technologies during last few decades, the face of publishing has been transformed a lot as they have allowed the authors to
become indie publishers of whatever they write.
And when we finished, I figured that the topic might be something that most
new indie publishers just don't have the perspective to understand.
The reason for this is because we really want to understand
what indie publishers and self - published authors are going through, and make sure that the tools we offer are actually helpful.
This is a very brief overview of
how indie publishers write, format, distribute and sell their books.
It's a huge privilege to interact with leading experts in the publishing industry and work with them to create informative webinars geared to
helping indie publishers.
I honestly think (in baby steps) we are moving that way with the choices writers have as
indie publishers now.
Such people are a key part of traditional publishing, and some of the most successful
indie publishers use them as well.
Have you been able to differentiate between which
indie publishers take half the 70 % and others that don't?
I'm starting to check
into indie publishers now because the self publishing route didn't lead me anywhere.
Some have a trade publisher for the print edition while retaining the lucrative ebook rights for themselves — and there is much room for exploration
between indie publishers and indie authors here.
Setting prices that
give indie publishers flexibility in doing sales, just as traditional publishers have.
Even though it is the third step in the selling process that a buyer goes through to buy a book,
indie publishers ignore the ramifications of writing a bad blurb.
In many ways it is not all that different than any other online portal
allowing indie publishers to get their books into as many global catalogs as possible.
Most
indie publishers will succeed if they have a long term strategy of consistent publishing in certain genres for certain audiences.
Maybe indie publishers can no longer effectively use price as a competitive advantage, but that's not really bad news.
It's one thing to say that the big 5 publishers take up a certain percentage of the market, but how many sales per title are they getting versus
say indie publishers?
We've worked with authors published by virtually every
major indie publisher, and developed innovative, cooperative relationships with some of the largest self - publishers.
She helps authors and
indie publishers learn how to sell more books through her how - to guides, blog, newsletter, and private coaching.
Self - publishing has become trendy but as many indie authors have discovered, building a successful
indie publisher writing business takes more than being a good writer.
So there are huge, tidal - sized forces that
drive indie publishers to put out books quickly and promote them heavily in order to connect their books to readers.