Sentences with phrase «indie publishing efforts»

Moving into the current generation the situation has become a lot more competitive, with Sony and Nintendo having beefed up their own respective indie publishing efforts.

Not exact matches

Fe is the first game published under the EA Originals program, EA's effort to pick up smaller indie titles.

Are legacy publishers and professionals so threatened by self - published authors that this level of effort goes into picking apart an argument in favor of indie authors?

So those who do get published by an indie publisher can put just as much care and effort into their work as what goes into a traditionally produced novel.

How to Get Self - Published Books into Stores and Libraries An article at Publishers Weekly explains how indie authors are getting creative — and finding success — in their efforts to get books into libraries and bookstores

Creating a book marketing and publicity plan is a necessity for indie authors and it's advisable for even most traditionally - published authors to set up some personal market tactics to execute in tandem with their publishers» efforts.

Because the majority of indie authors don't want to spend any time, any effort, or any money publishing and marketing their books.

All this means that, for the first time, I'll be able to offer self - publishing authors a really easy way to use amazing book cover templates, and produce a cover that's way beyond most indie authors» homemade efforts.

Posted by Michael Capobianco for Writer BewareFor the last several years, as part of an effort to include self - published and «indie» authors, the annual BookExpo America has included a program called UPublishU.While attending something like t... -LSB-...]

Once pooh - poohed by publishers and industry experts, indie publishing exemplifies the nostalgic American Dream that has always made our country worthy of imitation; like the American Dream, success in indie publishing usually isn't greater than the effort you put into it, and you do it all for the chance to make amazing things happen.

BookBaby is also branching out into print - on - demand self - publishing in an effort to bring indie authors» works to as many readers as possible.

«Carolyn had the idea that, with all her various forms of publishing and social media expertise, combined with Amber's traditional to indie experience, formatting and Facebook prowess, and Rachel's blog to book process and love and knowledge of Twitter, our combined efforts would truly create an incredible guide for any writer out there looking to self - publish or build their writer's platform.»

View The Literary Agent's Indie Ebook Roadmap presentation, which explores how literary agents can assist their clients» ebook publishing efforts.

Bookstores host readings by indie authors and community groups continue efforts to recognize and celebrate self - published authors.

Additionally, readers and fans gained through the publicity and marketing efforts of a publishing house will go on to read the author's indie titles as well.

What's even more interesting is that many traditionally published authors are also going indie, all for a variety of reasons — some because they were unhappy with their publishers» marketing efforts, others because their publishers no longer wanted to publish their books.

The whole notion of a joint effort bridging traditional and indie publishing, especially in establishing the author as a brand to attract readers seems to be a rather smart approach.

At Self - Publishing Relief, we know that indie writers can effectively support their sales efforts with marketing events... Continue Reading

DangDang's revenue model is a forty - sixty split with the publishers, close to what indie authors make through their own digital publishing efforts with US - based Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing and Barnes & Noblpublishing efforts with US - based Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing and Barnes & NoblPublishing and Barnes & Noble's PubIt!

This effort showcases IBPA's strong commitment both to indie publishing and to publishing standards.»

Even with a publishing company to back me and several marketing and promotional efforts, I still think not as many people would buy the book at these prices as opposed to the lower prices indie titles are at (usually $ 2.99 or $ 3.99)

This is part of an effort for me to find things out of the mainstream I might be interested in at hopefully a lower price vs. buying and reading what everyone else is reading on the latest NYTimes bestseller lists; while I do read what is on the NY Times bestseller list, and enjoy a lot of it, there are a lot of authors out there in the Kindle self - publishing or «indie» space I have really enjoyed, too.

A successful indie author meets other players in the publishing process — distributors, publishers, agents, marketeers, booksellers — as partners who support their efforts.»

It seems that the author of that piece sorely neglected to consider that segment of the indie author population who aren't the break - out superstars, but rather the mid-listers and below mid-listers, like the indomitable Joe Konrath, who are dedicated to their craft and increasing their presence as authors, dedicated to building a loyal readership by publishing good quality books; those indie authors who are proud to be authors — and are reaping the rewards of their considerable efforts, both in sales and in loyal followers.

Nathan Meunier started exploring self - publishing opportunities nearly a decade ago, but his efforts have recently gained momentum with the introduction of his Indie Author Success Series.

Check this space for the blog post numer two of three on how Indie / Self Published fiction authors can add Facebook Ads to their book marketing efforts.

As an indie publisher you have to explore other opportunities as well, how to make your ebook publishing efforts more profitable on the long term.

The amazing team here at Smashwords: Our development team spends every day dreaming up and developing new tools to give our authors and publishers a competitive advantage; our service and vetting teams dedicate their days to supporting our authors, publishers and sales channels; our merchandising team works to promote our authors at major retailers and library platforms; our marketing team focuses almost 100 % of its effort empowering indie authors with best practices knowledge they can use anywhere, even if they don't publish with Smashwords; our finance team manages the inflow and outflow of money to ensure our authors and publishers are paid on time, every month; and my wife, advisor and confidant, Lesleyann, without whom I would have never co-written a novel about soap operas that started this grand adventure.

As an indie publisher, you have to explore other opportunities to make your ebook publishing efforts more profitable on the long term — you can't simply rely on one big distributor.

Although the idea of a publisher for a platform that encourages such free self - publishing may seem like anathema to indie developers, Chillingo's efforts have helped turn Cut the Rope into a big cultural hit for iOS.

During Microsoft's production on - stage at E3 in 2016, the company played a highlights reel of games coming to the platform via the ID@Xbox program where Indie developers can publish their efforts on the Xbox and Windows store to reach fans on both PC and Xbox.