Sentences with phrase «indie route»

The other three have chosen to go the indie route, creating «Team Inertia» and pursuing independent projects.

When it comes to AAA titles versus indie titles, you're clearly able to get more for you money going the indie route.

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.

After having had three agents (two for books, one for TV scripts) and zero sales, not one thin dime of income (almost got hired on staff in Hollywood)... and battering my head against publishing house brick walls for years... going the indie route three years ago was an easy choice for me.

J.L — Interesting that you prefer to indie route.

The post is a the result of Penn's experience chatting with other highly successful indie authors, and brings up some interesting pros and cons of going the indie route.

With their latest new adult novels, Sarah Alderson published with Pan Macmillan and Becky Wicks chose the indie route.

These companies will make it possible for the writer who «only wants to write» to still go the indie route.

I have to say, it felt great to tell them our story and to encourage them to explore the indie route.

If they have it available through the indie route, buy it.

I know the indie route has it's fun side, but every time I turn around I realize there is one more thing to learn.

As informed, wise, and purpose - driven authors who have made the decision to employ the indie route rather than the traditional publishing route for your book, you're ahead of the curve.

After being a semi-finalist in some prestigious literary contests and having agents «ooh» and «ahh» but tell me that my work wasn't «relentlessly commercial enough,» I've found satisfaction in the indie route.

I have made the decision to go the indie route with my novel Junkie.

Going the traditional route is not always the best route for everyone; neither is the indie route.

Or, am I stuck in the indie route?

No doubt going the indie route can be great for those who are serious about their writing and serious about running it like a business.

Instead I was trying to raise other questions for those considering going the Indie route.

I once heard someone say not to go the indie route until your work was rejected by a publisher only because the work did not fit their current needs.

However, I have not counted out the indie route.

Yes, I have considered the indie route.

And whether your book is released by a traditional publisher or you've gone the indie route, you are responsible for your book's publicity and promotion.

While the indie route is a lot of hard work, it's also quite exhilarating to have complete control, whether it's book cover choices, pricing decisions, or anywhere in between.

If you've just recently decided to go the indie route and publish your next book yourself, read the next few paragraphs to ensure your book is ready for entering in book contests.

There are few, if any, of us who have chosen the indie route to publishing who wouldn't love to walk into the local bookstore and find our books on the shelves.

If I go the indie route (probable) I certainly want to avoid the Stigma Stamp.

They aren't stupid and if they continue to lose authors (both debut and long - established and even the potential authors who choose not to approach them in the first place but go the indie route right out of the gate), they will understand that NCs hurt BOTH the author AND the publisher.

This can be a frustrating process, and many authors have decided to go the indie route.

What made you choose the indie route?

But the cost of hardcovers has accelerated the blockbuster phenomenon at major publishers, with small houses picking up some of the trade paper authors, and the rest migrating to the indie route.

There's a number of «name» authors who started on the indie route — Scalzi, Doctrow, Correia — to name three off the top of my head.

There are things to note when going the indie route.

That's true Joe, authors can adjust the price and see what happens when they go the indie route.

I plan on going the traditional and indie route, which I expect will be the norm for most writers.

I recommend this book to any aspiring or current authors, especially if you're taking the indie route.

I went down the indie route for a variety of reasons, but the main reason was to take control of my destiny (I'm a cancer survivor and the life lesson learned from battling the disease was to lose the fear of failure).

Then you have those who believe that those who go the indie route won't have their work edited and proofread by «real» editors and proofreaders.

Going the indie route can be summed up in one: freedom.

At the end of the workshop, you will have a brief outline of a novella you can start working on this year, a list of prospective publishers to submit your work to, and some tips for self - publishing your novella at Amazon, if you prefer to go the indie route.

And for those who have already gone the indie route — what kind of sales figures are we talking about?

A lot of people self - publish today; for me, the indie route was a new, and scary, avenue.

Ian Graham: Like any kind of publishing, the indie route is fraught with challenges.

I'm happy to answer questions there and otherwise dialogue with folks who are thinking of going the indie route!

In fact, that was one of the reasons I chose the indie route — I wanted to write the rest of the trilogy, and going through a publisher would have meant waiting to see if the first book sold before writing the next two.

I am open to traditional publishing in the future but for now I will stick the Indie route.

So for all of you our there considering the indie route — what numbers are you aiming for?

I haven't taken steps down the indie route but I may well do so and need all the helpful advice I can get!

Are you considering this a first step towards getting an agent and a traditional publisher, a parallel option, or are you solely going for the indie route?

It has done its best, in my opinion, to ignore those authors who either go both the traditional and indie route or who choose to go only indie.

If my indie published backlist book does well and I make this money back, it would be worth going the indie route again for original works.