Some would argue that gaming is in a slump, but I normally come from
the indie side of things and argue, which always seems to be the state of the industry at the moment, that game development risks are taken in the independent scene.
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.
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 declined.
On the very
indie side of things we find Mommy and Under the Skin finding their way into Awardswatch best films of the year.
And finally, two actresses from
the indie side of things, whose films are unfortunately unlikely to get traction, but would both be in the final five if we had our way.
I presented
some indie sides of things.
Not exact matches
«The best
thing to ever happen to the Vancouver
indie scene is that those big, fat, bloated old bitches left town,» says Jason Bailey, the CEO
of East
Side Games, a local mobile startup,
of the traditional console giants.
Even with the
indie publishing
side of things, which can help cash flow a little, this new world has not varied from the time it takes to learn how to tell a decent story.
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.
DA: When I left Nintendo
of America, I made an announcement to the world that helping
indie devs with the business
side was the kind
of thing I wanted to be doing, but I wasn't sure who would want to work with me.
My specialties are administrative management, bookkeeping and all
of the
things that are usually thorns in an
indie developer's
side as they take precious time away from actually getting games made.
The «
Indie Passport» pictured above is only the front
side of some
of the
things hunters will have to collect.