Not exact matches
In the very
indie film-esque
indie film The Fundamentals
Of Caring, Paul Rudd plays an emotionally damaged
writer (as if there's any other
kind) who attempts to bounce back from a personal tragedy by dedicating his life to helping people with physical disabilities.
I'm not ready to create a
indie press myself, but some
kind of shared profit co-op where I do marketing magic and
writers create wonderful worlds for readers... your pieces give me a little more confidence that my idea has potential.
And I'm avoiding like hell these
kinds of traditional vs.
indie wars in which horrible things are said about
writers AND publishers.
One thing that would help would be the establishment
of a
kind of «clearinghouse» for
indie writers.
I don't have that
kind of money to throw around, though, and hearing several other (well known)
indie writers nod and agree that «they, too, do this» makes us poorer indies feel a bit inadequate.
With a revolving lineup
of offspring driving the RV and her one - eyed Boston terrier in tow, Hutchins will be traveling around the country hosting author events at bookstores, meeting with book clubs and
writers groups, and presenting on topics ranging from «Deliberate Creativity» to «What
kind of idiot
indie publishes, and how can I be one too?»
For a
writer to make any
kind of decent money at
indie - publishing, the author either has to have a lot
of products selling at low levels, but regularly, or the author needs to hit it big like Amanda Hocking.
Very few
indie publishers, because they are
writers, have set themselves up in any
kind of business structure.
Indie writers flat declare they will never traditionally publishing and traditionally published writers find all kinds of ways of insulting writers who indie publish as if their method is the superior me
Indie writers flat declare they will never traditionally publishing and traditionally published
writers find all
kinds of ways
of insulting
writers who
indie publish as if their method is the superior me
indie publish as if their method is the superior method.
Also a hugely successful
indie author, Smith posted a recent blog that concretizes the
kind of attitude that Konrath is expressing, in the form
of some basic rules for
writers:
Saying that it's not about self - promotion basically insults a lot
of writers, both traditionally and
indie in all
kinds of genres.
But while it will continue to be interesting to plot the progress
of individual titles, I suspect the more interesting sea changes will be those involving the
kind of publishing perestroika that I write about in my Beyond the Literary - Industrial Complex: How Authors and Publishers Are Using the Amazon Kindle and Other New Technologies to Unleash a 21 - Century
Indie Movement
of Readers and
Writers, including its chapter «Rebel Distribution and Amazon's Marketplace
of the Mind: You Need a Publisher Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle.»
As a technical
writer and
indie author, I get all
kinds of questions about writing and publishing in various genres.
Although most
indie authors make most
of their sales online, many
writers would love to see their books stocked in bricks - and - mortar stores — the
kind where we bought books when we were kids, before Amazon was even a glint in Jeff Bezos's eye.