And now big publishers are being crowded out of the bestseller
lists by independent authors, and are being forced to lower their own big - name titles to $ 5 just to compete with indie authors at $ 1 and $ 3.
Not exact matches
Be polite when you're using Goodreads
lists to promote your work — it's never a good idea to spam, and adding your books to a hundred different
lists without ever adding works
by other
authors or creating your own
independent lists is just rude.
You can also go cruise on Google for other «best of 2015» fiction
lists, such as those from or
by Small Presses,
Independent Publishers, more Indie / Self - Pubbed
authors, Debuts, Flash Fiction, and on and on.
Fretz is building a
list of compelling nonfiction titles
by independent authors looking for full - service publishing and distribution of their titles.
You might start
by asking other
authors, or
by checking Smashwords»
list of
Independent Smashwords Formatters and Cover Designers.
A good website can make people sign up for your mailing
list and that is,
by far, the best tool
independent authors have to sell books.
With that out of the way, here's a
list of several outlets that review books
by independent authors and small publishers [disclosure: we review thriller books].
This is a
list of books, blogs, and other writing and editing resources for
independent authors, including some of the blogs for
authors (and
by authors) I either follow myself or find myself sharing posts from on a regular basis.