Sentences with phrase «little indie author»

The whole review thing is messed up, but it seems like there is little we indie authors can do (other than take your business elsewhere).

Not exact matches

Here's how the indie success story typically goes: little - known new author puts out a book, which skyrockets in popularity in sales and eventually attracts a lucrative deal with a mainstream publisher.

As a follow - up to last week's post about Jonathan Franzen and his comments on the «little videos» that authors sometimes publish, I here offer some of my own thoughts about literary fiction and the likelihood that it will survive the indie revolution.

Whether it is a little bit of marketing, writing another section or chapter of your book, or the endless other tasks that go along with being an indie author, the key is to just do something every day.

I seldom do an article about indie publishing without suggesting indie authors include this little gem at the end of their book after THE END.

They decided early on to fleece indie authors by charging exorbitant prices — when we all know trad pub pays pennies for each ISBN they use — and indie authors decided that they weren't going to play along with this little game.

Indie authors, as a rule, get paid very little money.

In fact, this little Meetup was the genesis for what the Indie Author Society has become.

Income Indie: Sales pick up a little because a second novel is likely better than the first and there are two books under same author name.

My little company team prides itself on developing brand recognition for indie authors and professionals.

At least with indie publishing, a beginning author's book gets a little trickle of money.

Indie publishing is a viable business model wherein, yes, the author takes on all the risk, but there's very little outlay.

Sure, the program has been faltering a little bit, but it's been a great way for indie authors to get exposure in the Amazon ecosystem.

Or perhaps you want some bedtime reading, then many indie authors are selling full fiction works for as little as 0.99 cents.

But in terms of popular opinion, such accomplishments have done surprisingly little to change attitudes towards indie authors.

Adan — I like Andrew's post, though I get a little flinchy when arguments are boiled down to superlatives to advance the thesis (for example, I think few authors who have really studied the situation think of Amazon as a white knight riding in to save indie writers» bacon.

It is a little known tool in the hardcore e-reading world, but lead developer Kovid Goyle hopes that indie authors and small publishing companies will take a second look at it.

While that price point may seem a little high for an unknown author — many self - published authors keep their sales at $ 4.99 or less, with $ 2.99 being a fairly standard ebook price for indie works — given the argument that the cost of the book is in its initial creation, it makes sense.

A little bit of Silicon Valley know - how can make a huge difference for a struggling artist or indie author.

Deborah, speaking as a «little guy» (indie author is about as «little guy» as you can get in the publishing world) I benefit by being in Amazon and Amazon is not screwing me.

Nice little round - up of blogs authors of all stripes, indie and trad alike, should be following.

As an indie author, I'm more than a little thrilled by this.

It's a little less of a problem now that authors are turning to indie publishing.

You could argue that indie authors are more desperate — they don't have big marketing campaigns so they need to use any little hack and advantage they can find.

Let me point you to the Indie Book Collective, a little group that I helped found with indie authors Cristyn West and Rachel ThomIndie Book Collective, a little group that I helped found with indie authors Cristyn West and Rachel Thomindie authors Cristyn West and Rachel Thompson.

I want to talk a little about an Amazon service called Kindle Unlimited, because it's complicated and interesting, and is increasingly the primary discussion subject among authors (of the indie variety) and not for a lot of really good reasons.

Little did I know that was what at least one famous indie author (now infamous) who shall remain nameless (hint — it's the name of a famous English philosopher) more or less did.

Now the claim that all indie / self published authors are «unskilled individuals who suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than is accurate» is a little strong and very much out of line.

Whether one is for or against present copyright laws, the legal reality is the costs of bringing an infringement suit for an indie author is prohibitive, and certainly not practical.I defended one against a visual artist that was definitely ripped off by my little darlings, along with four other defendants.The end result?

Okay, maybe it's a slight exaggeration, but getting one hundred times the normal website hits and being championed by such indie author giants as Hugh Howey, The Passive Guy, Courtney Milan, the Indie Voice Authors and H.M. Ward is a big deal for a little fish likindie author giants as Hugh Howey, The Passive Guy, Courtney Milan, the Indie Voice Authors and H.M. Ward is a big deal for a little fish likIndie Voice Authors and H.M. Ward is a big deal for a little fish like me.

I wanted to talk a little about what's worked for me, what I would recommend to other Indie authors, and what I've learned along the way.

I'm a hybrid author, and I just released my first indie book a little over a week ago, and I've been angsting over sales, glitches, writing the sequel, etc..

I look at indie publishing as a way to show the trad publishing industry just what an author has and what they can do for themselves, kind of like a «try before you buy» with little risk to them and, actually, little risk — even financially — to the authors.

If you are like the vast majority of indie authors that struggle and sell little to no copies, no narrator will do a royalty share with you.

Critics saw this program as an effort to control the industry on Amazon's part, but indie authors saw things a little differently.

A little more than a year ago, it was standard practice for an indie author to keep his self - published sales figures to himself if he was trying to break into traditional publishing.

Authors who opt to enroll their manuscripts in the non-exclusive PW Select will have to wait a little longer, as the launch of this indie author - centric platform won't take place until April 25th.

To answer, I decided to start a little Facebook survey on two indie author groups.

With little to show for all the money they shoveled into PR, the general consensus among indie authors is that public relations is an awful drain on your already lean budget.

Explaining in a little more detail than in my previous comment (I'm still recovering from a head cold)... I guess you can say that I'm one of those «successful indie authors» Randy mentioned because this year, my royalties are in the upper five - figure range.

As analyzed above, this should be of little concern to professional indie authors who, at present, favor self - publishing outlets.

It's amazing how little marketing it takes to become a successful Indie author.

I had heard of other indie authors garnering thousands of downloads, but I'm a relatively unknown new - comer and I was more than happy to see hundreds of downloads fueled by little more than a change in price... I didn't do any specific promotion beyond Twitter, Facebook, and a blog post.

As an independent author himself, Coker relates to the trials and tribulations of the indie in a way that eludes Amazon, so let's show him a little support!

Unless the aggregators intend to take over the «gatekeepers of literary culture» role that publishers and agents play or to restrict access by publisher size, the arrival of these aggregators will do little to diminish the capability of indie authors to distribute their work (outside of things like marketing budgets etc..)

... not sure where the above comments re self publishing costing thousands comes from... im delighted with Lulu and it did nt cost me a penny to publish my first book Maggie's Shadow and now available everywhere in print and electronic form... i did all the work myself and when stuck asked for help and Lulu's response was almost immediate and either the following day or the next providing invaluable insight on how to proceed ~ and free... i'm now marketing myself and have already agreed to place my book on consignment at one indie bookshop and with others ive yet to call... my library opened their doors to introduce me as a local writer and the local paper just printed the event... little by little its happening but it requires diligence and a willingness to promote one's work... i learn something new everyday and plan to submit my book to many of the self published contests that are now available... i would recommend Lulu to other authors tired of waiting for an agent

This can actually help a little to attract an indie - supportive audience, as those who themselves are self - published authors or who are related to or know other self - published authors recognize this name.

However, I was a little disappointed in some of my fellow indie authors» table displays.

There are still a lot of journalistic reviews out there even though most indie authors have little or no expectation of ever seeing their books mentioned in them.

-LSB-...] little while ago, the journalist Porter Anderson challenged indie authors about their attitude to their self - published «heroes.»