But I would like to know how long it will take me to get
that money as an indie publisher, and then keep making more.
This article isn't about magic marketing techniques or search engine secrets; it's about making a realistic assessment of your potential to make
money as an indie publisher.
Not exact matches
Going
indie in genres where the
publishers aren't interested (and making more
money as an
indie than in trad publishing!)
Traditional
publishers aren't scouring the Top 100 lists
as the new slush piles
as much, movie moguls aren't optioning
as many
indie books
as The New Hotness, word has gotten out that you actually have to bring a ladder to reach the boughs of the
money tree.
Wow, you really are out of touch with the publishing industry if you think that
indie authors aren't investing
as much (if not more)
money in getting their work edited, covers designed etc that the larger
publishers put into their titles.
Budget constraints are a reality for
indie publishers as well, but rather than releasing a bad book, the
indie publisher may shelve the book project until sufficient
money is raised.
As soon as indie writers get their collective heads out of the imaginary castle they are defending and start realizing that ALL DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS that a traditional publisher uses for paper books is open to them now, without problem, the indie writer can make a ton more money and sell far, far more book
As soon
as indie writers get their collective heads out of the imaginary castle they are defending and start realizing that ALL DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS that a traditional publisher uses for paper books is open to them now, without problem, the indie writer can make a ton more money and sell far, far more book
as indie writers get their collective heads out of the imaginary castle they are defending and start realizing that ALL DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS that a traditional
publisher uses for paper books is open to them now, without problem, the
indie writer can make a ton more
money and sell far, far more books.
And then a few established writers such
as Michael Stackpole and J.A. Konrath started talking to other writers about the
money that can be made
as an
indie publisher, and the control it gives writers.
As an
indie publisher, I make more
money and am having more fun.
Nonetheless, I'm a reader and have been all my life, so
publishers as well
as indie authors get a lot of my fun
money.
I have watched in horror
as indie writers (making great
money) have fallen for this myth by suddenly turning and selling to traditional
publishers, even though they would make more
money and get to more readers just by continuing on what they were doing.
We offer packages
as a way for
indie authors and
publishers to get the most value for their
money, but you are in no way under any obligation to purchase more than you feel you need.
One of the things that bothers me most about vanity publishing of any stripe — from the old - fashioned vanities that shipped you boxes of books to molder away in your basement, to the print on demand self - publishing services that are trying to re-brand themselves
as «
indie»
publishers or «assisted publishing», to the sleazy deceptive pay - to - play companies that pass themselves off
as «real»
publishers — is that they take advantage of authors twice: first by taking their
money, second by brainwashing them into believing all the deceptive hype.
When you sign the petition, you support not only
indie writers (many of whom are now,
as never before, making a living writing books that lots of people enjoy), but you also support FREEDOM of CHOICE, which is what, it seems to me, that Hachette and other
publishers and conglomerates and other big
money grabbing corporations, are trying to take away from us.
Some start
as an
indie author, and then thanks to their great sales a
publisher comes to them with an offer they can't refuse (here's a big wad of
money and these are all the great things we'll do for you, among which include print distribution to bookstores!).
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.