Sentences with phrase «on indie publishers»

Ability to create eBooks as fast as possible to deal with the tremendous demands on indie publishers by their readers

Early on indie publishers need to start working some of their books into print.

BQB is Boutique of Quality Books — they're a hybrid publisher (listed on our Indie Publishers page in the Winner Circle).

If legacy publishers weren't worried about the indie press revolution, I doubt they'd be spending this much time, effort, and money trying to discredit and slap labels on indie publishers.

I'm taking my own spin on the indie publisher's path, though, because that's what an independent thinker does.

Which is fine; creators sometimes make the move to creator - owned comics from the Big Two — if I wrote comics, I'd be pounding on every indie publisher's doors with creator owned ideas in the hopes of getting a TV contract and the keys to the Rich Guy's Pissoir where Robert Kirkman currently pisses into Perrier.

[Editor's note: to clarify, for years, Valiant has been listed by Diamond on their indie publisher charts (although that chart has been renamed «non-premier publisher») and just what constitutes an «indie comics publisher» is an ongoing issue that The Beat has addressed before... and will address again.

Not exact matches

While the Big Publishers Snooze, Little Indie Studios Are Changing the Face of Wii U by Menashe As I was working on my upcoming article, 70 + Upcoming Wii U Games We \'re Excited For, I started...

Today, publisher SOEDESCO announced that D - Pad's indie platformer, Owlboy, will be receiving a physical release on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 this...

Majesco's indie label, Midnight City, has announced that the publisher will be bringing indie studio Scientifically Proven's side - scroller Blood of the Werewolf to Steam on the 28th October.

Indie games are selling very, very well on Switch and publishers need to strike when the iron is hot.

This leaves a small opening for third - party publishers and indie developers to jump into the limelight, as Sony's chambers are nearly empty with everything that the first - party studios have been working on.

In a new blogpost, indie developer and publisher Chucklefish Games gave an update on three highly anticipated Switch games: Stardew Valley, Pocket Rumble and Wargroove.

British publishers Wales Interactive have announced that they are bringing Late Shift from indie developers CtrlMovie, to Xbox One on April 18.

A couple of years ago, publisher 5pb released an English version of the cult Japanese indie horror game Corpse Party [$ 17.99] on the App Store.

Publisher Nicalis is known for working with indie developers on games like Cave Story.

The #HelloSwitch2 event by indie game publishers, tinyBuild Games, showcased footage of some of their biggest games on the Nintendo Switch and... View Article

This might start off as a slow week, but we have Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze hitting this week, and May is chock - full of titles both on the indie side and from AAA publishers.

Because you own all the rights, the only barrier for future publication would be the publisher's own self - imposed embargo on indie books.

The indie writers who are now wanting to go with a traditional publisher because — duh — they will get this huge advance and will be sent on tours to sign their books and will soon be playing poker with other best selling authors ala Castle.

The post Traditional publishers» ebook sales drop as indie authors and Amazon take off appeared first on The Passive Voice.

Joan is a former indie publisher who makes her living now as a freelance writer, editor and book consultant while she continues to work on her own writing projects.

$ 3 is still not a huge stretch compared to the $ 10 or more most traditional publishers are charging for ebooks, but as an Indie author, I want to make sure to keep a handle on what my readers are expecting and willing to pay.

I like (and will continue to use) the term «indie publisher» or «indie writer» to talk about writers striking out on their own into the publishing world and starting their own presses.

The Author Earnings Reports shine a light on what is really happening and that light is amazing for us indie writers and scary as hell to traditional publishers.

Having worked with traditional publishers and self - published several of her books, Massey has great advice for indie authors on independent publishing, book marketing and strategies for getting a book into bookstores, libraries and reviews.

Even though some writers want to run at the sight of the word «marketing» (that would include me), indie book promotion is something that can be done without relying on a publisher to do it for you.

Rather than rely on the expertise that a publisher's team can provide in each phase of the process, the indie author builds their own team based on their connections and budget.

«While writing a great book is the first step, getting it in front of the right people — be they readers or agents or traditional publishers — is also a critical part of making an indie book a success,» Edelman explained in a release on this year's presentation.

«Indie publishers don't report, and a number of larger companies are outsourcing CD production with print - on - demand agreements, so the numbers don't get picked up.»

Despite a rocky relationship with the digital publishing revolution as recently as five years ago, a number of traditional publishers have not only made room on the shelves for indie authors, they're building their own self - publishing avenues.

its swings and roundabouts — I know of 5 authors who were indie and now have been picked up by publishers — I Think these publishers are finally realising that they are getting a loyal fan base of potential customers so their job of marketing is easier if they take on an Indie who has proved they have the taindie and now have been picked up by publishers — I Think these publishers are finally realising that they are getting a loyal fan base of potential customers so their job of marketing is easier if they take on an Indie who has proved they have the taIndie who has proved they have the talent.

Excellent post, Rebecca — thank you for speaking out on behalf of indie writers and publishers.

Some articles make it sound like legacy publishers want to slap warning stickers on indie published books, point at the authors and shout «UNCLEAN!

Paul Pilkington, a lecturer in a university in the UK, signed up with the UK - based publisher Hodder & Stoughton after two of his novels went on to sell more than 150,000 copies, other indie authors who got picked up by conventional publishers include the likes of Kerry Wilkinson and Beth Reeks.

In mid-year 2014, indie - published authors as a cohort began taking home the lion's share (40 %) of all ebook author earnings generated on Amazon.com while authors published by all of the Big Five publishers combined slipped into second place at 35 %.»

Why should indie authors or small publishers pay for ISBNs on ebooks when those bring them absolutely no value?

An indie publisher, on the other hand, is someone who treats the book publishing project as a serious business and not just a hobby.

A lot of indie authors and publishers release just on Kindle because it is pretty easy and inexpensive to do.

-- Can you trade with other indie publishers (writers) for proofing, with you working on reading their books while they read yours?

It has to do with how much you will pay the indie publisher for books to sell on your own at book events and signings.

On the same indie - published book (that is, you own the distribution rights and publish under your own name, not through a self - publishing services company or vanity publisher), you'd make about $ 1.50 per copy.

Reblogged this on Dale Furse and commented: As indie authors, we need to market our books, but we don't have the big budgets Traditional publishers do.

I believe if you're going to get published, that means selling it to people who will appreciate it enough to pay you for it, whether that's a traditional publisher, e-publisher, small indie press, or on your own.

A large publisher or your independent publicity firm may coordinate meetings with these booksellers, but this is something indie authors can do really well on their own.

Most of us are familiar with J.A. Konrath, who, after self - publishing several of his unpublished novels in ebook form and realizing how much more money he could make on his own than with a traditional publisher, became indie publishing's most vocal champion.

Today, I'd like to present a case study on an indie children's book author - illustrator - publisher.

As Judith Briles said in a 2014 article on the topic of self - publishing versus indie publishers (http://authoru.org/dont-confuse-independent-publishing-with-self-publishing.html):

At http://www.bookzio.com we specialize in promoting indie authors» and publishers» books with both free and paid book promotion options to our large community of avid readers — including an email list of 24k and followers on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr totalling 70k +.

If you ask me, this is nothing more than the traditional publisher's attempt at cashing in on the rise of the indie writer.