Sentences with phrase «other indie publishers»

I agree, we have so many things to remember, and quite frankly, I need to put a list together so I can help other indie publishers.

Using expert advice on book design from other Indie publishers I produced a more effective and attention grabbing book cover.»

Mrs. Prybylski has been in the publishing industry since 2010 and has worked for other indie publishers as well as having done private, freelance editing on many books.

Then there are the websites whose sole purpose is dedicated to helping Indie authors write, edit, publish, and market their books as well as network and support other Indie publishers.

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

Not exact matches

Shel is the primary author of both Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World (endorsed by Seth Godin, Jack Canfield, Cynthia Kersey, and many others) and the earlier Guerrilla Marketing Goes Green (named a Groundbreaking Indie Book by Independent Publisher magazine) and an international speaker.

By purchasing a Kirkus indie review, authors can have the opportunity to build some name recognition and get noticed by agents, publishers and other industry influencers.

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.

I read something the other day from Jane Friedman's blog that an indie bookstore owner was asking self - publishers to boycott using Amazon, and work harder to keep places like his in business.

In other words, indie publishers, if you have a pen name, make all the stories and pen names under that name seem similar in covers and look, yet be different enough from book to book.

The savvy indie author, like you, is already beating out a million other self - publishers just by knowing the necessity of offering these discounts.

This won't work for other stores but then those won't sell as many books for the average indie publisher.

Some I consider indie projects, others I think will do better with a traditional print publisher.

The answer for indie authors, self - publishers, and those who publish other people's books is that metadata is how readers find your book.

But, unlike Vanity Publishers and other cretins who try to soak naive indie authors, NetGalley understands that serving indie authors is the best way to grow their business.

I'm self - published, through my own publishing company, where I also publish other authors, which also makes me an indie author / publisher.

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.

Numerous sites like IndiesUnlimited.com have sprung up to review indie books, and Independent Publisher's IPPY Awards (among others) recognize the works of indie writers.

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

In other words, juvenile books (fiction and non-fiction) are an area under - served by indie publishers.

In other words, indie publishers of juvenile materials have an incredible opportunity right now.

I have other friends who take the hybrid route, publishing with both traditional publishers and as indie authors.

The term Indie Publisher (and publisher as generally accepted term) is whoever publishing the work of others, not his own (or necessarily not only his oPublisher (and publisher as generally accepted term) is whoever publishing the work of others, not his own (or necessarily not only his opublisher as generally accepted term) is whoever publishing the work of others, not his own (or necessarily not only his own work).

I became intrigued by this topic when as an author with two dozen e-books on Smashwords I read founder Mark Coker's «2013 Book Publishing Industry Predictions — Indie Ebook Authors Take Charge,» Among other things, Coker noted that «If Amazon could invent a system to replace the author from the equation, they'd do that,» and went on to describe how one innovative publisher, ICON Group International has already patented a system that automatically generates non-fiction books, and he worries that as the field of artificial intelligence increases, «how long until novelists are disinter - mediated by machines.»

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.

The indie publisher has to do a cover, which includes finding the photo or the art, then format the manuscript, and then launch it on Kindle and Pubit and Smashwords, among others.

We can sell some books to traditional publishers, we can indie publish other books and stories.

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.

The reason indie authors often contact other book publicists (and seek additional book promotion opportunities) after enduring a fruitless long - term relationship with another book publicist is because, when a book's about to be published, an author and publisher's common sense seems to kick in.

My experience is that Lake Union and the other Amazon Publishing imprints have stepped into this nimble middle ground between indie publishers and the big traditional publishers.

But while everyone else here is taking author's creative content and using it to make an income, we indie authors are supporting ourselves by not giving our rights or work away to publishers, doing everything ourselves, taking control over our own marketing platforms, and urging other authors to do the same.

Things dramatically tapered off in all of the other positions with B&N capturing 6 % of the vote, directly from the publisher (4 %), indie bookstores (3 %) and iBooks, Google Books and Pottermore remain irrelevant.

I fully agree with you that Kobo (and others), should create a system to separate books by indie authors or otherwise self - published books from books published by traditional publishers.

If getting published traditionally doesn't especially help you to get your books on the shelves of stores (unless you are talented, awesome, hard - working, and lucky enough to be a Jim Butcher), then you've got a legitimate reason to question whether you want to roll the dice with traditional publishers (who absolutely offer many great advantages), or get 70 % royalties on your indie ebooks and get paid 80 % of your print book's list price (minus the cost of POD printing) with your print - on - demand book via Lightning Source and their 20 % short discount option — which gets you right into Amazon.com and other online bookstores, just like the big boys do.

Let me answer that question before I move on to other areas of this topic, the deadly areas and the areas that are hurting many indie publishers.

I believe — know — that attitudes toward self - and indie - publishers has become more accepted over the decades when any author who was published by anything other than university presses and New York's Big Five were derisively called «vanity publishers.»

Other jobs that fit into an Indie publisher job description.

I don't know, but it struck me as odd that there were no balancing examples where publishers trade favors with each other for positive blurbs, or any exploration of whether this is a solely indie phenomenon.

Indie books are on shelves right beside all other books from quality small presses to medium publishers to the big publishers.

But, on the other side, traditional publishers are motivated by schedules and marketing in ways that indie authors are not.

A few books we recommend: Dan Poynter's Self - Publishing Manual by Dan Poynter, The Complete Guide to Self - Publishing by Marilyn Ross, The Well - Fed Self - Publisher by Peter Bowerman, and last but definitely not least The Indie Author Revolution by none other than our very own self - publishing star insider, Dara Beevas!

The other thing to know about ISBNs, so say you self - publish or you're an indie author, you create your book, you put it out in the marketplace, and then you get a publishing deal with a traditional publisher.

However, for smaller indie publishers there are other programs that might make an associate ABA membership worth the $ 350.00 per year.

I've gone indie with my backlist, and am seriously considering putting up a few original works as well, for many of the reasons mentioned by others — timing, doesn't fit a print publisher's mold.

What I've seen with indie - published e-books is that they've taken the place of traditional «vanity» publishers, and as with the typical output of vanity publishers they're filled with typos, grammatical errors, logical inconsistencies, and other things that would have been caught by the editorial chain at a traditional publisher.

Through our ongoing «Open Up To Indie Authors» Campaign and other guides, campaigns and associations, ALLi is helping to facilitate mutually beneficial partnerships between authors and the publishing industry and book trade — publishers, bookstores, libraries, book clubs, festivals, literary events, as well as reading agencies all over the world.

We know this movement is great for all writers, whether or not they choose to self - publish and ALLi members are proud of our indie status and carry that pride into all our ventures, negotiations and collaborations, with publishers, services and other authors.

Recently she began publishing other authors through 1001 Nights Press, a small house she founded, and last month she learned that Amazon was letting indie publishers and self - published authors into its Kindle Select program.

In other words, might be worth a shot to take a look at that slice of the pie a little closer to see just how many are older medium - sized publishing imprints such as University Presses and how many are indie publishers growing.

I could probably come up with at least 10 major benefits of running an Amazon book launch campaign, including how it helps you sell more books long after the bestseller campaign is over, to getting approached by foreign publishers looking to do editions of your book in other languages (this has happened to several indie authors I know, after they hit the bestseller lists on Amazon).