Sentences with phrase «parts about being an indie»

The best part about being an indie is being the boss.

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Cara Delevingne recently opened up about her girlfriend, indie pop and rock musician St. Vincent, saying she is in love with her and feels so happy The couple - who have been dating for around eight months - are still «very much together», in spite of recent reports claiming they have parted ways.

Husband and wife Tim (Jake Johnson) and Lee (Rosemarie DeWitt) are housesitting at a well - off home, which offers ample opportunity for snooping and class comparisons (their conversations about whether to send their son to private school ground the film in issues not often part of the indie milieu).

Jerry Lewis, le un and only, will be feted in person at Cannes; his comedy «The Ladies» Man» will screen on the beach as part of the Cannes Classics series, and this new picture, a modestly scaled indie, showcases Lewis as a jazz pianist who discovers a secret about his long - time marriage.

But this release, a modestly budgeted indie (Paramount acquired it after it was shot) feels slightly different: Streep, at 67, is no longer an outlier defying all conventional wisdom about the box - office viability of an actress north of 50; she's part of a trend.

Indie authors are for the most part, all about the business end of things.

Part of the apparently increasing shift of authors to indie status may be about that money.

Indie publishing is here to stay, and it's about time that authors — the creators of the media this industry revolves around — were recognised as a valuable part of LBF.»

Here is Part I of my tips for my earlier self and therefore, all new indie authors who are about to publish their first ebook (or even afterward).

Indie authors are an important part of the Goodreads community and there are several ways authors can engage with readers on Goodreads for free, including sharing what you are reading yourself (Maggie Stiefvater, Rick Riordan, and Roxane Gay are three great examples of authors who do this), using our «Ask the Author» feature, and providing additional content about your books with our Kindle Notes & Highlights on Goodreads feature (see how Emma Chase shared notes on her book, Royally Screwed, which led to some great interactions with her fans — authors should contact our author team if they are interested in doing something like this too).

And yet there's a part of me that keeps nagging on about how now is the time to get in on the ground floor with self - pub POD, before the big companies wise up and move in with faux - indie offshoots and sponsored writing collectives and the like.

This article was, for the most part, about how much money indie authors make, ebook pricing, marketing strategy, and ebook sales.

Still, word has gotten out, and the rumor mill is going strong (fueled in part by Hugh Howey) about how horrible RT is for treating indie self - pub authors as «aspiring.»

For Amazon's part, it's a bold step to fill its library catalog with indie authors, a move which speaks volumes about where the publishing industry may be headed.

If I'm not mistaken, the term «indie» came about as a way to differentiate between the large conglomerate publishers, who have many layers to their companies and answer to large committees, and the smaller «independent» publishers who weren't a part of a corporation.

Also, according to The Digital Reader, «Do you know the absolutely crazy part about the idea of indie authors being second - class citizens?

I don't know about you, but the process of designing a book cover and then seeing the reality is one of the most satisfying parts of indie publishing.

This is only funny if you know that these are both indie authors, and were part of a group of six best - selling independent authors who banded together to get a booth at BEA (you can read about them here in Publisher's Weekly).

While you're waiting, you could start the next book and reach out to indie authors in the niche you're about to become part of.

Before I start, I want to thank you Lindsay for giving me this opportunity to talk about my part in Faery Worlds and to help out some other indie authors who might just be getting started.

Part of Edelweiss's appeal is its ability to present comprehensive and up - to - date information about each title in the catalog — including bestsellers, award winners, reviews, and information like where the author is based — especially important for indie titles.

For the Frankfurt Book Fair Indie Author Fringe event I'm joining forces with my ALLi podcast co-host Michael La Ronn to present a session at the October 14th about being a part - time author but getting full - time results.

Prior to getting this as part of the recent eShop Humble Bundle a few months ago, I knew nothing about it other than it looked to be yet another indie game trying to look like it came from the 80s.

Talking about my part and adding my knowledge working with the Nintendo Switch, there are a lot of opportunities for indie game developers.

Robert Winkler was part of a panel about launching an indie studio during Casual Connect Europe 2014.

And the worst part, is indie devs are expected to bow their heads at this and thank the youtuber for taking their time to make a video about our game.

The best thing about Sunday is with things being a bit quieter we finally had enough time to chill at the Indie Megabooth, one of the best parts of any PAX that should never be overlooked.

The thing I'm excited about here is that bigger companies such as Turner are starting to see indie games as an important part of their strategy.

In Part two tomorrow: what is the difference between dōjin and indie games in the Japanese development scene — and how optimistic are small studios about the future?

Released as part of the Sportsfriends compilation of small Indie games in 2014, Johann Sebastian Joust is a game about getting your opponents to move without moving too much yourself.

Having been part of the first team to release a game under the Indie Fund scheme, as well as speaking at numerous events about the independent games industry, I thought it pertinent to grill him about the indie scene today and find out more about the indie market, and his upcoming projIndie Fund scheme, as well as speaking at numerous events about the independent games industry, I thought it pertinent to grill him about the indie scene today and find out more about the indie market, and his upcoming projindie scene today and find out more about the indie market, and his upcoming projindie market, and his upcoming projects.

I had several other demos that I could've talked about, and some of them will be covered in upcoming Indie Spotlights, but on the whole, I was surprised by how many games I demoed this year that were accessible, not due to any extreme effort on the developers part, but rather because the underlying vision was accessible and the developers were just seeking to execute that vision to the highest possible standards.

One of the best parts about playing Rocket League online is that the indie game supports cross-platform play across PC and modern consoles, with PlayStation being the exception.

«I think this is a symptom of Kurzweil's law of accelerating returns which we've seen having an impact in just about every part of society and every aspect of technology the world over,» says indie developer Shahid Ahmad, who was until recently director of strategic content at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.

That usually means paying around $ 6 for at six to eight games, and as part of the price goes to a charity of your choice, it isn't really a catch.Another great thing about the Humble Indie Bundles is that they mostly include cross-platform games (Windows,

So AVCon was the perfect place to experience this, as a part of the «Indie Games Room» exhibition where congoers, fresh out of the Call of Duty tournaments, were invited to play a lovely game about a tree.