The company also noted that its # 1 and # 4 best - selling eBooks released this year were
published by independent authors through its Kindle Direct Publishing platform.
The Independent Publisher Book Awards were established in 1996 to bring increased recognition to the deserving but often unsung titles
published by independent authors and publishers.
These aren't usually
published by independent authors and publishers, as they are sold via supermarkets and corner stores and used by trade publishers to release long running, top selling books at reduced prices of your typical trade paperback.
Going back to our awards mission statement and guidelines, here's why we do it: «To recognize the deserving but often unsung titles
published by independent authors and publishers, and bring them to the attention of booksellers, buyers, librarians, and book lovers around the world.»
Bibliotastic offers free ebooks which are
published by independent authors.
Amazon and Smashwords will continue to offer direct
publishing by independent authors and their work can be priced at will.
Not exact matches
Today, thanks to ebooks and Amazon (amzn), self -
publishing is a global phenomenon — an
independent route intentionally chosen
by more and more
authors — that has spawned not only mega-bestsellers like Fifty Shades of Grey, but also hits in other realms, such as the movie version of The Martian.
What's interesting is that though both these reports
by independent and secular organisations (NSPCC and JJC) either state or imply that child sex abuse is part of a problem in society as a whole and not a particular problem for the Catholic Church, in other words that Catholic priests are no more likely than anyone else to be involved in it, Dr Pravin Thevathasan, the
author of the third document on this subject
published around the same time, «The Catholic Church & the Sex Abuse Crisis»,
published by the CTS, is not inclined to deploy this fact to get the Church off the hook.
They are the world's largest ebook distributor for self -
published ebook
authors and have
published more than 420,000 titles
by over 120,000
authors and small
independent presses.
The
publishing landscape of 2012 looks similar to the music landscape of 1998, crossed with the web designs of 1996: it's encumbered
by DRM and proprietary formats, it treats customers as criminals, it's fragmented across platforms, and it's hostile to
authors who want to distribute their work through
independent channels.
That put a heavy financial burden on the
independent writer not
published by a traditional
publishing company, because with offset printing an indie
author would have to pay to print thousands of copies of their book that weren't guaranteed to sell.
,
published by SilverWood Books • Opening Up To Indie
Authors, which I co-authored with Dan Holloway for the Alliance of
Independent Authors
For me, stickler for proper word use that I am, it's about the misappropriation of terminology (seriously, if you don't own your ISBN number and have granted rights to someone else, you are no more — and no less —
independent than a commercially -
published author) and the use of euphemisms — trying to escape the negative implications of something
by calling it something else.
Kevin Larimer, editor in chief of Poets & Writers, leads a conversation with editors Jeff Shotts of Graywolf Press and Chuck Adams of Algonquin Books and
authors Jeffrey Yang and Amy Rowland about what it means to be
published by an
independent press, the
author - editor relationship, and how they work together to reach readers.
I don't understand why self -
published authors try to confuse people into thinking they are
published by an
independent press.
Our technology is used worldwide
by 2 of the Big 5 publishers, some very large
independent D2C publishers, several hundreds of medium sized publishers selling D2C, quite a few
independent eBook web shops and also numerous web shops of smaller publishers, self
publishing authors and systems integration.
By the way Mr editor /
author of this ridiculous farce of an article, INDI
AUTHORS are INDEPENDENT AUTHORS meaning that instead of handing over the reins to a publishing house who does all the proof reading, editing, organise photography and cover design, and the print and release of a book, indi authors do it or organise it them
AUTHORS are
INDEPENDENT AUTHORS meaning that instead of handing over the reins to a publishing house who does all the proof reading, editing, organise photography and cover design, and the print and release of a book, indi authors do it or organise it them
AUTHORS meaning that instead of handing over the reins to a
publishing house who does all the proof reading, editing, organise photography and cover design, and the print and release of a book, indi
authors do it or organise it them
authors do it or organise it themselves.
I'd love to see more
independent authors enter a market that's far too dominated
by a few
publishing giants.
by Beth Kallman Werner Jul 5, 2012 Art of
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The book was particularly to address the rapidly expanding group of self -
published or
independent authors — but what
author doesn't want to sell more books, even those commissioned
by traditional publishers?
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Orna Ross, is an Irish
author and the founder of the Alliance for
Independent Authors, named one of the top 100 most influential people in
publishing by The Bookseller.
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Presented
by award - winning children's book
author and indie publisher Darcy Pattison, the workshop covered the nuts and bolts of
independent publishing, from navigating printing, e-book, and supply - chain options to pricing and promoting a book.
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For one thing,
independent authors - those who self -
publish or who are
published by smaller,
independent publishing houses - usually rely on blogs and social media for much of their marketing.
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Do you think products like Ownshelf will encourage
independent authors to
publish without DRM protection, or will writers be scared away
by the threat of piracy?
«As an
independent author I'm a big believer in taking the literary bull
by the horns when it comes to writing,
publishing and marketing my titles.
by John Warner May 1, 2012 Art of
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This is one of the key steps that most self -
published and
independent authors consistently
by - pass.
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Throughout the past couple of decades he has worked for various publications such as medical magazines and Readers» Digest until he realised sometime around 2000 that the traditional
publishing and media industry was in long term decline and the future of
publishing was digital and would be driven
by independent authors and publishers.
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Author Earnings, a website
by authors and for authors looks at independent authors, small / medium publishers, Amazon published, Big Five published and uncategorized Single - A
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AuthorsAuthors.
There are some very motivated
authors published by Independent publishers using digital or POD technology and eBook
publishing that have far surpassed the measily 100 books touted as their limit
by naysayers.
By the time I
published my next novel, Hampstead Fever, I had a far better idea of how to do it — much of that thanks to the advice I received through the Alliance of
Independent Authors, an organization I would recommend to any indie
author.
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These four Outskirts Press self -
published books include two adult fiction and two adult nonfiction works
by talented
independent authors.
Last year, in 2013, I've made the ranks of the Top 100 Best Seller
Authors in Science Fiction a few times and I've been contacted
by two
Independent publishing houses to feature my work.
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