Sentences with phrase «see independent publishing»

It's just that I don't see the independent publishing trend line moving toward «paper, too» over the short or long term with any kind of velocity.

Penny: Now that you have experienced self - publishing, and you have talked to a number of people and you have done an enormous amount of research for this book, where do you see the independent publishing industry this time next year?

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An independent, gold - standard randomized controlled trial published in September 2015 found that students who used Achieve3000 saw statistically significant and substantively important gains in literacy achievement.

How do you see the laying - off of so many in - house editors in the past couple of years affecting the work you both do, and how these new independents with publishing contacts and skills will play out in the workforce — both as literary agents and as independent editors — in the next few years?

Second, regarding self - publishing vs. independent publishing, I'd like to see a list of benefits of each.

She uses the phrase «independent» rather than «self - publishing» to describe her way of seeing it as a self - directed business proposition.

We agree that self - publishing (1) can be a means of getting your words in print, (2) it will let you can control your tome's contents and design, (3) if you can market well, by self - publishing you can sidestep the big - house foot - dragging, (4) when your book is complementary to your greater purpose of displaying your expertise (as, for example, using your book to secure related speaking engagements), or (5) when self - publishing is the best (and perhaps only) way to get your words and ideas past the older, established houses so potential readers and buyers have a chance to see and decide about the merits of your independent offering.

I'd love to see more independent authors enter a market that's far too dominated by a few publishing giants.

Whether it's a small indie press that sees value in an author's work or an author using a contemporary platform to self - publish, it takes a truly entrepreneurial spirit to achieve successful independent publishing.

The experience of collaborating with six other independent authors to create an open - source, science fiction universe was an adventure all its own, (see the background on the Paradisi Chronicles here), but I hadn't anticipated how nervous I would be about actually publishing my own novel in this new universe.

With digital publishing being a significant and steady part of the market, chain and independent bookstores have seen some challenges in how to reach these readers, with many shuttering their doors.»

You'll see a lot more independent publishers, a lot of people will be self - publishing books.

While students, small businesses, and independent researchers are expected to be the major consumers of these mountains of content, this is a bold first move in helping civic leaders, publishers, and citizens see the value of open access, an often hotly contested topic especially where government funded and published research findings are concerned.

I see this as another sign of the growing acceptance of independent publishing.

While it is possible to get into local and regional libraries and independent bookshops, self - published books are unlikely to be seen in bookstores countrywide.

This book publicist will also be curious to see whether Mark's book club choices will include ebooks as well as traditional books, and self - published books (independent books, that is) as well as mainstream books.

In self - publishing, Publishers Weekly has reported that Audible's ACX platform — which brings together independent authors and narrators — may see as many as 30,000 titles produced this year, compared to 20,000 in 2015 and 13,600 in 2014.

But rather than segregating self published books, what I would rather see is an education of the public to differentiate between the terms vanity publishing (which I think most folks agree is generally bad and awful and will never lose its stigma), self - publishing (which often connotes work that has not been properly vetted by people who know how to judge a good product) and indie publishing, which is a term that those of us who use it are hoping will come to mean quality — work that has been vetted by independent editors and formatted by people who give a damn about putting out a professional product that rivals anything put out by New York.

And what we all can see developing here, in the process, is one of the first major tests of the independent publishing movement's clout.

With independent publishing, for better or for worse, you write the book as you see it.

He mentioned that with independent publishing we are more likely to see lending take off.

Independent Authors might see greater success via Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Kobo to self - publish ebooks.

People working inside the industry see me as as an expert in digital and self - publishing, while independent authors see me as a traditional publishing figure.

INDUSTRY INSIDERS GIVE THEIR PREDICTIONS News Team Orna Ross, director of the Alliance of Independent Authors, predicted the industry would «see author - publishing continuing to mature in 2015 and continuing to expand into other territories».

It's possible to be quite successful as an independent author publishing only through Amazon (and there are some advantages to this strategy, as we'll see).

And we know for sure that many independent presses and self - published authors will see this as an opportunity to provide attractively priced e-books as an alternative.

Though I let go of the dream of traditional publishing, I'm seeing a different dream of independent and e-publishing open in a new way.

While I applaud Patchett's defence of independent local bookshops and her wish to see them prosper and survive by publishing's 2020 mark, she is so utterly off the mark when it comes to responsibilities to the traditional publishing industry.

Though we haven't got this far yet, it might be revealing to see a detailed comparison of bestselling independent and trade - published book covers.

Picking up from Tucker in that last bit about embracing differences — and knowing that the IndieReCon team is now going into a period of evaluation to map out the way forward — I might offer this, too: at our Author (R) evolution Day conference (#ARDay) in New York, debuted by O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing on February 12, it became evident that the concept of an «entrepreneurial author» may be more germane to what we're seeing now than that of an «indie» or independent or self - publishing or traditionally publishing or hybrPublishing on February 12, it became evident that the concept of an «entrepreneurial author» may be more germane to what we're seeing now than that of an «indie» or independent or self - publishing or traditionally publishing or hybrpublishing or traditionally publishing or hybrpublishing or hybrid author.

My own live - interview segment in Friday's program will feature the novelist and literary critic Emily St. John Mandel, who has published three novels with the independent Unbridled Books and in September sees her new book, Station Eleven, released by Knopf.

Miller, whose book The Hand of God (Vamptasy) is published by an independent publisher, saw this as a chance to give back to a larger community of authors who all have the same goal: producing inspired works in their fields.

Organizations like the Independent Book Publishers Association are already taking strides in their author advocacy for all authors to bring issues like these to the forefront, but the only way to level the playing field and to eradicate discrimination in publishing circles is to name it when you see it.

As an editor, I offer editing and publishing services to independent authors of speculative fiction, mystery, and romance, so I would love to see posts on writing craft, self - publishing, and marketing aimed at these niches.

in other words to author a piece of writing and distribute it, print it, wrap it and sell it as you yourself see fit, even by mutual agreement with an outsourced company that offers specific dedicated services such as printing, binding, distribution, packagaing, marketing or any such service, not by the decisions of any other entity but by your own choice as you yourself see most convenient... and if in exchange for services rendered you split the revenue consider it as credit with interest paid on sales... so yes if you are an independent author you are allowed to leave the publishing and distribution to people that get paid to publish and distribute and marketing to marketers and sales to salesmen... but you must above all author independently.

Even so, in its current form, BookExpo is much less inclusive then it used to be and the value proposition for smaller independent publishers and self - published authors is becoming harder and harder to see.

So what might have been seen as a conflict of interest a few years ago, today is an independent publishing company created by an agent for other agents.

My big take away from her story (and Barry Eisler's recent move away from traditional publishing) is one that I haven't seen get much discussion — namely, the opportunity that independent e-publishing offers to authors in the face of the industry's contractions over the past few years.

In the Publisher's Weekly roundup of events, you can see how the energy around independent publishing has freed up authors t make more interesting publishing decisions:

To many authors» surprise, she self - published it, learning what independent authors deal with in the process and making herself smarter about a side of the business many agents don't see up close.

She writes about wanting to see that «they (self - publishing and independent writers) and their readers take their rightful place at the heart of this business that we all value so dearly.»

But when someone sees «Logical Expressions, Inc.» as the publisher of my books, they don't know if the book is published by a small independent press, self - published, or what because they don't recognize the name.

The self - publishing evaluative sites you'll see Holloway mention are Awesome Indies, which has an «AIA Seal of Excellence» for work deemed «quality independent fiction,» and Compulsion Reads.

Well, I don't see why one should care about independent authors: if they are good enough they should get their books properly published and then it won't be an issue for them.

Orna Ross, director of the Alliance of Independent Authors, predicted the industry would «see author - publishing continuing to mature in 2015 and continuing to expand into other territories».

My friend Anakana Schofield's debut novel Malarky is about to be published (by the excellent independent publisher Biblioasis) and I saw on Facebook that she was going to launch the book with a reading at the Vancouver Public Library so I wanted to make sure I'm there on March 21st.

It was great to see a room full of independents getting to grips with digital publishing.

If we see, as some do, a «shadow industry» of independent production develop outside of trade publishing, cultivating its own audience, operating as its own community, what does that mean to the creative core of the storytelling industry as a whole?

But if the capabilities of self - publishing can not be seen by that industry as providing a viable pedestal for rational, responsible, professional debate, then the industry - political promise of the independent author has failed.

While I don't believe independent publishing is the new «Tupperware Party,» I do see the benefits in getting together with people and talking to them about my writing.