Sentences with phrase «successful indies»

I know a number of successful indies who started out doing exactly that.

But there is a good reason only really successful indies do it.

Many successful indies recommend authors to «follow the steps of traditional publishing» when self - publishing.

He also lists the ones offering successful indies a contract.

There are successful indies accepting book deals, but they are plenty of authors leaving traditional to go indie, but who are not getting reported on.

There are more and more successful indies around, and I bet you know one, or have one as a friend of a friend.

Successful indies seem to follow quirky, personal paths.

You don't hear much of those because we tend to only give successful indies a stage.

In the second installment of our Generation of Heroes series, we look back at the careers of the most successful Indy car driver of all time, an American hero who quit in the prime of his career, a five - time Le Mans winner, and a Brit who raced everything from Formula 1 to rally cars.

The one I see most highly recommended by successful indies is David Gaughran's, -LSB-...]

If you follow what's happening with successful indy authors (Locke, Hocking) getting deals is what I've been saying about the indie movement — it's making the slush pile more efficient.

I think this is a good reminder of the mantra I've seen a lot of successful indies mention: don't hinge your entire strategy (reaching readers) on a single tactic (KDP Select and Unlimited).

John — It ends when you realize that the really successful indies do a whole lot of the work themselves.

Despite being one of the most successful indies in its native UK (it beat out Mr. Turner, Calvary and The Imitation Game, all films with a much higher profile, for the British Independent Film Award), and a decent theatrical release, I don't feel Pride got much love stateside.

The most successful indies writers such as Joe Konrath, Barry Eisler, and Hugh Howey have powerful, hard - working agents who earn every penny of their 15 %.

I recently heard one successful indy publisher talking on a podcast about how ComiXology was a lot more open to adult material than Kindle was, so this has potential to cause problems for those who put out comics with sexual content.

It also suggests a solo endeavor, which successful indy publishing most definitely is not.

The other was a bit more flexible and has done quite well with the NAs they have acquired, though most authors were successful indies at the time they were acquired.

I hoped it would be helpful to lay out what seems necessary, as learned from watching so many successful indies ply their wares.

Literary musings probably aren't going to sell to an online audience — and successful indies make most of their sales online.

Indie Fund is a funding source for independent developers, created by a group of successful indies looking to encourage the next wave of game developers.

But I know many, many successful indies who have a hard time going to the next level — not just in making the money to support an assistant, but in finding someone they can trust their business with (and who's a net - benefit and doesn't require more time in training than benefit in time saved).

The one I see most highly recommended by successful indies is David -LSB-...]

I'm certainly all for authors making a living wage from their work (though it's important to be realistic and not expect to make a living wage from one book — as we've discussed before, most successful indies have multiple books and often multiple series out).

But even for those successful indies who don't state this so explicitly, that unspoken assumption seems to underlie much of their advice to prospective, aspiring, and not - as -» successful» authors.

Anbd would H.H. Books sign new undiscovered authors, or pick up successful indies and ramp up the editing, cover art, etc..?

In the chat room, it was suggested that all successful indies just wanted a book deal, and if they took it, they were somehow crossing a line.

«Successful indies have found ways to acknowledge the pain — and bounce back from the impact.»

The most common reason that successful indies offer a book free is because it's the first in a series.

I had generally thought that successful indy authors would have better sense than to insult their customers for no reason.