Sentences with phrase «with indie»

Seldom are convincing cases made for readers to become enamoured with indie authors books on Twitter.

This website is mainly populated with indie authors and their works of fiction and non-fiction.

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.

While the iStoryTime Kung Fu Panda 2 app will launch with the new HP TouchPad, zuuka (iStoryTime's parent company) is already looking ahead to comic books for older users and working with indie authors who want to bring their children's books and illustrations to this format.

«Helping the beginning writer is something we are focusing on,» said Mark LeFebvre, Director of Self - Publishing Services, explaining the importance of this development in terms of working with the indie authors as well.

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It's a good idea though, and I'll check with my indie authors and see who has self published short stories.

But working with indie authors means they have to do all of this individually with each author.

Audible is trying very hard to solidify relationships with both indie authors and publishing companies.

My current fiction is probably commercial enough for the traditional market, so I may decide to query it, although I am very happy with my indie sales so far.

Full disclosure: I've been mucking about with indie publishing for a year now with the Mytro Project and, with enough digging, you will find one or more of my books on Amazon.

With the Indie Noir StoryBundle, your ereader is about to get a whole lot darker.

Now, with the indie publishing, this problem is no longer hidden in each writer's office, but is out on full display for the world to see.

I don't see anything wrong with an indie press calling itself an indie press.

But because writers are like herds of very opinionated cats — with indie authors being the prickly calicos of the bunch — drama can ensue.

After reading your article I've decided to stick with indie.

For a time it seemed that there would be two separate sides to the publishing industry, with indie authors on one side and traditional authors on the other.

I'm on a quest, asking the experts — people already in the industry — for publishing advice to writers... This week, I caught up with indie author (songwriter, singer, musician) Derek Haines to talk about the world of self - publishing.

Even with the indie publishing side of things, which can help cash flow a little, this new world has not varied from the time it takes to learn how to tell a decent story.

If you're looking for high energy, low stress, expert assistance with your indie publishing project, check out Duolit.

I wish you tons of luck with your indie published book.

I've never been so inundated with indie success stories.

«With Indie authors, there's no guarantee that the series will be completed,» observes Shannon Mayer, author of both the Zombie - ish Apocalypse and Celtic Legacy series.

Over the last year, groups have formed to evaluate and identify quality books and publishing professionals, once reluctant to deal with self - publishers, have joined forces with indie authors.

James Smythe published his first novel in 2010 with an indie publisher, and he has published five with HarperCollins.

About those stars, a bizarre panoply of mostly hip - hop and pop artists with some indie rockers and electronic producers and a token country musician, Jason Aldean, so as not to seem discriminatory to that most polarizing of genres: Bookish tried the same thing.

The advance and marketing muscle you (might) get in a legacy contract; the kind of digital royalties, creative control, and time - to - market you get with indie».

With indie books it's simple: The writer writes a book that he thinks will appeal to readers, picks out a cover, then uploads it.

The biggest problem with indie authors (and I am one of them) is a large majority think a professional editor is totally unnecessary.

The problem is not with Indie Authors or Self Publishing, its with adult content right?

The New York Times Bestsellers List and the USA Today Bestsellers list are both crammed with indie authors.

Draft2digital is proving popular with indie authors and has seen significant growth over the past three years.

If you can offer a compelling value proposition for the average reader and not have the entire site cluttered up with indie author rabble, likely Scribd will be around for a very longtime.

-- That isn't really true, as GoodReads is absolutely RIFE with indie titles.

The problem with indie authors is that they are generally very bad at accurately assessing their level of skill.

This is the first time they are dealing with indie authors and there will be a learning curve for them, which is why they are not heavily publicizing their official launch.

With the overnight success of series like The Twilight Saga and the Hunger Games trilogy, coupled with indie author breakout stars like Amanda Hocking, the sales channels quickly filled up with a glut of traditionally published and self - published YA content (bonus points if there was a vampire involved).

What's even more odd is that independent bookstores are actually making a comeback of sorts, to the point that some business industry sources compare Amazon's foray into brick - and - mortars with the indie business model.

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.

I fail to see why you are so enamored with indie e-books.

It is certainly possible to directly pay an editor and proofreader in order to publish a professional - quality e-book without the involvement of a publisher, but I haven't seen that this is common with indie - published e-books with a few exceptions that I'm sure you'll immediately note.

Over the past two years working with indie authors, there's one truth that has been reinforced time and time again: there's no silver bullet guaranteeing book success.

To that end, we believe that the growth in the US market with a unique customer base that hasn't been tapped - out by Amazon - Kindle lies within our fantastic partnership with the indie bookstores.

They also shared some invaluable advice on how to get work published with indie presses, and I thought it only right to share it with you all.

I offer professional editing services at affordable rates, with indie authors on a budget in mind.

As a full - time editor, I worked with an indie press.

Your reader is scrolling through dozens and dozens of book covers, and yours should visually blend with indie - published and traditionally - published books alike.

At least with indie books, you can make the decision on who to use on current and future projects.

I can go through an indie epub (or self pub) and get up to 50 % (100 % if I do it myself) and make that much on a 3.99 book if I sold 5000 copies of my ebook with an indie pub or 2500 copies of my self - pubbed book.

Sure, you can find those issues with indie published books but, when you are touting yourselves as the purveyors of quality, you should be able to stand behind that claim.