If legacy publishers weren't
worried about the indie press revolution, I doubt they'd be spending this much time, effort, and money trying to discredit and slap labels on indie publishers.
It's easy to become stressed or
worried about your indie journey.
Worry about the indie books that succeed.
I've had nine traditionally published book, and I was a bit
worried about the indie - publishing process, but Damonza eliminated any concerns I had from day - one.
Not exact matches
Easy, Compact Fold
Indie folds easily and compactly, weighing only 20 lbs (not that Christina has to
worry about heavy lifting.)
But that brings me to the next issue I have to
worry about as an
indie author.
Right now, she's releasing a new edition of How to Market a Book, so we asked her for her advice on long - term vs. short - term strategies, selling internationally as well as at home, and whether it's worth
worrying about translations and foreign rights as an
indie.
Unlike
Indie Authors, Taylor Swift and President Obama do not have to
worry about promoting their hard - earned works of art.
Being
indie means I don't have to
worry about all that.
To me this is a classic example of the «Big publishers»
worrying about how to survive in the new self -
indie world.
This episode is entitled «What's Wrong With
Indie Publishing» or perhaps, «3 Things I
Worry About And That I... Continue reading Episode 006 — What's Wrong With
Indie Publishing?
If you are
indie publishing, don't
worry about this too much, but do ask your fans whether this a story they'd want to read.
Or I hear New York people going on and on
about how threatened they are by all the writers
indie publishing, I get
worried for newer writers.
But for those
indie authors who
worry about competition, her good news is that traditional marketing budgets have evaporated for most except for those brand - name authors already expected to sell.
Because of that, they don't
worry as much
about turning in a publication ready manuscript as they would if they were going the
indie route.
There is another truth that you, as the
indie author needs to
worry about.
An
indie author doesn't have to
worry about making back an advance paid to an author.
One of the best things
about being a full time
indie author is that I can either set everything aside and focus on my family without having to
worry about losing my job.
If you are one that has a traditional publisher, you may not have to
worry too much
about your book cover art; however, for the «
Indie», or self - publishing author, coming up with an effective cover design for both your printed book and digital ebook may seem a daunting process.
Not having to
worry about length (so I can focus more on the story) is another great thing
about going
indie!
Indie writers probably have less to
worry about in this area anyway than, say, authors of bestsellers whose legal prices for e-book and print versions remain considerably higher.
Readers are usually not something
indie writers would have to
worry about unless their script got picked up by an interested agency or producer, but many script evaluation services exist now giving this service.
Anytime I start
worrying about sales rankings, I remind myself that a little over a year ago, I was gleefully celebrating cracking the Kindle Free Top 100, something that I'd never have done without lots and lots of help from my
indie writer friends.
As someone who has chosen to go the
indie publishing route, you do not have to
worry about agents and publishers.
With
indie pub I have time to slowly build an audience, so I don't have to
worry about release day sales figures.
Still, many successful
indie and «traditionally published» series were not released that way, and I don't think you have to be
worried about «doing the wrong thing» here.
And this why I think
indie games have a saying on PlayStation since they get good money worth for there games get put on ps + also players do nt have to
worry about spending money on the game because they get it for having ps + not just
indie games they get chance to play tripple A games aswell like metal gear solid 5 ground zeros was phenomenally good but seriously I wouldn't want to pay 20 dollars for it thanks to ps + I got to play it
PR For Indies — Being
indie is tough enough without
worrying about PR and marketing your game on a limited budget, we can help.
On the
indie side, I
worry about the fixation on game jams and compos, for which I feel at least partially responsible.
My rant is
about how I'm
worried about the fixation on development time these days, both in the
indie community, and in corporate games.
So, I decided to write
about the reality of AAA games development or: how I learned to stop
worrying and go
indie.
With a strict no - sponsored blogs policy, developers know to come to
Indie Game Girl for the critical marketing support they need without having to
worry about hidden agendas.
An open letter has been written by
indie developers Amanita Design, Colibri Games and Daedalic Entertainment, reporting some rather
worrying claims
about UK publisher Lace Mamba.
on the xbox side the most powerful REAL 4k console xbox scorpio will be launched along with a tone of NATIVE 4k games and exclusives for it.if you should be
worried about anything its sont lack of exclusives as usual.noi do nt care
about crap jrpgs that no one buys any more or
indie games.
However once I stopped
worrying about what to do and got on with creating tunnels, farming materials and crafting weapons, I discovered a complex and rewarding
indie experience that I loved digging into.
We were initially quite
worried about getting the game onto Android (there are times that being an African studio really makes
indie life difficult) but thanks to our friends at Finji, we're able to bring the game to Android at the same time as we publish it on iOS.