So, there are posts like this one, that make me shake my head a little bit. There continues to be all this talk about the future of publishing, and how the publishing industry is failing its authors, and maybe just maybe if we wait and hope and pray for a rescue boat, one will show [...]
Okay, not all of them. Maybe not even most of them. But a statistically significant portion of them. You see, for many in the traditionally published system the viewpoint is that readers need to be “helped.” They need to have books and content curated for them, selected for them, because they can’t possibly figure any [...]
The past couple of weeks I’ve been talking about print options for indie authors. While I acknowledge there are certain situations in which an indie may want to do an offset print-run and/or try to get onto physical brick and mortar bookstore shelves, for most this is a fool’s errand and won’t improve your bottom [...]
While I believe Lightning Source is the best option all the way around for the indie author, allowing them to utilize print-on-demand technology, great distribution options, better price and quality, more control, etc … It’s not right for everyone. I understand not every indie author can afford to buy a block of ISBN numbers their [...]
So if you’ve been with me through this very long series (the indie reader series that paralleled this was much shorter), then you’ve got a pretty basic grasp of how to make sure you produce a good book. There are exactly two reasons a book doesn’t sell: 1. It’s not very good or 2. The [...]
A few years ago no one had ever even “heard” the term “indie author,” it was always “self-published” and always said with a certain level of derision and snobbishness. Even self-published authors for the most part were ashamed of it. Then the term “indie author” was coined and suddenly it’s starting to get cooler. I’ve [...]
We’ve had a couple of weeks of a little bit of chaos as the blog went under a redesign, as well as the last set of posts talking about the Amazon/Macmillan debacle. But now we’re back to our regularly scheduled programming and the topic on the table is editing your book. When I first decided [...]
No, I didn’t wrongly categorize this post, this really is for the readers. I think most indie authors already know this, but I’m not sure many readers out there do. For a long while there has been a general acceptance of the DIY ethic and indie spirit in both music and film. Even the Oscars [...]