Book Reviews
Homepage Feature
Why Mid-List Indies & Agents Don’t Add Up
Columns, Guest Column, Homepage Feature •
Guest Author •
May 22, 2013
Many indies view self-publishing as a springboard to an eventual relationship with an agent, hopefully to increase their income and expand their market presence. For me, as well as the vast majority of mid-list indie writers, I think this view is unrealistic. Read On
Just In Time for Summer Vacation Planning!
Gotta Have It, Homepage Feature •
IR Staff •
May 17, 2013
There’s no time like the present to start planning your summer vacation. Be sure to take along one of these indie guidebooks when you do! Read On
The Battle of the Book Pubbing Platforms!
Homepage Feature •
IR Staff •
Apr 24, 2013
The fight is on for who gets the most indie authors, and so far Kindle and iBooks are pretty much whooping the tar out of Barnes & Noble’s recently renamed Nook Press. Read On
Indie Comics Get Their Own App
Columns, Daniel VanderMolen, Homepage Feature •
Daniel VanderMolen •
Apr 09, 2013
When it comes to finding quality, indie published comix online it’s often something of a crapshoot. Read On
She Who Would Not Be Shamed
Ask A Publicist, Columns, Homepage Feature, Sarah Caldwell •
Sarah Caldwell •
Mar 12, 2013
The media can’t seem to get enough of this fluffed up feud – a near Million Little Pieces size PR scandal and it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere in haste. Read On
To Niche or Not To Niche: OHWOW Blurs the Lines Between Objects and Treasures
Columns, Homepage Feature, Interviews, Loren Kleinman •
Loren Kleinman •
Feb 01, 2013
As a publisher though, OHWOW places unique emphasis on providing “books that blur the line between objects and treasures, from exhibition catalogs to specific artist pieces.” Read On
How We Read
Homepage Feature, Homepage Sub, How We Read •
Nathan Savin Scott •
Jan 21, 2013
The question of how we read is a new one. It used to be you just read things that were written on paper. The paper was either big or small, bound together in thick books or alone, a single sheet, stuck on your fridge with a magnet. Read On
Bay Area Sell Out
Guest Column, Homepage Feature, Interviews •
Guest Author •
Jan 18, 2013
In pricy San Francisco, it’s hard to believe you can snap up a sassy indie lit/art zine filled with “slap happy poetry and art” for around the same price as a daily Starbucks fix. Read On
Why Traditionally Published Authors Are Going Indie
Featured, Guest Author, Homepage Feature •
Guest Author •
Jan 16, 2013
After talking to six traditionally published authors who have since turned to self-publishing, it became clear they all had one common motive for making the switch: they wanted control. Read On
The Afronauts by Cristina de Middel
Art Stories, Homepage Feature •
Marw •
Jan 10, 2013
It wouldn’t be wise to start 2013 afresh, not paying first the necessary respects to last year’s wonder; and that would be, without any doubt, The Afronauts, Cristina de Middel’s sci-fi photo book. Read On
