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Meet Your 2013 IRDA Winners and Buy Their Books!

Today at BEA, Hugh Howey, bestselling indie author of WOOL (and all around great guy) and Amy Edelman announced the winners of the 2013 “IndieReader Discovery Awards”. Congrats to our winners!  Read On »

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Hugh Howey to Announce 2013 IRDA Winners

This Saturday marks the announcement of the 2013 IRDs and–readers, reviewers and book buyers take note–we are totally impressed with the quality of the books we’ve had the pleasure to receive and review this year.  Read On »

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The Indies are Coming! The Indies are Coming!

Indie authors, that is. And they’re coming to a Kindle, Nook, Kobo, tablet, or computer near you!  Read On »

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Another Indie Author Goes Trad

IndieReader and New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy’s ONE WEEK GIRLFRIEND and SECOND CHANCE BOYFRIEND, plus two new books have been scooped up by Ballantine Bantam Dell, an imprint of Random House.  Read On »

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The Folio Prize: A Major Lit Award Open to Indies

The assumption is still widespread – self-publishing is not a place to find books of true artistic merit.  Read On »

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Abbi Glines Goes Trad (Again!)

“List Where Indies Count” regular Abbi Glines has sold her Too Far series, including last week’s #1 title, TWISTED PERFECTION and its follow-up, SIMPLE PERFECTION as well as THIS ONE CHANCE and TAKE A CHANCE, to Simon & Schuster’s Atria imprint.  Read On »

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Eleventh Bestselling Indie Author (just this year!) Goes Trad

IndieReader and New York Times bestselling author Rachel van Dyken has made a deal with a trad publisher for THE BET.  Read On »

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Authors Sue Author Solutions

“Penguin Group’s self-publishing branch, Author Solutions, cheats writers of royalties and charges them to correct typos in manuscripts that the company itself inserted…”  Read On »

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David Mamet to Self Pub

But the bigger story can be found in the 100 or so comments in response to the article, very few of them even mentioning Mamet’s move or his motivations. No, the bulk of the feedback debates the drawbacks and merits of self-publishing, whether or not the term self-pubbing should be applied when so many other people are involved.  Read On »

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Colleen Hoover Has Two New Novels Released By Atria Books

Proving once and for all that the best way for an author to get picked up by a major trad publisher is to first get picked up by thousands of enthusiastic readers, IR’s List Where Indies Count regular and New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover has done it again.  Read On »

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