Indier Than Thou
All authors are dependent on readers. So, in a real sense, none of us are indies. And none of us have a platform to act “indier than thou”, because we all need one another. Continue reading
Entries by IR Staff
The List Where Indies Count
Featuring the top selling indie titles – May 29th, 2011 Continue reading
The Meteoric Rise of Simon Burchwood
Weaves a heartrending portrait of lowered expectation: of a man eschewing, and ultimately embracing, mediocrity. Continue reading
How I Got My Book to #1 on the Indie Bestseller List
A conversation with Ethan Cross, author of The Shepherd, the #1 Self-Published Best Seller Continue reading
Cocksmith at the Helm
NOTE: THIS IS A SEXUALLY EXPLICIT BOOK Myron Cocksmith is the Principal, wrestling coach and former student of Our Lady of Gethsemane, a Jesuit school rampant with talking portraits of past principals and staff and students preoccupied with sex. Continue reading
How Far Is “Too Far”?
You catch more flies with honey than vinegar, and a flyswatter just makes a mess. Continue reading
Greatest Indie Rock Albums Ever
Because nine wasn’t enough and eleven just seemed like too many. Continue reading
Her Last Letter
The discovery of a hidden letter left by our narrator—Gwyn’s dead sister, Kelly—sends Gwyn searching for answers about Kelly’s recent death. Continue reading
The List Where Indies Count
Featuring the top selling indie titles – May 22nd, 2011 Continue reading
Henry Baum on The American Book of the Dead
A writer’s working on a book about the end of the world. He starts dreaming about people who turn out to be real – all of whom are having their own prophetic dreams. Continue reading
Open Source
“What if a ship carrying a cargo of stolen Russian missiles bound for Iran was mysteriously hijacked? What if Israel was secretly behind the hijacking? What if the guy who fills the vending machines in the break room figured the whole thing out?” Continue reading
The Righteous
A woman is found brutally murdered, body mutilated and dumped in the desert. But she’s a member of a tight-knit polygamist sect, and that means no cops. Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Fat Girl
Ace’s troubles start when her beach trip falls through. Before she knows what’s happening, the sarcastic protagonist of “Diary of a Mad Fat Girl” finds one friend ensnared in a sex scandal and another friend has them spying on her dirt-bag husband. Continue reading
Stephanie McAfee Goes Trad & IR Reviews
By this point, indie authors making the jump to traditional publishing shouldn’t be such a big surprise. Continue reading
How I Got My Indie Books Onto The NYTimes Bestseller List
Romantic suspense happens to be a smoking hot genre and I write smoking hot characters… Continue reading
Andi Zeisler
Andi Zeisler is the co-founder and editorial/creative director of Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture and the author of Feminism and Pop Culture (2008, Seal Press). Continue reading
Readers to the Rescue
A reader who chooses to spend time and money on a book has already gone way beyond the call of duty. Continue reading
Barry Eisler on The Lost Coast
Introducing our new feature, in which indie authors answer five questions about their latest books. Continue reading
The New York Review of Books Does Indie – UPDATE
Following High Profile Review an Indie Memoir Gets Bought by Random House Continue reading
The List Where Indies Count
Featuring the top selling indie titles – May 15th, 2011 Continue reading
The Donald:Coming to a Bookshelf Near You
The book does not yet have a title but is, “Designed to add some intellectual heft to Trump’s light political resume.” Continue reading
Second Sight: Views From An Eye Doctor’s Odyssey
With honesty, candor and a great sense of humor, David Paton MD, brings to the pages of his memoir the very essence of his journey though his life and career. Continue reading
Alternate Ending
Josh Miller is a high school sophomore and tennis-pro wannabe. When his physics teacher presents the theory of alternate universes Josh wonders if it’s possible that there’s another world in which he’s not such a nerd. Continue reading
The List Where Indies Count
Featuring the top selling indie titles – May 8th, 2011 Continue reading