BiblioCrunch, who launched earlier this year as a way for indie authors to let those in the industry bid on their projects for cover designing, editing, formatting, and more, has arranged a series of MeetUp events for everyone connected to the industry. The first of these events was held last week in New York, and had a specific focus on the need for editing with guest speakers … [Read more...] about BiblioCrunch’s MeetUp for Self-Publishing
Indie Author News
StoryBundle and the Charitable Work of eBooks
This week, GoodeReader reported on SnugNugget’s initiative to allow consumers set the prices they pay for bundles of ebooks, as well as determine how much of the bundle will go to the author or to a charity; for now, funds from the sale of ebook bundles will go to Book Aid International. Another platform, StoryBundle, works on much the same concept of allowing readers to … [Read more...] about StoryBundle and the Charitable Work of eBooks
Self-Pubbed Authors Make a Showing on NYT Bestseller List
Does anyone still remember the arguments from only a year or so ago, the ones where critics said that digital publishing was going to destroy the book industry or where fans of ebooks promised it would be the death of paper books? Or the literary agents and publishers who firmly held the doors shut in order to keep the digitally and self-published riff raff from being confused … [Read more...] about Self-Pubbed Authors Make a Showing on NYT Bestseller List
Why A Traditional Publisher Can Hurt Your Career
Mark Coker, CEO and founder of the hugely successful ebook distribution platform Smashwords, wrote a blog poston how the sales figures for an indie author versus those of a traditionally published author can demonstrate something that not many in the industry know: a traditional publishing deal might actually do more harm than good for an author. Essentially, Coker broke it … [Read more...] about Why A Traditional Publisher Can Hurt Your Career
Erotica and Publishing After Fifty Shades of Grey
This summer’s beaches and swimming pool chaises have been smoldering under the popularity of the BDSM title, Fifty Shades of Grey, so much so that the once self-published erotica novel and its two sequels have even developed their own internet meme. But what has the impact of such a title had on both the erotica genre and digital publishing? Initially, E.L. James … [Read more...] about Erotica and Publishing After Fifty Shades of Grey
FastPencil and B&N Partner to Put Indie Authors’ Books in Physical Stores
Self-publishing used to be the option of last resort for frustrated authors, but more and more authors are abandoning the frustrations of the traditional publishing industry in favor of the immediacy and creative control of self-publishing. Now that self-publishing and digital publishing have garnered some long overdue respect in the publishing industry, one of the last hurdles … [Read more...] about FastPencil and B&N Partner to Put Indie Authors’ Books in Physical Stores
Indie vs Traditional Author Survey
Michael J. Sullivan, author of The Riyria Revelations, is in the data gathering stage of updating a previously published Taleist survey that sought to measure how authors fared in self-publishing. Authors of any variety—including traditionally published, self- or digitally-only published, hybrid, and aspiring authors—are invited to take part in this survey. The previous … [Read more...] about Indie vs Traditional Author Survey
ABNA Winner Alan Averill on Publication
The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards offer opportunities for authors of various fiction genres to compete for a publishing contract and advance in two categories, general fiction and young adult fiction. GoodeReader spoke to both the young adult fiction winner, Regina Sirois, and the general fiction winner, Alan Averill, and both authors had a striking similarity: complete … [Read more...] about ABNA Winner Alan Averill on Publication
ABNA Winner Regina Sirois on Indie vs Traditional Publishing
When author Regina Sirois decided to self-publish her young adult literary fiction, On Little Wings, she found the process satisfying but for one aspect: the gate to getting her book into bookstores was nearly impossible to open. While she was happy with her ebook and print sales online, it was the bookstore experience that was left out of the process. “That is the one … [Read more...] about ABNA Winner Regina Sirois on Indie vs Traditional Publishing
Indie Author vs. Indie Publisher
While there have been indie authors for countless years, the advent of digital publishing and e-reading has meant that the self-publishing movement has exploded in the last two years. For better or for worse when it comes to the quality and quantity of material available to readers, authors now have a wealth of tools at their disposal if they want to go it solo in the … [Read more...] about Indie Author vs. Indie Publisher
Self-Published Authors Have a New Reason to Take Care with Their Covers
One of the many nails in the coffin that can signal the end for a self-published book is a lousy cover. Face it, you actually can judge a book by its cover, and a poorly made or unappealing graphic will imply to readers who browse online that the book isn’t worth their time or money. This is so prevalent that many of the ebook formatting startups incorporate a tiered level of … [Read more...] about Self-Published Authors Have a New Reason to Take Care with Their Covers
New Kobo Program Aimed at Indie Booksellers
Kobo was present at a UK booksellers’ meeting in London yesterday to discuss its new program to help indie bookshops sell ebooks to their customers, alongside a neutral device powered by The Hive Network and an affiliates’ program from social reading and book browsing site Anobii. Together, the program is hoping to help small stand-alone bookstores keep up in the digital age … [Read more...] about New Kobo Program Aimed at Indie Booksellers
Indie Authors Crossing Publishing Models
A little more than a year ago, it was standard practice for an indie author to keep his self-published sales figures to himself if he was trying to break into traditional publishing. Agents and publishing houses simply didn’t want to hear about self-published works. Now, with the wider acceptance of self-publishing and digital publishing and the larger numbers of writers who … [Read more...] about Indie Authors Crossing Publishing Models