Tag: indie publishing
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An Indie Author Ready for the Future of Publishing
Literary agent Andrew Lownie in THIS article recently stated that he believes that nearly 75% of published books within then next 5-10 years will be self-published. This announcement has certainly turned the writing blog-o-sphere on its nose with both excitement and scorn. Of course, this is mere conjuncture, but even the pronouncement has some broad and interesting…
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Indie Authors: Take Control and Benefit More
I have a dear friend who a couple years back published her fascinating story about her family living as missionaries in South Vietnam during the war years. The book was published through one of the independent presses which require fees up front. They made a nice e-book for her and produced a very professional book…
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I am not chaff. I am a serious writer, thank you.
Elitism always frowns on democratization. I was reading an article which quoted two well-known mainstream authors, who gave their thoughts on the changing face of the publishing industry. One of them said that the traditional publishing model – with all our familiar and well-loved gatekeepers including literary agents and publishing executives (wait, scratch that “well-loved”…
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Indie Author: Vanity or Cutting Edge?
Early on in my college career, I paid to include my poem in some anthology which I believed (or at least pretended to believe) held some great significance. OK. All college kids aren’t smart. If I have to pay to get my poem published, what does that say about my poem? But I thought it…
Author Mark W Sasse 