Entries Below Are Labeled indie publishing

A Dialog Between Authors Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath | via: A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing

Not to say that authors don’t need to have a strong online presence; of course they do. But anytime you’re thinking about some other promotional activity–a blog post, a trip to a convention, an hour on Facebook–you have to measure the value of that time against the value of writing and publishing a new story. The new story earns money, both for itself and your other works. The social networking stuff doesn’t. via jakonrath.blogspot.com I … Continue reading →

How Much Can You Take? | via The eBook Test

So consider this: if all those crybabies with the millions of dollars of budgets, well-known brand names, and corporate structures and connections are having trouble connecting — how much harder will it be for you, a solitary, unknown, “brandless” writer? And I mean writer — not some yutz who got it in his or her otherwise empty yet cheerful noggin that he/she could suddenly put down words on a screen or page and compete against … Continue reading →