Celebrating Independent Authors
Recent weeks, months even, have brought much controversy and angst to the Indie writers’ world. It has brought a whole new meaning to the term ‘sturm und drang’. Conversations on posts, Facebook, Twitter and other social media abound with laments, anger, anxiety and cries of ‘foul’.
What if somebody told you that in the future not only would bookstores sell indie work, but there would be entire stores devoted only to books by indie authors? Good idea? Fantasy? Unworkable? What if I told you they are already here? I’ve been in touch with two new stores, one online and one in … Continue reading “Indie-Only Bookstores?”
This is the second of two posts in response to the topic raised by Melody Stiles for discussion here at Indies Unlimited, to wit: “Why is there still such a stigma, even among writers, about self-publishing?” Last week I opined about the manner in which the self/vanity publishing scams of olden tymes (a few years … Continue reading “You Asked For It: Melody Stiles (part 2)”
I recently had the opportunity to interview Mark Coker, one of the visionaries of the indie author movement. In 2008, Mark founded Smashwords to accelerate the death spiral of the bloated, inefficient, out-dated publishing industry—or as he put it: to change the way books are published, marketed and sold. Mark and his wife co-authored Boob … Continue reading “Straight Up: Q&A with Mark Coker”
