The State of Indie Publishing

The flurry of articles and blog posts about David Mamet’s decision to self-publish Three Stories, a novella and two short stories, and the news that Britain’s Folio prize is open to indie writers, offer a quick bead on self-publishing: Well-known authors still cite control as their reason to publish independently; the number of indie books continues to explode (in an inverse proportion to their discoverability); and any remaining traces of stigma are waning.

Mamet told the New York Times, “Basically I am doing this because I am a curmudgeon.” He also voiced a common complaint among authors: “[P ...

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Working With Indie Booksellers

Indie publishing has seen a lot of press recently. There was E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey, (which caused some confusion for teen novel Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, a mix-up that has sitcom-subplot potential); the recent New York Times article about kids self-publishing; and in the endless news stream about how the publishing industry is undergoing various sea changes, indie publishing usually gets a nod if not the lead.

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Independent booksellers have been onto the indie-publishing explosion for a while. For years, they’ve managed ...

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