Comments on: More reviewers say ‘yes’ to indie authors today, but getting noticed is still an uphill climb http://www.teleread.com/publishing/more-reviewers-say-yes-to-indie-authors-but-still-an-uphill-climb/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Mon, 20 May 2013 09:37:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Raymond B. Stone http://www.teleread.com/publishing/more-reviewers-say-yes-to-indie-authors-but-still-an-uphill-climb/comment-page-1/#comment-1277475 Raymond B. Stone Fri, 17 May 2013 12:43:36 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=80052#comment-1277475 Interesting article, Susan. I have written three novels - two not edited (yes, I was one of them) one self published in print (still on Amazon gathering dust) and my latest. After three years hard work and having a professional editor working with me, (I have learned many lessons) I am more than confident that the finished novel is worthy of anyone's book shelf. The problem is marketing. The prospect of publishing on line frightens the life out of me. Officially classed as a first time author I need to make sure that I am not only placing the work in every possible public window but rather marketing it through those windows professionally too. "Where can I get reviews?" is indeed a question I asked too until a friend in the know put me right. I have always wanted to go the agent way but I am now looking seriously at self publishing again. Walter is right. Grab hold of your own destiny - Sales and Marketing online. Interesting article, Susan. I have written three novels – two not edited (yes, I was one of them) one self published in print (still on Amazon gathering dust) and my latest. After three years hard work and having a professional editor working with me, (I have learned many lessons) I am more than confident that the finished novel is worthy of anyone’s book shelf. The problem is marketing. The prospect of publishing on line frightens the life out of me. Officially classed as a first time author I need to make sure that I am not only placing the work in every possible public window but rather marketing it through those windows professionally too. “Where can I get reviews?” is indeed a question I asked too until a friend in the know put me right. I have always wanted to go the agent way but I am now looking seriously at self publishing again. Walter is right. Grab hold of your own destiny – Sales and Marketing online.

]]> By: Walter Knight http://www.teleread.com/publishing/more-reviewers-say-yes-to-indie-authors-but-still-an-uphill-climb/comment-page-1/#comment-1244900 Walter Knight Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:53:02 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=80052#comment-1244900 Self published authors a few years ago were not read by anyone because the only venue for their books was bookstores. Those same authors are still barred from bookstores, but with the invention of E-readers, we are now read by millions, making authors who self publish, or publish through a small press, a viable alternative to the Big Six (soon to be the Big Five) New York publishing establishment. "My America's Galactic Foreign Legion" series would never even be considered by the Big Six, but after publishing through a small press, I have sold a modest 35,000+ E-books. No book store will touch my paperback because print-on-demand books cannot comply with bookstores' takeback if not sold policy, so I still do not enjoy the validation of seeing my books on a bookshelf. Instead, I have to settle for merely making lots of money from my E-books. Paperback sales on Amazon.com are a mere 200+, so my future business model is clear. Sales and marketing are done online. Self published authors a few years ago were not read by anyone because the only venue for their books was bookstores. Those same authors are still barred from bookstores, but with the invention of E-readers, we are now read by millions, making authors who self publish, or publish through a small press, a viable alternative to the Big Six (soon to be the Big Five) New York publishing establishment.

“My America’s Galactic Foreign Legion” series would never even be considered by the Big Six, but after publishing through a small press, I have sold a modest 35,000+ E-books. No book store will touch my paperback because print-on-demand books cannot comply with bookstores’ takeback if not sold policy, so I still do not enjoy the validation of seeing my books on a bookshelf. Instead, I have to settle for merely making lots of money from my E-books. Paperback sales on Amazon.com are a mere 200+, so my future business model is clear. Sales and marketing are done online.

]]> By: Jason Matthews http://www.teleread.com/publishing/more-reviewers-say-yes-to-indie-authors-but-still-an-uphill-climb/comment-page-1/#comment-1244791 Jason Matthews Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:48:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=80052#comment-1244791 Good for you, Al Kunz! That's a biggie question I hear all the time from indie authors, "Where can I get more reviews?" The explosion of new authors and books needs an equal explosion of reviewers because readers are often reluctant to take a chance on a new book with very few (or no) reviews. Good for you, Al Kunz! That’s a biggie question I hear all the time from indie authors, “Where can I get more reviews?” The explosion of new authors and books needs an equal explosion of reviewers because readers are often reluctant to take a chance on a new book with very few (or no) reviews.

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