Indie Publishing

The truth is that this dispute is not about saving literature or the sanctity of the literary world, it is about the publishers' business model.

Questions arise about the viability of poetry publishing in an age of narrow audiences and little financial reward, and about gate-keeping, quality control, editorial integrity and the technologies of dissemination.

It's a golden age for writers and entrepreneurs and all other seekers and dreamers. Get out there and live it -- the indie way.

For many authors, the decision to indie publish is a no-brainer. Sure, it's work, but it's interesting work, and you have a shot at fair compensation for your efforts.

by Melissa Foster and Amy Edelman for IndieReader.com Several predictions have stated that 2012 will be “The Year of the Indie Author”. After ...

Does $2.99 say that I'm worth reading? Or am I still better off charging less than a dollar and letting people find that out for themselves?

Yale, Harvard, Oxford, Princeton--these are the names that instinctively come to mind when university presses are mentioned. But hold on--there's something brewing in Huntsville, Texas, too.

Peter Dougherty has been at the helm of Princeton University Press -- one of the country's most outstanding publishers -- since 2005.

Indie publisher Melville House announced today that it is publishing what it’s calling HybridBooks, “an innovative publishing program that gives p...

We hope this discussion of the country's leading-edge indie presses gives you a sense of the present state of literature and social commentary, and that you will support these presses--along with your favorite indie booksellers--to keep the literary enterprise free and democratic.

"When I'd finished my first novel in 1995, I immediately went down the usual route of trying to find a publisher. I signed with a very small press. Th...

Yesterday, Melville House, in addition to many other independent publishers, announced the first Independent Booksellers Choice Awards. They are doing...

The writing has been on the wall for some time in the book publishing business: platforms like Amazon's Kindle and the iPad have caused an explosion o...

Not only are these amazing readings by some of today's strongest emerging talents in literary fiction and poetry, they represent some of the finest work being produced by the nation's best presses committed to discovering new talent.

Coffee House Press of Minnesota is a national treasure. Few independent literary presses can match its long record of publishing some of the finest f...

When deciding whether to indie publish, don't overlook all the questions traditionally published authors have been dealing with for years.