Self Published Authors

The Conmen Of Self-Publishing

| Posted 01.12.2012

For IndieReader, by David Gaughran All the indications are that this is going to be another bumper year for self-publishing. However, the ever-incr...

Self-Published Author Gets Unusual Book Deal

AP | Posted 10.24.2011

NEW YORK -- Self-publishing author John Locke has a made an untraditional deal with a traditional publisher. Simon & Schuster announced Monday that b...

Sweet Humility

Lindsay Edmunds | Posted 10.18.2011

Lindsay Edmunds

While self-publishing does not absolutely require humility, it has ways of forcefully suggesting that it is a very good idea.

Indie eBooks: The Gateway "Drug" to Traditional Publishing

Amy Edelman | Posted 10.04.2011

Amy Edelman

Gone are the days when a writer had to spend hours hunched over a stack of query letters, only to have their hopes dashed months later with the arrival of an unsigned form letter.

There Are No Unpublished Books Anymore

Brian Joseph Davis | Posted 09.12.2011

Brian Joseph Davis

I had an idea recently for an art piece: Print out an unpublished novel then delete all files of it. Take the printout and set it on the rail of the Brooklyn Bridge and wait for a good wind. Document with video.

The Good Reading Seal of Approval

Yolanda Reid Chassiakos | Posted 09.04.2011

Yolanda Reid Chassiakos

Many of us solve this "too much information" tsunami by turning to critics and top picks, soliciting recommendations from friends, or staying with entrenched reading habits.

PHOTOS Heroes Of Self-Publishing: The New Breed Of Indie Authors That Made It Big

Posted 08.29.2011

"I took the [road less] traveled by, and that has made all the difference." Yes, self-publishing for Amanda Hocking and John Locke was the road less t...

Self-Publishing Stars: How They Did It

guardian.co.uk | Alison Flood | Posted 08.24.2011

"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...

Indie-Books: 5 Steps To Finding The Best Before Your Friends Or Big Publishers Do (PHOTOS)

Amy Edelman | Posted 08.21.2011

Amy Edelman

These are the people who helped move indie films from the art house to the Oscars. These are people who take pride in being the ones to discover--and pass along--the newest indie film, garage band and self-published book.

What Should Publishers Do Now We’ve Got Self-Publishing?

Forbes | Posted 08.21.2011

Technologically driven unemployment is really hardly new: we’re pretty much out of buggy whip makers now just as we’re pretty much out of buggies ...

Self-Published Author Hits One Million Kindle Sales

The Bookseller | Posted 08.20.2011

John Locke has become the first self-published author to sell more than one million e-books through Amazon....