INDIE AUTHORS

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Smart and Sexy Romance with Author Nicola Rendell
By Mara White, Contributor
Avid reader, smut writer, ex dancer, New Yorker and mother of two
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K. Larsen: On Moving from Romance to Suspense
By Mara White, Contributor
Avid reader, smut writer, ex dancer, New Yorker and mother of two
BUSINESS
5 Tips for Booking Prestigious Speaking Gigs
By Loolwa Khazzoom, Contributor
Public Relations Manager
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Keep These Tips in Mind When Considering Self-Publishing a Book
By Quora, Contributor
The best answer to any question
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Stephanie Bond on why she credits her success with self-publishing to the hard-knocks she got when she pubbed "traditionally"
By IndieReader, Contributor
Website, Resource For Self-Published Books
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Self-Published Book Beats the Odds By Making New York Times Bestseller List
By Eva Lesko Natiello, Contributor
Author of NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller, THE MEMORY BOX
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Exploring Amazon Kindle's Marketing Tools
By Nick Kolakowski, Contributor
Editor and freelance writer
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Jumping Into Self-Publishing: An Author's Perspective
By Nick Kolakowski, Contributor
Editor and freelance writer
I'm what you'd call a midlist author: every couple years, I publish a book that does reasonably well. I haven't been to the top of the bestseller lists, but (he said dryly) my books have ended up on the front cover of a couple prominent remainder catalogs. I earn royalties and advances, but I also have a day job.
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America's Favorite Book Show To Leave Television? Publishing Industry, Stand Up And Save It!
By Dick Guttman, Contributor
author of Starflacker: Inside the Golden Age of Hollywood, mem...
Yes, the lauded national program about books, Barry Kibricks' Between the Lines which airs on 160 PBS stations, is now on the endangered list. Without new funding, this must-viewing show for book readers is down to its final three episodes.
BUSINESS
Amazon Is Less Great for Customers and Indie Authors
By Janet Tavakoli, Contributor
President, Tavakoli Structured Finance
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Give Me All Your Loving: 15 BDSM Authors You Should Be Reading
By Mara White, Contributor
Avid reader, smut writer, ex dancer, New Yorker and mother of two
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The Plight of Naïve and Renegade Authors
By Brooke Warner, Contributor
Publisher of She Writes Press; President of Warner Coaching In...
I work in an industry that has difficult to measure and sometimes subjective standards. As the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Most authors are in love with their book babies, as they should be, but one of the pitfalls of self-publishing has been--and continues to be--authors who either don't know what they don't know, or who go renegade at some point during their publication process.
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Author Mary Elizabeth on Fandom and Bad Boys
By Mara White, Contributor
Avid reader, smut writer, ex dancer, New Yorker and mother of two
Mary Elizabeth is a contemporary fiction and new adult romance writer with a huge and loyal fan base. She lives in Southern California with her family, styling hair by day and crafting addictive stories by night. Her latest novel, Low, was an Amazon best-seller and chronicles two bank robbing bandits in love and on the lam.
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Recommended Reading: #GoIndie With Jenny Bravo
By Katie Li, Contributor
Author of Somewhere In Between. Curator of the e-zine, The Bea...
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Jeff Bezos and Amazon's Book Review Policy Is Destroying Indie Authors' Ability to Sell Books
By Anthony Papa, Contributor
Manager of Media & Artist Relations, Drug Policy Alliance
Without a doubt it has been a struggle to bring my story to the big screen. But now I realize, it's even harder to get an online review posted on Amazon because of the unfair book review policy they have.
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Louise Bay on Choosing Romance over Law and Finding Inspiration in Prince Lyrics
By Mara White, Contributor
Avid reader, smut writer, ex dancer, New Yorker and mother of two
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You've Never Been on a Ride Like This Before
By Mara White, Contributor
Avid reader, smut writer, ex dancer, New Yorker and mother of two
Motorcycle Club themed romances novels are their very on genre. These stories mix bad boys and bikes with oftentimes, innocent heroines who are just waiting to be corrupted. Fraternity is not taken lightly and membership is forever.
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Which Authors Get to Be 'Indie'?
By Brooke Warner, Contributor
Publisher of She Writes Press; President of Warner Coaching In...
Because of the rise of self-publishing, book publishing has adopted an us versus them position that's not good for any author.
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Self-Published Book Bumps 'The Girl On the Train' Out of the Top Spot
By Eva Lesko Natiello, Contributor
Author of NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller, THE MEMORY BOX
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Meet Elise Kova
By Kaavya Raman, Contributor
Student, writer, amateur photographer, and tea lover.
Independent authors are responsible for several aspects of their career. From interacting with fans to promoting new books, indie authors work as hard as they can to establish their presence in the writing community. A notable paradigm is Elise Kova, author of the Air Awakens series.
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Vow to Write Better, Not Faster in 2016, Despite Our Binge-Loving Culture
By Holly Robinson, Contributor
Author, "Folly Cove," "Chance Harbor, "Haven Lake," "Beach Plu...
My resolution for 2016 is to resist any outside pressure to speed up my fiction, whether it comes from the publishing world, my writer friends, or the marketplace. Instead, I will write the kind of fiction that feeds my soul and, I hope, sings for my readers, no matter how long it takes.
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There Is No Such Thing as Failure
By Eva Lesko Natiello, Contributor
Author of NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller, THE MEMORY BOX
In a world that prizes how fast something can be done, we are no longer allowing ourselves to sit in the middle of a mistake or a failed attempt and mull it over, view it differently, or to even make a mistake at all.
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Balance and Breaking Even with Lisa De Jong
By Mara White, Contributor
Avid reader, smut writer, ex dancer, New Yorker and mother of two
Bestselling contemporary romance writer, Lisa De Jong, balances motherhood, a full-time job and the responsibilities of being a prolific indie author. Her latest book, Break Even, released right after Christmas and has been topping the Amazon genre lists.
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Authors and the Characters We Love: It's Not Easy Setting Them Free
By Rachel Blaufeld, Contributor
Bestselling Romance Author, Mom of Teens, Licensed Inventor, B...
After putting a few finishing touches on my latest work-in-progress and sending it to my editor, a huge let-down washed over me.
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The Keys to Publishing Success Are in Your Hands
By Kristen Houghton, Contributor
Author of A Cate Harlow Private Investigation series
Getting your book published is no longer a 'wait-and-hope' proposition. There are so many ways to get published today that no author has to go through the process of submitting a proposal (non-fiction) or a full manuscript (fiction) to literary agents and endure the agonizing wait to see if it's accepted by them and then wait some more for the agent to make a deal with a publisher.
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Scandalously Sexy Romance Novels You Should Be Reading
By Mara White, Contributor
Avid reader, smut writer, ex dancer, New Yorker and mother of two
Not everyone likes to read romance. In fact, a lot of people like to poke fun at the genre and those who enjoy it. Then there are others who pretend they don't read it, or those who actually do read it, but only to talk about how much they didn't like it.
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