I became an Indie author to publish and sell my book. I have done both, but there is so much more.
Making friends and meeting people is top of the list. Online through twitter, @brendah Sedgwick, through this blog, and through goodreads and facebook. Then there are the talks and people you meet anywhere anywhen.”Yes, I’ve written a book – how about you? Do you enjoy reading or writing?”
The originality and variety of indie books exceeds that of celebrity books and well known authors. It takes a few extra minutes to find something you are interested in.
There many nonfiction indie books with information that is easily accessed by everybody. These books can be for small niche markets and important. Only available because of indie publishing.
Some indie books lack good grammar and need more spelling checks. Indie authors don’t have an army working for them. It’s the story that counts for me; the pictures painted with words in them. It’s like a song well written but lacking life or a song full of life but with faults.
A whole room of people can write a professional blurb. An indie blurb will be written by one or two inexperienced people.
Give me an indie book and suprise me.
The covers have beautiful art work. Through indie books, covers have become the opportunity for more artists to show their amazing talents Remember the record sleeves that were works of art and have a monetry value in themselves? Can this happen to book covers?. Limited editions?
Will there be shops that sell only indie books that become a hub of activity with downloading facilities and book clubs only for self published authors,. Could they be more fun than the conventional reading groups?
There is a new dawn for Indie books yet to be seen. How many great books never made it past the agent’s desk? We know about Beatrice Potter and Lord of the Flies , by William Golding, etc that only just made it. How many great stories went in the bin we will never know. Indie books may not be perfect, but there are more good ones ones that will make it through to popularity by the indie route, and will be around for future generations.
Another reason for not getting across the agent’s desk is age. It takes a lot of money and time to promote someone and they want lots of books and a long future. Older people can write amazing books that are a good read for all ages and in all genres..
Recently I have read writers who have a mainstream published series to their name, and the authors are coming up to middle age. Unfortunately, I have found them lacking in story content after the first one or two. Some indie book stories I have found to have originality and to be buzzing with life.Books that will stay in my memory.
For the value of indie books and writers to be appreciated readers must be willing to experiment, and accept that some books don’t make the mark anymore than mainstream books do.
You can meet your author on twitter,on websites, through blogging and on Facebook pages. There’s an author’s page for books on Goodreads and about the author on Amazon. So much background to be discovered before and after you read the book. You can even ask an author questions.
It’s no longer about a book or an indie book, but it comes with information that makes the reading experience more interesting.
Book clubs could, perhaps should, have an indie night now and again, when they read different genres in indie publishing and find out what the overall response is.
If you can’t read a book where you think a comma is wrong, then stick to the mainstream published books or try to write one that is perfect in every way.
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