On Our Own Indie Publishing

"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things,
but their inward significance."
Aristotle

What is Indie Publishing?

Five major publishing companies are in charge of the bulk of acquisitions for books. Because they are in business to make money, they accept books they're fairly sure they can make money on and no others. This makes sense for them, of course, but as they can only put so many per year, this leaves many authors out of the world of big publishing.

Small publishers, which are springing up all over the internet because of the availability of print-on-demand technology, help to fill the gap. Still, they each have specialties and limits.

Indie Publishing includes any method an author uses to make his/her work available to the public. This includes:

~ Self-publishing -- taking your print-ready documents and designed cover to a printer and purchasing a minimum number of books to sell. It is not unusual for a minimum print run to be 1,000 books and the price of each book can vary with the minimum number chosen.

~ POD Company publishing -- paying a company a set-up fee for making your book available to the public, and often includes distribution packages

More info to come, including an overview article about the basics of publishing and comparison between publishing with traditional companies and publishing on your own.

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