tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14317779362944180.post6886822694916880901..comments2024-03-25T02:11:40.453-06:00Comments on Amber Argyle: What I hate about being an indie author.amberargylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058327741777322247noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14317779362944180.post-70946883493873442272015-04-27T08:25:22.815-06:002015-04-27T08:25:22.815-06:00Hi Amber. I love these business posts. I feel tha...Hi Amber. I love these business posts. I feel that you have the best indie author work ethic. Your covers are amazing and knowing that you manage everything from art direction to cover design and more proves it. <br />If your considering post ideas, then I would love a detail break out post on a few things that you've mentioned here. <br />Cover design: How do you find/choose you artists? How do you find international accepted standard commission rates and negotiate prices? - I know you hire amazing artists from abroad. <br />Editing: How vital is a professional line edit and content edits? I've priced these out for a monster manuscript of mine and I'd hit over three grand just for these two at market rates. Add in cover, taxes and other pub costs and I'd have to sell a lot of books to break even. Can a shoestring indie author survive with a lot of self edit drafts or is that a huge mistake? If it depends how does one tell? <br />Business owner: what things does an indie author need to manage other than creating amazing stories and publishing them? What resources can we reference? Tips to optimize our time/money in threes extra tasks. <br />Smart selling: with all the changes and author unfriendly selling practices of Amazon is it really worth it to publish there? Other good options available or methods to protect the indie authors sale income at the big necessary evil, Amazon? <br />Thanks<br />LukeLC Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12141615222928717833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14317779362944180.post-41452708644000592472015-03-20T10:35:10.971-06:002015-03-20T10:35:10.971-06:00Most sites that have to judge indie authors do it ...Most sites that have to judge indie authors do it by number of ratings and stars on Amazon. But again, that takes effort. amberargylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058327741777322247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14317779362944180.post-9396643195902535892015-03-20T09:47:32.073-06:002015-03-20T09:47:32.073-06:00Writer's conferences, etc really ought to at l...Writer's conferences, etc really ought to at least have a benchmark for bestselling indie authors such as yourself. Once you've sold a certain number of books, it's a pretty safe bet that you know your stuff.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14628412968169366744noreply@blogger.com