Indie Publishing

At our Unnamed Writers Group meeting Saturday, Cindie Geddes of Lucky Bat Books gave us a knock-out presentation on the new e-book publishing route.  She urged us not to get agents or go the traditional publishing route for at least the next two years as things are in a huge transition, and authors are getting tromped on in the process.  Instead she recommends Indie publishing (independent publishing), and says, "Drop the words 'self-publishing.'  Her group, Lucky Bat Books, provides all the services an author needs to get published.  You pay only for the services you need, and the author doesn't have to pay ongoing publishing costs to them.  Her website is:  http://luckybatbooks.com


Here are the blogs she recommends, and they are compelling and relevant:

The Business Rusch by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (I had trouble accessing this blog.)

http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/ by Dean Wesley Smith (Really helpful!)

  http://accordingtohoyt.com/by Sarah Hoyt (Has left her agent for indie publishing.)

http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/ by Joe Konrath (Has had amazing success with e-books!)

Here's a definition for indie publishing:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_press