indie author
Solo publishing novelist
An indie author is a writer who self-publishes rather than working with traditional publishing houses.
The term emphasizes independence—creative control over content, cover design, pricing, and distribution.
Indie authors typically publish through platforms like Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing: She's sold thousands of copies as an indie author.
The label carries less stigma than "self-published" once did, suggesting entrepreneurial spirit rather than rejection by mainstream publishers.
- self-publishedReleased by the creator
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- first draftEarliest written version
- ebookDownloadable text file
- print on demandManufacturing triggered by purchase
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- writersnovelist, writer, poet, journalist, essayist
- self-publishers
- self-publishingebook, print on demand, print-on-demand, POD, ISBN
- small presssmall press, chapbook, zine, literary magazine, literary journal
- AuthorsShakespeare, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Bookstoreaisle, bestseller, bookmark, bookshelf, browse
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