Introducing independent, or “indie,” publishing.
If you’re writing a book, it’s extremely unlikely that you’re using pen and paper, or even a typewriter. Technology makes it possible for you to take over publishing functions that used to be inaccessible.
Now it’s not expensive to have hundreds of copies of your book delivered to your door for a reasonable price. You can also have your own “store,” offering your book to buyers anywhere in the world.
It’s amazing, and we don’t even think about it anymore.
With indie publishing, you still go through some of the steps of traditional publishing. But the process is much quicker:
- No time spent seeking an agent.
- No sending proposals to publishers.
- Most importantly, you retain control the entire way.
As an independent publisher, you control everything. You register yourself as a publisher with the ISBN Agency, R.R. Bowker. You can then purchase a block of ISBNs and bar codes for yourself. (ISBNs and bar codes allow your book to be handled by the brick-and-mortar bookstore system.)
You are responsible for everything – writing, editing, formatting, proofreading, indexing, cover design, printing, marketing, and distributing. It sounds like a lot of work, and it is. But it is also doable and a lot of fun.
There are many authors who have successfully published and marketed their own books. Now is the time for you to do the same, because we give you all the options.
Maybe you don’t want to deal with bar codes. Maybe you don’t want hundreds or thousands of books in your spare bedroom. Maybe you don’t want to get a merchant account to process credit cards before you ship all the orders. No problem: you can get exactly what you need, without paying for services you don’t want, from Simplie Indie.
In support of our indie authors, Simplie Indie will take care of all the details you aren’t interested in handling.
Don’t want to register yourself as a publisher? We can publish your book. You, as the author, are still responsible financially for your book. But you can contract with us to take care of all or some of the details for you.
- Pick and choose the things you want help with: editing, formatting, and proofreading.
- Cover design or other artwork.
- Printing, warehousing, shipping, and returns.
- Online presence: our store is a community of creative people like you.
We have plans that give you the help you want, no matter what stage of the creative process you’re in, and that fit the budget you have.
When your budget is impossibly tight, go virtual.
If you are working with an extremely limited budget, start by publishing an ebook. This is a very inexpensive way to test the market for your creation. With ebooks, there are no printing costs to you. Tell everyone you know to download your book. When you succeed at selling your ebook, or have more money later, then take your book to print.
If your goal is to have your book in print, Simplie Indie can assist you with preparing your manuscript for print.
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- We’ll arrange for your book to be printed and shipped to you. This is a more expensive process than an ebook, but compared to traditional publishing, it is still more affordable and potentially more lucrative.
- You will be able to sell your book for far less money than with POD. Even if your per-book earnings are identical to your POD earnings, say $2.50 a book, you will sell far more books marketing your book at $10.00 instead of $17.00.
- Your book will be competitively priced with other books in your genre and more people will be willing to buy a book from an unknown author.
- You control your retail and wholesale price.
- Depending on costs, you could increase your potential profit to $3, $4, or more per book. If you write non-fiction with a selling price of $14.95-$39.95, your profit can be $10-$30 or more per book.
- You own all the rights when you publish indie.
- You determine how and where to sell your book.
You should be getting the picture here: you call the shots for your book.
Ready to independently publish your next book?
