OCTOBER 7, 2014 BY LINDAGHILL
With the abundance of self-publishing that’s going on these days, much of what we run into when browsing through e-books are novels written by independent authors–writers without traditional publishers. Being that it’s relatively easy to upload your own shiny new novel to Kindle and Kobo, and it’s potentially a free enterprise, everyone and his mother are doing it, with or without the talent to back them up. The quality of said self-published works is a fairly hot topic, but not one I want to discuss today. (Been there, done that, wrote the blog post.)
With the abundance of self-publishing that’s going on these days, much of what we run into when browsing through e-books are novels written by independent authors–writers without traditional publishers. Being that it’s relatively easy to upload your own shiny new novel to Kindle and Kobo, and it’s potentially a free enterprise, everyone and his mother are doing it, with or without the talent to back them up. The quality of said self-published works is a fairly hot topic, but not one I want to discuss today. (Been there, done that, wrote the blog post.)
My question today is a little more simple: what is it that compels you to buy an independently published book? Is it the normally $2.99 or less price tag? Or is it something more friendly?
With so many self-published authors blogging on sites like WordPress, everyone has the opportunity to get to know his or her favourite writer on a more personal level than ever before. The way I see it, this is a bonus for everyone involved. Not only do the readers get to see, potentially, what inspires the characters and places they enjoy, but for the writer I believe it supplies the opportunity to sell more books. Getting to know an author as a person and not just the shadow behind the words we love to read is a treat. If you haven’t looked them up by way of the website they provide in their novels, do! It’s a situation that just doesn’t happen with writers like Stephen King and Danielle Steele. They might give up a little of their personal lives, but not enough that we can relate to them or get to know them as real people.
Do you “know” any independent authors – and has knowing them compelled you to buy their books? Is it the price tag? Is it to support the little guy in the big world of publishing? Or is it something else altogether that drives you to buy independent? Please, share your experience!
Linda
http://lindaghill.com/
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