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« Reply #60 on: April 01, 2012, 03:16:49 PM »
Congratulations, Mary,

Hope you have fun.
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« Reply #61 on: April 01, 2012, 06:31:37 PM »
wow...lecture night. awesome Mary! rock on Smiley
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« Reply #62 on: April 01, 2012, 10:38:49 PM »
Congrats on the invite, Mary!  Very cool indeed!  Smiley
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« Reply #63 on: April 02, 2012, 12:25:06 AM »
I get asked to talk about indie publishing quite a bit.  I'll be doing a presentation at the Willamette Writers Conference in August;  It's Indie and It's Today.   Not many people are really following sales numbers and publishing trends to see what's working and what is not. I've been working with authors doing it since before it was trendy, when it was 'self publishing' and it only worked if you had a dedicated niche audience. Boy, have things changed!

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« Reply #64 on: April 02, 2012, 03:51:22 AM »
ok here goes because I am not so sure how to say this...lol You know all the awards that get handed out, be it children's books or adult. Do the people who judge the best book for this and that look at the indie published books.
Another question is...if today anyone can publish their so called book... badly edited etc etc how do you siphen good stuff from the bad. Will there ever be book worm police. Since I don't have a kindle and haven't gone searching for an ebook as yet. Do they as yet grade all these books with stars like a motel lol. Mary you have said there is never a dumb question. lol

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« Reply #65 on: April 02, 2012, 10:01:10 AM »
Ann,

Excellent questions. I'm waiting at the edge of my seat.
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« Reply #66 on: April 02, 2012, 10:56:58 AM »
LOVE the question Ann and yes yes to stars! its a brilliant idea and if they dont have a system in place already they shud use this. we can call it the Ann Star System Smiley love it!
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« Reply #67 on: April 02, 2012, 12:15:31 PM »
Yes, Ann, there is a system. Basically book reviews from regular people. People are tough and they have no problem posting a scathing review if they find your book wanting at all. I personally don't like the idea of some sort of other system set up to judge books - that's what legacy publishing is already.
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« Reply #68 on: April 02, 2012, 12:48:39 PM »
but how can v know for sure the reviews are authentic and most importantly - impartial. readers say what they think abt the book loaded with their own ideals and biases and all. i'm not saying its the norm but i've seen some very good books get unncessarily bad comments simply cuz it touched a wrong chord with a certain segment and the opinions came pouring in Sad

e.g. Blasphemy by Tehmina Durrani. most reviews by her ppl were bad cuz she exposed a certain side of the society that we as a religious nation wud rather never talk abt. if u ask me -she did everyone a HUGE favor! true that wat she wrote wasnt the ONLY side of the coin but it did exist and very visibly too.
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« Reply #69 on: April 02, 2012, 03:31:03 PM »
Oh, I agree, winterpk, you can't know if the review is biased one way or the other. I've loved books that got scathing reviews and found books boring that got all 5 stars. But everyone has their own opinion. But I have also read reviews which have pointed out either bad editing or formatting issues - which is one of the things Ann mentioned for a rating system.
But again, I've read books that other people complained about grammar or editing, and I didn't notice any issues when reading even when looking for them.
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« Reply #70 on: April 02, 2012, 10:35:30 PM »
oh wow if they point out grammatical and other editing errors then thats very helpful for sure! cuz regardless of story, if i'm getting a book for my kids, i'd really want it to be perfect language wise.
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« Reply #71 on: April 03, 2012, 12:24:39 AM »
It's just something I don't think people really think about when it is a published book because they know it should be well written regardless as to what it's about. Who makes sure that the ebooks are well written to begin with if they are just being put there with no professional editing.

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« Reply #72 on: April 03, 2012, 02:01:16 AM »
Ah, great question and good responses.  No, most big and well established awards have refused to look at indie books  because they were regarded as 'vanity press' the stuff of losers.  That is changing radically and the biggest change has been in the past two years. They will be admitted.  The reason they have been kept out is because there are no 'bookworm police'. Award committees fear drowning in a sea of garbage.   Go to the Pub It on B&N or the kindle self pubbing platform and download any ten books and read them.  Most will probably be FAR worse than you write. 

There is no 'they', to determine who is good and who is not.  To a great extent, it is determined by what connects...readers tell their friends and Facebook friends and so on.  It's easier and faster to happen today with the internet and Facebook.  Review sites help since the readers who like that reviewer's choices tend to buy the books but since most review sites have small mailing lists, you have to be lauded in a lot of review sites so that a lot of readers try you, love you, tell their friends. 

It's still mostly word of mouth for indie authors, but you can make that happen faster (assuming you wrote a book people like) by bringing readers to your book, so that they will post on their social pages, and their friends will do likewise.  The review sites are important but they're far less important than acquiring readers through a proactive internet presence. 

This, by the way, is borne out by paying attention to a LOT of authors, their PR methods, and their sales figures. 

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« Reply #73 on: April 03, 2012, 06:13:29 PM »
yeah i'll hire a publicist when i'm rich. funny how all my plans are so dependant on me being rich Tongue lol
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« Reply #74 on: April 04, 2012, 01:21:27 AM »
Actually you HAVE hired a publicist, dear, and that's me, it's part of the package you purchased.   Smiley  I had meant to email you today, but I'm sick as a dog and I'll get it off to you tomorrow, asking questions about what you have right now as a platform.  A webpage?   A blog?  When you submit your work to an agent or editor first thing they do is a google search. You want to start promoting your book NOW now when it's done.   We will be talking and I'll give you some technical help setting up what you need to set up and getting started with a blog and other fun stuff.

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