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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Self-pub only, or small publishing companies? It's sometimes hard to tell those apart these days. "Indie" is often used for publishing houses with no connection to the big conglomerates.
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I agree - and it can make it difficult from the point of view of my review site as well.
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The book needs to be published independently, or through a small or token publisher. I will determine what is small or token on a case by case basis.
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I put this in my review policies - so you can see even with a site dedicated to independent authors I'm still a bit vague on what "indie" is in that regard.
It's quite possible to narrow the definition for the sake of the book club if it's desirable - although given what the book club has been like I doubt it's really going to prevent petty arguments.
For my site, I didn't want to define too specifically in case I was excluding publishers which were just a group of self-published authors banding together for support and branding.