[Steven Lake]

Ok, don't ask me why this happens, but I seem to find all the interesting things to argue over lately. Either that or the people with the unusual viewpoints. As such I have a little question. But first, a little background.

Talking with a couple other authors recently at several of the events I've gone to, one of the topics that came up was big house vs small house vs self published authors. Of all the authors I chatted with, all but one thought that you weren't a "mainstream" author unless you were published with a big house. Therefore, anyone *not* published this was, including those published through small house were all "indie" authors.

So, here's my question. Where do you guys really think this imaginary line between Indie and Mainstream exists? I think that any publisher you've signed with, aside from vanity publishers, qualifies you as mainstream, and Vanity on down to Self Published counts as Indie. What do you guys think?