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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Yes, his posts are geared toward established authors embracing the idea of self-publishing, but that doesn't change the plight of the unknown indie author in any way.
I guess I just don't get your point. Yes, the new climate will benefit established authors more than it will indie authors... but the old climate did too.
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But this also points to something suggested by many of the "established" and "mainstream" authors writing on the subject--that indie writers should think about banding together, at the very least for the purposes of cross-promoting their work.
Hypothetical example: I'm a writer, and I know a few other writers that are also going the indie self-pub route. We all have work that's going to release about the same time, or a few folks have already released work. We've vetted each other's work, and most of it is stuff that we'd read ordinarily. So, we start adding sample chapters of someone else's work to the end of our ebooks, as a way to help promote the work of our writing friends and colleagues. In exchange, sample chapters of my work appear at the end of the books of these same people. Do it yourself cross promotion helps each of us gather more sales.