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Originally Posted by Josieb1
Do you class small independant direct selling publishers as Indies? I'm never quite sure what the term is supposed to cover. I buy from authors that self publish as well as publish with small independant publishers. I thought 'Indie' was just for self publishing.  |
It is fuzzy. I personally lump in most small publishers because we run into the same barriers. But independent publishers often run their own sales/sites, as do indie authors. The big 6 are the last to sell direct, but are doing it too.
It's going to get harder to distinguish too because so many trad published authors are going 'indie' and either choosing a service to help with the back end of publishing or are doing the publishing themselves. Many more of us are starting to sell direct from our own sites because there are some advantages to direct sales.
Ultimately, it doesn't matter what we are classified as so long as the READER is happy with the product!