By: Graham Clements

Graham Clements — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 04:27:49 +0000

Most authors who self-publish prefer to be called independent publishers. They create their own publisher name to publish under. Writers who don't create a publisher name are usually refered to as self-published. One of the reason self-publishing authors prefer to be thought of as indie publishers instead of self-publishers is that self-publishing used to be very much associated with vanity publishers, who had a reputation of ripping off naive authors and publishing unedited rubbish. But since Amazon created Createspace, a self-publishing platform, and other free self-publishing platforms like Smashwords came into existence, vanity publishing seems to have nearly disappeared.

By: greenspace

greenspace — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:42:02 +0000

I thought by "indie publishers" you meant small press – independent publishers not owned by conglomerates.
but it looks like you're using it to mean authors who self-publish?

interesting article.

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By: Graham Clements

By: greenspace