Audible offering only 40% revenue for indie authors is pathetic, especially when all they’re literally doing is hosting an. More monetary support for indie and trad authors (the Indie Fantasy Fund is an amazing example of this, I can’t praise Zack and his wife enough) and more equitable publishing arrangements. For example, more support for women (and men) who take breaks to raise children, support to get them back into an industry that favors quick release schedules. RT PetrikReads: Im hosting an INTL Giveaway (end on May 8th) for 1 ebook & 1 special HC of a Greek mythology-inspired fantasy debut: The Return of the Knights by gregkontaxis RT & Follow me + the author to enter. One thing that I wish was more common is more support for disadvantaged groups in both the indie and the trad spaces. Fear of marketers and advertising directors losing any of their immense quarterly profits. Big publishers are (slowly) waking up to the huge amount of talent that exists outside of their narrow window driven by capitalism and, ultimately, fear. The Dance of Light: The Return of the Knights has already broken several records by being in 16th place on Amazon UK, 37th on Amazon US and 9th on Amazon Australia, just 10 days after it was first published. I love that the walls of publishing are slowly crumbling to the indie world, and many bloggers and authors are mixing among them. Gregory Kontaxis and Ontime Books, presents the first book of the pentalogy.
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