Indie ReCon, an interweb conference for self-publishing writers and their support groups, ended yesterday, and from all reports was a worthwhile event chock full of info for what are now called – and rightly so – indie writers and publishers.
We meant to write about this last week, when you could have, you know, actually attended the event. But what with one thing and another, the post got lost in the scheduling shuffle. (Maybe cuz it wasn’t about TV writing per se, but hell, writing’s writing, no?)
The good news, however, is that the Indie ReCon site is still up, and on it are the most helpful articles we’ve ever read for self-publishing indie writers et al. For example:
- Indie Publishing Then and the WOW of Now by LM Preston
- Indie Authors Selling eBooks in Bookstores by of Kobo
- Your Book as an App by Richard Smith of Bowker Identifier Services
- Top 10 Tips for Successful Self-Publishing by Barbara Freethy
- Chat with Steena Holmes and her agent, Pamela Harty from TKA (the Knight Agency)
- Partnering with an Agent by Steena Holmes
- All about Audio by Stacey Wallace Benefiel
- Breaking into International Markets by Orna Ross of ALLIi
- The Double Life: Walking the Fence in Publishing by Nancy Holder
- Measuring Success by Susan Kaye Quinn
- The Magic of Awards and Reviews by Amy Edelman
- Creative Book Launches That Command Attention by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi
- 12 Steps to Blog Tour Success by Joel Friedlander
- Building an Author Brand by Ali Cross
- Build Your Mailing List! 5 Ideas That Really Work by DuoLit
- Reaching Your Readers Online by Brittany Geragotelis
- How Can You Use Social Media to Your Advantage? by Jason Letts of the Kindle Fire Department
- Building a Sense of Community by Melissa Foster of World Literary Cafe
- Importance of SEO and Metatagging Part 2 by Lori Culwell
- Importance of SEO and Metatagging, Part 1 by Lori Culwell
- Marketing Plans Made Easy! by S.R. Johannes
- How to Sell a Million Books (Vlog Joanna Penn interviews CJ Lyons
- Capturing the Magic of Self-Publishing Middle Grade with Sybil Nelson & Laura Pauling
- Releasing Singles and Listening to the Audience by Hugh Howey
- Secrets to a Successful Series by Addison Moore
- The New Adult Wave in Indie Publishing by M. Leighton
- Building a Bestselling Publishing Team by Miral Sattar of BiblioCrunch
- 10 Ways to Make Your Cover Stand Out in the Crowd by Alicia Kat Dillman
- An Editor Reveals Her Best Secrets by Cheri Lasota
- Setting the Foundation for Your Writing Career: A Business Plan by Denise Grover Swank
- Self-Publishing Basics: Part 2 by Heather McCorkle
- Self-Publishing Basics: Part 1 by Heather McCorkle
- Costs of Self Publishing by Miral Sattar of BiblioCrunch
- 7 Worst Mistakes Indie Authors Make by Joanna Penn
- Sidestepping the Stigma of Self-Publishing by Colleen Hoover
- Entrepreneurial Authors Wear Many Hats by S.R. Johannes
- The Honest Inside Scoop or the Pros and Cons of Indie Publishing by Jessie Harrell
Just a head’s up — while the site says the material (blogs, vlogs, chats) will be left up indefinitely, they will actually not be left up on the internet for long – the Con plans to pull all of it and put it into a book. So, you may want to copy and paste what you can into a document, or print it out and make a binder.
Uh-oh, time to start copying. Thanks, Christiana!
LYMI,
LB
This may help. Here are the links to all of the archived material for the Indie AuthorCon — all Three Days of it!
Day One at Indie AuthorCon!
And We’re Off! – Welcome to the first IndieReCon!
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/and-were-off-welcome-to-first-indierecon.html
The Future of Digital Publishing by Bob Mayer
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/the-future-of-digital-publishing-by-bob.html
Chat with Bob Mayer and Jen Talty on Digital Publishing
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/chat-with-bob-mayer-and-jen-talty-on.html
The Honest Inside Scoop or the Pros and Cons of Indie Publishing by Jessie Harrell
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/the-honest-inside-scoop-or-pros-and.html
Entrepreneurial Authors Wear Many Hats by S.R. Johannes
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/entrepreneurial-authors-wear-many-hats_19.html
Sidestepping the Stigma of Self-Publishing by Colleen Hoover
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/sidestepping-stigma-of-self-publishing.html
7 Worst Mistakes Indie Authors Make by Joanna Penn
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/7-worst-mistakes-indie-authors-make-by.html
Costs of Self Publishing by Miral Sattar of BiblioCrunch
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/costs-of-self-publishing-by-miral.html
Self-Publishing Basics: Part 1 by Heather McCorkle
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/self-publishing-basics-part-1-by.html
Self-Publishing Basics: Part 2 by Heather McCorkle
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/self-publishing-basics-part-2-by.html
Setting the Foundation for Your Writing Career: A Business Plan by Denise Grover Swank
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/setting-foundation-for-your-writing.html
Chat with Denise Grover Swank
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/chat-with-denise-grover-swank.html
An Editor Reveals Her Best Secrets by Cheri Lasota
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/an-editor-reveals-her-best-secrets-by.html
10 Ways to Make Your Cover Stand Out in the Crowd by Alicia Kat Dilman
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/10-ways-to-make-your-cover-stand-out-in.html
Building a Bestselling Publishing Team by Miral Sattar of BiblioCrunch
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/building-bestselling-publishing-team-by.html
The New Adult Wave in Indie Publishing by M. Leighton
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/the-new-adult-wave-in-indie-publishing.html
Chat with Bestselling Author Darcie Chan
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/chat-with-bestselling-author-darcie-chan.html
Day Two at Indie AuthorCon!
Secrets to a Successful Series by Addison Moore:
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/secrets-to-successful-series-by-addison.html?????
Chat with writers Samantha Young and RaShell Workman:
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/chat-with-samantha-young-and-rashelle.html
Hugh Howey on Releasing Singles and Listening to the Audience:
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/releasing-singles-and-listening-to.html
Capturing the Magic of Self-Publishing Middle Grade with Sybil Nelson & Laura Pauling
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/capturing-magic-of-self-publishing.html
How to Sell a Million Books (Vlog Joanna Penn interviews CJ Lyons
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/how-to-sell-million-books-by-cj-lyons.html
Chat with CJ Lyons:
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/chat-with-cj-lyons.html
Marketing Plans Made Easy! by S.R. Johannes
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/marketing-plans-made-easy-by-sr-johannes.html
Importance of SEO and Metatagging, Part 1 by Lori Culwell
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/importance-of-seo-and-metatagging-part.html
Importance of SEO and Metatagging Part 2 by Lori Culwell
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/importance-of-seo-and-metatagging-part_20.html
Building a Sense of Community by Melissa Foster of World Literary Cafe
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/building-sense-of-community-by-melissa.html
How Can You Use Social Media to Your Advantage? by Jason Letts of the Kindle Fire Department
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/how-can-you-use-social-media-to-your.html
Reaching Your Readers Online by Brittany Geragotelis
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/reaching-your-readers-online-by.html
Build Your Mailing List! 5 Ideas That Really Work by DuoLit
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/build-your-mailing-list-5-ideas-that.html
Building an Author Brand by Ali Cross
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/building-author-brand-by-ali-cross.html
Chat with Ali Cross
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/chat-with-ali-cross.html
????12 Steps to Blog Tour Success by Joel Friedlander
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/12-steps-to-blog-tour-success-by-joel.html
Creative Book Launches That Command Attention by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/creative-book-launches-that-command.html
Twitter Chat with DuoLit! (look up the hashtags #indierecon and #indiechat on Twitter to find it)
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/twitter-chat-with-duolit.html
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Day 3 at Indie AuthorCon!
The Magic of Awards and Reviews by Amy Edelman.
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/the-magic-of-awards-and-reviews-by-amy.html
Measuring Success by Susan Kaye Quinn.
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/measuring-success-by-susan-kaye-quinn.html
The Double Life: Walking the Fence in Publishing by Nancy Holder.
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/the-double-life-walking-fence-in.html
Breaking into International Markets by Orna Ross of ALLIi.
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/breaking-into-international-markets-by.html
All about Audio by Stacey Wallace Benefiel.
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/all-about-audio-by-stacey-wallace.html
Partnering with an Agent by Steena Holmes.
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/partnering-with-agent-by-steena-holmes.html
Chat with Steena Holmes and her agent, Pamela Harty from TKA (the Knight Agency).
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/chat-with-steena-holmes-and-her-agent.html
Top 10 Tips for Successful Self-Publishing by Barbara Freethy.
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/top-10-tips-for-successful-self.html
Your Book as an App by Richard Smith of Bowker Identifier Services.
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/your-book-as-app-by-richard-smith-of.html
Indie Authors Selling eBooks in Bookstores by of Kobo.
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/indie-authors-selling-ebooks-in.html
Indie Publishing Then and the WOW of Now by LM Preston.
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/indie-publishing-then-and-wow-of-now-by.html
Chat with LM Preston.
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/chat-with-lm-preston.html
Lessons Learned and Tips from Indie Authors.
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/lessons-learned-and-tips-from-indie.html
Thank you/Wrap Up!
http://www.indierecon.org/2013/02/thank-youwrap-up.html
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This is terrific, Christiana. Another big thanks.
Oh, and a big hug too.
LYMI,
LB