Indie Author Quotes

These days it seems like any idiot with a laptop computer can churn out a business book and make a few bucks. That's certainly what I'm hoping. It would be a real letdown if the trend changed before this masterpiece goes to print.

I doubt I'll ever have another traditional print deal.

I know there's a lot of talk about self-publishing right now. Everyone's giddy with the possibilities. And I'll admit that it looks good on paper: sell your books directly and keep a bigger chunk of the profit for yourself. No rejection letters. No hassle with agents. Sounds good, right?

It's a fascinating world to drop a finished product on the marketplace without the intercession of a publisher.

A successful self-publisher must fill three roles: Author, Publisher, and Entrepreneur—or APE.

As a poet and writer in general I feel very grateful that I can just make a chapbook and that we don't have the expenses of filmmakers.

I'm a cult writer now. I have a cult readership.

I learned how difficult it is to self-publish a book. It's complex, it's confusing, it's idiosyncratic.