Indie Versus Traditional Publishing
ND Richman
If you stacked all of the books published in the United States in 2012, end to end, you’d surround a hockey rink with a twenty-six story1 wall (yeah, I’m Canadian).
Fifty seven percent2 of those books were independently (also known as Indie) published.
The proliferation of Indie books has sparked media criticism, with concern expressed over the quantity of poor quality publications and the lack of earning potential for authors.