The final results of the 2010 Independent Publishers Book Awards are out, and Stunt Road took the gold medal for West-Pacific Best Regional Fiction category. The IPPYs are big fish in the small publisher/independent press pond, and this year’s competition attracted 3890 entries. You can find a link to the full list of winners here.

Stunt Road has been named one of the three finalists in this years Independent Publisher Book Awards in the West-Pacific Best Regional Fiction category. The gold, silver and bronze medals will be announced on 18 May. I’ll report back when I know…

This comes as no surprise to anyone with any connection to publishing, but it turns out that the NY Times is not terribly interested in reviewing books from indie authors. If you’d like to know the extent of the stranglehold that big publishers have on the world of book reviews, have a look at Martin [...]

In my quest to figure out how to get a book out into the world without the backing of a big publisher, I’ve learned to appreciate just how complex and exciting an endeavor it can be. Cory Doctorow is one of the real innovators, relentlessly blurring the lines between “indie” and “traditional” publishing and challenging [...]