Show #16
The newest IndieBookMan Show is here, and it’s the probably the most informative show we have done to date. This week we are talking about eBooks – and who isn’t talking about eBooks these days?
But how is the eBook revolution effecting readers, writers and publishers? In other words… how is this new [...]

Show #15
We wanted to try something a little different this week. As you know, we interview a lot of people for the show – from self published authors to international heroes of indie publishing.
We run a pretty tight editing ship, and an interview that may appear to be under 5 minutes is usually the [...]

Show #14
This week, we talk about Giving It Away! “It” being your book. Many publishers and authors are giving their books away these days. Why would they do that? We were confused too, so we wanted to find out!
Why are they doing it, and is it something that would [...]

This week, we take a trip to the Amazon. Well, to Amazon.com, anyway. The book-selling giant, not the South American jungle.
Join us as we explore the ins-and-outs of using Amazon. Is it good for indie publishing, or is Jeff Bezos and his gang greedily enriching themselves on the backs of writers and [...]

What: IndieBookMan Radio Show #14: Distribution!
When: Wednesday, May 19th 8PM
Where: http://umbrellaradio.org
Who: Anyone who is interested in writing, reading or publishing indie books

NOTE: This is an online broadcast… you don’t even have to leave your house! Just tune in at http://umbrellaradio.org, relax and listen…
HOW do I get my book into bookstores? How do I get the [...]

Here’s another chapter in the saga of Vox Pop — our attempts to expand our bookstore/cafe/publishing empire. Enjoy! — Andy Laties

Chapter 4
When he released me from his embrace, Shelly Drobny reached into the air, strained upwards with his fingers, grasped something invisible, and shouted, “You’ve got the brass ring!”
The plan was a million dollars to [...]

Here’s another installment from my forthcoming book. (I won’t post every chapter, only occassional ones.)
VoxPop, Sander and Me — Chapter 3
“Fifty thousand in cash! Fifty thousand in cash to launch your new indie bookstore! Get your free fifty thousand!” I was passing out translucent envelopes containing banknotes, stickers and silver coins to attendees strolling the [...]

Yesterday on the bookstore industry newsletter Shelf Awareness, this remarkable proposal was floated. (My personal response is appended further down in this blogpost.)
A Solution for Capital-Starved Independent BookstoresThe following is a proposal made by Jack McKeown, former president and CEO of the Perseus Books Group and former president and publisher of the Adult Trade Group [...]

I’m working on a new book. Here’s the first chapter!
Vox Pop, Sander, and Me
Chapter One
By Andrew Laties
“Who will screw the chains? How will they screw the chains? When will they screw the chains?”
The entire email response to my book query for Screw The Chains: A Free-Jazz Improvising Radical Children’s Bookseller Gets Chewed Up And [...]

Deborah Emin is a New York-based acquaintance of mine—we’re both friends of major novelist Sigrid Nunez; she was also one of the first writers to interview Cantarabooks author Stephen Gyllenhaal in his new persona as poet.
Her Itinerant Book Show should give you a few ideas, so get a car, grab some of your books to sell, [...]