A while back, I watched Indie Game: The Movie and was struck by how much indie game development and indie book publishing had in common. I had the pleasure of interviewing the talented and inspiring indie game developer, Jonathan Blow. Below is the second in a three-part series that discusses the similarities between developing games and publishing books as an indie. Read Part … [Read more...] about What Indie Book Publishing and Indie Game Development Have In Common, Part 3
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What Indie Book Publishing and Indie Game Development Have In Common, Part 2
A while back, I watched Indie Game: The Movie and was struck by how much indie game development and indie book publishing had in common. I had the pleasure of interviewing the talented and inspiring indie game developer, Jonathan Blow. Below is the second in a three-part series that discusses the similarities between developing games and publishing books as an indie. Read Part … [Read more...] about What Indie Book Publishing and Indie Game Development Have In Common, Part 2
What Indie Book Publishing and Indie Game Development Have In Common, Part 1
A while back, I watched Indie Game: The Movie and was struck by how much indie game development and indie book publishing had in common. I had the pleasure of interviewing the talented and inspiring indie game developer, Jonathan Blow. Below is the first in a three-part series that discusses the similarities between developing games and publishing books as an indie. What do … [Read more...] about What Indie Book Publishing and Indie Game Development Have In Common, Part 1
5 Ways Gaming Can Help Indie Authors Increase Sales
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I recently wrote an article about the similarities between self-publishing and being an indie game developer (soon to be up on IndieReader--stay tuned). It's pretty cool actually, how the process of creating, marketing, and selling games is so close to the process of writing, marketing, and selling e-books (both even have a few big platforms to focus on). Anyway, this got me … [Read more...] about 5 Ways Gaming Can Help Indie Authors Increase Sales
Book Review: The Geek’s Guide to Dating
This is not a typical review, since I don’t usually review traditionally published books, but I am a fan of Quirk Books and Eric Smith. I actually met Eric a few years back at BEA, where I learned Quirk Books was the publisher of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. So how can you not like them? Anyway, Quirk Books is an independent publisher based in Philadelphia, and Eric … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Geek’s Guide to Dating
