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The Market Did What?

As fiction becomes more and more digital, writers have a wider scope for new platforms on which to publish – from Amazon imprints to Smashwords and everything in between.

The World Wide Web has, in fact, become our deliciously smoked digital publishing oyster.

Or has it?

With independent authors and smaller imprints and presses giving traditional publishing houses a solid run for their money, there is far more diversity and opportunity in the market.

For hungry new authors, this means that publishing your novel electronically is an affordable way to enter the market.

But, there’s a flip side. Competition. A lot more competition. And clutter. Lots of clutter.

You’ll be fighting for your voice. You won’t have the marketing megaphone of the bigger publishers to amplify your voice.

How to breakout?

In a crowded, noisy, and often fractured market, to stand out and make a name as an author, you may want to take heed of these six big shifts digital brings to independent and self-publishing.