Calling all fantasy writers! Reedsy is creating the future of indie-publishing!

Hi everyone,

"Black Dragon" very kindly gave me permission to share a new publishing resource with your fantastic community of fantasy writers!

Reedsy (Reedsy) is a new service that has been launched with the ambition of transforming the indie-publishing world. We have created a community of top publishing professionals that authors can hire and collaborate with in order to produce work of the highest quality.

Reedsy is completely free for authors to use and is quickly attracting a remarkable range of talent from around the world!

Some of our editors include:
Jane Friedman: https://reedsy.com/jane-friedman
Kiele Raymond: https://reedsy.com/kiele-raymond
Joey McGarvey: https://reedsy.com/joey-mcgarvey

And amongst our designers are:
Mark Karis: https://reedsy.com/mark-karis
Kerri Resnick: https://reedsy.com/kerri-resnick
Alejandro Largo: https://reedsy.com/alejandro-largo

Have a browse of the website and let me know what you think.

I would be very happy to answer any questions you may have!

Best wishes

Thomas

 

Thanks for your question. There are a few major advantages of Reedsy over other self-publishing platforms. Here are just a couple of them:

Access to experienced and vetted publishing professionals: A major problem with indie-authors currently seeking editors and designers is that it is difficult for them to ensure the quality of the freelancers (especially when there are many thousands to choose from!). Reedsy has done the work for authors by creating an exclusive marketplace only for proven professionals.

Complete financial flexibility: There are no set prices on Reedsy - no set "publishing packages". It is a genuinely flexible marketplace. Authors approach the freelancers they like the look of individually based on their merit. It is not a site where authors "post" work and wait for freelancers to respond, creating a "bid-down" arena. Offers, upfront payments and scheduled payments are negotiable and fully flexible according to an author's needs.

Collaboration tools: Reedsy is the only indie-publishing platforms that will soon provide authors with a suite of collaborative tools. These include cloud-based manuscript storage for version-tracking, backups and centralised queries; price quotes, and messaging access. Indie-publishing is currently a laborious and inefficient process, requiring authors to become project managers. Reedsy's collaboration tools will for the first time provide authors with the ability to easily manage all their editing and design workflow in one place. Once authors have completed their manuscript, they can download the mobi or ePub files and distribute it as they wish.

Reedsy is creating a community through the use of beautiful digital technologies. There are many more developments being outrolled in the near future. Watch this space...

 

Yes, absolutely. It costs you nothing to sign up and you simply need to pay the editors and cover designers the fee you agree.

 

Yes we are currently a marketplace, but we do have future publishing ambitions. Once an author's manuscript is complete, they can choose to self-publish and distribute their books as they wish, or they could apply to publish through Reedsy if they like.

There was a recent Publishers Weekly article about us that should make things a bit clearer: Reedsy Debuts Skills Market, Plans Curated Imprint

 

Hi!

I'm really glad you're interested in Reedsy. Yes, anyone using Reedsy can download their basic ePub files for free and format it themselves, or with another service, whether or not they have used the collaborative editor.

The fee will be for authors who want to download fully formatted ePub and mobi and pdf (for printing) files which will be good enough for immediate distribution and publication.

It's completely up to you!

I hope this answers your question. Let me know it it's still unclear.

 

Hi,

Yes this is something we will consider. For the publishing service, we will consider all applications that come through the platform. So, you can have a fully-edited manuscript, complete with cover design and upload it to Reedsy, then apply to 'publish through Reedsy'. (This applies even if it has appeared on your website, or Wattpad).