Indie Aisle is telling a story in various forms
August 13th, 2010 | By Ovi Demetrian Jr | Posted in ProjectPublishingWriting
Going along with the previous post on the kinds of stories you can expect to see on Indie Aisle, this time I’ll talk about how the tool will allow you to publish your story. While mainly focused on digital stories, Indie Aisle is designed to ultimately let you decide the form you want your story to be in:
- eBook – Upload your file and it is converted to a number of standard formats, set your own price for purchase through the website and earn 85% of all digital sales
- Physical Book – Use various service providers for print versions of your story
- Work in Progress – Post information on a story before you release it with options for fans to follow your updates on when it becomes available
- Series – Ability to add multiple eBooks or physical books under the same story
Additionally, stories will also be categorized based on content format:
- Primarily Text – Basic text formatting with or without accompanying illustrations
- Styled Layout – Mainly text but with specific formatting and illustrations
- Illustration-based – Full-page artwork with text being layed out around it
- Comics – Artwork with specific areas for text
With each format there will be tips for how to lay out your story for outputting it as an eBook. It will also allow Indie Aisle to figure out how your story can be distributed and promoted in other venues outside the site. I will talk more about how that will be done in a future post!
Ovi Demetrian Jr is the founder and interface designer for Indie Aisle. He loves books of fiction along with comics and has delusions of writing his own stories someday.