Pros and Cons of Working with an Indie Press with Mary Vensel White @BooksThatMakeYou
Pros and Cons of Working with an Indie Press with Mary Vensel White  @BooksThatMakeYou
Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
You wrote a book. Congratulations. Writers have many choices about how to publish these days, but which route should you choose—traditional, hybrid, indie, self? Join Mary Vensel White as she presents the benefits and considerations of publishing with an independent press, and the shortlist of questions you should ask before signing the contract.

Mary Vensel White, publisher at Type Eighteen Books, owner/editor at Type Eighteen Editing, and the author of four novels with both traditional and independent publishers, including her latest, Things to See in Arizona, a silver medal winner of a 2024 IBPA Book Award

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