Indie Author Communities

A ScribeCount guide to evaluating indie author writing communities, including what makes a group useful, healthy, practical, well-moderated, and worth an author’s time.

A ScribeCount guide to Wide for the Win, the leading community for indie authors who publish beyond Amazon and want multi-platform publishing strategy.

A ScribeCount guide to 20BooksTo50K, the influential indie author Facebook group that helped popularize catalog-based publishing, author business strategy, and data-driven self-publishing.

A ScribeCount overview of Author Nation, the premier indie author conference and community for writers who want education, networking, and publishing business strategy.

A ScribeCount guide to Indie Author Magazine and its role as a publication, conference organizer, and community hub for modern indie authors.

A ScribeCount guide to Novelists, Inc., the merit-based professional organization for multi-published career fiction authors.

A practical ScribeCount guide to Absolute Write Water Cooler, one of the oldest and most useful online forums for writers seeking honest craft, publishing, and industry guidance.

A ScribeCount guide to Reddit’s indie author communities, including r/selfpublish, r/writing, and genre subreddits where writers share unfiltered publishing experience.

A ScribeCount guide to Reddit’s craft-focused communities for writers who want better story skills, genre awareness, reader research, and peer discussion.