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NONE – but we’ll be getting Indyfest Magazine AND Self Publisher! back in action soon….
*You can send in news releases to: news@indyfestusa.com!

Re-Start Button… By Ian Shires

So, the last time I actually sent out an Indy Scavenger newsletter was in March 2015…and logic says, dude, even if you want to dust off the name and start rebuilding Indyfest…start with a #1 and make it a real fresh start. Unfortunately, my brain has never worked that way, and I think there is value to the fact that The Self Publisher Association, which became Indyfest in 2012…combines for over 400 weekly newsletters, even with a couple breaks in the schedule.

The question really, is…what are we going to do to make this continuation/fresh start…special enough for you to want to follow it? Basically, I want to do it in a sort of “Ian reads the headlines” mode…so publishers send in news releases that we put up on our news site, or even just links to their latest news in a blog post on their site…however they want to do their news…then I’ll get the links to the most interesting stuff, out to the readers of the newsletter, each week.

So if you’re ready, publishers…Start sending news releases or links to articles about you, to News@indyfestusa.com  – and next Monday, I’ll start that up!

We are working towards the re-start of Indyfest Magazine, AND throwing a new twist into the mix, Self Publisher! Magazine is going to return as well…with a focus more on the publisher – and I plan to experiment a bit with that, and who knows we may add more zines to our mix later, instead of trying to be one zine that covers every need…we’re going to try to be a family of focus points that help bring fans of new and different, into a world designed to encourage checking things out.

Thank you for your time reading this newsletter. We hope you will make it a serious part of your plans for letting people know what you are up to, creatively.

Write us! newsletter@indyfestusa.com

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*Don’t forget: Get your ADS turned in for next issue!
*News releases from Publishers at NETWORK NEWS. You can send in news releases to: news@indyfestusa.com!

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Saying Nothing… By Ian Shires

This is going to be the LAST Indy Scavenger Newsletter that I spend any time editorializing. I’ve come to the conclusion that while YES, the information I try to get out is important, I tend to get long-winded, and I have other ways I can get the word out these days. So while the basis of this newsletter for all the versions we’ve gone through since 2001 when the Weekly SPA Newsletter began has been with me saying stuff. It’s truly time to let the work speak for itself. Whose work? Everyone’s. Starting next newsletter, gone will be ME, here will be links to news releases that YOU send in that have been posted on our news site. That, and we want to start listing ALL new publication releases that we can, and how and where to get them. So, I’m going to say one last thing. If you publish something and you don’t let us know about it directly, you will be losing out on literally 1000’s of eyes that follow our newsletter potentially seeing your news and new books. Send us information, we will blast it out in a way people can focus on. That’s all. Good day.

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Thank you for your time reading this newsletter. Don’t forget, we’re already hard at work on the NEXT issue of Indyfest Magazine – #81. And beyond. We hope you will make it a serious part of your plans for letting people know what you are up to, creatively.

Write us! newsletter@indyfestusa.com

We strongly advocate – know who you work with! Google people before you work with them!