| The major publishers dominate and control the | | | | with marketing and selling their books, wouldn't it |
| traditional marketplace. This system is well | | | | make sense for those same writers to market |
| established and inflexible to participation by most | | | | themselves and their writing through an |
| authors outside the system. The Internet offers | | | | interactive platform; a single destination point? |
| one major website and plenty of secondary sites | | | | Imagine a community of Independent writers |
| designed to sell new and used books. Those few | | | | from around the world where consumers could |
| sites that concentrate on Independent titles | | | | shop for books not readily available in bookstores |
| charge for placement and/or take a huge piece | | | | or through traditional booksellers. Imagine one |
| of each book sale. This makes them hardly | | | | website where Independent writers from around |
| accessible - or affordable - to the Independent | | | | the globe formed a destination point for readers |
| author. | | | | to buy their books. One location where readers |
| The Independent author market, which includes | | | | could find an Independent writer, read their work, |
| print-on-demand publishers, and all ancillary | | | | and interact. That's NothingBinding. |
| businesses, is not focused on selling books and | | | | It's not only possible; it's here! Something so |
| marketing authors or ideas. Most of these | | | | revolutionary it will change the face of publishing. |
| businesses sell products or services designed to | | | | This is not a magic bullet; it is difficult to sell books |
| "assist" the Independent author with entry into | | | | in today's environment. However, there are better |
| the traditional marketplace. These companies | | | | ways of doing things and that is why an |
| market to writers to attract them to their | | | | Independent community, an online marketing |
| program and make money when they contract | | | | platform, a revolutionary new web site, would do |
| to print books. Few of these companies are | | | | a better job of selling books written and published |
| focused on actually selling books to readers. The | | | | by Independent authors. |
| key to the Independent author improving individual | | | | Here you'll find a community of Independent |
| sales is through the use of the Internet by way | | | | writers and authors who can "pitch" themselves |
| of an online Independent author community based | | | | and their book(s) on a web site in full view of |
| on a single web site. | | | | readers. NothingBinding provides a platform for |
| This online marketing platform already exists. | | | | writers and authors to meet and expand the |
| Independent authors need to make buying their | | | | ability of the Independent writer and author to |
| book convenient for consumers. The best way to | | | | reach an audience that previously was limited to |
| do this is through a community, found at a single | | | | the traditional marketplace. |
| location where readers can easily shop for | | | | Exposure of this magnitude has one major benefit |
| Independently published books. | | | | to the Independent author... to sell more books! |
| Check out NothingBinding and discover the power | | | | As the community grows, and the title selection |
| of a combined community of Independent authors | | | | expands, the community will gain power and |
| selling books over the Internet, where the focus | | | | prestige by representing millions of writers around |
| is on the book and author. As it stands today, | | | | the world. The more writers involved, the more |
| there are dozens of websites selling Independent | | | | everyone benefits. One thriving community, |
| titles, thousands of author web sites with few, if | | | | bringing voices never heard and stories never told. |
| any, substantial sales. | | | | It's available today; let's join forces. |
| Considering most Independent authors struggle | | | | |