Does small press count as "indie"?

[T.C.]

Question for the moderators: Does small press publishing count as "indie"?

Thanks!

[C.J.]

I'm not a moderator but you may be find my experience useful. "Small press" indicates you are publishing more than one author. Is that right? I publish books under my name and under a pen name under the imprint Rope's End Publishing. Rope's End is registered as a business in my state. I don't think of it as a small press because it's publishing only my books under two names. I consider myself an indie writer and an indie publisher.

[T.C.]

Thanks C.J. I am not the publisher, but they are not among the "big five." They have a number of authors.

I just looked up the definition on ALLi:
"Independent or 'indie' publisher: Smaller publishing company which, like the big conglomerates, commissions books from authors and publish at the company’s expense, not the author’s."

[Jodi]

Also not a moderator, but for some reason I feel compelled to respond: It depends on who you ask (so asking the moderators their definition makes sense). There are some people that define independent publishing as only small presses, and others who include self-publishers in the definition (I count myself among the latter).

Because of limited space, I'll point you to my post on it: https://bibliostatic.weebly.com/blog/...

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