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The Association for Independent Authors (AiA) is a recently founded nonprofit organization of independent authors. Its vision is that independent publishing will be the first choice for all authors. Membership is currently available in several continents, with directors in four – Asia, Australia, South Africa and the United States.

Membership Grades

There are five grades of membership in the AiA:

1) Affiliate/Student: Unpublished independent writers who are interested in publishing their own work. They may eventually upgrade to member status.

2) Associate: Authors who are in the process of having their work published independently or plan

There have been many major writers who have helped to shape American literature. People like Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Walt Whitman were all very influential writers of American literature. While these prolific writers have had a huge influence on fiction over the years, there are also many great independent American writers who have done their part in shaping how humanity views the literary world.

One such writer is Cormac McCarthy. Having written many controversial works, McCarthy is truly the definition of ‘freedom of expression.’ Works of his, such as ‘No Country For

With a new era of digital media available at our fingertips, major publishing companies and big-box booksellers have taken huge losses in revenue. The way that people view and shop for entertainment has changed drastically and soon it seems like many businesses in which we have taken for granted our whole lives may cease to exist. So, where does this leave our beloved literary geniuses when the time comes to get their works published?

Independent publishing houses have become the wave of the future, and not just for small-scale authors. Even major writers are beginning to take notice and have

Independent literature was, of course, the first literature; some ancestor decided to record an important event, and so it all began. While we can thank Johannes Gutenberg for making printing easier (and propelling the creation of a literate culture), he also enabled hasty production. In modern times, in defiance of a generation becoming rapidly paperless, book publishers are among the biggest, often oldest companies in the world.

For writers the challenge is stark: break into the ranks of the elite. Get your work published by one