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3996919 No.3996919 [Reply] [Original]

Is there such thing as indie literature?
If so, can someone recommend any?

>> No.3996922

What would distinguish indie literature from normal literature?

>> No.3996926

The chances of finding a good "indie" book are about the same as finding a good fanfiction to read. But fanfic is free, so go read that instead.

>> No.3996931

>>3996919
I'm guessing that would be self-published works

>> No.3996934

Considering 'indie' would just mean 'independent', yeah. Just read self-published junk (it will mostly be junk).

>> No.3997241

"alt-lit" feels pretty indie

>> No.3997263

>>3996926
Eesh I just found out about Kindle Worlds, evidently it's fanfiction you pay for- how terrible

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This book was first self published and by all accounts it's pretty amazing.

>> No.3997284

"indie rock" is not a real genre.

>> No.3997457

>>3996919
Tao Lin man.

>> No.3997470

This thread really demonstrates how little /lit/ understands contemporary publishing. There is the big three mainstream publishers and there is the indie presses. It doesn't mean self publishing , but I guess it could be factored in. Two Dollar Radio is a pretty good indie publisher so is Dalkey Archive and Grove Press

>> No.3997512

>>3997470
Planning to submit my novel to Dalkey once I finish it. It took a lot of inspiration from Flann.

Bizarro lit is kinda like the indie stuff of literature. Interesting and innovative, but ultimately a little too full of itself.

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>>3996919
Yes.
No.

pic related

>> No.3997701

Indie is a buzzword used by retards to describe something fashionable. It no longer means independent and I doubt you think it does.

I once had a kid tell me that the Velvet Underground were the beginners of indie music. He also told me that the Pixies and Dino jr were not indie. Fucking a.

>> No.3997706

would it be fair to say that anything published postmortem be "indie"?

>> No.3997712

>>3997706
why the fuck should that be the case?

>> No.3997718

>>3997712
it would have been written independent of publisher/editor influence

unless dissemination is more important to you than inception