April L. Hamilton is a writer based in Southern California. Frustrated by the new business model of the highly-consolidated publishing industry, Hamilton has elected to publish her work independently. Hamilton is working to encourage an indie movement in authorship to match those of the music and film industries, by offering free, IndieAuthor how-to Guides at her
author website (www.aprillhamilton.com), where free excerpts from her novels are also available. Hamilton subsidizes these efforts through sales of her novels on Amazon.com, and sales of IndieAuthor t-shirts, mugs and tote bags through her
IndieAuthor CafePress Shop (www.cafepress.com/indieauthorshop).