Sentences with phrase «author platform comes»

Now, for some writers, building an author platform comes naturally, but for others who would consider the activity of networking to be extremely extroverted, this is a very draining experience.

So when the topic of author platform comes up, this is often the straw that broke the camel's back (sorry for making the writer a camel in this metaphor.)

By DBW (7/21/16)-- For some writers, building a strong author platform comes naturally, but for others, this extroverted activity of networking takes a lot of work.

I need to know is how well I think an author's book will sell, and that's where Author Platform comes into play.

Not exact matches

CNN: My Take: When it comes to «God» in our political platforms, less is more Stephen Prothero, Boston University religion scholar and author of «The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation,» discusses how the Republican and Democratic parties have used God as a ««prop» of our politics» during the 2012 presidential race.

The authors wanted to find out if the knowledge a participant had about a given technology or product or service — the participant's «domain - specific» knowledge — was important when it came to the design of the idea - generating platform.

Thus, selecting the right authoring tools capable of developing highly interactive materials and relevant platforms ready to deploy them is the strategic decision for years to come.

An author platform is the most powerful key to success in today's saturated market, and increasingly, publishers are demanding that new authors come to them with an existing audience of interested followers.

And I think that's where a lot of confusion comes into play, because authors get advised to build a platform before they even have a first book out.

So when you publish your book, you have to come into a stadium that has people in it, and the only way you're going to have people in your stadium is to have an author platform and begin marketing your book in different ways.

The next piece when it comes to launching a successful writing career is marketing yourself, building an author platform and brand -LSB-...]

Sure there are social media platforms like Goodreads, Wattpad, Facebook groups etc. and then there are the «real» opportunities that are so much harder to facilitate and organize (and pay for e.g. expense vs profit) like community or regional events and networks as you point out above, but I feel really strongly that the most important thing for an author to do in order to build a loyal paying (italics) fanbase / readership is to produce good quality works that are publicized properly and to spend time interacting with those of your readers who you know buy your books because they came to you in the first place.

What came across was an adamant interest in authors» new efforts to find their footing and a real interest in their work in a widening potential of platforms, formats, and arenas.

«With increasing amounts of books coming to market, authors must build up a wide audience platform ready to buy their books.

Fan fiction has come into its own, largely thanks to online communities like Wattpad and the Kindle Worlds platform from Amazon that allows authors to publish and monetize on their fanfic works.

Aquafadas has come up with a new cloud based digital publishing platform dubbed Aquafadas Cloud Authoring.

I mean, sure they'll publish a book about prayer if the author has the credentials, platform, and, preferably, thousands of church members to help catapult sales, but if a simple living recipe book about losing weight and saving your marriage while decluttering your home and raising happy kids came along by a Christian author with a huge cooking blog platform, they won't say no.

But when it comes to Authors, the differentiation between brand / marketing and communication / platform is still quite difficult to grasp.

Open - publisher partners with eCommerce platform provider, Elastic Path, for improved customer experience and greater author freedomRaleigh, N.C., March 8th, 2011 — Lulu.com, the leader in open - publishing, has partnered with ecommerce platform provider Elastic Path in a deal that will sculpt the way ecommerce is handled by the publishing industry for years to come.

Traditional publishers, especially the large ones, would probably simply reject these books and authors, even though they have completely valid reasons to publish a book, and come with a built in audience and platform.

With the Author's Vision, the Platform begins to come to...

In addition to the usual platforms that authors have come to expect for their books, the new BookShop will not only offer authors a new distribution outlet, but will also offer them the opportunity to receive payment weekly.

My inspiration for writing Building an Author Platform actually came from the bad experience I had publishing my first novel.

This week social media guru diva Kristen Lamb devoted a whole week of blogposts to explaining the reasons why «blogs are probably THE BEST use of an author's time when it comes to building an author platform using social media.»

Some independent authors, who've benefitted from Amazon's self - publishing platform, have come out in support of the giant retailer.

In the simplest of terms it comes down to 1) having a fresh, compelling idea aimed at 2) the right audience, that's 3) written by the right author, with 4) a powerful author platform.

When it comes to traditional publishing contracts, the royalty rate is contracted between the author and the publisher (or self publishing platforms for self published works).

Then, when the time comes for you to query literary agents or submit your writing to literary journals, you'll have a substantial author platform built for agents and editors to look at and admire.

You can't come up with an unknown writer who used their author platform to sell a significant number of books because there are none.

I started hustling long before my own first two humor books came out in 2011 — I started building my author platform in 2008!

The important factors that come into play here are having a professional author platform and building a loyal audience, using social media to network and create some hype for your book, and how you've chosen to distribute your book (print and / or electronic).

You and I were sold a bill of goods when it comes to building an «author platform.»

During my research I have come across dozens of tools and platforms for self - publishing authors, such as:

It is more challenging than ever to successfully pitch a nonfiction book; publishers expect authors to come to the table with a platform — an existing audience — as well as a marketing plan for the book.

In essence iBooks Author has been a platform that has been a longtime coming and should revitalize the entire shopping experience.

One such company, Ganxy, will release information on how its unilateral sales platform can help authors and publishers not only with the streamlining that comes from compartmentalizing all of their potential sales channels into one place, but also in terms of providing instant promotional support.

The platform is open to key authors and publishers right now and will be coming into full launch in the next few weeks.

Amazon's self - publishing print - on - demand platform, CreateSpace, offers a variety of features for indie authors to see their books come to life.

The first GoodEReader Ebook of the Week of the new year comes from author Carole Lanham, whose title is available across a variety of platforms.

One such company, Ganxy, will release information on how its unilateral sales platform can help authors and publishers not only with the streamlining that comes from... [Read more...]

Regardless of which comes first, authors still need to sell their own books and why we need an author's platform.

So fast forward to now... I'm a multi-published bestselling author and speaker and I love teaching all over to writers about building platform before their first book comes out.

Traditional houses are watching the self - published authors with solid sales and offering them contracts because they have a readership and a marketing platform that will come along with them.

When it comes to selling ebooks, the more people there are on one platform to buy ebooks, the more publishers and increasingly authors will have to be on there.

Social media has come to the forefront in the past two years in regards to building an author platform and it would seem offline or «traditional» marketing has taken a back seat.

Build author platform — Come up with an idea for your website, content topics for a blog, subject matter for a podcast and a long term vision for your business.

«In just two months I not only had my book published on Amazon, I also had an author platform, email subscribers, book reviews coming in, and my very own website.

When it comes to digital bookstores that provide their own publishing platforms to self - published authors, Amazon has Kindle Direct Publishing, Kobo has Kobo Writing Life, and Barnes and Noble has Nook Press.

Typically, you want to begin building your author platform at least six months before your first book even comes out — start your blog, comment on others» blogs, set up a newsletter, and grow your presence online and in readers» circles like Wattpad by posting excerpts of your work.

If you are blogging a book, you want to keep readers coming back over the course of at least 9 - 12 months so you can create a following, or author platform.