Sentences with phrase «even authors or publishers»

Even authors or publishers with no ebook or online experience can use the tools offered and be able to distribute their content online.

Not exact matches

A couple of authors have asked SAGE to reconsider and reinstate their papers, Gamboa says, but the publisher's decision is final — even if the authors in question knew nothing of Chen or the peer - review ring.

Thanks in part to several legal fights, journal fees in the Netherlands have become public, and calculations by Waaijers have shown that Elsevier charges two or even three times as much per article by Dutch authors as three other large publishers.

But the ability to market your book, and market it digitally, is necessary territory... even if you go through a conventional publisher (who is unlikely to set up your author website, ghost - blog on your behalf in perpetuity or manage your social media accounts).

But the ability to market your book, and market it digitally, is necessary territory... even if you go through a conventional publisher (who is unlikely to set up your author website, ghost - blog on your behalf in perpetuity or manage your

When a book doesn't meet your sales expectations, be careful not to blame other people, such as your readers, your publisher, or even God (I've actually heard some authors hold the Almighty responsible).

I got the impression that even if you publish with a traditional publisher, you're still expected to do all of the things a self - published author is supposed to do: blog, network, sign books, endear yourself to any stranger who might buy your book or who knows someone who might appreciate your prose.

The day was filled with provocative observations from innovative publishers, an author or two, and even retailers — as in Miriam Robinson's announcement that The Bookseller, itself, will work with Foyles in a February workshop to formulate plans for a 40,000 - square - foot «bookshop of the future.»

And even if you do find an ISBN by checking Smashwords, Kobo or Google Play, you'll still have to compare vendor prefixes or look up the registry record if you wish to determine whether the number belongs to a distributor or the author / publisher.

The Big (i.e., irrelevant commercial) Publishers, the Random Houses and HarperCollinses and Simon & Schusters and Hachettes, wheeled and dealt multimillion - dollar con - tracts among themselves, though increasingly the agents were holding on to their authors» foreign rights, stalking the halls and booths like hyenas, or even, egregiously, like the upstart McTaggart, setting up their own stands with spiffy little tables and printed catalogs several inches thick handed out by demure young people, aping the publishers themselves (thPublishers, the Random Houses and HarperCollinses and Simon & Schusters and Hachettes, wheeled and dealt multimillion - dollar con - tracts among themselves, though increasingly the agents were holding on to their authors» foreign rights, stalking the halls and booths like hyenas, or even, egregiously, like the upstart McTaggart, setting up their own stands with spiffy little tables and printed catalogs several inches thick handed out by demure young people, aping the publishers themselves (thpublishers themselves (the nerve!).

Major publishing houses do not want to take on, or even look at, manuscripts by authors who are not already published (and they do not count Indi publishers as published).

Some authors are even selling the rights to some of their books to traditional publishers while keeping control of others, or selling print rights and keeping those to e-books.

The book was particularly to address the rapidly expanding group of self - published or independent authors — but what author doesn't want to sell more books, even those commissioned by traditional publishers?

Authors know that when they work with a publisher, they're partnering with a company that has years, decades or even centuries of experience choosing, editing, designing, marketing and selling books.

(And by the way, I'm rooting for * any * platform or company that gives authors a fair shake, whether it's Amazon, iTunes, B&N, Kobo, small - to medium - size presses, some new distribution system being dreamed up right now in someone's back bedroom, or even any of the Big 5 publishers willing to significantly change their contract terms and treat authors more equitably.)

It's easy for an experienced self - publisher to dismiss the idea of co-publishing as a risky profit - suck, but for authors — some elderly ones for example — who are never going to engage with social media or effectively promote or even produce) their work in these digital times, a co-publisher might not be a bad option, especially if their book has some market potential.

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(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

One has to ask what value a traditional retailer (or even a traditional publisher) could offer an author like Rowling who (admittedly because of her publisher's original efforts) has already achieved her fame and following.

Even those authors and publishers who don't have legions of fans, followers, or online friends usually have relatives and former classmates who are willing to brag that someone they know and love has a new book out — and word can spread pretty quickly through cyberspace.

This makes it much less attractive for Amazon to deal with publishers rather than cutting them out of the equation and dealing directly with authors or even with agents.

In five years (or less, or maybe even now) the validation of a given author is not going to come from associations with a publisher, it's going to come from word of mouth (or text) in your social network.

How to Secure a Traditional Book Deal by Self - Publishing (Jane Friedman at Writer Unboxed): «It's not any easier to interest an agent or publisher when you're self - published, and since new authors are more likely to put out a low - quality effort (they rush, they don't sufficiently invest, they don't know their audience), chances are even lower their book will get picked up.»

Readers have a growing number of tools to customize what they consider literary fiction selections — these are books that meet their standards, interests and literary definitions, not a publisher's or even an author's.

I had done a ton of research and spoken with several agents who basically laid it bare to me that as an unknown author with zero publishing credentials or record it would be very tough to even get looked at in a serious way by most publishers.

In fact, most people I know who are not publishers or authors don't even read this sort of news.

Publishers could also orchestrate a limited run of a book cover or slipcover that is 3D and even include an autograph by the author.

There are many cases where authors participate in large scale discussions with agents, publishers and help each other recognize new opportunities or even just vent.

«With a bit of help from Aquafadas, publishers can to tap into Cloud Authoring's workflow engine to facilitate complex jobs such as batch - converting thousands of files or constructing template - driven publications in a matter of minutes, sometimes even seconds,» explained Ribreau.

We're starting to do collaborations with our work with the ABA (American Booksellers Association) where we're doing local self - publishing nights with the local bookstores, bringing together the local self - publishers and having them run clinics for other aspiring self - published authors or people who are trying to get a handle on what this space is... The catalog keeps growing with new authors all the time, new languages all the time, and even as the total business grows, that percentage of self - published sales remains shockingly consistent.»

Warnings to traditionally published authors have even been posted on message boards, encouraging them to contact their publishers as these authors do not upload their own titles or establish their keywords.

We know that Jeff Bezos is more interested in market dominance & profit than in authors, publishers, or even readers.

That doesn't mean the author's or publisher's books will sit on the shelf of most (or even a few) bricks - and - mortar bookstores in the country — just that the book can look and appear like any other when viewed in an industry database.

This feels like many questions, but I think the TL; DR version is probably, «Is a book's success all luck, even if «luck» includes hitting the right subject matter at the right time, or is it marketing — and can an indie author in any way compete with a publisher?»

As author and publisher, you keep full ownership rights — including sales / profits from any future movie, gaming, foreign, or e-book publishing, to a book you may have spent months or even years working on.

Going back to the Shark Tank, I would say that many authors would be challenged to come up with a short description of their book idea to pitch to some publisher or agent sharks... or even to come up with a short description of their book to sell it to readers through Amazon.

Even though the volume of books produced and sold through traditional publishers can be large, the royalties paid to authors can be as low as a dollar or less per book (maybe even way lesEven though the volume of books produced and sold through traditional publishers can be large, the royalties paid to authors can be as low as a dollar or less per book (maybe even way leseven way less!).

Most self - published authors or even small publishers do not have the large budgets needed to pay for extravagant book marketing campaigns.

The next challenge is for publishers to go beyond seeing authors» platforms and communities as simply a green light to take a risk on a book, to develop tools and expertise to support their authors to build their platform or business even further through the book.

publishers) stopped looking for what was good, or even what would sell, and instead only focused on finding the next big, multi-million dollar (Fill in the blank) author, already formed.

Along with books, awards, and literary accomplishments, publishers look for author bios that give readers a glimpse of the person behind the writer: candid photos, letters to the reader, an inside look at the origin of your latest story, or even a personal story that connects with the themes of your book.

The Twitter feeds for major publishers like Simon & Schuster or HarperCollins are always working to promote new titles, and self - published authors and small publishing houses usually work even harder to talk up their books anywhere and everywhere.

Only FIFTEEN PERCENT of one of the major online publisher's authors have managed (or bothered) to even get 1 review of the book they worked so hard to write and then threw into a machine to publish.

We also want to give smaller publishers and less known or even first time authors a real opportunity to share their books.

These entities include not just the bigger fish such as publishers or supposed book publicity firms, but even authors themselves.

The value of an agent or publisher, despite the access more authors have to the chance to digitally publish, is something that Burke is seeing more authors — even indie authors — realize.

Current indie successes where the author name or even the book itself was «made» by traditional publishers.

If it's the latter, how is that calculated when royalty rates aren't constant between publishers, or even authors?

Our authors can also be certain that their books will always be available to consumers through HarperCollins, even if they are difficult to find or experiencing shipping delays elsewhere,» said Brian Murray, President and CEO of HarperCollins Publishers.

Is a book's success all luck, even if «luck» includes hitting the right subject matter at the right time, or is it marketing — and can an indie author in any way compete with a publisher?