Hybrid authors expect to get higher advances than traditionally published authors and expect to get a higher royalty.
Not exact matches
Do not rely on the publisher's word that the contract is «
hybrid» or «fair» — and don't forget: a traditional publishing house will never
expect the
author to pay anything out of pocket (and none of the publishing costs, except for unreasonable changes demanded by the
author after the proofs are approved).
However, despite increased interest in
hybrid publishing from both publishers and
authors alike, the IBPA Advocacy Committee could find no unifying, satisfactory description of what defines and is
expected of a reputable
hybrid publisher.
Hybrid authors and hybrid publishing platforms will be the norm, I e
Hybrid authors and
hybrid publishing platforms will be the norm, I e
hybrid publishing platforms will be the norm, I
expect.
If this is becoming the new norm, publishers asking for more rights, paying smaller advances, taking forever to make a decision on buying a manuscript, and delivering less marketing and promotion then
expecting authors / agents to pick up the slack, I'm not sure how I'm going to keep convincing my
hybrid authors to stay the course with traditional publishers when they are making more money self - publishing.
I
expect as this process of digital change continues publishers and
authors (some of them self publishers, some of them
hybrid authors who both self publish and use traditional publishers and some of them pure line traditionally published [though I
expect these to be a smaller and smaller band over time]-RRB- will work together not less frequently, but more frequently and in multiple ways rather than in the more straightforward ways of the past (the emerging value web I discus here).
I've stated before that I
expect to be a
hybrid author, with some titles traditionally published and some self - published.