Sentences with phrase «if self»

If your self - published eBook is featured on Amazon, you are keenly aware that the only thing constant is change.

If they self - publish, they are totally responsible for marketing their books.

If your self - published book is the winner, you'll be reaching a much larger audience of potential fans and readers than you could reach on your own.

/ endcaveats Breaking Even If you self - pub, you will have costs (editing, formatting, cover art, giveaways, marketing materials, ads).

That may be true if your self - published books are on the NYTimes best - seller list — or even in the Top 100 Paid list on Amazon.

Also, Amazon is much more active these days in policing unauthorized content on its self - publishing platform, so if you self - published either before or after Nunn put out a version of your book, you might run into trouble with Amazon.

Yeah, if a self - published book's only virtue is that it was cheap or free, it's not going to do well.

My objective in this marketing review is to highlight the most important areas for the writer to address in a revised manuscript so as to increase the chances that his or her book will be «discovered» by readers if self - published; or by literary agents, if seeking mainstream publication.

Agents and traditional publishers will likely reject the work; if you self - publish work rife with grammatical or technical errors, you'll open yourself to criticism and heartache.

However, if you self - publish you get all the profits.

If you self publish the correct way with your own imprint then you can have access to book stores offline and online, get assistance from the best of professionals creating your book like our ex - Scholastic / Penguin editors here, while having the freedom to get creative with executing your marketing ideas such as giving copies away for free.

If you self - published a book, what professionals did you have on your team?

So... if you self - pubbed on platforms other than KDP, might you inadvertently find yourself in violation of KDP Select's T&C, even if you terminated your book with all those other platforms?

If self - pubbing is going to become the AAA farm team for trad pubbing, then, like in baseball, only the stars, who fit the team's needs at that moment, are going to get called up.

If self - publishers don't buck up and start acting professionally, if we waste these opportunities that have been handed to us on a plate, if we insist on taking advantage of the situation without keeping up our end of the bargain — producing quality content — then we're going to get sent back to the kid's table.

It doesn't matter if you self - publish or use a traditional publisher, it's still a business.

Do you need an agent if you self - publish?

«They're trying to set an example: If you self - publish and distribute with Amazon, you do so at your own risk,» said Jan Constantine, a lawyer with the Authors Guild who has represented Ms. Davenport.

If you self - publish, you can work with one of their graphic designer's or use your own.

The big thing to remember is; if you self publish, the onus is very much on you, the author, to get people to buy your book.

If you self - host your author website, this is possible and it is totally legal.

However, if you self - publish first and have a lot of success — you might find that a publisher will want to jump on board.

If you self - publish you'll be promoting your book just as much as you would with a traditional publisher.

Example... Kris got a letter the other day from a writer flat believing that if he self - published anything it would completely kill his career.

Subtitled, How to Publish Your Books With Online Book Marketing and Print on Demand by Lightning Source, authors will find the information they need to decide if self - publishing and print on demand technology make sense for them.

And if you're aware of the current state of traditional publishing, I expect you've wondered if self - publis...

On the other hand, if a self - publisher asks for our thoughts or hires us for our professional skills, don't we have an obligation to pass on our professional opinion?

If self publishing lasts (which I expect it too, but life can be strange) then systems will develop to enable self published authors either access to foreign rights sales or something similar.

Attitudes toward self - publishing have changed, and literary agents are opening their doors to indie authors more and more, especially if a self - published book has proven itself with a great sales record and the author has a solid readership.

I wondered, what did I have to lose if I self - published the rest of the series?

You make all the decisions, and if your self - publishing program falters or flounders, you may feel that it's all your fault.

If you self publish a print book with Amazon Createspace, the system will alert you when images in your uploaded book manuscript are not of sufficient quality for printing.

«I suppose if a self - published erotica author has dreams of being picked up by a major publisher, then this is a big win,» continued Baylee.

If self - publishing is what you prefer, I usually recommend that authors start with the free or low - cost services with good reputations in the self - pub community: Createspace, IngramSpark, and Lulu if they want to do print as well as ebooks, and Smashwords, Draft2Digital, and the direct - to - ereading - device services (Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing, Barnes & Noble's Nook Press, and Kobo's Kobo Writing Life) if they want to do an ebook only.

We have reported last month the Top 10 ebook Best Sellers, which would be a good way to evaluate if self publishing in the ebook landscape is a good idea.

Not that writers are * paying * trad publishers to be published, but in the sense that our time is worth money and (possibly) more income (certainly higher royalty rates) if we self - pub instead of choosing trad pub.

I go back to agent April Eberhardt's comment to me during the Muse Conference in Boston: it's almost as if self - published work right now needs to be better than traditionally published work.

You did these things on your own if you self - published or in concert with your publisher if you worked with a traditional publishing house.

If a self - published author sells their book for $ 2.99 — $ 9.99, then Amazon will pay 70 % ($ 2.09 — $ 6.99).

If you self - pub a book, and it does really well, they may invite you to re-publish as an «Amazon Encore» publication.

If self - publishing is your bag, like I said: go you.

So if your income is advance - heavy, you are likely to experience at least a short - term (1 - 4 years) income hit if you self - publishing.

If you self publish it means that you aren't selling the book to anyone else to publish, which would seem you can continue the series under the self published route.

Best advice I heard is when you start writing your novel start putting away money every month, so when you get to the end, you have money to hire an editor, (and cover artist if your self - publishing).

IF self - publishers were an irrelevant failure and not starting to eat the publishers» lunch and doing much, much better financially than their traditionally published peers selling the same volume.

Mainly, now... I feel as if my self - publishing production is slowed down because of traditional publishing.

But if self - «publishers» don't see the issue as a concern and are happy to pay for false praise with the hopes of stealing some sales then what can one do.

If you self - publish and start getting offers from traditional publishers or international deals or Hollywood, then consider getting an agent or an IP lawyer to help you with the contracts.

The argument that I think Hugh keeps making isn't that if you self - publish you will succeed (if success is selling lots of books), but that the same amount of effort put into self - publishing will be more productive than if you had chased after a traditional publishing deal.

His strife is palpable, even if self - inflicted, and it ultimately leads to questions of loyalty.