Sentences with phrase «many midlist authors»

One agent, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said he certainly wouldn't call Konrath's deal a game changer, but that it does say something interesting about the place of the midlist author in legacy publishing: «It's not necessarily clear that big corporate publishing is well structured to help low midlist authors with rapidly reducing print runs in an environment in which overall print sales are falling week by week.

Obviously mailing hundreds of envelopes full of $ 2 coupons is not the most efficient way for a new or midlist author to make it to the top of the bestseller list — but what about creating downloadable documents and sending out an e-newsletter containing links to items like these?

I was a midlist author in the traditional publishing world.

For midlist authors, libraries are a critical lifeline.

I just don't think we can make a living off a book a year if we're midlist authors.

Whether or not a midlist author should remain in the traditional publishing realm is a different question.

``... for those countless midlist authors stuck with unconscionable contracts because they had no choice, and the multitude of authors kept out of the industry by gatekeepers such as yourself, it didn't work.

Who do you think of as midlist authors?

Several people have e-mailed me about Robin Sullivan's Midlist Author Comparison, wherein she compares my writing income to that of e-published author David Dalglish.

There's not a lot of negotiating leverage for the midlist author.

Amazon has used its monopsony power, and its ability to threaten punishment, to extract an ever greater share of the total price of a book from publishers, which has resulted in less revenue to support midlist authors and certain kinds of books, effectively silencing many voices.

In order to say yes to a future project from a midlist author (looking to change representation), I would have to believe that the new project or proposal is strong enough to bump the sales numbers or will take the author in a new, stronger direction from which the author can build.

And incidentally, these publishing routes tend to have a keen interest in the midlist authors, niche genres, and minority voices traditional publishing is struggling to support.

Revenue has also increased steadily, due in part to ever - growing ebook sales from small presses and self - publishers, effectively discrediting Authors United's claim that there isn't enough money to go around to support midlist authors.

That sound you hear is all the midlist authors who had been cut loose by publishers long before Amazon became the whipping boy of the traditional publishing industry.

The used book choice was particularly devastating for midlist authors of genre.

Under this strategy, Amazon decides that it will demand no more discount than offered to any other vendor, for any purpose *; it will do everything in its power to meet author and indendent publisher demands; and it will send a bouquet and basket of puppies to midlist authors who place their out - of - print books on Kindle, in addition to the royalties due (and a holiday bonus).

On the other hand, especially for midlist authors, it does severely hurt their numbers; really great way to help the authors you love, the ones whose books you want to buy, no?

And the newbie is more likely to fall flat in the dust while the midlist author gone indie will soar.

I'm pretty much the definition of a midlist author: I write full - time, I've hit a few Amazon best - seller lists over the last couple years, and readers seem to enjoy my books.

A lot of established traditionally - published midlist authors are seeing huge success (as well as increased income) by making their backlist available as self - published ebooks.

He, of course, being a somewhat known midlist author with a whole lot of backlist.

I've included debut and midlist authors trying to break into the top hundreds, as well as authors like Joanna Penn who already have a relatively huge platform and fanbase.

From misguided agents to cruel or absent editors to the callous slashing of midlist authors and backlist titles, the longer a writer is in the publishing world, the more chance of encountering at least one of these major (and sometimes career - freezing) hurdles.

In this one, authors, especially midlist authors, are bemoaning how near - impossible it is to make a living by their writing anymore.

-- and the midlist author — «there's not enough money.»

For everyone else, for midlist authors, legacy publishing sounds pretty crappy beyond the ability to say you are published by So - And - So and repped by So - And - So.

But it's getting more and more possible for midlist authors to find an audience of appreciative readers and make a living or at least pay some bills as self - published authors and it's because of the rise of eBooks and online distributors like Amazon.

I'd guess midlist author paper sales on bookstore shelves are much smaller, percentage wise, than their ebook sales (legacy or self - pub).

Midlist authors have been struggling to survive for decades now.

They will pass on the new offering from a midlist author with a smaller and less vocal audience.

Books that will generate a copious amount of money, but it is the midlist authors that are the true heroes.

«A lot of times we get midlist authors who have a difficult track to overcome, and that's something we've become good at.»

Also, it's been reported over the past few years, that midlist authors are being unceremoniously cut loose by major publishers.

She branched out into a second pen name writing YA Fantasy, hit the USA Today bestseller list multiple times with each pen name (and without the backing of a publisher), sold over 300,000 copies of her books worldwide, and is now making a good living as a midlist author.

Some midlist authors will have over twenty novels up and selling by this time next year.

Now he was a NYTimes bestselling author courted by scads of publishers — what can lowly midlist authors do?

I am the happiest of midlist authors today for having made the leap from traditional to the new frontier in publising, that which rewards the reader and the writer more so than the gatekeepers of old.

You'll find big names like Stephen King and George R. R. Martin alongside up and coming new voices and midlist authors.

Midlist authors are being cannibalized while crapola like 50 Shades of Plagiarism and bad writing make a fortune.

I'm one of thousands of invisible indie midlist authors who, I believe, are the core of indie publishing, and why it's changing the industry.

It's like the trad - pub midlist, only the indie midlist author (typically) makes more money.

Word of mouth is still how most midlist authors sell books.

And it doesn't happen at all for midlist authors who are dropped by their former nurturers for lack of numbers.

Instead, the suggestion was to look at what we might call decent midlist authors, where the sales are decent and steady (or increasing slightly).

I'm a midlist author writing in the Mystery, Thriller and Suspense genre.

There was an interesting article in the Canadian Globe and Mail about the plight of the midlist author, and the trouble with track records:

For some genres like SFF, selling into libraries can make up a significant portion of hardcover sales for new and midlist authors.

I suppose we ought to feel pity, but given the abusive relationship they've consistently shown to their bread and butter midlist authors I just can not find it in me.

Apparently he doesn't remember that, before «Thrones» George RR Martin was a midlist author.