Sentences with phrase «most authors copy»

Most authors copy down a few paragraphs from their book's introduction and leave it at that, missing out on a huge opportunity.

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When Christ Was Gay: http://www.soulforce.org/forums/showthread.php?t=648 (original author's site has been sucked into the internet vortex, for the most part; thankfully someone did a copy - and - paste job!)

Wrong about that: «Her books have sold nearly 100 million copies, making her one of the most widely read authors in modern history.»

Most studies show that mothers who «eat to hunger» show a steady, gradual weight loss while nursing, according to Kathleen Huggins, author of the classic «Nursing Mother's Companion,» which has sold more than one million copies.

Perhaps the most damning thing the authors found was Gould's copy of Morton's book on the skulls.

«The variant that we discovered is common: Most people have one or two copies of the version of the gene that is linked to accumulating more pathology as you get older,» said lead author Dr. Lori Chibnik of Brigham and Women's Hospital.

That depends on whether the personal lives in question possess particular drama, which is surely true of the private life of Stephen Hawking, perhaps the most notable theoretical physicist in the world today, author of A Brief History of Time, which sold ten million copies.

So, we're throwing a good old - fashioned author sales contest for Download Day and the author who sells the most copies of their eBook on December 26th, 2011 — even if you sell your eBook for free — will win a Barnes and Noble NOOK and $ 100 off coupon good for anything on Lulu.

While I can see why this might concern some agents, most authors also don't end up writing their own back cover copy either.

Print on demand is perfect for most indie authors because it's hard to judge how well your book will sell, and ordering copies before they're sold can be a massive expense.

If I ever lose my ereader, I still have the backup print copies of books by my most admired authors (the people I buy in both formats)

According to Writer Beware statistics, most POD runs sell fewer than 200 copies to «pocket» markets — friends and family of the author.

«We are delighted to work with Scribd and Oyster to offer this exciting new model for readers to find and read eBooks, and to do so in a manner that respects the value of our authors» creative endeavors and supports our mutual goals of selling the most possible copies of their books.»

Because of the greatly reduced financial risk and investment, POD is by far the preferable way for most independent authors to produce, distribute, and sell print copies of their books.

Most indie authors we've known over the years spent a lot of time (and money) with professional copy editors, developmental editors, and writing coaches.

It is, however, very annoying to hear everyone lamenting the treatment of Hatchette authors, when B&N, Target, and most indie bookstores refuse «on principle» to stock print copies of books published by any Amazon Publishing imprint.

Most months, I still sell less than a dozen copies of books a month (although that number is climbing) and feel like I'm closer to the moon than becoming an author full - time.

True, I did feel I got the copy writing right with this one — probably because I put it together in one night and didn't stress about trying to sell it to people (I actually said, very clearly, that this offer wasn't for everyone and most authors probably shouldn't buy it).

Most of them apply with an extra exclamation point for those who are receiving review copies for free from the publisher or author.

While I understand the administrative reasons that gave rise to the separation, the end result was hurt feelings for authors, and — far more importantly — confusion, hassle, and hours - long waits in line for the readers who had come to this event to get signed copies of books from their most beloved authors.

Most authors spent 28 % of their overall budget on advertising, 15 % on their websites and 14 % on buying promotional copies as well as copies they sell direct to readers.

Most authors don't sell millions or hundreds of thousands of copies of their first book (or second, or third, etc.) Many of them don't even sell thousands.

Most authors want to give away a copy of their book, but you have to ask yourself whether that's going to motivate people to enter.

If you are unfamiliar with the royalty structure on most major retailers, then you may be asking yourself: How is it that authors earn more money at $ 2.99 - $ 4.99 than they do at $ 0.99 - $ 1.99, when they sell fewer copies of their book?

Ignoring super-star authors who write their own tickets, the best rate most writers can hope for is 15 % of the cover price of trade hardcover books, with this percentage being achieved only after a certain number of copies have been sold.

Copy editing is important, and in most cases the self - published author can hire the same people the traditional houses uses.

If you managed to give away a lot of copies of your book, that translated to the most important thing an indie author needs: visibility.

I think it was Mark Lawrence who said recently that authors that go through a publishing house looked at the advance as the thing, and that advances usually ran around $ 10,000 or thereabouts, because most books published sell around 500 copies or so, and so you can't depend on getting any royalties over the advance.

While it will have some ways to go to surpass A Tale of Two Cities, that meandering Dickens tale with the most quotable opening and enviable sales of 200 million copies, James» book sales put her in the same company of other illustrious authors, including Agatha Christie, J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling.

For a self - published author, selling 500 copies in a year is considered a huge success, but how do you get 500 people to buy your book when most of them haven't ever heard of you?

In exchange for their assistance, most self publishing platforms will take a share of all books sold and pay authors a «royalty» share for all copies the platform sells, as opposed to revenues for the full price of the book.

Raditya Dika, the most popular youth fiction author in Indonesia, recently published a book called Koala Kumal, which costs IDR 50,000 (US$ 3.60) for a physical copy.

I read an interview where they said most authors will buy 100 copies of their book and spend $ 3000 - $ 4000 on marketing.

The author (in most categories) must be an American citizen, the book must be available for sale in print, it must have first been published that year, and the person submitting the book has to send four copies of the book and a... [Read more...]

Most book publicity services run the same rinse and repeat process for every author they have — slap together a media kit, pitch 500 uninterested journalists, mail some copies of your book to people who don't care about it, charge you $ 5,000.

A final major benefit of traditional publishing, and what I believe to be the most important, is the fact that, with a publisher, a writer has a team of experts in every aspect of book production — i.e., editing, copy editing, legal review, when necessary, cover design, formatting, marketing, and publicity — who work together with a common, vested interest in making a book the best representation of the author and the publishing house that it can be.

Most MG authors will tell you they sell as much (or more) in print as they do in ebook, but it's hard to move large numbers of print copies if you're not in bookstores (and with POD prices high relative to mass market print runs).

While the publishing climate is certainly changing, I think as long as sales are tracked through traditional outlets and publishers continue to put the most emphasis using Bookscan as a primary sales reference point — versus an author's statement that the book has sold 3,000 copies in back - of - the - room sales or as ebooks — big publishers are going to be wary of publishing authors that are showing, say, 100 copies sold.

All copy editors will be able to create a stylesheet if required, but most have found that independent authors don't require them.

In my case the only money would be the copyright, inexpensive, and a copy to proofread at the author price, which you can later sell if you do not, as most people would, keep a copy for yourself.

Sure, the author electronically published his book, but the book never went through any kind of evaluation, most probably wasn't edited (because many self - published authors wish to retain all creative control over their book) and more than likely didn't sell more than a hundred copies.

Writing good sales copy (the description of the book on your amazon page) is an art and a science — most authors are very bad about summarizing their story into an attention grabbing, intrigue building lead - in (without giving too much away).

While most indie authors have these printed professionally, you can have a local copier bind your manuscript inexpensively with a spiral.

I would bet that in most cases, the bookstores are selling copies of those tables of bestsellers or the backlist titles of the big authors.

Most publishing contracts permit the author to purchase finished copies, usually at a significant discount from the cover price.

Most authors report that their books sell far more copies on American book retail sites than on other country sites.

The author (in most categories) must be an American citizen, the book must be available for sale in print, it must have first been published that year, and the person submitting the book has to send four copies of the book and a fifty dollar entry fee.

Most all the indie authors I know hire content editors, copy editors, cover designers, etc..

Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors, with over 650 million copies of her novels sold.

For most indie authors, pricing concerns like this are irrelevant, because their Amazon page (book cover + sales copy + reviews) isn't strong enough to make readers want to buy the book.