Sentences with phrase «publisher shares the expense»

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Since printing is probably the largest single expense a small publisher faces I thought I would share it with you here today.

(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.

Authors are also stepping out and taking a financial risk by staging physical book tours, but as an article in Publisher's Weekly has shown, business - minded authors are working together to share the expense and the effort by combining their book tours into one «rock festival» - style event in several cities.

Self - published authors are increasing their share of the market and profits at the expense of the «Big Five» publishers.

Here, the Defendants acted consistently with a collusive arrangement, and inconsistently with a pro-competitive arrangement, as they sought to pressure another publisher (whose market share was growing at the Publisher Defendants» expense after the Apple Agency Contracts became effective) to jpublisher (whose market share was growing at the Publisher Defendants» expense after the Apple Agency Contracts became effective) to jPublisher Defendants» expense after the Apple Agency Contracts became effective) to join them.

Traditional deals don't require the author to pay for anything, either out of pocket or by allowing the publisher to recoup expenses before calculating the author's royalty share.