Sentences with phrase «about author income»

Not sure if it includes the data or not... but even if it did, it's unclear what a handful of self - selected survey responses from Writer's Digest subscribers, 42 % of which — according to DBW themselves — came from «authors» who have never even completed a manuscript, could tell anyone about author income.

His response to Digital Book World's survey about author income is very interesting and -LSB-...]

Even if you don't believe any of the pessimistic reports and anecdotes about author income and even if you do believe all of the overly optimistic ones (hi Hugh:: waves::) being a book author is one of the shittiest jobs in the media industry.

It's one of the reasons why I hate most posts that talk about author income or chance of success.

(Note: Polls are now closed and the results are listed in this post about author income and ebook prices.)

Not exact matches

In his second book, Your Retirement Income Blueprint, author and financial advisor Daryl Diamond challenges this and other misconceptions about retirement income plaIncome Blueprint, author and financial advisor Daryl Diamond challenges this and other misconceptions about retirement income plaincome planning.

«Each one percentage point cut to the corporate income tax rate costs the federal government about $ 2 billion in annual revenues,» wrote the authors, one of whom was CLC chief economist Andrew Jackson...

While the CPS shows that Social Security is practically the sole source of income for over one - third of seniors, the authors estimate only about one - sixth of seniors rely on Social Security for at least 90 percent of their income.

The authors of the report say that people doing federal research on things like income, spending and health should also ask questions about happiness because of the more developed view it could lend to in setting policies to improve people's lives.

Unfortunately, there are some drawbacks that these programs need to overcome, but the authors seem hopeful about finding potential solutions: «Lower - income older adults often live in buildings where there are fees and deposits associated with owning pets.

The study's lead author, Harvard Medical School Professor Ronald Kessler, suggested in a published interview that, among other possible factors, biases about low - income boys might be to blame.

The authors argue that this evidence, and the evidence that showed that high income women expressed an interest in politics at a greater frequency than low income women, shows that women care more about finding a man who has a high income than men care about finding a woman who has a high income.

The authors write, «The factor that most predicted whether a school would close — more so than income or race — was whether there was something «irregular» about the parish leadership....»

Keeping such a policy in mind will ensure that we fundraise in a manner appropriate to the ethos of the school whilst protecting ourselves against potentially embarrassing revelations after the fact About the author Kathy Roddy is a trainer for Fundraising Skills, which has developed an online course for bursars, business managers and administrators leading to the Certificate in school fundraising & income generation.

Join us on Thursday, March 22 from 11 am to noon to hear from incoming CCSA Board Chair Margaret Fortune about AB 2635, CCSA's sponsored legislation authored by Assemblymember Shirley Weber, Autumn Burke, and Mike Gipson.

We asked her a bunch of questions about what she found in regard to author income, books on sale, and whether indie or trad publishing is more likely to get a person to a living wage (which she defined as the U.S. average of $ 32,000 a year).

With the announcement that all KDP Select titles would be included in the all - you - can - eat service, authors were initially excited about the prospect of a new revenue channel from the exclusive program; it didn't take long, though, before some of the top names in self - publishing noticed a significant drop in their KDP - based income.

However, for authors with a large audience, the fears about losing a percentage of their income may be outweighed by their desire for consumer convenience.

Keynote speaker and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Pat Flynn will reveal what all authors should know about generating an income from their work, beyond the advances and royalties.

(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.

The Ditch Diggers talk about author Fonda Lee's Twitter thread concerning how much she makes from her books, the response to it, positive and negative, and share their thoughts on transparency in authors» income.

Create new income opportunities — In a future blog post, I am going to talk about the 8 ways an author can earn money besides book sales, but suffice it to say, a book gives you ways to sell you and your services in a way a blog alone does not.

But even as artists, we still need to be clear about our goals so we know whether to choose option A or option B. For example, some artist - authors might price their books for increased readership instead of income.

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 DalAuthor Comparison, wherein she compares my writing income to that of e-published author David Dalauthor David Dalglish.

Of course, much of the data is talking about ebooks over print sales, but as Walsh's assessment from AuthorEarnings shows, print book revenue for the actual author is nothing compared to their digital income.

Thinking about it that way, what you get is, and what I've seen true for me as an author - entrepreneur, is every year my income expands not quite exponentially but is impacted by the choices of going wide in many senses of the word.

Joanna: The other thing I finally wanted to ask you before we finish, one of the things that we talk about as authors is the author brand, and about focus, and one of the things that strikes me about your many, many income streams is it's not very focused, so in a way, you've got diversity, but you're not really focused.

Amazon is still the undisputed leader in terms of sales share for indie authors with about 72 % of income from their platform.

According to this attorney roundtable podcast on the Smart Passive Income Podcast (which is well worth a listen, or going to the site and downloading the transcript for free, to because 80 - 90 % of what this show talks about setting up a business structure applies to indie authors), some of these policies are junk.

It's about how you are going to market and sell books, so you can reap those returns and work towards elevating your author brand, turning your passion of writing and publishing books into more than just an expensive hobby, but a venture that sees income return.

What I've learned (through my own experience and by watching other indie authors) is that they use being a «hybrid» author (as first coined by Bob Mayer and has a post about income here that you should read) to their advantage.

Over the last month, Kristen Lamb has written several blog posts about how authors need to have a business - oriented mindset if income is a goal.

When asked about income, self - published authors report about $ 7,600, traditionally published $ 27k, and hybrid authors about $ 38k.

I do wonder about indie authors making 2 % of their income from backlist though.

Reidy told the authors that their share of income from e-books would be maintained and reassured them that their books would be available for sale on Amazon throughout the crucial holiday season - a clear bid to offset authors» concerns about retaliatory moves Amazon, led by its CEO Jeff Bezos, has taken against Hachette's authors.

Steve and Barrie chat with Honoree Corder about why and when authors need coaching and how to create different income streams from your books.

He also talks about building a multi-million dollar online business and how authors can build and benefit from multiple streams of income.

One of the cool things about self - publishing right now is that it's very possible for a «mid-list» author to make a good income.

Several authors over there and at other e-pubs rake in large incomes but they aren't flamboyant about their paycheck amounts.

Before publishing your book, you should get clear on your goal as an author and be intentional about your decisions if you want to join the authors who find an audience and make an income.

Want to learn more about making a full - time income as an author?

We've previously written about how partnerships can lower your publishing costs, but after having interviewed bestselling author Tom Morkes for our podcast, we knew that a blog post about book crowdfunding would be of benefit to first - time or veteran authors hoping to find additional income sources, too.

As an author, I wouldn't be happy about losing income, but everything has to be tried to be improved, and I could live with being unavailable for a time if it meant that level of porn would be monitored.

Recently, I read a blog where author Ellery Adams chose to disclose information about her actual writing income: http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2011/06/ellery-adams-bares-all.html No disrespect to Ms. Adams, but I can not believe that authors are willing to continue playing within the old model when there are other options that clearly work.

One publisher with 220 titles enrolled in Kindle Unlimited reported that royalty income had risen by 35 % since the change, while an author with three books in KU saw her monthly royalties triple to about $ 6,000.

I think it's great that we are already accepting that while worrying about whether each author's income can be extrapolated.

Dan Holloway is News Editor for the Alliance of Independent Authors, a bestselling thriller writer, award - winning performance poet, and a journalist who writes about self - publishing, technology and futurism, wicked problems, basic income and mental health.

Amazon needs to be careful about causing huge drops in income for indie authors, or they are going to kill the golden goose.

And the day overall witll be divided into two major parts: a discovery period on «the state of the author,» and an exploratory sequence in which we ask ourselves what we can do, at every level, to move closer to a reality for authors that isn't about reports of below - median income and argument between factions.

Income taxes aren't the only taxes self - published authors need to worry about.