Sentences with phrase «already self published an ebook»

I have already self published an ebook, but want to offer a paperback version, so am looking at paying for a professional edit now.

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(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 auEbooks 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 auebooks - 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.

Carolynn, if Amazon had started its business with a minimum price of $ 2.00 you would be make a living self - publishing already Your readers would have discovered you the same if there was no market for ebooks at $ 0.99 because no one offered them at that price.

I would have never taken the self - publishing plunge if I hadn't already been published by a small ebook and POD publisher.

Had the ebook revolution already been underway, I probably would have self - published it.

If indeed the trend towards consuming eBook after eBook in the literary feeding - frenzy is the direction consumers continue to take, it would seem that the self - publishing platform is sure to be the next (if not already) grand money making venture.

But like the much heralded success of authors Amanda Hocking and John Locke, both of whom have each sold more than one million copies of their self - published ebooks before going on to sign contracts with major publishing houses, Wilkinson is open to the idea of traditional publishing and has already heard from some print publishers, although he admits he didn't set out to be an author.

Oyster has already inked deals with a number of major publishers and with ebook distribution and self - publishing platform Smashwords, which has helped ensure a growing catalog of content for subscribers to choose from.

There's so many ebooks that are already available at a low price on the Kindle, and I've seen a few first - time authors crashing past the expensive new releases with their own low - priced, self - published ebooks.

Promoting self published books and ebooks in an already crowded and competitive market is hard work.

Why I went Indie By Paty Jager I would have never taken the self - publishing plunge if I hadn't already been published by a small ebook and POD publisher.

I write and publish self help books and how to guides all the time, and already have a quite large range of how to books published in both pdf and Kindle downloads I have been creating ebooks for over a decade that were sold direct from my websites, and a few years ago I extended to writing books for sale on Amazon / Lulu / iTunes / and retailers like Barnes & Noble.

There are already hundreds of authors effectively self - publishing to Kindle, and quite a number of small publishers who are happy to work the ebook market.

Not much to think about when the choice is between a) one or two traditionally published novels which probably cost close to 8 or 9 euros as paperbacks and ebooks or b) twice or thrice as many self - published kindle ebooks from writers I have already read and found to be good enough.

Or as you have read about ebooks online, you could try self publishing, but i would encourage you to try the old fashioned way if you havent already.

Very interesting and a great conversation to have right now, as eBook platform lock - in and DRM is really weaking publishers already weak position with both eCommerce sites and self - published authors.

This updated January 2014 edition of the The Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success has already helped tens of thousands of self - published ebook authors publish more professionEbook Publishing Success has already helped tens of thousands of self - published ebook authors publish more professionebook authors publish more professionally.

If you're self - publishing, you've already got your hands full with writing and laying out the book interior / text for book and ebook publication.

One of the attractions of self - publishing over my previous small publisher, was that I could offer readers a lower price, so I already knew that I would price the ebook under $ 5 (compared to $ 6.99 for my small press ebook).

Yes, the mass of self - published authors out there will create a tier of value - priced books (this has already been done), and I'm sure in a couple of years Amazon will release another spate of numbers that will show how much more profitable $ 6.99 eBooks are as compared to $ 9.99 eBooks, and so on.

But, as you probably already know, ebook income is huge for self - published authors.

We're focusing this time on comings and goings — as in two new services that might be of use to our author - subscribers: Palatium is intent on getting indies» books into ebook subscription services in various parts of the world, while Books - A-Million has jumped into the self - publishing arena (which already was a bit crowded).

Review by: Will Patching on April 04, 2012: This is an excellent handbook for anyone who is either considering or has already self - published an eBook.

Back in 2013, Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble separately announced that consumer purchases of self - published ebooks already made up over 25 % of all their ebook sales.