Sentences with phrase «as a published author meant»

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Before taking this «rare» and rather drastic step, however, the editor will contact the authors to resolve the issue through lesser means such as «retraction [or] correction,» because «publishing a notice of concern [is] the least good» alternative, Lundberg says.

Dossey has published numerous articles and is the author of eleven books that have been translated into many languages, as follows: Space, Time and Medicine (1982), Beyond Illness (1984), Recovering the Soul (1989), Meaning and Medicine (1991), Healing Words, (1993, New York Times bestseller), Prayer is Good Medicine (1996), Be Careful What You Pray For, Reinventing Medicine (1999), Healing Beyond the Body (2001), The Power of Premonitions (2009), and The One Mind (2012).

I see no reason why giving e-published authors full inclusion in PAN means pretending e-publishing is «the same» as any other kind of publishing.

Smashwords» success means that a lot of self - published authors, such as wiz kid Amanda Hocking, now have a voice.

The best opportunities are in «hybrid» publishing, which means, doing the things that make you the most money and build your author platform (those two things are not identical, and often even at odds: as in, you may give one book away for free to reach new readers, and make money on other books you charge more on).

This means that our authors are entirely free as regards to their content, layout and rights as well as the choice of their books» sales price and the option to publish immediately.

If authors have claimed to be published it is always as self published which a reasonable person understands means it was not put out by an established imprint.

In this regard, then professional keeps its current accepted meaning of making money, because both authors and writers can then either be professional or not according to whether they make money at their craft, and even self - published or DTB - published can then continue with the meanings as we know them.

So whilst I understand that self publishing can encourage any layman to idly «publish» and make people wary or referring to them as authors, I don't believe that the act of self publishing alone should mean that you are dismissed from the ranks of author hood.

There's no confusion if we choose to keep the accepted meanings as I stated them: author is one who writes and publishes a NOVEL, writer is one who writes other articles but no novel.

Publication by mainstream publishing houses means that your work as an author has professional validation.

The fundamental dynamics of the publishing industry are changing, and that means that the author / agent relationship is changing as well.

I mean, as a self - publishing author, you have to do everything!

It means an author who chooses to publish some books with traditional publishers and some books as an indie author.

Here's what I mean: There seems to be a trend in the publishing business: aspiring writers who want to be known as published authors, but who don't actually want to write their books themselves.

One distinction I would make: While there is absolutely such a thing as self - publishing, there is no such thing as a self - publishing company, unless you mean the small business owned by an author to publish his or her own books.

If your book manages to make it through their process as you wrote it (meaning you're the most brilliant author their ever was), you'll still see less of the compensation from sales than the publishing house.

In the context of publishing, it means developing a body of quality titles that an imprint or house (or a niche driven community) can be proud of, written by authors that the publisher and readers are happy to claim as their own.

Self publish professionally — meaning be an author - publisher and produce the book with every bit of quality as a traditional publisher

Co-publishing means «cooperative publishing» and is a joint - venture model that provides the same publishing experience and systems as our traditional model, with the author contributing to the creative development fees.

It's meant to serve as an example of what is possible at Outskirts Press while also helping potential children's book authors with the «how to» steps required to actually get their story illustrated and published.

But his comment reminded me of something I think we all need to remember — the changes in publishing mean we, as authors, don't have to slow our process down so we ONLY write one book a year.

In my early days as a published author, this meant my mother, and anyone else with Pamela, Fagan, or Hutchins anywhere in their name, regardless of relation to me, or our and their protestations to Amazon.

What Amazon wants is to sell as many books as possible, and that means finding the most efficient price between where traditionally published authors and self - published authors price their books.»

For a traditionally published author to give away numerous copies of his book — and as of Day Two of the Tour, over 700 comments have been posted to the various blogs involved, meaning 700 copies to readers and an additional number to soldiers — would be impossible on this scale.

Everything that it is known about those authors the book MAGICAL MYSTERY TRAVEL and their works as»» Percyfaw Code»», de Scriblerius, made available by limited time as e-book in an apparent strategy of marketing of enormous success in the web and»» The Traveler»», Twelve Hawks published amid the style of Hollywood hype where disembarked in the list bestseller of the newspaper The New Times.The mysterious to Thomas Pynchon's same style, Philip Roth, JD Salinger, B.Traven, Cormac McCarthy, authors C.S. Scriblerius and Twelve Hawks «live out of the grating», meaning that you chose roads no so conventional in the market editorial, using like this other means for popularization of their works, and, hindering of they be tracked.

AG is not known for a reputation of supporting self - published authors, and some commenters see this as a move to provide a cheaper, faster solution for bigger authors and major publishers who want to get swift take - down notices against indie authors who still don't have the means to defend themselves.

More importantly may be the data that shows that, despite criticism from the industry, self - published and indie published titles did not destroy book pricing with their 99 - cent books; however, the fourth trend did demonstrate that book prices have taken an overall drop, but this is largely due to high - volume online retailers who can negotiate these prices, not just indie authors who strategize on low pricing as a means to drive book sales.

Such is the case for many new authors, who have been turning to self - publishing as a means to get their name and work in ink and on shelves in less time and for considerably less work.

I don't mean for it to be, and I hope I will never come off as an author who rails against the evils of traditional publishing.

About three weeks back, The Guardian published an opinion piece by author Ros Barber regarding why she wouldn't consider self - publishing as a viable means of producing her work (find the article in its entirety here).

I think educating the public about what indie publishing really means and the rise of review blogs that cater to them and carry as much weight as places like Dear Author and Smart Bitches Trashy Books will go a lot further toward informing the public what qualifies as a good read.

If your book makes it through the traditional publication process as you wrote it (meaning you're the most brilliant author there ever was), you'll still be seeing less of the compensation from sales than the publishing house.

The whole idea of going «mainstream» is so that your book can educate, entertain, horrify... whatever... which means you need to work three tiems as hard as the commercially published author because you're a team of one.Conversely, the commercially published author has a team of hundreds.

I am a hybrid author, meaning I write for traditional publishers as well as have my own self - publishing empire (though it's a very small empire at that).

When costs are listed, they often exceed the amount the author would have to pay to self - publish the work - meaning the author could hire a professional cover designer, developmental editor and copy editor... and still not pay as much these contracts require.

We always say that writing success is not a zero - sum game for authors (just because one author is successful doesn't mean you can't be too), and I think it's that way for publishing vehicles as well (just because self - publishers are finding success doesn't mean traditional publishing can't be successful too).

From your position it's interesting, because you've already established yourself for many years as an author working with traditional houses, your route to self - publishing means that you already have a name behind you.

In other words, for Michael Port, as for many other successful authors, book publishing is primarily a means to an end rather than providing a major part of his income.

Usually, self - published authors seek out reliable book reviews and / or endorsements as a means to market their book and persuade readers to buy it.

However, as Amazon will not allow you to set up an Author Central account until you actually have a book PUBLISHED with them, it means you might need to go through a month or so of ironing out the «kinks» if this is your first book.

As a self - published author, your options may be much more limited but that doesn't mean you can't still get the word out effectively and inexpensively.

First, greater competition for authors» manuscripts as writers in both Germany and Austria venture into self - publishing, meaning the floodgates are now open on the digital publishing world of the region.

While industry experts speculate away on what this will mean for digital publishing in terms of other authors going it alone as Rowling has done, it's important to understand that not everyone has the financial and literary clout that Rowling brings to the decision - making table.

As an Indie author (which really means «self - published» but we say «Indie» because it sounds WAY cooler, like we're SO artsy we have no use for abstracts like success and money,) I'm required to work the big room, über - conscious of marketing, promoting, publicizing, advertising, and, ultimately, selling my humble work.

Orna Ross, Founder of Alliance of Independent Authors said: «Digital publishing means writers today can take creative control and publish their books, their way, to a global audience and can now earn a living from their writing as never before.

You have to approach them with an intelligent panel that knows the issues and this is where one should consider bringing in the traditional publishing houses because it is in their best interest as well as the online retailers because it means their authors will sell more books too.

That means that some authors are publishing three or more novels a year, sometimes as many as ten novels a year.

i think self publishing actually involves publishing... where independent (indie) author means free to float as you please as an author not a publisher.

A self - published book can mean almost anything... from what gets spilled out of the fingers and mind of the author to the presentation from the local printing shop and sometimes looking like it was put together at the kitchen table with a glue - stick; to a vanity press like a LuLu, AuthorHouse / Solutions (known as the publishing predators); or one of the pay the other pay to publish services that claim to offer different types of packages / templates for the author to select from; to Ingram Spark or Amazon's CreateSpace; to the author doing the publishing himself with his name or a «looks like a publishing company» name on it (always recommended).