Sentences with phrase «as published authors wanting»

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Similarly, I wanted to be a published author (not self - published, which to me is to being published as owning a home is to being a monarch), but once I was, I wanted to have 50 articles in print before I was 50, and so on.

If you don't have any experience that you want to cash in on but have a knack for writing, say, sci - fi stories, then you can author and publish your novel on Amazon as well.

As you may or may not know, I started a publishing company almost two years ago, and as part of the process of publishing and marketing books, I wanted to create a «Book Launch» strategy so that the authors whose books we publish could get a good start on helping people learn about their booAs you may or may not know, I started a publishing company almost two years ago, and as part of the process of publishing and marketing books, I wanted to create a «Book Launch» strategy so that the authors whose books we publish could get a good start on helping people learn about their booas part of the process of publishing and marketing books, I wanted to create a «Book Launch» strategy so that the authors whose books we publish could get a good start on helping people learn about their book.

As associate professor and first - author Johan Bollen writes in an e-mail to Science Careers, they wanted their new system to «enable scientists to set their own priorities, fund scientists... not projects, avoid proposal writing and reviewing, avoid administrative burdens, encourage all scientists to participate collectively in the definition of scientific priorities, encourage innovation, reward scientists that make significant contributions to data, software, methods, and systems, avoid funding death spirals (no funding - > no research - > no funding) but still reward high levels of productivity, create the proper incentives for scholarly communication (publishing to communicate, not to improve bibliometrics), enable funding of daring and risky research, and so on.»

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I usually suggest that authors start by investigating the free or low - cost services with good reputations in the self - pub community: Createspace, IngramSpark, and Lulu if they want to do print as well as ebooks, and Smashwords, Draft2Digital, and the direct - to - ereading - device services (Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing, Barnes & Noble's Nook Press, and Kobo's Kobo Writing Life) if they want to do an ebook only.

Judith Briles is a book publishing coach and known as The Book Shepherd (www.TheBookShepherd.com) and the Founder of Author U (niversity (www.AuthorU.org), a membership organization created for the serious author who wants to be seriously succeAuthor U (niversity (www.AuthorU.org), a membership organization created for the serious author who wants to be seriously succeauthor who wants to be seriously successful.

I'd love to have an agent if they were able to address the changes in the industry as they occur, rather than turning only to older models of publishing, e.g. arranging eBook contracts in which the eBooks are overpriced and the author receives a small royalty — ugh, who would want that?

The authors» ad says, in part: «As writers — most of us not published by Hachette — we feel strongly that no bookseller should block the sale of books or otherwise prevent or discourage customers from ordering or receiving the books they want.

However, I do draw a solid distinction for myself as a self - published author between what I do when I write, and what I do when I publish what I write, and that distinction dictates what it is I want to brand and market in the first place.

As you begin the process of becoming a published eBook author, think about the specific niche topic you will write about, the way you will monetize your writing, and where you want to go after your eBook is finished.

The publishing landscape of 2012 looks similar to the music landscape of 1998, crossed with the web designs of 1996: it's encumbered by DRM and proprietary formats, it treats customers as criminals, it's fragmented across platforms, and it's hostile to authors who want to distribute their work through independent channels.

Where does your agency stand as far as the author's royalties on the work they publish themselves — does your agency want a cut?

It may sound like a big job but indie and self - published authors need to think more like a publisher and therefore as a business if they want to get their work to a larger audience.

For self - publishing, I usually suggest that authors start by looking at the free or low - cost services, including Createspace and IngramSpark if they want to do print as well as ebooks, and Smashwords, Draft2Digital, and the direct - to - ereading - device services (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo) if they want to do an ebook only.

Join legendary literary agent and author Mike Larsen as he helps authors who want to pitch their books before they think about publishing.

As a self - published author I blog, just to have a consolidated contact area for readers if they wanted one.

You've probably heard book marketing gurus say marketing your book should start before you've finished and published it; and whether you're a fiction or non-fiction author, there are a couple of ways you can use audio as part of your marketing strategy, including it in your media kit when you want to promote your book and boost visibility.

So, I guess I'm self - published, but I started my own publishing company using my own material as a proof of concept — and have now been approached by other authors wanting to submit their manuscripts for publication by Oxblood Books.

As a writer, I want the publishing companies to still make a profit so we still have a chance to be authors, as opposed to anybody posting a book with no editing or proofreading onto an e-readeAs a writer, I want the publishing companies to still make a profit so we still have a chance to be authors, as opposed to anybody posting a book with no editing or proofreading onto an e-readeas opposed to anybody posting a book with no editing or proofreading onto an e-reader.

Another to publish it, and as a new author I wanted to be guided throughout the process.

Either way, as a self - published author, if you hope to have your worked noticed and picked up by new readers, you'll want as many stars and reviews as you can get.

As I said before, I «ve been trying to write something since I was a little kid; I wanted to be a sort of writing prodigy, a published author while in Junior High School, but that never happened.

You want to tell my ten AUTHORS that they aren't «real» authors simply because my Publishing House, which is licensed as a legal business in the United States, isn't part of the AUTHORS that they aren't «real» authors simply because my Publishing House, which is licensed as a legal business in the United States, isn't part of the authors simply because my Publishing House, which is licensed as a legal business in the United States, isn't part of the Big 6..

Some people will say «I want only to read books by professional authors because I am of the opinion they are of a certain quality, as compared to self - published works.»

Many self - published authors want someone else to proofread their work for mere pennies, as if proofreading was akin to manual labor on the bottom of the pay scale.

Major publishing houses do not want to take on, or even look at, manuscripts by authors who are not already published (and they do not count Indi publishers as published).

As a fellow indie author who makes a living from my writing and publishing, I know that you want a home online — an author website — that:

As self - published authors we reject the Big 5 like Obi - wan rejected Anakin, but so many still hope that Darth Vader will just let them live.

He does a good job and he also has the files to all my earlier books, so it's easy to have him update the old ones at the same time (as you publish more work, you'll want to update your «also by the author» lists in the earlier books).

Penguin risks the dilution of their brand — their respected role as gatekeeper — by admitting anyone who wants to publish through the side door, and authors are unlikely to sell many books by playing the phony «published by Penguin» card, anyway.

If however you want to use Twitter to find information relating to ebook publishing, especially as it applies to indie authors, there are some more -LSB-...]

However, as publishers make a grab for perpetual e-rights, etc., and as they screw up publishing of ebooks, I then wonder if I want to hold off on traditional publishing until I see how things settle out in terms of authors keeping or getting back rights.

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Judith Briles is known as The Book Shepherd (www.TheBookShepherd.com), an author and book publishing expert and the Founder of Author U (www.AuthorU.org), a membership organization created for the author who wants to be seriously succeauthor and book publishing expert and the Founder of Author U (www.AuthorU.org), a membership organization created for the author who wants to be seriously succeAuthor U (www.AuthorU.org), a membership organization created for the author who wants to be seriously succeauthor who wants to be seriously successful.

For example Penguin Books started a Book Country imprint which has been criticized as a vanity press that preys on authors who want to be «affiliated» with the publishing leviathan.

Many authors want to publish as fast as possible without taking the time to think through the timing.

As a self - publisher I also want to make this site a place where great books from self - published authors can be easily discovered.

Hiring an editor and a proofreader is essential if you want to publish a quality book as a self - published 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.

When you promote your book on Facebook, you'll want to create a new page just for your book or for you as an author (if you plan on publishing more books).

You said «When I see a self - published author repeatedly spamming people online and desperately shoving self - promotional material into people's hands at conventions, all to promote a book with a cover that looks like it was done in MS Paint, a part of me wants to cling to that as proof that I'm better off with my publisher.»

Normally I publish authors who want my technical skills, as work - for - hire.

But the best advice this book publicist could provide to most authors who want to self publish their books would be this: to maximize your chances of selling the greatest number of books as a reward for your book promotion efforts, work with LightningSource.

I'm not arguing that a novel must be short to be great; I'm simply suggesting that if you want to make the transition from aspiring author to published author in as smooth a manner as possible, you may want to save your epic for your sophomore release.

His unique experience as both a published author himself and an executive in self - publishing gives him exceptional insight into what authors want and need, which translates directly into how he runs his author - centric publishing company.

If you want to be an indie author, you must keep up with all aspects of publishing as part of your writing gig.

I'm trying to get an answer that you and all other publishing executives refuse to answer (mostly because I believe that you don't want authors to hear it, as they'll start to question exactly why you need to control the hard work they've created for an extremely unreasonable amount of time).

No one wants to see a magazine fold, and news that Kirkus «s demise was especially troubling to authors, publishers, book publicists, and other publishing industry professionals because book review outlets (if you discount online book review outlets such as blogs and online bookstores) have seriously contracted during the past few years.

When I see a self - published author repeatedly spamming people online and desperately shoving self - promotional material into people's hands at conventions, all to promote a book with a cover that looks like it was done in MS Paint, a part of me wants to cling to that as proof that I'm better off with my publisher.