Sentences with phrase «author contracts from»

In the last two years I have seen a couple dozen author contracts from various traditional houses.

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And ideally would get less than $ 15M per — but I am predicting a future that is authored by the idiots in the front office — so I expect his deal with look something like $ 19M — $ 18M — $ 17M — my hope is that they don't throw in the fourth season at $ 20M and / or they don't match some nonsense max contract from Brooklyn (or whoever)... as I note, I see Lavine is a net negative player who could put up impressive numbers on a bad team — good for the tank.

Senior author Regina LaRocque, MD, MPH, explains, «Measles is one of the most infectious diseases known — 90 percent of people who are not immune will contract measles from an even - minimal exposure to someone who is infected.

The consortium will pay the contracts from an annual budget of $ 10 million, which is funded not by authors or research grants, but by pledges from more than a thousand libraries, funding agencies and research consortia across the world.

Funding: Research performed by the authors and summarized in this report was supported by Public Health Service Contract NO1 AI 30039 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Funding: The authors wish to thank the Technology Commercialization Innovation Program (Contracts # 121668, # 132043) of the Utah Governors Office of Commercial Development, the Scholarship Activities Committee of the College of Science and Health at Utah Valley University, and Murdock Charitable Trust and NIH Grant Numbers P20RR020185 and 1P20RR024237 from the COBRE Program of the National Center for Research Resources for support of the MSU mass spectrometry facility.

«Given the high content of certain specific polyphenols in the juice blend, the increased antioxidant protection [in the body] after consumption of the juice blend, and the anti-inflammatory capacity in vitro, further research is warranted to evaluate whether juice blend consumption may provide reversal of risk markers in subjects with conditions such as arthritis, obesity, chronic viral diseases, cardiovascular disease and compromised cognitive function, as well as other conditions associated with chronic inflammation,» wrote lead author Gitte Jensen from Holger NIS Inc., a contract research laboratory.

Note that the same contract pays for NIEER to issue its own «pre-school yearbook,», which is practically indistinguishable from the federal report also authored by Dr. Barnett and his team, save that the «yearbook» contains lots more spin and advocacy than the NCES publication.

A bill that would prohibit school districts from entering into financial contracts with the same firms that provide bond measure campaign services is being held over until next year as the author attempts to gain support for the proposal.

I got a free consultation from a lawyer about a contract I was being offered by a publisher and he gave me two key pieces of advice: an audit clause means they have nothing to hide and allows you as an author to play IRS and look at their books if you think you're being cheated (an expensive process, but a good publisher wouldn't be afraid of you using it) and believe their BBB rating if they have one.

Carole covers all of the author contract management and negotiations, and instructs authors from the query and proposal stage to advance and royalty negotiations and electronic and global rights.

Whether an author gets a book deal from a Big 5 Publisher or a regional press down the block, they oftentimes have no idea what to expect once a contract is in place.

Though I think there's a bit of a difference between what one might reasonably expect from a corporation, on the one hand, and what one might expect from an organization calling itself the «Authors Guild,» which bills itself as «the nation's leading advocate for writer's interests in effective copyright protection, fair contracts, and free expression.»

They consider their authors as partners from the moment they sign the author - agent contract through publishing the book and beyond.

While most self - published authors would probably welcome the opportunity to get a contract from a traditional publisher, self - publishing companies like Infinity afford us the alternative.

It's especially painful to read even the short excerpts from Sean Penn's book because his publishing contract validates the notion for authors that they only have to finish their stories, not write cleanly, diligently, with an ear for the reader and the love of the written word.

I think you're walking a very thin line trying to differentiate authors from wanna - be's based on sales, publishing houses and contracts.

Is it the publishers who wield their iron - leashed authority while practically stealing from authors with their abusive contracts?

Then the author gets their % from what the publisher gets, for instance, 40 % of the 70 % or 35 % (whatever the contract between publisher and author reads.)

I will be the lone wold who admits that it pisses me off that I broke in with a contract from a great publisher the same year every man and his dog decided they were an author with their Lulu books.

The publisher makes its agreed upon royalty — which it goes on to divide with the author according to their contract — and the consumer stands to benefit from an all - out price war among the retailers.

The publishers who see authors reclaiming their rights to go Indie and earn more in a month than what they got twice a year from their publishers, and Indie authors who refuse with a laugh their crappy contracts.

From my personal experience and that of other authors I know, indie press houses have a poor record of sending monthly or quarterly sales reports, even if these reports are stipulated in the contract.

But the contract also has royalty periods where a short time after the end of a certain period of time the author should get an accounting from the publisher of the numbers of books sold against the advance in that period of time.

Lately I have seen reversion clauses that actually have no mechanism to terminate the contract at all from the author side.

I went to an author talk by a trad pubbed author and she had to buy a copy of her own book at the bookstore because her contract doesn't allow her to buy copies of her own book at a discount from the publisher.

In this course, I interview CJ Lyons, NY Times bestselling author, about traditional publishing, covering everything from finding an agent, pitching, how the publishing process works, how the money works, the pros and cons, details of contracts and what to watch out for as well as the biggest mistakes people make.

From Sarah Hoyt, who was accused of racism and «internalized misogyny» for her association with the Sad Puppies campaign to reform the Hugo Awards, to Nick Cole, who lost a publishing contract for daring to write a story about an artificially intelligent computer who is troubled by abortion, these authors have faced smear campaigns, boycotts and blacklisting for the sin of having unpopular opinions.

I have other author friends, multi-published, who have been dropped and can't get another contract from a traditional house.

Every author wants to work with a major New York publishing house, and no author I've met would turn down a publishing contract from, say, a Random House or a Penguin.

While the author should be willing to create an index if requested, paying the publisher to do it is ridiculous, and this language should be stricken from the contract.

What I would have preferred to hear was a cogent argument why Amazon should take special steps to protect Hachette authors from Hachette's unwillingness to negotiate a contract, while Hachette, the company with whom those authors have contracts, is under no such obligation.

And it also sounds like more and more contracts from traditional publishers are turning into nightmares for the authors producing the content.

«Indie publishing» can be used to mean author / self - publishing, or it can refer to a small («independent») press, perhaps putting out ten titles a year from various contracted authors.

Associate Membership: Writers who have received a contract offer from a traditional U.S. publisher or an offer of representation from a U.S. literary agent; self - published authors or freelance writers who have made at least $ 500 in the past 18 months from their writing.

You don't have to be a New York book agent to accept queries from authors, submit their work to publishers, and negotiate contracts.

This is something every author should remember if they are ever offered a contract from a publisher.

New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Brandewyne weighed in on how much author advances are «An author signing a first contract can expect to receive an advance of anywhere from $ 1,000 to $ 10,000, on average, per book.

Once the top three finalists in each genre are announced, those authors are actually awarded publishing packages from CreateSpace and the overall winners in fiction and young adult fiction are awarded a contract with a $ 15,000 advance with Penguin Group (USA).

Unlike vocal protests from other authors lately, Ahlberg's stance wasn't due to the common issues of Amazon's growing chokehold over the book industry or the tired topic of publisher contract terms.

In a session immediately following this panel, hybrid author Dana Beth Weinberg, who helped author the resulting report, said one thing publishers need to take away from this data is the need to rethink and restructure their contracts with authors, not just their tangible book contracts, but in a more social realm in terms of how they perceive of and treat their authors.

Apart from the significant advance, this deal also offers the author Amazon's typically lofty royalty percentage, something that more authors have been able to negotiate in their contracts.

Some contracts may even prevent these authors from publishing future works elsewhere or self publishing, except under certain conditions.

However, PA does give authors the «opportunity» to pay to terminate their contracts, and I've heard from authors who got pay - to - terminate offers shortly before their contracts expired.

You would also be held responsible should any legal issues arise from the publication of this book, especially if you did not have a contract in place with the author.

Those same indie authors do, sometimes, get contracts from legacy publishers.

The ownership and ongoing royalties from the illustrations created should be negotiated in advance and detailed in the written contractual agreement between the author or self publisher and the contracted illustrator.

All submissions from authors not already contracted to EC go to our Submissions email address, not to individual editors.

With the Society of Authors advising their members that publishing contracts are no longer fair or sustainable, my belief is that the predicted growth in self - publishing will now come from authors who are currently under contract.Authors advising their members that publishing contracts are no longer fair or sustainable, my belief is that the predicted growth in self - publishing will now come from authors who are currently under contract.authors who are currently under contract.»