Sentences with phrase «author earnings reports»

Read the Author Earnings reports.

One major self - publishing platform executive (who might be expected to tout indies» chances for big success) calls the claims of the Author Earnings reports «head scratching.»

This is actually a little steeper than shown by the data we've collected for our Author Earnings reports.

It is no wonder the typical publishing - industry pundit's reaction to our initial Author Earnings reports has been a mix of dismissal, denial, and suspicion.

Looking back at all Author Earnings reports: When 50,000 titles were examined, 20 % (10,000) were big 5 published.

Let's now turn to longer trends by graphing our last six Author Earnings reports over time.

We could then track conversions on our landing pages and study that data, aligning it with what Data Guy is seeing in his Author Earnings reports, to make informed decisions about our careers.

By early 2014, our first Author Earnings reports found that on both channels, the number was closer to 30 %.

There's a lot of information out there now (e.g., Author Earnings reports) and the savvy players have a better handle on where they stand.

I've read several critiques of the shady statistics behind the Author Earnings reports.

Independent authors, on the other hand, increasingly appreciate the trends that Author Earnings reports: as noted above, self - published authors can increase their sales by some 25 % just by paying attention to other English - speaking countries.

When you look at what the Big 5 are saying about e-book sales vs what you see in the Author Earnings reports, you have to ask if they are operating in different worlds, maybe even universes.

The Author Earnings reports are showing a trend in which indie authors are taking share from traditional publishing, despite the fact that titles of indie books are priced lower than traditionally published titles.

Add one more datum, from the aptly named «Data Guy» (the mastermind, with Hugh Howey, behind the Author Earnings Reports).

However, if you have done your research and have been following the Author Earnings reports, if you have talked to other authors and asked about their experiences — especially if they write in the same genre you do — then you may have enough information to make a decision without taking time to try out other markets.

His Author Earnings Reports can be eye opening to those considering self publishing.

Hugh Howey once again shares another interesting perspective on the indie publishing revolution, in this case a refutation of the frequent criticisms of the Author Earnings reports methodology, from the unnamed Data Guy behind those reports.

This data is no more prevalent than in the Author Earnings reports, who recent study of Barnes and Noble data showed that self - published authors are earning even higher amounts of income than traditionally published authors.

One of the keynote speakers was Hugh Howey, the indie author whose Author Earnings Reports rocked the publishing industry just a month ago.

Further, both Porter and I have cited the amazing work being done by Hugh Howey and Data Guy and their quarterly Author Earnings reports.

This is where Hugh Howey's Author Earnings reports offer an intriguing solution.

While the Bookseller is a publishing industry news source and the Society has recently spoken out about the poor contract terms that traditionally published authors are forced to accept, both representatives made some laughable remarks about both self - publishing and the Author Earnings reports in particular.

And Dana has also stated that the Author Earnings reports mirror her own findings.

If authors keep up with the information reflected in the Author Earnings reports by Hugh Howey and crew, then they'll see a picture of how much authors are actually earning across different platforms, genres, and more.

Either way, less than ten years later, we've quietly passed a watershed moment and didn't know it until Hugh Howey & Data Guy released the latest Author Earnings reports.

Ludicrous accusations have come out from various corners of the publishing industry, some of which are rabidly anti-Amazon and anti-self-publishing, claiming that the information in the notorious Author Earnings reports is flawed at best, and intentionally misleading at worst.

New information and knowledge have come to light thanks to the efforts of a core group of individuals; author Hugh Howey and his mathematical number cruncher Data Guy have released exhaustive information through the Author Earnings reports designed to help authors make informed decisions concerning their... [Read more...]

The Author Earnings Reports shine a light on what is really happening and that light is amazing for us indie writers and scary as hell to traditional publishers.

On this week's show, we chatted with fantasy author Amelia Smith about a bunch of data that she crunched based on the Author Earnings Survey over at Hugh Howey's Author Earnings Report website.

Well, the counterpoint to that — and proof that the BookScan numbers do not show the whole picture — comes with the latest Author Earnings Report.

Hugh Howey and Friends (that really should be a trademarked superhero team name, as you'll see in a moment) has launched the sixth quarterly Author Earnings report, a seemingly flawless look at how ebooks are actually selling on Amazon.

Every time they release a new Author Earnings report filled with charts and graphs and actual information culled over countless hours at the computer, I remember the scene from the film Day After Tomorrow when Jake Gyllenhaal's character pleads with the people to not go out into the storm, begging them to save themselves and warning them they will die if they go out there.

For the complete look at this recent Author Earnings report and the detailed breakdown of how page views are impacting indie authors, click here.

Last year, self - published e-books accounted for over 31 % of Amazon's Kindle Store sales, whereas Big Five traditional publishers accounted for only 16 % of sales according to an recent Author Earnings report.

The newest information from the most recent Author Earnings report includes its usual proof in the pudding of how indie authors are faring in the current book retail market, but also includes an interesting topic that hasn't received as much attention due to the availability of months of back data: Kindle Unlimited numbers.

Author Earnings Report.

Your work with Data Guy on the Author Earnings report is so informative and such a contribution.

I hope there will be a new segment in the next Author Earnings Report that will highlight the effectiveness of KU 2.0.

I have read the author earnings report blogs and I don't think you can rely on it or refute it.

The latest Author Earnings report, Steve Scott's massive second quarter, Facebook's new «Buy It Now» button and Apple's conditional $ 450 million settlement also made the news.

I Have Wanted To Write About This For A Long Time... And now, with all the stuff with Data Guy and the new Author Earnings report and him starting up a new business to sell our business sales information to the highest bidders, I figure it was time.

Additionally, Author Earnings reported that in January of this year, 56 of Amazon's overall top 100 bestselling eBooks (more than half!)

But to return to the Author Earnings Report, I wanted to talk about the ISBN thing.

The Author Earnings Report collects data from book sales, and now Manjula Martin's «Who Pays Writers» tumblr on freelance pay rates is part of Scratch, too.

Share your thoughts on this very interesting author earnings report.

But the results from the Author Earnings report put this in bold relief.

How about the one year data, now that Author Earnings Report is old enough to (you'll pardon me) show us the money?

The authors earning report published by Hugh Howley sparked plenty of discussion in the publishing community with his author earnings report.

It's interesting how polarizing the Author Earnings report is, especially considering how its goal is to also inform traditionally published authors about the viability of their choices.

Robertson quite freely admits that he only looked at a very small sample for each genre compared to the total number of titles published, and unlike the Author Earnings report with its thousands of titles to base its report upon, the focus of this glimpse wasn't sales, but how publishing method affected ranking.