Sentences with phrase «author earns a royalty»

The author earns a royalty for writing the book.

Whereas some self - publishing companies and «vanity presses» rip authors off by charging up front for service and then charging additional royalties as high as 55 % of net profits, BookBaby is one of the few companies in the industry that does not take any additional fees; the author earns royalties from the different platforms that BookBaby distributes to, and retains all percentages after the retail platforms» fee.

In both cases, authors earn royalties, but traditional publishers have the ultimate say what the final content is and how soon it is made available for readers.

Authors earn royalties on borrowed books in addition to royalties on paid sales.

On all new books purchased through our distribution channels, our authors earn a royalty of ten - percent (10 %).

The standard economics of KDP apply with the new EDU publishing arm, meaning authors earn royalties ranging up to 70 percent depending on options, and keep control of the rights related to their content.

Not exact matches

Where copyright led to books being priced as luxury goods in the U.K., the threat of piracy forced German publishers to produce cheap editions for the masses alongside their premium - priced editions, resulting in a period that Höffner believes may have been the most lucrative ever for authors — he discovered, for example, that an obscure Berlin chemist earned more in royalties for a tract on how to tan leather than Mary Shelley did for writing Frankenstein — prompting more academics to publish their findings, and encouraging the spread of practical manuals in fields like medicine, engineering and agriculture.

By engaging in self - publishing through Infinity, the author retains all rights to the book and Infinity pays monthly royalties on every book sold — we earn our profit selling books to ever expanding niches and discount books to our authors who create and control the content.

The benefit of running at $ 1.99 of course is during a Kindle Countdown Deal where the author receives 70 % royalty you're earning an additional 70 cents per sale.

But perhaps the best reason is because authors publishing under «higher» packages earn higher royalties and their book copy prices are less expensive.

For example, if total borrows of all participating KDP Select books are 100,000 in a month funded at $ 500,000 and an author's book was borrowed 1,500 times, they will earn $ 7,500 in additional royalties from KDP Select in that month.

Yes the royalties are higher than one would expect to earn from a traditional publisher but it hardly offsets the amount of money spent by the author getting their book to press through one of these publishers.

Authors have a lot to benefit on the financial front as well, what with the nearly 70 percent royalty that they earn against the 5 - 10 percent that traditional publishers generally offer.

With news this week that Amazon has added whole new international markets to its list of places where authors and publishers can earn a 70 % royalty on ebooks, the rumors and misinformed half - truths have begun swirling again as authors set out to decipher the terms.

UP pays royalties of at least $ 1.50 from retail book sales, and authors earn substantially more when they accept orders directly from the public at live events, their own Web sites, etc..

Most indies were sticking to $ 2.99 and up because Amazon made $ 2.99 - $.9.99 the point at which authors could earn the highest royalty percentage.

Sounds good, but this means that you, as an author, will earn much less in royalty fees as both the retailer and the aggregator may (not always, it depends on their pricing model) take their cut.

With Greenleaf, authors have access to full in - house services, retain the rights to their work, and earn higher royalties than with traditional publishing.

When the author earns 1/3 of the ebook royalties the publisher does, I'm okay with seeing that publisher go under.

And the Economist compared e-book subscription services to Spotify, the music streaming service, but noted that, unlike musicians (who can supplement the infinitesimal royalties they earn via streaming with fees from live performances), «authors have a book to sell and little else.»

I would doubt that these terms negotiations would have any bearings at all on royalties that authors earn.

So as a self - publisher, you not only earn the author royalty but the publisher profit as well.

If you are unfamiliar with the royalty structure on most major retailers, then you may be asking yourself: How is it that authors earn more money at $ 2.99 - $ 4.99 than they do at $ 0.99 - $ 1.99, when they sell fewer copies of their book?

Now is the time to embrace this excellent opportunity for authors to get exposure and earn higher royalties.

It's free to self - publish and authors earn a 35 per cent royalty rate for books below # 1.99 or 70 per cent for books priced between # 1.99 and # 9.99.

This not only affects how authors will earn royalties, but also distribution strategies, like the one I had planned, which now got flushed.

Personally (speaking as an author as well as a trustee) I'd love to see a system like many Europeans have, in which libraries automatically get all electronic titles, with the author and publisher earning modest royalties based on how often their stuff is lent out.

The top ten KDP Select authors earned over $ 70,000 in the month of December from their participation in the Kindle Owners» Lending Library, a 30 % increase on top of the royalties they earned from their paid sales on the same titles in the same period.

Well, most books don't earn out that advance, so the author never sees any royalties above the advance.

I'd like to see companies that offer those one - time services (editing, cover design, marketing, etc.) where they author can either pay up front or choose a royalty option that earns out.

«Non-traditionally-published» ebooks make up 58 % of all Kindle ebooks bought in the US, while these authors earn almost 60 % of Kindle ebook royalties.

KDP authors are now earning nearly 40 % of all ebook royalties on the Kindle store... fact.

«More authors are turning to self - publishing to retain control over their work and to earn as much in royalties as they can.»

«Indie ebook authors are earning royalty percentages that are 3 - 5 times higher than what traditionally published authors earn.

Membership is limited to authors who are published by an «established» US publisher (re: well - known, not necessarily independent), freelancers who are published by general circulation periodicals, or self - published authors who earn at least $ 5000 in royalties in an 18 - month period.

Sites like Amazon's Kindle Worlds have actually allowed authors to earn royalties on their fan fiction by letting them publish and sell works based on pre-approved books, television shows, or movies.

Additionally, authors are able to earn up to 70 % on royalty sales to customers in a selection of countries including the US, Canada, Germany, India, France, Spain, Japan and more.

But let me tell you, back when I was a naive, trusting seventeen - year - old (as opposed to the naive, not - so - trusting twenty - two - year - old I am now), I was completely bummed out that if I became the author I wanted to be, I'd have to pay taxes on my hard - earned royalties.

The signup process may seem intimidating, but an indie author can earn a higher royalty percentage by going direct and not through a distributor / aggregator.

Authors who have not signed with any publishers can self publish their in ebook format and can earn up to 70 per cent royalties from the books they sell.

Authors who have earned up to 70 % in royalties are going to be reluctant to agree to a much lower royalty offered by the pbook publisher.

Publishing a book and earning royalties for some authors is already sufficient, however, your book can actually lead to multiple streams of income and can be a springboard to a lot of opportunities.

Author Lynn Viehl had total sales of 61,663 on her 2009 paranormal romance, Twilight Fall, earning her a spot on The New York Times mass market paperback bestseller list but it wasn't enough to earn her any royalties over the $ 50,000 advance she received from her publisher.

On one hand, the author doesn't receive royalties until the advance «earns out,» that is when the amount earned surpasses the amount of the advance.

Most trade publishers have traditionally paid their authors «advances against royalties earned.»

For a mass - market paperback book with a minimum first printing of 25,000 copies, an average return rate of 50 %, an average $ 6.50 cover price, and an average 6 % royalty rate, an author would earn only $ 4,875 on the sales of that book — and 15 % ($ 731.25) of that sum would go directly to the author's agent, leaving the author with a gross (before taxes) profit of $ 4,143.75.

The IRS requires Archway Publishing to have a Form W - 9 or Form W - 8BEN on file for each author who may earn royalties.

A book is said to have «earned out» its advance when the author royalties from its sales surpass the advance that the publisher paid the author.

Founder Sebastian Sobczak went so far as to install copyright infringement technology to detect those users who copied and pasted «all - rights - reserved» Google images - disqualifying them from earning any royalties derived from those postings [For more information on this unique social network's monetary model, please see: «Tsū, A New Social Network Pays Indie Authors To Promote Their Work.»]

I earn 100 % author royalties for my book, just as all our Outskirts Press authors earn 100 % author royalties for their book (s).