Sentences with phrase «author hitting it big»

Meanwhile we'll continue to see self - published authors hitting it big and then receiving significant advances from traditional publishers, as well.

I disagree with Andrew Franklin that mostly non-fiction indie authors hit the big time.

# 6 It is no wonder that indie authors hit it big on the chart.

Not exact matches

i hope the author of this article remembered to touch wood after writing this... Way too many things are taken for granted here... «players like Santi Cazorla and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain are really hitting form and are sure to turn up for the big clash against the Saints.»

In the 3.5 years since E.pol's initial launch, the proliferation of big flat - screen monitors has changed the prevailing standards and allowed sites to spread out sideways, just like certain online authors if they don't hit the gym often enough.

The authors suggest that searches for these impact ejecta layers will be more fruitful for determining how many times Earth was hit by big asteroids than searches for large craters.

When you get big hits of wow — from buying a new pair of shoes, for example, or eating crème brûlée — the brain releases the reward chemical dopamine, but over time you need more and more of those hits to get the same effect, explains Robert Lustig, MD, author of the forthcoming book The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains.

Jeannette Walls, the author of the best - selling 2005 memoir whose big - screen retelling hits theaters this week, reportedly played a consulting role in the production of The Glass Castle.

«The book, by German author Daniel Kehlmann, told of a screenwriter who holes up in a remote house in the Alps with his wife and daughter so he can work on a sequel to his big hit.

One of the authors, Malkus, estimates that the cumulative state income tax liability [11] could be over $ 900 million per year, with the biggest hits in New York, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Illinois:

Even if an author's first book hits it big, they still put the time, effort, and investment into it.

When they confirm a big media hit or garner a great review for an author, they often feel the same excitement and satisfaction as the author.

Either is completely legitimate, and yes, some indie authors hit upon the right combination of fabulous writing, great design and savvy book marketing and make it to the big leagues.

Self - published authors are expanding into conferences throughout the world, with some indie - centric events hitting the big time like Author Marketing Live, PubSense Summit, and IndieRecon.

Some of the biggest indie authors first got their start in trad pub, while others never sent out a single query letter before hitting it big.

But with indie publishing running so much of the industry now, the playing field is really evened out and a lot of the big mojo that used to hit the bestseller lists is being seen in fiction — which often doesn't report to these lists, or authors are selling lots of copies of all of their books, as opposed to one, singular title.

If the author believes the work is likely to become a smash TV hit or the next big Christmas toy, the derivative rights could be the plum of the book contract.

They want tent poles they can rely on, not risky unproven authors who may one day hit it big.

And, I had just gotten a bit of advice from author Steve Hamilton, who advised me to keep an eye out for contests I could submit my book to (since he had hit it big through a contest as well).

An author at Amazon might look at your situation and decide to do 3 sets of two books each so they didn't have to take a big hit to avoid going over $ 9.99.

But surely those authors hitting the bestseller lists, like the New York Times, have hit the big time — right?

If I DO rent a stall, I will work my ass off and do things few authors dare attempt, in order to hit some really big numbers.

This week I experienced the Indie Bestseller group of authors, made up of Bella Andre, Hugh Howey, Jasinda Wilder, Barbara Freethy, Liliana Hart, Candice Hern and Stephanie Bond, all of whom are incredibly successful as indie authors, both in terms of hitting the big lists, satisfying readers, and making a very good living.

Rowling's new book, which many thought would be one of the year's biggest hits, debuted at No. 2 on the New York Times bestseller list, a triumph for nearly any author, but not for Rowling.

Since fewer authors make it through the Big Five gatekeeping process to begin with, it's entirely possible that my overall probability of hitting a higher point on the list is far better if I squeeze through the Big Five gate at the outset.

Certainly, there are more indie than Big Five authors earning above minimum wage in this daily snapshot (486 vs. 302), but to know the probability of hitting the right place on the list, we would need to know the distribution of publisher types across all of the ebooks in the selected genres.

Okay, maybe it's a slight exaggeration, but getting one hundred times the normal website hits and being championed by such indie author giants as Hugh Howey, The Passive Guy, Courtney Milan, the Indie Voice Authors and H.M. Ward is a big deal for a little fish like me.

Hugely successful authors who had hit the big lists with their books.

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Every now and then, you hear of some independent author who's selling extremely well at Apple or perhaps Barnes & Noble, even though they haven't hit it big at Amazon.

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The part where you write «[Publishers will] continue to gamble on thousands of authors in the hopes that one of them hits it big.

Pundits and publishing peeps will deny the truth of the new Top - Down Approach and continue to gamble on thousands of authors in the hopes that one of them hits it big.

Out of all the authors who debut this year, one or two of them will hit it big.

With predictions such as those from Smashwords «CEO Mark Coker that portend that 2013 will see an even bigger glut of ebooks hitting the market, readers can struggle to find quality content for their devices while still seeking out new authors and new works.

For a writer to make any kind of decent money at indie - publishing, the author either has to have a lot of products selling at low levels, but regularly, or the author needs to hit it big like Amanda Hocking.

I'm thinking that in the future, we're going to see more authors like David Dalglish, who hit it big in indie and then got picked up by Orbit.

It's the 9th best - selling hardcover fiction title on the list, which means it should hit the NYT Hardcover Fiction somewhere around # 9 this week; no mean feat in a season crowded with big name authors.

Can a debut author really consider signing a contract «hitting the big time»?

But I hit a few in a row that were three stars and it just didn't feel right, even though they were big name authors and not someone I knew.

We have two team members dedicated to arranging swaps with big - hitting SciFi and fantasy authors, who don't trawl Facebook groups looking for swaps.

You could even argue that he's played the biggest part in the rise of indie authors — by refusing book deals from Publishers, by hitting great sales ranks, by revealing his earnings (over $ 500K in 2011), and by sharing what worked for him.

An aspiring author recently asked me for advice on hitting the «big time.»

For David, his contribution to the box sets started to shine earlier in the hit box set, Dead Dozen, that combined the 12 mysteries / thrillers from 12 different big name authors.

Clare, you hit upon the single biggest challenge (and expense) a self - publishing author faces.

and I looked over the very slick program, and read about the authors, and sighed, explained to them that no — these authors are picked by a committee, who draws on the NYT best seller list and those books which hit in a big way.

While most self - published books manage to earn back the author's original investment, a few break out and hit the big time.

I notice more and more traditional authors are self publishing as well, especially books that traditional publishers don't feel are big enough to hit the sale numbers they want.

They may do it if you're a bigger name author or it's clear that you have a hit on your hands, but if that's the case, you're earning enough in ebook sales that you probably don't need to do a royalty split.

Amazon has been good for all authors, best - selling and non, self - pub and partner pub, because, for a few, A) Amazon helped replace part of the wholesale market, which shrank in the 1990's, and really helped open up online book - selling; B) Amazon has increased international publishing by expanding into numerous countries, allowing more international authors to hit the big English markets, English authors to hit new markets and transnational publishers to do multi-country launches more easily; C) by launching the Kindle, Amazon juiced the small e-book retail industry into a much larger, fast - growing market, which helped replace mass market wholesale sales, etc..