Sentences with phrase «author rights holders»

Between them, they will let libraries, their patrons, and the publisher and author rights holders try out different models and approaches to ebook borrowing.

Not exact matches

As the holder of exclusive rights, Dymocks could take punitive measures against authors they have a disagreement with by decreasing distribution or stopping it entirely for the author's book (s) and not allowing the author have that work published elsewhere.

Copyright is a hotly contested issue facing both authors and the publishing industry, as rights holders work to strike a balance between safeguarding content and sharing it across a variety of platforms to reach as many readers as possible.

This crackdown marks an important step for recognizing the rights of authors and copyright holders, and for attacking an increasingly frustrating problem.

Kindle Singles, including Singles Classics, are published by the author / rights holder via Kindle Direct Publishing.

Amazon launched its Kindle Worlds fan fiction platform just over a year ago, and the concept has been a great success for both the rights holders who license content to the site and the fans who adore the concepts and story lines of their favorite authors.

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Audible will pay authors, actors and other rights holders the equivalent value of each recipient's first title

Each recipient gets his or her first title through the program for free, and Audible will pay authors, actors and other rights holders the equivalent value of each recipient's first title.

The Authors Guild insists that rights holders retain the ability to negotiate for higher royalties, block displays of their work entirely and change their mind about which books are included at any time.

So it was an easy decision for the clients to participate and benefit: Trident would only charge its customary commission based on revenues received by the authors, and Trident would not become an e-book publisher, profiting at the client's expense, being a rights holder, and finding itself potentially in an adversarial position with authors.

«However, in the case of the voter packets, authors and rights holders are increasingly feeling that if their work is not included in the packet it will be at a disadvantage in the awards.

One of the things that has kept subscription ebook reading from already securing its place on consumers» devices has been reluctance on the part of publishers, authors, and rights holders to adopt a model that didn't offer very clear explanations of how royalties will be determined.

In fact, it's now the self - published authors who are benefiting from Amazon's Kindle Matchbook feature, which allows rights holders to offer the ebook at a discount of up to 100 % for readers who purchase the print edition.

The author (and still rights holder) has no access to the sales data or royalty payments, and instead has to request that information from the publisher in terms of quarterly sales reports and quarterly royalty checks, which often include as much as 55 % of net sales deducted for the publisher.

One of the first sites that operates through user - interest dollars was Unglue.it, who as early as 2011 was working to solicit donations to take existing books and basically «unglue» the copyright status; for enough donations, the rights» holder — either the publisher, the author, or the author's estate — would be compensated to release the book into public domain.

While no one argues the clear benefits to Google's efforts, especially in terms of book access for the underserved literary demographics and those whose impairments prevent them from enjoying the same textual access that other readers have, the Authors Guild fought the effort claiming copyright infringement, especially in terms of the estates of previous rights» holders.

One of the most important contract negotiation steps is to demand that no royalties be withheld by the publisher if there are upfront costs to the author; of equal importance is the need to retain complete control over sales data and retailers» accounts, ensuring that the rights holder (in this scenario, the author) still has that level of control over his own work.

I'm also a narrator through ACX, the Audiobook Creation Exchange, a subsidiary of Amazon created in 2011 as a sort of matchmaking service between rights holders (authors or publishers) and audiobook producers (narrators and studio professionals like sound engineers.)

Amazon will publish fanfic in those worlds (if it conforms to certain guidelines) and the rights holder and the fanfic author will share revenue.

When a book publisher contracts with an author to publish a book, in essence, the author (who is the copyright holder) grants the publisher the right to publish the work for an agreed - upon amount of money.

A number of authors and rights» holders are already lending their characters to the platform, allowing fan fiction authors the ability to write new stories with these characters and to publish them via the Kindle Worlds platform for a profit.

«We publish e-only, with the intention that we build a platform for authors and attract the attention of others rights holders like print publishers and foreign publishers.

French culture minister Frédéric Mitterrand welcomed the fact the accord was «based on recognition of the principles of authors» rights, and guaranteed control by rights - holders over the digitization process and the sale price of works.»

The publishing industry has spent the past few weeks reeling from the insights provided by DBW and AuthorEarnings into what book sales data actually feels like for the rights holders involved, if not actually providing meaning discussion and furthering conversations about how accurate comparative sales data can help authors and publishers.

Authors, publishers, and rights holders can incorporate their audiobook editions into AudioEngine through submission and agreements with Findaway World.

Consider the reasons why you, the author or rights holder, might want to consider adding an audiobook option for your book.

In possibly the largest self - publishing coup to date, J.K. Rowling, author and digital rights holder of all of the books in the Harry Potter series, will be releasing the electronic editions of her books and selling them through her new website, Pottermore.com, beginning with the first book in the series releasing in October and the next book being released in early 2012.

I'm not the gambling type but I'm willing to bet librarians are much more concerned for authors» and copyright holders» rights than the average citizen; despite having been continually burned by publishers.

When the first user sells the e-book to the second user the original rights holder (publisher, indie author) will get a portion of the sale.

The success of the Audiobook Creation Exchange has proven that every audio right has value, and that in 2013 there's every reason for all authors and rights holders to make sure their books are available in audio.»

This program, which is free for authors to track the 2013 - to - present sales of up to ten titles, uses major retailers» databases to give rights holders a clear picture of how their titles are selling across different markets.

This deal between Andre and Harlequin marks one of the first times the author has retained the digital rights and the publisher handled the print rights; one other well - known author who managed to publish in both formats with different rights» holders is JK Rowling, who had the foresight to retain her digital rights when she signed the contracts to the Harry Potter series nearly twenty years ago and later self - published the series in digital format.

The option to bundle ebooks can be especially helpful for smaller press publishers, digital - first or ebook - only publishers, or indie authors with a number of titles, as it helps with the discoverability while not forcing the rights» holder to focus their resources on separate marketing strategies for each different book.

Unlike dating sites, ACX is free to use and offers authors, literary agents, and publishers (aka, rights holders, or RHs) an excellent way to connect directly with audiobook narrators and producers.

In collecting books for its archives, Google essentially grabbed every book it could find unless the rights - holder (the publisher or author) learned about it and complained to opt out.

Rights Holders: If you're a Rights Holder — an author, publisher, or agent — you can use ACX to engage audiobook Producers and create your audiobook.

Most authors and Rights Holders deserve to benefit from the additional revenue stream that audiobooks represent.

he might be right, but the core power they used to have of reaching people through distribution is now gone, the balance of power has shifted and Authors or Rights Holders have a greater ability to operate without publishers:

Amazon plans to publish fanfic — and pay royalties to both the original rights holder and the fanfic author.

Monetize the entire catalog with prices ranging from 49 cents for public - domain to $ 9.99 for bestsellers (and more when justifiable for technical books, etc.), a sensible royalty structure back to publishers (including Amazon Digital Services), rights holders, and authors, and a point - of - sale slice for pysical stores.

For these short stories — typically priced under one dollar — Amazon will pay the royalties for the World's rights holder and pay authors a digital royalty of 20 %.

Amazon Publishing pays royalties to both authors and rights holders: For works of at least 10,000 words, authors receive 35 percent of net revenue (based on sales price rather than the standard, but lower, wholesale), paid monthly.

(C) Author's REPUBLIC will prepare royalty statements with respect to the Audiobook on a monthly basis, and will forward such statements to the RIGHTS HOLDER not more than 30 (thirty) days after the end of each calendar month.

Proceeds will go to the rights - holders, and if the authors» works consists of over 10,000 words, the authors get the standard book royalty rate of 35 % of total sales.

A very good argument can be made that a good agent will pull together a package of best of breed rights holders to the ultimate benefit of the author, I feel strongly that in the end this creates an albatross around the rights holders, limiting their marketing and experimentation to the narrow confines of what they are allowed to purchase.

ACX enables rights holders — authors or publishers, though the site has become increasingly geared toward self - published authors — post their rights on the platform and let producers and narrators bid on them.

As part of Audible's efforts to use their authors» connections to gain new customers, rights holders will also earn $ 25 every time their audiobook is one of the first three titles purchased by a new Audible member.

They will be trying new books as rights holders come forward to join the experiment — perhaps poets or authors of books related to this year's election, or nonprofits with great content to release in return for reasonable crowd - funded compensation.

We should try out new business models in our dealings with rights holders: Buy directly from rights holders, including authors; host your own ebook content; or offer library users the choice of purchasing ebooks through the library catalog when the waitlist is too long.