Sentences with phrase «author signings»

Nevertheless, many authors sign with subsidy publishers or vanity presses who charge them a fee which can add up to thousands of dollars.

Offer a giveaway of a few author signed books at the event to build buzz (people love free stuff!).

So in today's post, I'm going to lay out several examples of authors signing unfair contracts as well as authors getting their rights stolen from them.

Or the venue might have a table ready for author signings, so you'd only need to lay out your books.

In fact, 90 % of the podcasts who welcome indie authors, are hosted by indie authors or authors signed at small publishing presses.

Many authors sign postcards or bookmarks or other items related to their books.

It's hard to predict whether the trend of indie authors signing lucrative deals with Big 6 houses will continue.

To reach 5,000 copies requires a full time book store by book store author signing event.

Making authors sign away rights to characters — so you can never write about those characters again without paying the agent a fee.

If several authors sign up, I will put up regular posts with information, ideas, suggestions, etc. here on my blog.

Features over 200 major mystery author signings every year.

But when I see authors sign with small presses, I wonder what the publisher is giving them that they couldn't get for themselves.

They promise a lot for a little bit of money so authors sign up.

I have wondered as little communities like mine lose their small independent bookstores and have no big box booksellers if the libraries will pick up the slack and start holding author signings.

If I had it to do over again, I'd have authors sign book plates and not bought books at all.

Thousands of square feet of booths, hundreds of authors signing and giving away books, every major publisher and clever book gadget on hand... it's exciting and at times overwhelming.

Check out my recent book, What Do Ebook Authors Sign?

On Saturday, an in - depth conversation called the Keynote Couch takes place in the morning, followed by more authors signing in the exhibitor + Signing Hall.

Every author needs a website to keep readers up to date about author signings, work in progress, newsletter signups and provide links for readers to purchase books and more.

And Amazon doesn't expect a lifetime commitment when authors sign up.

«I think it is very likely that we will see a number of self - published authors sign contracts with traditional publishers this year for the paper rights only, leaving the authors in control of their electronic rights.»

An astonishing number of authors signed over all their backlist e-rights to their NY publishers, way before Amazon started offering 70 % royalties.

We expect that as more authors sign - up for BookBuzzr it will become more useful for the BookBuzzr author community (since authors will have more choice).

A new author signs up for Goodreads, claims their author profile and joins the Goodreads Author Program.

However, Barnes & Noble has a physical store that offers people experiences like author signings and workshops.

Yesterday, I had the privilege of partaking in a Local Author Signing Day in South Pasadena.

From author signings to book launches to discussions of the latest trends in the trade and electronic media, Frankfurt has it all.

In the contract that the host author signs with Amazon KW, there are terms they agree to that are mirrored in the contract that an author would sign to write in KW.

Available as an ebook from Amazon, iBooks, Kobo, B&N Nook and as a paperback, author signed paperback and from other retailers.

Those grants have served for projects like building in video conferencing capabilities to have virtual author signings in the store, to renovations, to even just paying shop employees during the slow months.

They became middlemen who added little to no value for most authors they signed.

When authors sign on, Amazon automatically places the enrolled eBook in their Kindle Owner's Lending Library.

This is a mass book - signing event, where hundreds of romance authors sign books (donated by publishers) for fans, with the proceeds from the event donated to local and national literacy organizations.

Detailed instructions and screenshots are included to walk authors through using Authorgraph, Autography (which lets authors sign actual ebooks just like signing a physical / printed book), and other signing solutions.

Not only is it inspiring to visit local bookstores and attend author signings, but sometimes you even get a chance to take a few authors out for drinks afterwards to discuss the business, the craft and to commiserate with those who know exactly how you feel!

For instance, the Slate article Scalzi linked to — it talks about authors signing away their rights, which is not the case.

He was our first author signing.

Just a reminder to check out my giveaway for two beautiful author signed books about keeping chickens and canning / preserving.

Published Outskirts Press authors signed - in to their Publishing Center Dashboard need only look for this graphic and click it to open the free marketing resource library, which is currently stocked with the following helpful information:

Each year, tens of thousands of new and aspiring authors sign up for NaNoWriMo — a challenge to write 50,000 words of a novel during the... Continue reading How to win NaNoWriMo

If a USA author signs up, does it automatically get moved to StreetLib USA or is there a special USA url?