As part of that deal, we also offer Lulu
authors a discount on DartFrog's services!
Kobo has just partnered with Bowker to give Writing Life
Authors a discount on ISBN... [Read more...]
Legitimate presses will never make an author commit to purchasing any copies of the work (though often they do offer
authors a discount on copies the author elects to buy).
Not exact matches
The
author was obviously impressed by Nancy Reagan's plea
on behalf of Alzheimer's patients, even though the applicability of stem cells to Alzheimer's is
discounted by some knowledgeable scientists.
Dr Patricia Brekke, researcher at ZSL and the lead
author of the study, said: «Conservation management often
discounts individuals that are thought to be unable to produce offspring, thinking that they have no effect
on populations.
The
authors then go
on to
discount the evidence of higher satisfaction among women choosing to deliver at home, as well as the cost - effectiveness of doing so, while presenting absolutely no evidence to the contrary.
«People who are
on the really cutting edge of fashion might buy pre-season [at full price] but many folks wait for the
discounts,» says journalist Ellen Ruppel Shell,
author of Cheap: The High Cost of
Discount Culture.
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.
Self - published
authors will receive guidance
on whether or not to enroll in KDP Select and how to use pricing /
discounting as a strategic tool.
I buy them at my
author discount of 35 %, and sell them
on at full, or near full price, so my purchases count as sales — 10 % gives me # 1.46 towards my royalties — plus I make around # 7.50 each copy if I sell at full price.
Ingram opens up distribution of their books nearly worldwide, including
on Amazon, and offers industry - standard
discount rates to book buyers — the LSI
author has total control of his / her book pricing and can set the
discount sales rate to standard 55 % with returns allowed.
A way that doesn't require you to make a huge upfront investment
on inventory, but allows you to take advantage of your
author discount in addition to the Lulu
discount?
By enrolling
on the link
on Smashwords» homepage,
authors can choose to enter any or all of their titles in the promotion by listing them at a
discount of 25 %, 50 %, 75 %, or 100 %.
Let's do the math
on a hypothetical book with a list price of $ 10: At a 55 %
discount to retailers, the publisher would receive $ 4.50 per copy, minus the
author's 15 % royalty of $ 1.50.
In exchange for a multi-tiered
discount on their titles,
authors can be included in Smashwords» Summer / Winter Promotion.
One of the updates will allow you to find out more about an
author, if the book is apart of a series and what the other titles are and allow you to get
discounts on purchasing them all at once.
A standard deep
discount clause looks something like this: «
On copies of the Work sold by the Publisher at a
discount of greater than 55 % from the publisher's retail price through channels outside of ordinary retail trade channels, the
author will be paid a royalty of 15 % of the Publisher's net proceeds.»
Of course,
authors choosing to publish with Outskirts Press will receive
discounts on many services (sometimes in excess of 40 % off), so that's one reason to continue to publish with Outskirts Press.
It is a subscription model and it is managed by
Author Solutions, who sponsors this blog, but if you subscribe for the year and eventually publish with an ASI imprint in a year, you will get your money back in a
discount on your publishing package.
(If you're in the United Kingdom, here is a link to my
author page where you can find all of these books
on discount.)
The
Discount Book Man runs their own book promotion website, which, along with their email subscribers, Facebook page and Twitter account gives authors excellent exposure for their Kindle book, whether it's free, or on discount, or even full
Discount Book Man runs their own book promotion website, which, along with their email subscribers, Facebook page and Twitter account gives
authors excellent exposure for their Kindle book, whether it's free, or
on discount, or even full
discount, or even full priced.
They could say they offer a 1,000,000 %
discount for indie
authors and it would amount to the same thing: just more marketing
on their end to sell their service.
Amazon is talking about ebook sales going to
authors while print book sales would go to Hatchette and if Hatchette had agreed to this - showing they cared about their
authors - Amazon would go back to large restocking / reorders
on print books,
discounting print books instead of selling them at the absurd high prices set by Hatchette which they've been complaining about, and re-enabling pre-order buttons.
(
Authors make little or no money
on high
discount books sold like that.)
Authors who order their book publishing package during St. Patrick's Day and include the following promotion code at the time of check - out, will receive a 20 % instant
discount on either the Diamond or Pearl full - color publishing packages.
The
authors alleged that Amazon was punishing Hachette
authors by refusing to accept pre-orders
on e-books for them, refusing to
discount the books, slowing e-delivery, and suggesting other non-Hachette
authors to customers.
Authors who've priced their books at standard prices of $ 3.99
on Google and Amazon have been met with a rude awakening in instances where Google has dropped its price and Amazon matches the
discount.
NY Times Bestselling
Author Ilsa Madden - Mills only had this
on discount in Sept for a limited time — she's put it
on discount again for 2 days just for us!
Business - savvy
authors have learned that by taking advantage of Lulu's weekly
discounts —
on top of their
author discount — they can earn more revenue per book by selling to readers during events or directly from their website.
For now, BookBub is staying vague about how it will tackle the ebook discovery problem, but he says that promoting curated deals
on ebooks has proven to be an effective way to help readers discover new
authors whose works they go
on to buy with or without a
discount.
We have videos
on setting up your self - publishing company, the differences between CreateSpace and IngramSpark, wholesale
discounts, getting your ISBNs, creating
author platforms, book marketing strategies, Word tips, and even recordings of our Self - Publishing Success webinars.
(Update: If you're in the United Kingdom, here is a link to my
author page where you can find all of these books
on discount.)
The new code assumes that being part of a professional association of independent publishers and self - published
authors means something more than
discounts on editorial, distribution, and marketing services.
Benefits include contract reviews; publishing industry updates and advice; legal advice and forms; marketing and social media advice; website building and hosting; access to members - only workshops, seminars and events; a print and digital subscription to the
Authors Guild Bulletin, our quarterly publication of publishing and legislative news;
discounted media liability insurance; listing in our member profiles; exclusive
discounts on services and goods designed to help you with your writing business, as well as
discounts on hotels, car rentals, and more.
Here are some
author links for free and
discounted items as well as learning more about my journey as an
author on their pages!
Benefits include publishing industry updates and advice; legal advice; website building and hosting; access to member - only workshops; seminars and events; a print and digital subscription to the
Authors Guild Bulletin; listing in our member profiles; exclusive
discounts on hotels, car rentals, and more.
On the other hand, e-book retailers like amazon.com offer a huge number of free, classic titles and they often offer heavily
discounted titles from new
authors to draw readers into a series.
Having the
author present to sign copies usually ensures plenty of sales
on the day and it helps if you can offer a
discounted price for books bought at the launch.
With almost all of the paid services, the cost of a listing will depend
on both the genre of the book and the level of
discount the
author is offering: free books, for example, will commonly be cheaper to promote than $ 3.99 books.
Unfortunately, Sony is not offering
discounts on any of the books that are featured in the Book of Month, nor are they getting
authors to participate in the events.
Buying a book earns a
discount on related books by other
authors from the same publisher.
This type of program, even if no longer offered for free but rather at a significant
discount, stands to not only be a tremendous PR move for the company, but can also fill up some of the empty seats
on various routes, especially if
authors are able to be as flexible in their travel dates as they are in their writing schedules.
Right now, books must be priced at $ 2.99 or higher to pay the 70 % royalty to the
author or publisher; since participation in Kindle Countdown Deals requires a
discount of at least $ 1US, books that therefore fall below the $ 2.99 requirement will still pay out at 70 %
on sales at the
discounted price.
But, over time, we realize that there are a multitude of beginning
authors who don't know where to go to get trusted services, so we have a person
on the KWL team, Hufsa, dedicated to working with potential partners to secure a
discount for KWL
authors on services and so we can direct them to people who are going to provide quality service and trusted service.»
Under this strategy, Amazon decides that it will demand no more
discount than offered to any other vendor, for any purpose *; it will do everything in its power to meet
author and indendent publisher demands; and it will send a bouquet and basket of puppies to midlist
authors who place their out - of - print books
on Kindle, in addition to the royalties due (and a holiday bonus).
But Random and its imprints and
authors have benefited hugely from the price flexibility that Amazon and other retailers have been allowed, especially since the publisher and the
authors get paid based
on full list price even if a title is
discounted below wholesale cost in the Kindle Store and elsewhere.
Details below: Developmental Reads
on a full manuscript: 15 %
discount Line Edit Reads
on a full manuscript: 10 %
discount ** Any full read, I will throw in your query for no extra charge WHO I AM I'm a traditionally published
author with Penguin Random House and HarperCollins, as well as a freelance editor, and blogger.
$ 200
discount on full spread print covers for Nonfiction
Authors Association members.
Amazon has chosen to attempt to intimidate publisher,
authors and readers alike by significantly reducing purchase price
discounts of my books and those written by other Hachette
authors,» noting that the «similar items» suggestions appeared
on his books.
Also
on Facebook,
author Jeffrey Deaver wrote that «Amazon has chosen to attempt to intimidate publisher,
authors and readers alike by significantly reducing purchase price
discounts of my books and those written by other Hachette
authors,» noting that the «similar items» suggestions appeared
on his books.