Sentences with phrase «authors and publishers earn»

Most Smashwords authors and publishers earn the bulk of their income by taking advantage of the Smashwords distribution network, where we distribute to major ebook retailers such as the Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and others.

Indie authors and publishers earn 60 % list price when a reader opens an e-book and reads more than 10 % of the book.

It doesn't stop there; authors and publishers earn 85 % of sales, making it one of the services with highest return.

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.

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.

SEATTLE, Jan 20, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced details of a new program that will enable authors and publishers who use the Kindle Digital Text Platform (DTP) to earn a larger share of revenue from each Kindle book they sell.

The problem is indeed that traditional authors expect to have their book published, get a big advance, and if it doesnâ $ ™ t earn out hard luck for the publisher - they have to take risks.

And I don't see where you get the idea that it is easier to make money going indie than it is traditional, -LCB- to join these organizations you have to earn «x» amount of money over a single calendar year, where the specified amount for indie publishers is a * multiple * of the requirement for traditionally - published authors minimum income, because it is easier to make money by going indie, -RCB- because it is actually harder.

Smashwords authors and publishers will earn 45 % list from Odilo sales, the same as from Smashwords library aggregators OverDrive and Baker & Taylor Axis 360.

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.

While libraries are concerned with meeting their budgets and offering relevant content in a way that keeps patrons looking to their libraries for material, publishers have to ensure that their authors are compensated and that they continue to earn enough of a profit to keep their doors open.

The publishers who see authors reclaiming their rights to go Indie and earn more in a month than what they got twice a year from their publishers, and Indie authors who refuse with a laugh their crappy contracts.

While writing and publishing your own book can be sufficient reward, regardless of money, there are plenty of author - publishers who are earning a good living and more, from their self - published books.

Dana Lynn Smith, the Savvy Book Marketer, teaches authors and indie publishers how to sell more books and earn more money from their publishing business.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

Freemium self - publishers use tactics that aren't quite so obvious, but include overcharging for additional services (like the custom covers and book videos), overcharging for author copies, and the coup - de-grace: manipulating you into actually giving away your e-book to their customers under the guise of «marketing» (but, you only «earn the right» to do this if they have an exclusive on your book, thus preventing you from making money elsewhere).

If local business models are researched well and chosen judiciously, authors will earn more money, their works will reach new readers, and both publishers and authors can gain intelligence along way to better adapt their next decisions.

Publishers sell books into different outlets at different prices, and when they earn less they like to pay the author less.

Hell's bells, if we have to make sure we send an edited manuscript to our agents and editors before they «edit» it — and yes, there are a number of authors who pay freelance editors to go over their work before submitting it because they know there will be no real editing done by their editors at certain legacy publishers — and we have to do our own marketing and promotion and do it on our own dime, why are we giving legacy publishers the majority of money earned by our hard work?

But is it fair to require an author who is only publishing digitally to prove earning equal to the advance for print and digital rights — and all other rights the publisher can think of to grab?

It was bigger than ever this year, with over 100 authors, publishers and other book trade folk mixing and mingling over a well - earned drink after a hard day's Book Fairing.

In the last decade, the success of self - published authors has shown traditional publishers that DIY writers can earn the adoration of millions and the respect of even the harshest literary critics.

Essentially, the publisher earns $ 2.20 more per copy and the author makes $ 1.58 less.

• Very few authors who debut with major publishers make enough money to earn a living — and modern advances don't cover the difference.

Solomon was slightly more forgiving as she applauded Howey's efforts to arm authors with solid data and knowledge, but even she went on to state that publishers earn a significant portion of their revenue from print sales, and Author Earnings only takes into account ebook sales.

Publishers do still fight over manuscripts from «hot» authors and you still see agents taking projects to auction, with advances being paid that may never earn out because of over-exuberance.

If the book happened to be chosen and accepted from the slush pile of manuscripts, the author (in reality the agent since old school publishers don't really like to interact with the actual author) was notified, and small check was sent as an «advance» for what the publisher hoped to at least earn out that advance.

Because self - published authors keep 70 % of their total purchase price on Amazon compared to the 25 % that most traditionally published authors get from their publishers, indie authors are earning almost half the daily author revenue in the Mystery / Thriller, Science Fiction / Fantasy, and Romance genres.

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.

Traditional publishers have benefits that authors don't want to deal with — advances (e.g. earn some money while you are writing), copy editing and marketing assistance (though if you think they will market without your effort, you are just lying to yourself).

We don't hear much about the great bestsellers in educational publishing (although I can assure you than many earn both their publishers and their authors a great deal more than the average new novel).

How Much Money You Can Expect to Make From Your First Book Contract (Chad R. Allen): Chad's the Editorial Director at Baker Books, and here he breaks down exactly how publishers calculate advances and how much money an author can earn from a book.

The income threshold is the same, whether the money is from income earned from an advance - paying publisher, a small press that doesn't pay an advance, or self - publishing (for small press and self - publishing authors, I believe there will be a timeframe in which the income must be earned — I'm thinking it's 12 months, but don't quote me on that).

It's here the two paths separate, and while a writer intent on a traditional publishing deal can submit her work to potential agents or publishers and take a well - earned siesta, the self - publishing author has to get busy.

Large publishers can't compete against that (a traditional mass market paperback sold for $ 8.00 earns the author about 40 cents), which is one of the reasons I firmly believe the future of publishing lies in the hands of indie authors and small publishers, and in the years ahead we'll see more and more big - name authors go indie.

At the present time, traditionally published authors still only receive the standard 15 % royalty, identical to what they would earn on hardcover sales; the chairman explained the historical rationale for the 15 % paid out to authors, which was based on the assumption that the cost of producing the physical book was about 70 % of the sales price and the remaining 30 % was to be split equally between the author and the publisher.

The site is a «highly visible discovery place for their titles and authors,» and she said publishers earn «fairly respectable revenue for a brief two - week promotion.»

According to our data, 2 of the top 7 highest - earning Big - Five debut authors from the last 5 years were E. L. James and Colleen Hoover, both of whom were self - published breakouts before a traditional publisher jumped aboard.

That said, one takeaway from the Author Earning's blog data is that books do seem to be very elastic: it seems obvious that the shift to agency pricing and associated higher prices has a direct connection to the falling share for big publishers in the ebook market.

Since we only earn income on commission, we're 100 % focused on helping our authors, publishers and literary agents reach more readers and sell more books

A new report claims that self - published authors have surged to 31 % of ebook sales on Amazon.com, and are now earning more ebook royalties than writers published by the «Big five» traditional publishers.

I compared the Author Earning's blog's May 2015 report to its May 2014 report (to best match the data in the New York Times story, which is for the first five months of the year) and found that publisher ebook revenue is only up 1 %, while Amazon's revenue is down 1 % (which, it should be noted, contradicts the company's public statements).

«In addition to being a great new benefit for customers, this is an easy choice for publishers and authors who will now be able to earn more from each book they publish.»

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.

As a book designer, I still run into many who don't understand that self - publishing is not a nickel - and - dime DIY project whereby one does the cheapest work one can and expects readers to part with their hard - earned dollars for something that the author - publisher doesn't have the confidence or an integrity to make worthwhile.

But more important than how much she's earning as an author is the ability and clout she maintains to be selective in not only her books, but her publishers as well.

«In addition to being a great new benefit for customers, this is an easy choice for publishers and authors who will now be able to earn more from each book they publish,» said Russ Grandinetti, vice president of Kindle Content.

Fewer than 700 Big Five authors and fewer than 500 small - or - medium publisher authors who debuted in the last 10 years are now earning $ 25,000 a year or more on Amazon — from all of their hardcover, paperback, audio and ebook editions combined.

For instance, suppose that a major publisher needs to earn more than $ 7.00 / copy to recoup a huge celebrity author's advance and an expensive advertising campaign.

Dubbed KDP Select, the fund aims to let indie authors and publishers «make money in a whole new way»... [When] a KDP author or publisher chooses to make any of their books exclusive to the Kindle Store for at least 90 days, those books are eligible to be included in the Kindle Owners» Lending Library and can earn a share of the KDP Select fund.