Sentences with phrase «authors get more money»

Some authors get more money from their blogs than from their royalties.

Given Amazon's outrageous download fees when no one else charges those fees at all, I've begun a policy of buying from Apple whenever possible so authors get more money.

Now with Scribd and Oyster the author gets more money and I find myself actually reading more and browsing when I am not reading.

Not exact matches

Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together, says, «People's relationship to money is not rational, it's emotional... We need to focus more on the psychological blocks and triggers that stand in people's ways, instead of just explaining how to budget or the importance of compound interest.»

«You get the traffic, you convert the traffic, you sell the traffic, then you take your money and you reinvest it in more traffic,» says Marshall, author of 80/20 Sales and Marketing (Entrepreneur Press).

Fredrick Petrie, author of «The End of Work: Financial Planning for People With Better Things To Do,» recommends «taxing» yourself in order to get more money out of your wallet and into the bank — this way you'll make savings a priority from the get - go, rather than budgeting everything else first and then seeing what is left over for savings.

Unfortunately, most e-publishers are pretty hush - hush about the amount of money their authors receive in royalties, but it's safe to say that it's probably more than mainline publishers offer, but not as much as you'd get from publishing your book yourself.

«There's evidence that the more selective college you go to, the more likely you are to earn a lot of money when you get out of that college,» says Paul Tough, author of «How Children Succeed.»

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In response to literary agents who said no major publisher would ever offer a single royalty rate that brought authors more money than the current standard, Rasenberger said that the goal is to get a conversation going.

And having found those authors, the readers will likely get more quality books for less money, which is a huge win for them.

They frequently cite that most of the Amazon bestsellers are written by indie authors and that they are earning more money than writers who get a traditional publishing deal.

Wow, you really are out of touch with the publishing industry if you think that indie authors aren't investing as much (if not more) money in getting their work edited, covers designed etc that the larger publishers put into their titles.

Unlike those other fun time - wasters (looking at you, every single quiz from Women.com that seems to magically score your knowledge of Steel Magnolias as 100 %), this quiz stands to not only help you analyze where you might want to spend a little more time, money, or focus, but also arms authors with articles to help get them started.

And if you want to make that extra effort too, think about buying your ebooks from other sites — especially directly from publishers, if you have that opportunity, because that'll have the added bonus of making sure more money ultimately gets into the hands of your favorite authors.

Do a bit of research and you may well find something awesome you want to read, available in a way that will let you get more money into the hands of the author.

Authors openly blogged about gaming the system by splitting their work into shorter «episodes» so they could get more money through the program than they would by putting their work out in its natural novel state.

Our authors also get a little bit more money (as do we).

For established clients, agents may assist in getting their backlists on sale again, and helping release digital shorts in between larger book releases (a strategy more and more authors are using to keep readers engaged and earn extra money in the process).

What I see is a gold rush, with millions and millions of readers flush with money just waiting for more good books to read — and a bunch of authors who are standing by the river saying, «Oh, I didn't bring a bucket, I don't have a shovel, I don't want to get my shoes wet, this area has probably already been panned dry...» So they sit and draw pictures in the sand, dreaming of success that will never come, because all the gold is down in the river.

Money can only do so much for debut authors; throw more and you don't necessarily get better results.

And personally, I believe that being an indie author is like getting a dollar AND a piece of gum from the tooth fairy, because I get the artistic satisfaction of controlling my creation NOW, and the money as my reader platform grows and I create and sell more books.

They see bookstore after bookstore (where their publisher pays coop money to get them racked more favorably than other authors) close.

The Problem: Independent presses are stuck in a grind, where they develop literary talent to the point that an author breaks out, at which point the author immediately jumps to a much larger press for more money, and the indie press who launched their career gets nothing.

But there are some authors who could get published in the mainstream, but because they are trying to make more money, they think the best way is to self publish.

So now all the authors have realized they can make a lot more money self - publishing once they've got an audience?

So publishers slowly, from the mid-1960s onward, asked authors for longer and longer books to give the readers the feeling they were getting more story for their money as the book prices went up and up and up.

Forgo the higher price point and the stronger royalty percentages to satisfy reader desires (and if you do the math, authors earn less money with trade pb until the tipping point), or go for the hardcover, get more support and have a higher chance of earning out that advance (or the greater risk of failure if it doesn't work).

Overall in the Eisler deal, Amazon agreed to get the book out faster, cheaper, to pay the author more money and allow him to retain more control.

Joseph C. Kunz, Jr. presents Differentiation And Positioning For Authors posted at Kunz On Publishing, saying, «The never - ending quest to get more readers, and their hard - earned money, is more competitive now than it has ever been before.

This article was written in 2012, if you want the updated version please go to: Old School vs New School Crowdfunding: Which One Should Authors Consider and Affiliate Marketing for Indie Authors to get more info on how to get money for publishing.

But more importantly, indie authors have forever to make that money, whereas trad - pub authors have a few months to Launch Big or get pulled from the physical shelves.

Sure, she makes money from each sale but the publisher and the vendor make far more than the author who doesn't get to decide the price.

We offer packages as a way for indie authors and publishers to get the most value for their money, but you are in no way under any obligation to purchase more than you feel you need.

And authors are increasingly going their own way because they get to keep more of the money and don't need to worry about publisher rejection.

And get a free 90 - page Consumer's Guide that reviews these and other tools that help authors make more money with their writing.

All BookBaby authors can now sell their eBooks directly to readers through their own free BookShop e-commerce webpage, earning more money per sale and getting paid faster than ever before.

Some agents are now buying small presses as they realize they can make more money publishing the authors they represent rather than waiting a year to get a book deal from a big house.

Note: Salaried writers usually get more money up front than the majority of authors, either indie or traditionally published, but in most cases that's work for hire without a royalty ingredient.

Now if Amazon, the authors, and publishers really wanted to make more money off me, they'd just need to create the «Kindle Unlimited discount purchase plan»: after reading a KU book, give me the opportunity to get a permanent copy for just a few bucks more.

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More times than not, authors come away a tad sour from their New York experience — they thought it would be so much more — that the publisher would pitch and market the book everywhere; sell gazillions of copies; get them a blizzard of media; they would make oodles of money; it would be so much fun; and all would live happily ever afMore times than not, authors come away a tad sour from their New York experience — they thought it would be so much more — that the publisher would pitch and market the book everywhere; sell gazillions of copies; get them a blizzard of media; they would make oodles of money; it would be so much fun; and all would live happily ever afmore — that the publisher would pitch and market the book everywhere; sell gazillions of copies; get them a blizzard of media; they would make oodles of money; it would be so much fun; and all would live happily ever after.

And while readers are going to be able to get more and more books for less money, authors are going to make a lot more money because of the higher royalty rates.

Also, potentially, because the money you are offered is more than you are making as a successful selfpublished author even if you are getting a lower percentage of revenue.

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The thought of self - publishing has crossed my mind, but I've heard that an author often puts more into it than they usually get out of it, and you end up losing time and money.

The only problem I see: EC's contention that this was about greedy authors trying to get their rights back to self - publish for more money gains a teensy bit of traction now that we know Jane Litte self - published as Jen Frederick.

Many traditionally - published authors shell out their own money for advertising, just like self - published authors (except the latter gets more bang for their advertising buck — they can make ten times as much for each book sold).

Professional book covers cost money (but not as much as you might think), and often, authors end up asking themselves: does a professional book cover actually get you more clicks and sales?

On the flip side, many authors choose to self publish because it just makes sense: they will get their book out faster and can make more money per copy sold.