Sentences with phrase «authors money try»

Why should RWA members have to pay to let a publisher who doesn't give authors money try to attract more authors, who it still won't pay?

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In this edited excerpt, the author offers tips on deciding exactly how much money you should try to raise.

In the Snowball, the author describes how Buffett's relentless accumulation of Berkshire Hathaway stock started as an innocent investment, but grew out of control when the then - CEO of Berkshire (Seabury Stanton) tried to con Buffett out of some money on a tender offer for the stock.

«Fair Shot» author Chris Hughes is trying to convince America's richest citizens to give money to working people — not education policy, not inspirational messages, not invocations to try harder.

In a new interview with Huffington Post, Joel Osteen — bestselling author, preacher and man of a million smiles — is trying to clarify some of his views on money, particularly for those who...

Bet On It Armed with ¬ # 1,000 of someone else's money and what he thought was inside information, the author spent Open week trying to beat the odds

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On November 4th the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools published a paper authored by NCSECS entitled «Getting Lost While Trying to Follow the Money: Special Education Finance in Charter Schools.»

luckily i was able to put down their «marketing» consaltant, she did try to press on useless marketing service at cost of 5thousands dollars, what a shameless b... ch, she had nothing to say on question how can i be sure that i will have a return on such «investment», can you guarantee me that i will actually sale a book, and with author royalty like 40pence how many do i have to sell to get back my money?

Now we're back where we started, with Indies still trying to compete with authors who somehow have a leg - up in the market by undercutting their prices even more, offering more books for free, and taking money out of their pockets, instead of earning money back from their books as they should.

You can nitpick and try to say that an author is someone who is represented by a house, who makes X amount of money etc..

In fact, most «authors» on Amazon are really actually internet marketers who outsource hundreds of crappy books and try to cheat readers out of their money.

They have tried double - dipping on their so - called expenses to lower the monies they have to pay out to authors.

Thank you for the info Vinny, now I think I see, You'd like a blog about marketing from lil» ol' me, Promote only when you are in a happy mood, And never promote your books by being far too rude, Try to make your posts interesting, clever and funny, And try not to part with a large amount of money, Now I feel there is one thing I should stress, Never go and give your cash to a vanity press, Blog, tweet and update your Facebook status as often as you can, Make contact with other authors and befriend your only fan, Be courteous, considerate and always be kind, And you will slowly find, You'll get people interested and make them all see, Especially when you give your book away for free, Sit back, relax and be rather nice, And always think about the price, People will not part with their cash unless the price is low, Particularly for an author they do not even know, Always remember to write purely for fun, Never think that your profit will be a huge great sum, And pray for exposure to the lord above, Because self - publishing is a labour of loTry to make your posts interesting, clever and funny, And try not to part with a large amount of money, Now I feel there is one thing I should stress, Never go and give your cash to a vanity press, Blog, tweet and update your Facebook status as often as you can, Make contact with other authors and befriend your only fan, Be courteous, considerate and always be kind, And you will slowly find, You'll get people interested and make them all see, Especially when you give your book away for free, Sit back, relax and be rather nice, And always think about the price, People will not part with their cash unless the price is low, Particularly for an author they do not even know, Always remember to write purely for fun, Never think that your profit will be a huge great sum, And pray for exposure to the lord above, Because self - publishing is a labour of lotry not to part with a large amount of money, Now I feel there is one thing I should stress, Never go and give your cash to a vanity press, Blog, tweet and update your Facebook status as often as you can, Make contact with other authors and befriend your only fan, Be courteous, considerate and always be kind, And you will slowly find, You'll get people interested and make them all see, Especially when you give your book away for free, Sit back, relax and be rather nice, And always think about the price, People will not part with their cash unless the price is low, Particularly for an author they do not even know, Always remember to write purely for fun, Never think that your profit will be a huge great sum, And pray for exposure to the lord above, Because self - publishing is a labour of love,

Your generosity means a lot to me, but as author I know that you are also trying to make money.

Geez, I went with Kobo to try to avoid giving money to Amazon and Barnes and Noble (I have some author friends who think Amazon / B & N have poor business practice, as they undercut the publishers when selling ebooks which affects the publishers» / authors» profits on the books that THEY produced), but now I'm wishing I just caved and bought a darn Kindle like everybody else did.

Ask any self - published author what the worst part of taking his manuscript to the next level would be — solo, that is — and he'll likely tell you tales of late nights spent trying to format and sell his e-book on the big online retailers» sites, tracking orders, following the money.

Whether you're trying to decide if you're ready to launch your author business, or you're already up and running and need guidance to streamline or improve, our conference will answer all your questions and save you time, money and effort as you go.

But the vast majority of authors, as I've mentioned previously, don't make any money with their books (which means, actually, they're losing money: not just in expenses, but in the huge opportunity costs from all the time they've sunk into writing, and then trying to figure out how to market their books).

While I would make money for the site, it wouldn't be right for me to profit off the backs of authors trying to stretch their book marketing budget as far as they can.

Now, its all about pages read, if you read 5 pages and move on, author hardly makes anything, where is the allure to try and make money in this program?

I think if you are in the midst of a manuscript, or trying to understand what it means to be an author today, attending a well - run writer's conference can be a good investment of time and money.

Small / independent bookstores sometimes try to steer clear of Amazon... and local bookstores may be more likely to support books of local authors, but in general, bookstores are businesses that need to make money, so they will sell whatever people are buying.

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.

Instead of toying with the idea of restricting or penalizing competition, maybe it would actually be a better idea to improve the overall iBooks experience for both authors and readers, and try to turn it into their own money - making success instead of leeching money off others.

Then they can track down these horrible watchdogs... the gall, to try to keep writers informed, how dare they... all those millions they make; strange that they've never asked me for money... why are all these published authors, established agents, publishers, editors agreeing with them... I'm aware that some «innocents» have lost their dew but still refuse to admit the truth - it's not called vanity press for lack of reason - but you've saved many a lamb from the jaws of the wolves, and it's hurting the predators.

But the author might need the money to develop the recipes, so the agent could try to negotiate $ 10,000 up front and $ 10,000 upon acceptance.

First, it meant I'd be more likely to try a new author than before because I wouldn't be out any money.

Naturally this means the lion's share goes to the author, and with all the publishers trying so hard to be competitive they're doing that on a slim percentage, with well over half (increasing with sales) of the money coming to the author it's a great time and reason to stick to Trad.

For self - publishers, it seems every day there are new people trying to make money off authors jumping into the self - publishing game for the first time.

Publishers, and some authors, are still caught up in the mind - set of the 1980s — money, elasticity of demand, making readers wait, trying to get the most money out of readers, treating books like a scarce commodity, siphoning off 90 % of the price to middle - men.

But with a good advertising, you can sell damn near anything, and if the author you're trying to sell is a good writer, well I think it is a very safe bet that they will make their money back on him.

A new author has to invest their own money trying to market a title and not eat while they experiment with ad campaigns that may or may not work.

I've got nothing against «zon trying to make money at their business, I just don't think they should do so on the backs of indie - authors.

We make so little money as authors, I feel that I should try to keep as much of it as I can!

As a reader, I can try new authors and not worry about losing money in the process.

There are a lot of authors who tried to make a go of writing and selling books, failed to do so, and have now hung out shingles as editors in an effort to make money from something writing - related.

Just as there are the «toadstool» author services, as I call them, cropping up to try to make money from aspirational writers, many prize schemes can be scams — money - making ventures guised as awards programs.

Authors were warned: «People are trying to make money from you».

The difference is between providing a service to authors and trying to bilk money out of them.

One of the things that bothers me most about vanity publishing of any stripe — from the old - fashioned vanities that shipped you boxes of books to molder away in your basement, to the print on demand self - publishing services that are trying to re-brand themselves as «indie» publishers or «assisted publishing», to the sleazy deceptive pay - to - play companies that pass themselves off as «real» publishers — is that they take advantage of authors twice: first by taking their money, second by brainwashing them into believing all the deceptive hype.

I agree, there is opportunity here to become a bridge and help Self Publishing, rather than just try and make money off authors trying to get their cherished projects into a reader's hands.

Most of all, explore all the possibilities and don't be afraid to try something new — as long as money flows to you, the author, and not away from you.

I still maintain that authors gaming the system with fake «reader reviews» is someone trying to con me and other readers out of our money.

We try to be as transparent as possible and the inferences here that we are trying to take advantage of authors in no way reflects a business where, day in and day out, we spend hours with authors on the phone, often recommending they NOT do things in order to save them money.

And those FB ads are a complete waste of money, according to 90 % of the authors I know who've tried them.

And those trying to traditionally publish but failing are making no money whereas very, very few self published authors make no 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.

«People Are Trying To Make Money From You» At The Bookseller this week, author Isabel Losada is blogging for us about her experiences as a writer here at London Book Fair.

There are no «rules» for agent - assisted self - publishing, and before authors give away their hard - earned money, they should think about these points and try to negotiate what is in their best interest.