Sentences with phrase «authors pay money»

Authors pay money to conferences to receive exposure, and then they don't get it.

Originally, vanity publishing arose when authors pay money upfront to publishers so they can publish the book.

Not exact matches

«According to the author, if you pay someone enough to take the issue of money off of the table, the things that truly motivate them are Master, Autonomy and Purpose.

Also driving the trend is a collective cultural disgust with «obscene comp programs — the Monopoly money, the pay schemes that screw the little investor» — that have been proffered in recent years, says Charles A. (Chuck) Coonradt, author of The Game of Work and CEO of a consulting company by the same name in Park City, Utah.

As I recall the headline read, more or less, «Women Don't Negotiate Because They're Not Dumb,» and the author went on to cite research to make her point that when women do ask for more money, people tend to hate it, and «pushy» women end up paying mightily in terms of career progression and opportunities.

By prioritizing their emergency fund, Cherie Lowe, author of «Slaying the Debt Dragon: How One Family Conquered Their Money Monster and Found an Inspired Happily Ever After,» and her husband Brian gained the momentum they needed to pay off more than $ 127,000 in debt.

The authors concluded that traders are, «basically paying fees to lose money.»

Most important, says Mike McKeever, author of How to Write a Business Plan: «Outline the legal responsibilities of both parties and when and how the money should be paid back.»

The authors conclude that market participants may be willing to pay interest on money they lend if the loan is collateralized with securities that allow them to meet delivery obligations.

It's an important life skill to learn how to manage money so there are some funds left over after paying off expenses, says Craig Copeland, author of a new Employee Benefits Research Institute (ERBI) report.

Look, along with teaching and writing about Scripture and theology, I also design websites and publish books for other authors, and I get paid a little bit of money to do so.

An advance on book sales is a negotiated sum of money typically paid out by the publisher to the author in thirds.

Finally, «if your research is paid for by public money, in some sense the data doesn't belong to the authors,» Vines argues.

With a tweet yesterday, an editor of Scientific Reports, one of Nature Publishing Group's (NPG's) open - access journals, has resigned in a very public protest of NPG's recent decision to allow authors to pay money to expedite peer review of their submitted papers.

If youre in way over your head (as in, your minimum payments each month total more than 20 % of your take - home pay), seek debt counseling, says Farnoosh Torabi, author of You're So Money.

After The Storm follows author Ryota (Hiroshi Abe), a past - his - glory prize - winning author who now wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support.

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The report's author, Max Eden, explains that while charter enrollments cost district schools over $ 400 million a year, after the state's «unique reimbursement» — which he claims is one of the most generous reimbursement plans in the nation — districts are getting paid a significant amount of money for students they no longer teach.

«Upper - middle class families and above have made the determination that college admissions officers devalue paid work and that if you're not pursuing a hectic schedule of activities you'll be less appealing to colleges,» said Ron Lieber, author of The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money.

Hi, I learnt my lesson with Xibris who is under the wing of Penguin House they were over the top with praises but got nothing right they didn't follow any of my instructions for my artwork or cover the did nt edit my manuscript as I paid $ 3500 for and received delay after delay after 8 months which they promised 6 weeks and my book would be in my hand and on shelves, I pulled the plug and cancelled payments through my bank and received all my money back I sent all 9 consultants emails on my termination of our contract due to their unprofessional ism and prying on new authors Plus I sent 9 written termination letters as stated in their contract I now have learnt research every publisher outlet in legitimacy saves on the heartache

I pointed out to her, as an avid reader I would not pay for a well - known author this much money, she just got mad at me.

It required authors to pay huge sums of money upfront and then they were shipped boxes and boxes of books that they then had to sell.

Again, the money paid is NOT from the author royalties.

The reason: because the publishing arrangement is a rev share, where authors are paid an advance against earnings, but they run into a situation where the expenses need to be covered and the more OR spends on marketing, the more money needs to be earned before all the expenses are covered — of course, naturally, the more money spent on marketing leads to more sales — so a balance must ultimately be struck.

For example, new literary agents spend most of their time looking for new authors and pitching their work to publishers, hoping to make enough money to pay their bills so they can continue being agents.

If I read this right... I am paying them alot of money not to get included as one of their authors.

The free software and simple apps below were all created by us to solve problems that many authors face or have to pay money for elsewhere.

What is the difference between what Harlequin is doing here and what scammer agents do when they reject an author but then steer them to Papa Jack's Editorial to pay a lot of money to «clean up» their submissions... and Papa Jack is another business owned by that agent?

«If the Author refuses to amend or delete passages in the Work to Dymocks reasonable satisfaction then the Author must, at the request of Dymocks, repay all monies paid by Dymocks.

So now, authors enrolled in KDP Select are actually having to pay money to reach other people who want to read their books for free.

Indie authors, as a rule, get paid very little money.

The book (which was a success of the author, publisher, editors etc) has been read millions of times, but the author, the publisher, the booksellers the distributors, translators, editors and everyone involved have to share the money of that single copy that you paid for.

Most authors spend money to promote their books, but some get paid to do it.

By bundling your work with other authors, particularly if they are in the same genre, you stand a greater chance of reaching new readers, as well as a better chance of making money in a «pay what you want» model.

I tell all the authors I work with now, before you consider paying someone for book marketing, join AMC and save a lot of money.»

The benefits are incredibly good value for money, and if any aspiring indie author can afford to pay for only one thing, that's the one thing I'd recommend.

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

(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.

They are choosy about the authors they sign, so at the time I did feel honored that they chose to work with m. Because I paid a pretty hefty up - front fee, it never even occured to me that the publisher would then keep the majority of the money from my book sales.

I'll grant you that HB authors will see their advances split into groupings that recognize there will be MORE money down the line when trade or mm comes out, but that doesn't equate — to me — with the scenario you've come up for ebook royalty payments being considered an «advance» when paid after publication.

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?

If you were investing hundreds of thousands of dollars on a bigger author... would you invest your money if they might be competing with the books you just paid for?

If the book is cancelled for any reason, the author should retain the advance money paid, and the full rights to the work should revert to the author for potential sale elsewhere.

But we want good authors to be paid well, because if there's no money in the literary talent pool, it will get very shallow indeed.

The advance we pay and terms of the contract are part of those costs that effect what we make... as well as all the other costs in manufacturing, promotion, overhead, etc.... We hope we build the author and that they make money on the way with us.

Before, no one dreamed of becoming a mid-list author because most of them were lucky if they made enough money to pay a few bills.

So, yes, if Hachette pay $ 2 billions just in advances each year to the authors it publishes, if you add the overhead, the prospect of losing money on ebook sales is not good.

We still allowed these authors to sell and sign their books however they simply paid a table fee, supplied their own books, handled their own money transactions and put a sticker on the book (one we provided) so the book store cashiers would know they had already paid for it.

I've found that authors are often willing to pay good money for a developmental editor, someone who walks by their side and helps to shape the book, but when it comes to copyediting and proofreading, especially if and when an author has had a developmental editor, suspicion arises as to the value or merit of these more drilled - down types of edits.

Even experienced authors and agents sometime make the mistake of concentrating on the money and not paying enough attention to the clauses that protect the author's rights.