Sentences with phrase «authors royalties on»

With the rapid growth of the KU program, the amount paid into the «fund» that pays authors royalties on their books borrowed through the program has increased from $ 2M per month to over $ 10M per month.

Amazon Publishing said in a letter to literary agents Monday that it will start paying its authors royalties on a monthly basis, up from every three months.

Pronoun's 70 % author royalty on books priced $ 2.99 or less significantly exceeds the 35 % previously offered by Pronoun — making Pronoun the No. 1 choice for authors selling their self - published works.

And the author royalty on an e-book sale is usually about the same as it is for a print book, even though the list price of the e edition is lower.

Not exact matches

Announced last week, the shift will introduce a pay - per - page system where authors will receive royalties based on how much of their e-books readers actually get through.

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.

Typically, an author can expect to receive the following royalties: Hardback edition: 10 % of the retail price on the first 5,000 copies; 12.5 % for the next 5,000 copies sold, then 15 % for all further copies sold.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo saw his income decline in 2017, largely by the disappearance last year of royalties he had been getting on a 2014 book he authored that saw anemic sales.

Luxurious commentaries are offered by director Stephen Frears and writer Peter Morgan, as well as by Robert Lacey (British historian, expert on royalty and author of Majesty).

The used books competition market cuts off the publishers» revenues and authors» royalties, and thus impairs return on investment.

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?

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.

A&A Printing allows the author to print as few as 25 books, while retaining royalties on every book sold through our author web pages.

We will pay a small ($ 100 - $ 500) advance on royalties for each manuscript accepted for publication from an established author.

Where does your agency stand as far as the author's royalties on the work they publish themselves — does your agency want a cut?

Books appear quickly on Amazon via CS and while author royalties are slightly higher, some authors reported print quality to be better at IngramSpark.

Amazon finds ways to screw authors too — such as paying royalties on e-books not for the sale of the book but for number of pages read — but, for the most part, I am in control and I like it this way.

All the details about the Diamond publishing service are on display on this screen, including the publishing agreement which details the 100 % author royalty payout.

However, if you want to make the most money (especially on Amazon, which only allows authors to receive 70 percent in royalties if the book is priced at $ 2.99 or higher — $ 1.99 and $ 0.99 books only allow authors a 35 percent royalty rate), then $ 4.99 appears to be the best price point for selling a good amount of books (though far less than with a lower price point) while making the most in profit.

I would estimate that the average annual income for self - published authors is slightly lower now and, having seen a number of authors quit over the last couple of years in order to get full time jobs because of financial problems, it hasn't gotten any easier to make ends meet on just book royalties.

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.

By Ron Pramschufer, President, Self Publishing, Inc. - Helping Authors Become Publishers since 1995 Hundreds of Print on Demand - POD companies are willing to help with your book, selling you a package with one of their ISBNs, publishing your book, and paying you a royalty on your book sales.

In a letter to Hachette authors and agents, posted by CNN's Brian Stelter, Pietsch wrote that the company will get «full responsibility for the consumer prices of our ebooks,» and that «the percent of revenue on which Hachette authors» ebook royalties are based will not decrease under this agreement.»

Major publishing houses were reneging on deals with already signed authors; changing royalty payments from a percentage of the retail price to «net» of what was received.

Unfortunately for the author, the royalty is mere pennies on the dollar unless they are a well - known author.

Authors should be getting larger royalty percentages on e-books because of lower distribution costs, so the publisher doesn't need to take as large a cut to cover their costs.

Just note that your affiliate ID is also country specific as well, so if you want to collect royalties on affiliate sales outside your home country, you will need to set up additional affiliate accounts (just like you do for author central).

Authors have a lot to benefit on the financial front as well, what with the nearly 70 percent royalty that they earn against the 5 - 10 percent that traditional publishers generally offer.

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.

But my royalty income isn't quite enough for me to live on, so I'm keeping my day job — please don't get the wrong idea I'm an author.»

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.

The author has to do all this themselves at their own expense, and in return Amazon will shaft them with a 35 % royalty rate (the 50 % you quote is NET, which is rich given the only place it will be sold is on Amazon, so Amazon will take their 30 % cut and then take another half of what's left) for an ebook.

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.»

The publisher makes its agreed upon royalty — which it goes on to divide with the author according to their contract — and the consumer stands to benefit from an all - out price war among the retailers.

Given Amazon's grossly sub-market royalty rates — outside the $ 2.99 - 9.99 price window it only pays 35 % versus Apple's 70 % — I'd suggest that authors leave Kindle Writeon what it is now, a ghost town, and do their writing prep on Wattpad.com.

As an indie author myself, I'd prefer people pay enough for my books that I get a decent royalties, that means I control the pricing on my books.

As I read it, if the Author Solutions company continues to sell your book beyond that one year, your only remedy is to collect royalties on their sales.

As XinXii is an European based company, we have to warrant two aspects: - we have to pay the German VAT to the tax office for each eBook sold (19 %)- the VAT must be always included in the final price of all products listed on XinXii So after a sale, we have to transfer the VAT to the tax office, and the author will get his percentage of the net price as provision / royalty.

Royalties splits for sales on printshopcentral.com will be as follow: Author will receive 80 % of list price for each sale of a Printed Book & / or a Digital Book.

Smashwords also has some perks that make me wish the outfit had made more inroads into the ebook market on its own merits (as a seller and not just a distributor), such as the ability to issue coupons, to offer affiliates a greater percentage of the sales price, and the fact that authors receive a higher royalty rate there than at any of the other stores.

Authors, writers, publishers of eBooks, audiobooks and short texts can... A) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii - without author contract - in real - time, without technical skills - with an own authorpage and online shop - enter all information such as description, tags, cover, price... - upload an eBook in one or multiple formats: PDF, ePub, mobi, doc, xls... - high royalties per download - consolidated real - time sales reports - keeping full editorial and copyright control or B) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii and additionally on major eBook retailers - we convert eBooks to the ePub and mobi format for free - we distribute to the leading eBook - shops all over the world for free - we provide consolidated sales reports Readers have... - the opportunity to discover new titles in all categories and genres - an easy access to a huge variety of content - can instantly download after purchase - have the opportunity to rate and comment on eBooks

I launched a traditional publishing company with my first book back in 2003 (when «self - publishing» was a bad word), and then went on to publish other authors using a royalty model (authors do not pay for * anything *).

Sounds good, but this means that you, as an author, will earn much less in royalty fees as both the retailer and the aggregator may (not always, it depends on their pricing model) take their cut.

While it's true that not every successful author (indie or otherwise) falls back on a mailing list for promotion, it's a tool that has helped numerous authors go from obscurity to making a living with book royalties.

In addition, Findaway Voices gives authors full control of pricing, and royalties are paid based on the list price.

-- Self - publishing: No advance; distribution in digital formats with possibility of print - on - demand distribution; a la carte editorial, production, design and marketing support that the author pays for; up to 70 % of cover price for digital royalties; and complete creative control

Perhaps even more important, our authors will continue to be paid royalties on their book sales during the time of their notice to us, and the time the slowest retailer takes to remove their book from their catalog.

What if those same stores react by dropping royalty rates (I know I wouldn't be making a living on ebook sales alone if Amazon suddenly decided to give indie authors 20 % instead of 70 %)?

In short: All Romance Ebooks is closing, and there has been a firestorm of bad reaction about this, because of their attempt to offer impacted authors ten cents on the dollar for outstanding royalties owed.

Royalties (on a $ 3.99 ebook) DIY: typically 70 % of $ 3.99 = $ 2.79 Distributors: (legit ones like Smashwords and D2D) typically 10 % after retailer cut = 90 % of $ 2.79 = $ 2.51 Sharks: 50 % royalty after retailer cut = 50 % of $ 2.79 = $ 1.39 Note: DIY your author copies are free (which is important for giveaways and reviewers) but the sharks charge you for copies of your own book.