Sentences with phrase «authors working with traditional»

There are a few authors working with traditional publishers who actually think in these terms.

From your position it's interesting, because you've already established yourself for many years as an author working with traditional houses, your route to self - publishing means that you already have a name behind you.

Scott Berkun has enjoyed fame and fortune as an author working with a traditional publisher (O'Reilly), so why did he venture into the world of self - publishing for his latest book, Mindfire?

An author working with a traditional publisher does not have to build relationships in the book supply chain, because the publisher already has them.

Not exact matches

The atmospheric greenhouse effect, an idea that authors trace back to the traditional works of Fourier 1824, Tyndall 1861, and Arrhenius 1896, and which is still supported in global climatology, essentially describes a fictitious mechanism, in which a planetary atmosphere acts as a heat pump driven by an environment that is radiatively interacting with but radiatively equilibrated to the atmospheric system.

Such naivete explains why the Obama Administration has continually promoted case studies of reform - minded school leaders working closely with NEA and AFT locals, why Class Struggle author Steve Brill floated the laughable idea of Weingarten becoming chancellor of New York City's traditional district three years ago, and why organizations such as Educators4Excellence and Teach Plus — which represent younger, reform - minded teachers who now make up the majority of NEA and AFT rank - and - filers (and are staffed by teachers who are themselves centrist and progressive Democrats)-- work so hard to aim to lead reform from within union ranks.

Founder Lauren Wise spends a ton of time researching the new methods of publishing, talking with CEOs of publishers that range from hybrid to traditional to electronic, and compiles a hand - picked list every year of the best companies for Midnight Publishing authors to work with.

We work with traditional and indie publishers and authors.

We specifically wanted to provide a publishing model that mirrored a traditional publishing model, including providing authors with an assessment of their work and recommendations for next steps if the work is not ready to publish.

One author in particular — Elle James — taught me a lot about her highly successful career being a hybrid author, working with traditional houses as well as being a driven indy author with a great track record.

Having worked with traditional publishers and self - published several of her books, Massey has great advice for indie authors on independent publishing, book marketing and strategies for getting a book into bookstores, libraries and reviews.

Melissa Faliveno, associate editor of Poets & Writers Magazine, talks with the editors of five independent presses about the kind of work they look to publish, the relationships they cultivate with their authors, and the balance between publishing traditional work and developing new and innovative ideas for both print and digital literature.

It's fairly well - known that self - publishing once carried a stigma (some would argue it still does), and that it was considered primarily a fall - back plan for authors who couldn't find an agent or traditional publisher to work with them.

As we wrote at the time, this example makes the point that authors already have a lot of the tools for marketing their work, and in some cases — as with Hocking, Locke and other self - publishers such as J.A. Konrath — this can make them so self - sufficient that they no longer need the support of a traditional publishing deal.

Because I work with self - published authors at indieBRAG, I can tell you that many have been traditionally published so do they have to become a new category of traditional authors / self - published writers?

With the popularity of electronic reading devices, the entire world of information / reading was split wide open with so many opportunities for authors to publish the works that might not ever have seen the light of day with the traditional publishWith the popularity of electronic reading devices, the entire world of information / reading was split wide open with so many opportunities for authors to publish the works that might not ever have seen the light of day with the traditional publishwith so many opportunities for authors to publish the works that might not ever have seen the light of day with the traditional publishwith the traditional publishers.

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With Greenleaf, authors have access to full in - house services, retain the rights to their work, and earn higher royalties than with traditional publishWith Greenleaf, authors have access to full in - house services, retain the rights to their work, and earn higher royalties than with traditional publishwith traditional publishing.

Similar to a traditional publisher, we work with authors through the entire publishing process.

Many are hybrid authors — they work with traditional publishers while also doing some indie work.

One thing that we did well was, I talked with, I would say, 35 # 1 bestselling authors and that's self - published and traditional published authors to figure out what really worked for them, what didn't work and put all those things into practice.

NOTE: It's important to note that unlike exclusivity with a traditional publisher, the contract applies only to a specific book, and not to the author's work as a whole.

I'm in promotion and I work with both traditional and POD authors and you are so dead on with the comment regarding «pre-existing platform».

Unfortunately, we've heard a lot of nightmare stories from both traditional and independent authors who were working with a book publicist and didn't get what they wanted out of the investment.

With a background in traditional publishing by way of Adams Media and Sourcebooks and close to a decade of working directly with authors and small presses, Bethany understands the challenges (and benefiWith a background in traditional publishing by way of Adams Media and Sourcebooks and close to a decade of working directly with authors and small presses, Bethany understands the challenges (and benefiwith authors and small presses, Bethany understands the challenges (and benefits!)

The SPFBO is just one example of the community of authors and reviewers working together to spread the word about great books that don't have the kind of exposure you'd see with a traditional bestseller.

They said that Self Published authors were putting in just as much work and doing all the same things as Authors who are combined with a Traditional Pubauthors were putting in just as much work and doing all the same things as Authors who are combined with a Traditional PubAuthors who are combined with a Traditional Publisher.

Candace Johnson is a professional freelance editor, proofreader, writer, ghostwriter, and writing coach who has worked with traditional publishers, self - published authors, and independent book packagers on nonfiction subjects ranging from memoirs to alternative medical treatments to self - help, and on fiction ranging from romance to paranormal.

She works with traditional publishers, self - published authors, and independent book packagers.

Even with traditional publishers, it's more and more common to see an author marketing his own works rather than being able to rely on their publisher to do the job.

These companies thrive by working with authors not willing to wait for traditional publication, or wanting more control over their book, or just wanting to get a family story in print.

He's currently working with authors he has successfully placed with traditional publishers «to launch additional mid-length material and backlisted books using new self - publishing tools.»

Traditional publishers are figuring out how to work with indie authors and are tracking innovative ways to discover them.

It is hard to believe that tighter controls on uploaded material can not be put into place, but with the sheer volume of books being published in e-reader format, often by the authors themselves who have opted to break away from the traditional publishing model in order to have more control over their work, e-book piracy may only get worse.

Most recently, the news coming out of Spreecast is that it has managed to attract the attention of traditional publishing houses» PR departments and the authors they work with in order to connect authors and readers of even bestselling books.

Attendees at the Austen conference can register for the opportunity to spend fifteen minutes with an evaluator who has read their manuscripts weeks in advance, giving them ample time to offer suggestions to improve the work and therefore improve the authors» chances for traditional publication.

Authors can still work with a staff of experts to bring their manuscripts to market strictly for e-readers, while enjoying the same design concept and editorial input that is available to print authors, both traditional and self - pubAuthors can still work with a staff of experts to bring their manuscripts to market strictly for e-readers, while enjoying the same design concept and editorial input that is available to print authors, both traditional and self - pubauthors, both traditional and self - published.

With so much talk in recent news about the poor quality of indie authors» works and data that shows that only about 59 % of self - published authors go so far as to pay a professional editor before hitting that publish button, it's easy to forget that the traditional publishing industry has its fair share of mistakes, too.

Sadly, many of these articles are written by authors who sheepishly admit they wanted to nothing to do with self - publishing, that it was traditional or bust, that they had to «resort» to self - publishing when all else failed, only to be shocked and amazed when they managed to find readers willing to buy their self - published work.

Some numbers have shown that as many as 67 % of self - published authors fully intend to repeat the process with their future works, with most of those authors already deciding that their as - of - yet unwritten books will be self - published, bypassing the traditional industry altogether.

Once a manuscript is accepted, publishers work in one of two ways: the traditional royalty model in which the author fronts none of the costs associated with editing, art design, layout, or publication, or the pay - upfront model in which the author pays for his services, and the completed product is his sole property.

Unlike the self - publishing field, traditional publishers — big or small — are less likely to be tinkering / experimenting with the price, and they are unlikely to work with the author post-publication to change the price unless for a specific campaign (as described by Mike).

A final major benefit of traditional publishing, and what I believe to be the most important, is the fact that, with a publisher, a writer has a team of experts in every aspect of book production — i.e., editing, copy editing, legal review, when necessary, cover design, formatting, marketing, and publicity — who work together with a common, vested interest in making a book the best representation of the author and the publishing house that it can be.

Literary Agents and the Hybrid Author: A Conversation with Bob Mecoy and Kristin Nelson (Sangeeta Mehta for JaneFriedman.com): Book publishing is changing so quickly, and this is a great look at the hybrid author space, where authors can work with traditional houses while still self - publishing some of their Author: A Conversation with Bob Mecoy and Kristin Nelson (Sangeeta Mehta for JaneFriedman.com): Book publishing is changing so quickly, and this is a great look at the hybrid author space, where authors can work with traditional houses while still self - publishing some of their author space, where authors can work with traditional houses while still self - publishing some of their works.

This panel discusses the high return on children's brands and how publishers are working with authors and traditional partners in new ways.

The percentage of indie authors who never worked with a traditional publisher is rising from year to year (now 60 %) as is the percentage of authors who never even tried to find a publisher (35 %).

These writers care about producing something of high quality in keeping with the standards of the golden era of traditional publishing: that bygone age when publishers invested time and money (often paying advances directly to authors) to help writers develop and polish their work prior to publication.

To differentiate their books from the self - published horde, however, traditional publishers have increasingly been using specialty printing options unavailable to indie authors working with IngramSpark or Createspace.

As a self - published author you have the opportunity to have your input with your book cover template and work with a professional to deliver a quality book cover, equal to any cover created by a big traditional company.

In truth, the internet, ebooks, podcasts and blogs have given authors a royal road to their readers, though the clamour is still for traditional publishing, with the work coming out under a prestigious name, and glowing reviews to follow.