It also serves as an avenue to meet new friends with the same taste in books as you and thousands
of big name authors also share their reading lists.
After reviewing my manuscript, they all politely declined, citing other
big name authors who already have published books on Christian leadership.
It's amazing how many authors,
big name authors do not have videos of themselves out there in the world.
But the reality is that no publisher will put up their best books on these services for long because publishers (and
many big name authors) inherently understand the economics of their business.
Overall, traditional publishers are offering fewer books to the reading public — focusing
on big name authors — so they must squeeze profitability out where they can.
We've heard from some
pretty big name authors here who don't like newsletters either, It is possible to be a successful author without one.
A lot of
big name authors see their website as something the publisher should do and they therefore get updated once every couple of years when a new book comes out.
My prediction for the coming year is that we're going to see more and
more big name authors jumping into the waters — and finding great success.
So I simply suggest you go back and look at our earlier posts about just how much push and promotion all but a
few big name authors get.
He envisioned a mobile service that would let you read books on the go, and the content would largely consist of stories posted by other Internet users,
not big name authors.
I've chatted with a lot of
big name authors in traditional publishing and learned that they're not making as much money or having as much fun as lesser known names on the indie side.
A recent article in the New York Times entitled «New Publisher Authors Trust: Themselves» reveals that
even big name authors have chosen to self - publish.
New novels are regularly published by
big name authors such as Jeffery Deaver, Dean Koontz and James Patterson, but indie authors have no way to get involved in the program unless they use a secret email address to get in touch with the editorial team.
Midas PR is a dream to work at because the range of books is so diverse, from
big name authors right through to self - published titles — we cover the lot.
-LSB-...] Agent Janet Reid answers the question: why don't
big name authors just self - publish and make even more money?
Back when BEA was ABA, the Book and Author programs
mixed big name authors with emerging authors, who often became the buzz of the show.
The partnerships with the big publishers means that there are plenty of
big name authors here including Jodi Picoult, Stephen King, Walter Isaacson and Michael Crichton.
I can't even remember when it was now, but we have some very,
very big name authors reporting 75 % drops in sales because of how much reliance they had on the income from Amazon.
It also makes it possible for authors to do smaller book signings in towns that aren't large enough to
garner big name authors for a book event, reaching fans literally anywhere via online and radio book signings and blog tours.»
And, if you're up on things, I probably don't have to inform you of a recent letter from some of the
top big name authors requesting letters be sent to Amazon's Jeff Bezos in order to save authors and writing and literature and to let Hachette get its way.
Yes, they might make the
latest Big Name Author book 99 cents as a loss leader — but those books are already selling well, even in an indie - dominated ebook world like we have right now.
For David, his contribution to the box sets started to shine earlier in the hit box set, Dead Dozen, that combined the 12 mysteries / thrillers from 12
different big name authors.
4) Two
really big name authors will tell their long - time Houses to go suck eggs and will go indie, possibly taking their editors with them.
What traditional publishers are doing is relying upon those handful of
big name authors entirely as their publishing model, forgetting that the majority of their «other» sales are what makes them the money.
So only go to a book fair because you want a fun, fabulous vacation,
meeting big name authors and schmoozing with industry movers and shakers.
Despite the fact that the package usually includes the work of
big name authors rather than indies, it is up to the reader who decides which distributing channel can broaden the sales revenue and the quality of the content delivered by hardworking authors that will ultimately attract new readers.
I've given up on some pretty
big named authors in SciFi and Fantasy because their works just do not justify the prices.