They have
big name authors selling it on TV.
Not exact matches
The New York Times best -
selling author made her
name with IQuitSugar.com, Australia's
biggest digital wellness site, where she helped 1.5 million people break their sugar habit.
Side note: Anytime you see a book cover where the
author's
name is
bigger than the title, it's the
author's
name that
sells book, not the story inside.
Books
sold into bookstores is becoming something only reserved for the brand
name authors or
big, breakout books that are getting a lot of buzz.
This is best from a
big name celebrity or well known best
selling author.
To all those offended by DRM: With few
big name exceptions,
authors spend a vast amount of time and talent with the slim hope of having a book that
sells enough to make the venture worthwhile.
There are so many
authors, even the
big names, who are only
selling their ebooks on Amazon or BN.
Indie presses don't have the sales and marketing clout of the
bigger names so rely on
authors selling and marketing books, too.
Large publishers can't compete against that (a traditional mass market paperback
sold for $ 8.00 earns the
author about 40 cents), which is one of the reasons I firmly believe the future of publishing lies in the hands of indie
authors and small publishers, and in the years ahead we'll see more and more
big -
name authors go indie.
The Site Which Shall Not Be
Named will not be the only site left standing as many readers are returning to the bookstores in droves, and many
authors are beginning to
sell from their own sites instead of sticking with any of the
big online stores.
It looks like the new editorial direction of Kindle Singles is leaning on
big name authors with devoted followings that have a proven track record of
selling millions of books.
They're examples of
BIG names, but the majority of indie
authors making a good living will never
sell that many copies, but the good news is, you DO N'T have to.
«For the indie
authors it provides an avenue that if they do well
selling their books, they have the opportunity to have their books put in front of some of the
bigger names in the industry.
Liu was just starting to
sell at the time, but this unique and provocative novella was clearly considered too risky for every pro market out there: he wasn't yet a huge
name, and though the science fiction magazines tend to be very open to newcomers, novella slots are few, and editors like to give them to
big name authors.
Be skeptical of all of these, because in case you haven't noticed, exactly none of the
big selling indie
authors who have broken out in the last 3 years did so because they put «
Author» after their
name, or fired off an endless stream of spam at prospective readers, treating them as dolts.
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.
It's the 9th best -
selling hardcover fiction title on the list, which means it should hit the NYT Hardcover Fiction somewhere around # 9 this week; no mean feat in a season crowded with
big name authors.
The
big name authors and the celebrities whose books don't perform to expectation are untouched; the
author who gets a reasonable advance and whose book
sells much better than expected are the ones who suffer the greatest loss.
Big -
name authors and publishers can
sell books without the best blurb, so you can learn more by studying effective blurbs from lesser - known
authors.
The disconnect, of course, is that there's no reason Amazon can't keep publishing its own
authors while also
selling big -
name books at the prices their
authors and publishers want people to pay for them.
It includes the
big names you know like Amazon CreateSpace and IngramSpark, BookBub and Instafreebie, Smashwords and Draft2Digital, and a lot of services you never heard of that help you do business as an
author, write, edit, design, format, market, and
sell your book.
When everyone is forced to
sell their books at deep discount, even the
big names, do you realistically think anyone is going to read books by no -
names when you can get proven
authors at the same price?
They've arranged events for
big -
name authors for thousands of people, but they've also held terrific events (and
sold a lot of books, i.e., 50 +) for mid-list
authors.
The small handful of
Big Five
authors with Top - 100 UK ebooks who were also
selling well in the US were
names that would surprise no one: Robert Galbraith, Lee Child, E L James, Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben, Andy Weir, Jojo Moyes, and Paula Hawkins.
It is refreshing to see a company that has the experience and capability to command the respect of
big -
name best -
selling authors, and yet, can service those of us just getting Read More
«You may see Microsoft and Apple tie some
big -
name authors into an exclusive deal to
sell their digital content just like certain games are available only through Sony's PlayStation 3 or Microsoft's XBox,» says Mike Essex, online manager for Koozai, a London - based digital marketing agency.
The book proposal size is inversely proportional to the fame of the
author, so that an unknown
author just learning how to
sell your book manuscript (particularly in fiction) must submit a substantial package to be considered for publication while a
big name may receive a contract for a concept.
I searched the shelves for all the indie
authors I'd come to know and love through Amazon, and not just the little
names,
big, best -
selling, everybody's - talking - about - them
authors.