Sentences with phrase «big traditional publishers do»

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Traditional publishing, at least the big publishers (and their smaller group of older medium - sized publishers) have decided that the only way to come out ahead in this is to make sure the old way of doing things remains.

One of the big problems in the traditional publishing industry is that the major publishers simply don't have time to talk to their authors.

But of course, since traditional publishers only pay attention to their big blockbuster writers and leave newbies to do their own marketing, one might as well go ahead on one's own and reap the (70 % royalty) benefits instead of the standard 8 % on nothing once «costs» have been paid...

Reblogged this on Dale Furse and commented: As indie authors, we need to market our books, but we don't have the big budgets Traditional publishers do.

And since readers don't buy for publisher, but for author, any indie book was suddenly sitting beside any traditional book in the big discount catalogs.

I don't have an agent and I don't have a big traditional publisher and I get some good reviews, but I don't sell millions of copies.

If getting published traditionally doesn't especially help you to get your books on the shelves of stores (unless you are talented, awesome, hard - working, and lucky enough to be a Jim Butcher), then you've got a legitimate reason to question whether you want to roll the dice with traditional publishers (who absolutely offer many great advantages), or get 70 % royalties on your indie ebooks and get paid 80 % of your print book's list price (minus the cost of POD printing) with your print - on - demand book via Lightning Source and their 20 % short discount option — which gets you right into Amazon.com and other online bookstores, just like the big boys do.

Then the internet laughs at me and says, «Well, son, that's why you don't have an agent or a big contract with a big traditional publisher.

Traditional publishers - no matter if they are big or small - do not want to publish poetry books because simply put they will not generate a lot of money and that is what they are really after when they decide to publish a book.

If you don't mind sharing, what were your biggest points of disillusionment when working with traditional publishers?

(If you want to do the more traditional stuff, libraries and bookstores, you're competing against traditional publishers with much bigger budgets and better connections.

There's stories online of authors being published by a traditional big house publisher who feel their covers didn't represent their book well, but had no say in the matter.

Like many new writers, I was convinced my first book was «The Next Big Thing», and only a huge deal with a big traditional publisher would Big Thing», and only a huge deal with a big traditional publisher would big traditional publisher would do.

But according to the data, the last part is not true, however, you have all those quotes (aka «the adverse reader sentiment, that as documented undeniably does exist» which, of course, represents ALL readers), ergo the data linked above must be wrong, even though in the last financial reports the revenue of four out of five big traditional publishers was up, not down.

There is already speculation that other Big Six publishers like HarperCollins, who owns Autonomy, will be making similar moves into broader markets, affording authors who don't have the opportunity to publish via the very limited constraints of the traditional markets in their countries the opportunities that self - published authors in other regions have already been enjoying.

All that had an impact on my decision to go indie but what influenced me the most was simply watching traditional publishers, especially the bigger houses, and seeing some of the decisions they made — or didn't make.

But as an author who was badly treated by a big traditional publisher (HarperCollins), I, so far think there's no one out there who treats authors more fairly than Amazon does.

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You do avoid agent submissions and rejections and all of the tiny control details with a «traditional» publisher if you are fortunate to have your agent find one and yes, some POD books «make it big», but so does the chance of winning the lottery!

I've said for a while that best - selling authors will start migrating away from traditional publishers and going it alone (what can a big publisher offer Stephen King at this point that he can't do on his own?)

Of course, if you do seek a traditional book contract with a major publisher, you'll learn there are bars to entry, and you'll have to make some business trade - offs — but most publishing pros think the Big Five route is worth the effort if you have what it takes to get there.

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.

First of all, the big lie is that if you don't get a contract with a traditional publisher, that you're some kind of hack.

Once upon a time, when a big, traditional house published a book, the author just sat back and relaxed while the publisher did all the marketing and sales promotion.

You're looking at nine to fifteen months from start to finish when you self publish in most cases so that's one the bigger point though is I have a number of friends who have had traditional publishing deals who bought their book back and why and why they bought their book back is because the publisher owns the content in that book and what does that mean?

The problem is indeed that traditional authors expect to have their book published, get a big advance, and if it doesn't earn out hard luck for the publisher - they have to take risks.

I notice more and more traditional authors are self publishing as well, especially books that traditional publishers don't feel are big enough to hit the sale numbers they want.

I think some traditional publishers will pick this up: an author doing well in E publishing is building what they say they want, a platform (which Amanda Hocking did in a big way).

At the same time, I don't regret going through a small publisher for my first novel, and I'm still pursuing traditional / big publishing for my middle grade series (because those are the right choices for those books).

I do genuinely believe that traditional publishers still have a lot to offer, and they are changing — but big ships can take a long time to turn around.

Even the big traditional publishers require their authors to participate in their own marketing through social media and direct interactions with readers, and with book releases becoming more and more like movie releases, if a book doesn't make a big splash its first month, publishers generally move their marketing dollars to the next release on their slate.

I think the truth is that a Big Five traditional publisher will do 80 % of what you suggest when they are absolutely forced to and not a minute sooner.

The big publishers are trying to emulate self - published authors... traditional publishing is flailing — notice I didn't say «failing.»

Whether you're seeking a traditional publisher or doing it yourself, a good cover design can make a big difference.

Nor, do I suspect, they know a self - publisher from a traditional publisher (other than the big names).

Don't think that big name traditional publishers are your allies, either.

So, although I agree that a conscientious self - publishing writer with standards can absolutely do as good a job as a big publishing house, I do think you were very unlucky with your traditional publishers!

Howey makes a good case that the «average» author earns more from a self published book than she would through one of the Big Five publishers, and, what's more, that this holds true for all sorts of outliers (the richest indie authors outperform the richest Big Five authors; less - prolific indies do better than less - prolific traditionals, etc).

So what does this have to do with the people claiming the Big Five are the only «traditional» publishers?