Sentences with phrase «by legacy publishers»

If you are a self - published author who suddenly finds himself offered a contract by a legacy publisher, consider your options carefully.

He's done some really good ones breaking down the figures paid by legacy publishers v. small presses or self - publishing.

After successfully self - publishing two novels, she was signed by a legacy publisher and quickly learned that the so - called benefits weren't really there.

Some of the «don'ts» I've posted about have been committed by legacy publishers, and there is no excuse for that.

Lip service by these legacy publishers isn't enough, nor is the occasional donation for a charitable event.

I'm not saying you shouldn't get an agent if you want to be published by a legacy publisher.

Eisler defines self - publishing: «it means you keep the rights to your book and publish it yourself using distributor / retailers like Amazon, Apple, B&N, Kobo, Smashwords, and Sony, typically retaining 70 % of the cover price instead of the 17.5 % offered by legacy publishers (for digital editions).

Seeing acceptance by a legacy publisher as my only legitimate path to reality, I spent years languishing, working to improve my craft, waiting for my «turn,» my big break, for a bolt of literary lightning to come down from the heavens and strike me.

The looks on the faces of those who have never had to consider the difference between what an author earns on a book published by a legacy publisher versus what that author would make if she published the book herself told a story all unto itself.

Speculation runs from laziness by legacy publishers to too many people thinking they are the next great writer waiting to be discovered and who are taking advantage of the ease of self - publishing digitally.

When one of the authors talked about the lack of marketing and promotion by legacy publishers and how they expect you to pay for it yourself had just about everyone in the room shaking their heads, especially since that came on the heels of the royalty discussion.

If you are offered a contract by a legacy publisher PLEASE take it to an IP attorney with publishing experience and have him vet the contract before you sign it.

Publishers should also embrace a model that will let the market decide which authors are doing well enough as an indie to be taken on by the legacy publishers into broader markets.

As far as any objective quality of writing, editing, or finished product is concerned, I'd gladly pit my book against those in the same genre published by legacy publishers in the past few years.

You have to keep up with what is being sold by the legacy publishers and how they are packaging it.

With 300,000 books released by legacy publishers every year, weren't we «bombarded with information from all sides» long before the self - pub revolution kicked in?

As a reader, I love what Amazon has done because it has given me access to writers who don't fit the mold of the latest craze artificially produced by a legacy publisher.

Traditionally - pubbed authors moan about dealing with legacy publishers, and indie authors moan about not getting accepted by legacy publishers.

In the «duh» department, we have the following quotes about e-book royalty rates paid by legacy publishers:

So telling an author they can go another route besides traditional publishing is akin to telling that mid-lister who is still being offered contracts by legacy publishers to do without a paycheck.

How is the print / paper / binding quality of the Createspace books in comparison to the ones published by the legacy publishers?

It's just too easy to point to the number of literary and cultural flops put out by the legacy publishers.

And let's not forget the publisher who pulled an entire line of books after Fifty Shades of Grey took off (which, btw, was first self - published and is NOT well - written or edited, even after being picked up by a legacy publisher) to make sure all its covers told readers that these were books in the vein of FSOG?

Especially when you can look at covers being put out by legacy publishers these days and see the increasing use of stock photos, different books using the same covers and worse.