Sentences with phrase «costs authors money»

He says «Don't be fooled by the publishers who say that piracy costs authors money ``.

It does not cost the author money.

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Arkansas's original study, conducted the same year, cost about the same initially but rose to over twice that amount ($ 800,000) when the authors accepted a commission to ascertain whether districts used their extra money in a way consistent with the consultants» evidence - based policies.

The option of shifting retiree health benefit costs to the federal government by requiring retirees to enroll in Medicare Advantage plans would save the state more money than eliminating the state - funded retiree health benefit altogether for new hires, according to the report that was authored by legislative staff at the Program Evaluation Division.

The report's author, Max Eden, explains that while charter enrollments cost district schools over $ 400 million a year, after the state's «unique reimbursement» — which he claims is one of the most generous reimbursement plans in the nation — districts are getting paid a significant amount of money for students they no longer teach.

«If it is true that virtually all costs are fixed then when public schools add students they shouldn't get extra money because their costs are fixed,» said author Benjamin Scafidi, who is director of the Economics of Education Policy Center at Georgia College & State University.

luckily i was able to put down their «marketing» consaltant, she did try to press on useless marketing service at cost of 5thousands dollars, what a shameless b... ch, she had nothing to say on question how can i be sure that i will have a return on such «investment», can you guarantee me that i will actually sale a book, and with author royalty like 40pence how many do i have to sell to get back my money?

There's a mountain of sales going to Indy authors who don't bother with an ISBN because they're a hassle, cost money and are largely useless.

This doesn't cost you any money, it'll just cost you time and the willingness to reach out and partner with these other authors.»

Well, that money will have to come from something other than marginal cost of production... probably either author advance, or by publishing fewer books by more marginal authors (those who sell less than 20,000 copies).

While some authors spend thousands of dollars in their marketing campaigns, there are some things you can do that cost little to no money at all.

The advance we pay and terms of the contract are part of those costs that effect what we make... as well as all the other costs in manufacturing, promotion, overhead, etc.... We hope we build the author and that they make money on the way with us.

The main challenge for would - be authors is probably the money; searching for a publisher is free, while self - publishing can cost a lot of money.

But I am against individuals uploading e-books to sites where books are borrowed for a cost, especially when the site owner insinuates that part of that money goes to the authors.

I know people do get signups through contests or giveaways on their Facebook author pages, and that can work, but it usually costs money, and as I mentioned before, people often unsubscribe immediately after getting the bribe.

Peter and I want to help more authors and combined our talent to put on a series to you authors make a lot more money from your content, without a huge start up cost.

Many self - publishing companies don't offer either of these services, or offer them at a very high cost, so an author self - publishing a book has to either spend a lot of money or do without these services altogether.

In what appeared on paper to be a bold move that cost the publisher and the author a great deal of money, Sourcebooks made one of its titles available to all of OverDrive's partner libraries for free for a limited time.

In what appeared on paper to be a bold move that cost the publisher and the author a great deal of money,... [Read more...]

Besides the author, the publisher has to invest in a decent editor, a cover artist (and probably cost for the images on the cover as well, models have to make money too), then you have a line editor, possibly a different galley editor, promotions department (depending on how big the company is), then with paperbacks you'd have print costs, distribution costs, freight, advertising....

If «getting money back» means the author makes enough money to satisfy their costs or profit goals, then the question becomes one of what is an equitable split between the author and hosting bookstore.

Book cover graphic design costs can quickly mount up, but self - published authors can save lots of money on book cover design by providing designers with a rough, actual - sized layout of the text and graphics they want on their book covers.

The biggest houses may shrink some as ebooks grow, but the higher margins involved and the lower overhead costs associated with producing and shipping physical books may actually increase publishers» margins and having money to pay authors in the form of advances will remain a significant advantage for publishers in pursuing the biggest authors.

But the vast majority of authors, as I've mentioned previously, don't make any money with their books (which means, actually, they're losing money: not just in expenses, but in the huge opportunity costs from all the time they've sunk into writing, and then trying to figure out how to market their books).

The perk of earning money on books that would otherwise be free to the reader isn't a new concept, but it has always come at a cost for authors, namely exclusivity.

In fact, self - publishing and small - press authors should create book trailers for their books because they do not need to cost a lot of money and excite readers.

Often authors only generate money once the book is actively sold and do not get any type of advance to offset the cost of developing a new title.

But if you're a legacy - published author whose sales are increasingly digital, you need to understand that the legacy strategy of pricing ebooks high is costing you money.

By the way, in an NPR Planet Money discussion of Amazon's new Kindles and the Fire, Eduardo Porter, author of The Price of Everything, compared Amazon's strategy of selling e-readers at below cost with bars in the mid-19th century U.S. that offered a free lunch if customers paid for drinks.

Frankly, the biggest omission to me is the eliding of the costs — in time and money — of doing the work the house does for an author.

I had written a post, Kickstart Your Indie Project, on Indies Unlimited in favor of Kickstarter, and my fellow IU writer Rich Meyer had written one, Mendicancy — The First Refuge of The Modern Indie, critiquing the idea of independent authors asking for money to fund their book costs.

... I love that she likens book launch to a startup company... The fact that you can buy some of these services very cheaply is irrelevant for the author who wants to produce a quality book that can compete head to head with those from traditional publishers... I have little sympathy those who complain about the costs of putting out a book now... You don't need to spend this kind of money to self - publish a good book successfully...

Despite my admitted aspirations to be traditionally published someday, right now I AM an indie author, and I have to think that a lot of ebook fans are going to be more likely to take a chance on my work, which has high ratings and good reviews (thank you fans), and is reasonably priced at $ 1, than they are to shell out more money for an ebook than a full album costs.

Editors with creative function cost an enormous amount of money for all but the most successful authors.

Many items on the plan will focus on low cost ways to get the word out about your book, however, authors are encouraged to set aside a bit of money for marketing their book including e-book promotions, contest entries, and online ads like Facebook and Instagram.

The time and money cost of finding a new author is too high for anyone except group 1.

And if you can pick one up for the cost of a cup of coffee (McDonalds or Starbucks), the authors of such novels are going to make money.

One author said on - line that she had «lost money» because she hadn't recouped her costs of audiobook production within a year.

Obviously, all this stuff costs something to produce and set up, and Author Solutions needs to make money.

However, for every author who manages to actually make money selling books at a con, there are dozens more who don't make the cost of the table rental back.

In short, too many book promotion professionals are too lazy to get involved in the world of online book promotion, and that laziness is costing authors and publishers time, money, and results.

Most of these titles cost about $ 80 for a yearly license, with most of the money going back to the author.

In an indie situation all time and money costs are the author's.

Yes, all this does cost money and is included in my outline of budget basics in the chapter on doing business as an author.

Quality editing costs money, so definitely I would urge writers to investigate and ask for personal recommendations from authors who have successful indie books in the market.

While the Big - Five published works make money, the author gets a small share of what the publisher makes regardless of how production costs are lower to produce eBooks to sell on Amazon.