Sentences with phrase «do on behalf of authors»

They have each played a monumental role in the literary community, and the work they do on behalf of authors and the reading public has made that community a stronger, richer, and more wonderful one.»

Not exact matches

The Eat - Clean Diet website has what's called «Oxygen Minutes» that the author does on behalf of Oxygen Magazine, where she pens a regular column.

Authors did not go directly to the publisher but focused their efforts on finding an agent if they could who would present the book idea to the publisher on behalf of the author.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

Just wanted to say thanks on behalf of Indie Authors, and writers in general — you are doing a great service for the industry.

I just had a convo with an author who had hired a few people to do various aspects of platform building / marketing, wasn't sure what each of them was doing... there was no coordination between the efforts being made on her behalf....

Some people bypass this by 3rd parties who submit the audiobook on the authors behalf, but there is a severe lack of companies willing to do this.

Marketing is often the authors responsibility, as stated in most contracts, and proven in lack of author and / book advertising done on behalf of publishers.

Using Curtis Brown's powerful position as the agency home to a remarkably deep bench of strong authors and a jaw - dropping catalog of literary estates (from Beckett and Churchill to du Maurier, Faulkner, Milne and Steinbeck), Geller takes his remit on behalf of writers very seriously.

As I would with an author who was working with a traditional house, I read drafts of the book, gave my opinion on covers and cover copy and in her case, advice on hiring an outside editor, as she wanted to mirror the editorial process that she'd had within the traditional houses, so I do feel that I am both invested in the book and working hard on her behalf.

Publishers typically register copyright on behalf of the author, if it has not already been done.

Also, I think that publishers could and should redo their contracts that reflect a responsibility share and even a marketing cost share with authors so that authors aren't looking to publishers wondering what they are doing on behalf of their book (and surprisingly many still do this).

And Adam, thank you, on behalf of us indie authors for what you do — without people like you, we'd all still be struggling to get the word out.

Indie authors trying to speak on tradpub authors behalf essentially becomes an echo chamber, because publishers don't care what we think: we're not part of their stable.

While it's true he hasn't detailed his approach in a book of his own — many other authors have attempted to do so on his behalf — he has gotten close via his many letters to investors that accompany Berkshire Hathaway's annual report each year.

The manuscript contents are solely the opinions of the authors and do not constitute a statement of policy, decision, or position on behalf of NOAA or the U.S. Government.

I'm sure Raff will be flattered that a CLA author of several IPCC reports is badgering me on his behalf, but I'm sure Raff is quite capable of doing that himself.

By doing so, the Court authorized the class action undertaken by Copibec and the representatives of authors, publishers and copyright collectives against Université Laval on behalf of all authors and publishers in Quebec and elsewhere.