Sentences with phrase «dollar traditional publishing deal»

A couple of years ago, Amanda Hocking came on the self - publishing scene with several YA ebooks priced at 99 cents (for book 1s) and $ 2.99 (for subsequent books) and had legendary sales that led to a legendary two - million - dollar traditional publishing deal.

Not exact matches

A noticeable trend found throughout is that after finding success with self - publishing, these authors were approached by a traditional publisher, signing several million dollar deals in cases.

The dollar bin at the back of Walmart is full of books that were supposedly good enough for a traditional publishing deal.

But here's the thing: there's only one author in the world right now who has made two million dollars from self - published e-book sales and another two million dollars on a newly - inked traditional deal.

A few publishers offer unsuspecting authors a «traditional publishing deal» — where the publisher pays publishing costs and industry - standard royalties on sales — paired with a «mandatory marketing and author training contract» that requires the author to pay the publisher (or an affiliated marketing agency) thousands of dollars for marketing and «author training» services.

Eisler, a former CIA operative turned author, has been one of the most prominent examples of self - publishing, along with fellow writers J.A. Konrath and young - adult author Amanda Hocking — who made more than two million dollars by publishing her own books via the Kindle marketplace (often charging as little as 99 cents for them) before signing a $ 2 - million deal with a traditional publisher earlier this year.

Yet I discovered over and over the last few days as Barry Eisler turned down a half - million dollar deal and Amanda Hocking, a young writer, is thinking of taking a deal, that the myth of security and safety in traditional publishing is as strong as ever.

The marketing contract is an addendum to the «traditional publishing deal» and can cost the author several thousand dollars out of pocket.

Independent authors — without agents, publishing deals, or marketing dollars — face radically different pricing concerns than traditional publishers and publishing startups like Byliner and The Domino Project.

In this contract, an unsuspecting author is offered a «traditional publishing deal» — meaning the publisher pays the publishing costs and offers industry - standard royalties on sales — but the contract contains a «mandatory marketing agreement» (or addendum) that requires the author to pay the publisher (or an affiliated marketing company) thousands of dollars to market and advertise the author's book.

The main reason I still want a traditional publishing deal is because I know the help of a great editor would make my stories much better — and editing costs thousands of dollars.