Not exact matches
Susan, if the
author is a solid marketer and can sell books online successfully then yes, self - publishing might be a good solution (although I'd
encourage the
author to
start her own imprint).
There are a lot of other independent
authors who've hit that mark (with many selling more than 200,000 already), some with fewer total books out, but I feel like this is an
encouraging start to my writing career.
As a non-fiction
author that
started in print and is now just getting into ebooks, I
encourage you to learn InDesign — especially since you already own it.
I still am not sure if I should I go a more traditional route or fully embrace the indie lifestyle and the powerful freedom to produce a work from
start to finish, but having a weekend when
authors and writers are empowered and
encouraged to create and share great stories was worth it all.
Our aim is to
encourage aspiring
authors and those who have already been published, to
start writing and release their first — or next — story.
Unhappy with the selections to be given away in the UK, and with the expense being shouldered by publishers,
author Susan Hill is
starting her own event, Not World Book Night, that
encourages people to pick a book from her list of selections, read it and pass it on.
Nook Press seems aimed at
encouraging self - publishing
authors to feel at home in its platform, and to
start building a collaborative community there, perhaps taking a bit of a cue from Wattpad, the successful self - publishing social network.
Now,
author Glenda Wallace has
started a petition on Change.org to ask Amazon to stop engaging in what she and other
authors feel is akin to
encouraging theft.
Some of the ways that Clark
encourages authors to build their platforms include
starting a blog and devoting serious time to it on a weekly basis, forming an online newsletter about something in the field of the
author's own work, taking on freelance writing or editing jobs, anything that will put the
author's name in front of the publishing industry, and ultimately, a devoted reading audience.
It's very promising to
authors and should be
encouraging those promoting books to
start seeing the value in being active on social media and online communities.
Because they have less regard for the traditional way of doing things, and because they tend to be more experimental and bigger risk - takers, many indie novelists have
started incorporate keywords into the novel subtitles in the way that memoirists and self - help
authors are
encouraged to do.
Starting today's blog with Doctor Who's rework as short stories hopefully
encourages authors to find new materials for their future writing.
Scribl
encourages low prices at the
start, and the
author's share of the selling price never drops below 70 %.
Many
authors start with their family and friends, and forget the designers, consultants, printers and anyone who was a massive
encourage in getting their book done.
Publishers wanted to
encourage booksellers to buy more books and take a chance on unknown
authors, so they stupidly
started allowing stores to return unsold inventory for a refund.
Adapting his message from
author Simon Sinek's «
start with why» reasoning, Gustafson
encouraged attendees to lend humanity to their online presence in a session entitled «Streamlining Your Social Media Platform: More Places, Fewer Steps.»
The
author encouraged readers to follow rule # 4 — tidy up before going to bed, otherwise you
started the next day an hour or two behind.