There are many
examples of authors long since deceased whose names have lived through literally dozens of subsequent editions of their seminal works.
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There are countless
examples of authors, even new authors, who are profiting from relationships with legacy publishers and with Amazon Publishing.
So in today's post, I'm going to lay out several
examples of authors signing unfair contracts as well as authors getting their rights stolen from them.
Examples of authors seeing a return of more than an extremely small part of their outlay through a vanity publisher are extremely rare.
And the list can continue with many more
examples of authors becoming successful self - publishers.
Jamie McGuire, Jessica Park and Lauren Clark are all excellent
examples of authors that have been incredibly successful going the self - publishing route.
Regarding being That Guy, there are several
examples of authors whose work I used to enjoy, past tense.
Other
examples of authors doing well in tight times is Stephenie Meyer, whose Twilight series at one point accounted for 15 % of all books sold in the US; and J.K. Rowling, who is about to jump into the electronic book market by launching Pottermore, her new virtual online bookstore.
The history of publishing and literary criticism has some fairly egregious
examples of authors whose greatest work was underappreciated in their lifetime, such as Melville, who couldn't sell 3K copies of Moby Dick.
Should you want more
examples of authors keeping things fresh, check out 11 Author Websites That Get It Right.
Learn the ins and outs of publishing for kids on Kindle, including what buyers are most looking for,
examples of authors who've done it right, and even marketing tips.
So those are just
some examples of authors who chose to write under pen names.
The New York Times bestsellers Marie Force and Steena Holmes are just two
examples of authors who have a foot in both worlds.
There are several hilarious
examples of authors behaving badly in response to a negative review.
Right off the bat I can give think of two
examples of authors stalking reviewers - Lloyd Lofthouse and Rick Carufel aka Mary Shelly - damned by their own words.
Indie authors are an important part of the Goodreads community and there are several ways authors can engage with readers on Goodreads for free, including sharing what you are reading yourself (Maggie Stiefvater, Rick Riordan, and Roxane Gay are three great
examples of authors who do this), using our «Ask the Author» feature, and providing additional content about your books with our Kindle Notes & Highlights on Goodreads feature (see how Emma Chase shared notes on her book, Royally Screwed, which led to some great interactions with her fans — authors should contact our author team if they are interested in doing something like this too).
Nick Spalding and Emily Benet are
examples of authors who take this approach.
Some good
examples of authors using this feature are Michael Cunningham, Anne Lamott, and Chuck Wendig.
We will have lots of
examples of authors, business people and entrepreneurs who have used GIVING to get more results in marketing and can say they have a more fulfilling life.
That is when you see all of the bad
examples of authors on social media and the web.
Take inspiration from
examples of authors who have taught writing courses including Toni Morrison, Junot Diaz, Salman Rushdie, the late Maya Angelou and countless more nonfiction or fiction authors teaching workshops and seminars, online and at colleges and workshops.
Examples of authors who have a recognizable brand large enough to be successful with mass marketing are: Stephen King, Nora Roberts, Stephenie Meyer, Charlaine Harris, Lee Child and George R.R. Martin.
A salient
example of the author's self - implication in the history of biblical testimony through use of modern critical procedures occurs in his essay «Freedom in the Light of Hope.
Here is
another example of an author who has a great brand and consulting business and uses his website to draw attention to all he offers.
Jayne Ann Krentz is a prime
example of an author who uses pen names for different genres.
You've got a great
example of an author blog done right.
Incidentally, Lynn Viehl is a good
example of an author who has published in multiple genres and categories — science fiction, romance, dark fantasy, young adult, christian fiction, and non-fiction (including many free ebooks on writing craft).
Ali Cross is another interesting
example of author branding.
Take a look at
some examples of author websites we've helped create!
Good
example of an author website is Tony Robinson's website.
This is a relatively average
example of the author - submitted covers we receive at Outskirts Press.
Now that is fine if you are talented, understand the basic rules of graphic design and marketing, and have the skills to create a professional end result — but we've all seen
examples of author designs that just shriek amateur and negatively impact the perception of the book.
I feel like you (Hugh) are
another example of an author who doesn't feel the need to compete with other authors, who happily shares his work with fans and fan fiction writers, who engages his readers on social media, and more.
Every time the dust settles on the most recent
examples of author bullying and reviewer bashing, something occurs that makes headlines again, thus starting the firestorm all over again.
Our client Bruce Sellery is an excellent
example of an author with significant platform.
To learn more about Dina Colman's experiences writing and publishing her book, check out my recent blog post, 7
Examples of Author Book Marketing Best Practices.
E.B James is one
example of an author who capitalized on the whole 50 Shades of Grey gravy - train.
Below are some good
examples of author blog / website.
Here are two
examples of an author and a publisher who used Goodreads to create a best - selling book.
Julia is a wonderful
example of an author who has done it right.
Sylvia Day is one of the best
examples of an author who publishes on her own terms.
Her work is mostly self - published, and she's exactly
the example of authors we love to see «making it happen» with their author self - marketing.
Our favorite
example of an author selling book installments is Hugh Howey.
(The site is also an excellent
example of author book marketing best practices.)
He hates being held up as
an example of an author who doesn't need support from publishers, editors, librarians and booksellers and ends by saying,» We built... the book business, the idea - sharing, consciousness - expanding business together... and we're going to keep building this together.»
Perhaps it is because of this that she has more than 650 reviews of her book posted on Amazon (a 4-1/2 star overall rating) or perhaps this success is due to our curiosity about the niche topic she so readily and easily explains with her insider knowledge, but I'd like to think that Caitlin is a perfect
example of an author with an extensive author platform, established long before the launch of her book.
Do you have
any examples of an author who has written a good story of themselves?
Patricia Cornwell is just one
example of an author who has created a successful series with 17 books featuring Kay Scarpetta.
Let's take
the example of author Rebecca Howard.