Sentences with phrase «expenses than the author»

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The study's authors noted the proliferation of fervently Orthodox families — who, more than less observant Jews, shoulder the expense of Jewish schools and keeping kosher.

Scrooge, played brilliantly by Christopher Plummer, gets in more than a few snide jabs at the author's expense.

Based on a pick - and - choose menu of services that includes more than just editing — which right away is a departure from the standard, as too many «author services» companies require all or none expensive packages — the platform is delving into things like review services that will send out copies of an author's book to their channels, along with talks of translation (an ungodly expense for indie authors that can easily cost upwards of tens of thousands of dollars per language) and audiobook services.

(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.

At the expense of sounding like a naysayer, I have a hard time seeing this as anything more than Amazon taking advantage of new author naivete.

Rather than utilizing the technology in the manner it was intended, where there were no marketing expenses, the Vanity presses convinced unsuspecting authors that this was the perfect «frontlist» printing method.

«When I first started blogging I didn't have an audience other than my cousins and I still went for the expense of having a website professionally done,» said Erica Lucke Dean, author of the upcoming To Katie, With Love (Redadept Publishing).

It's quite conceivable that the average author will spend more to promote their book than their publisher will, especially given that houses are tightening up on advances and other expenses.

It increases the author's online presence and visibility (the tour posts will appear online indefinitely in search results); it gives the author the opportunity connect with exponentially more people than in - person bookstore tours — and it's cheaper than travel / hotel expenses.

Well, see, this is where a REAL authors association could be useful, by filing on behalf of all its» members as a class action, and obtaining a standard of editing, say «more than three errors and the publisher can re-print at their expense and make sure the purchasers get the replacements.»

Since we introduced our interior book templates in February, 2013 over 15,000 authors all over the world have created their books more quickly and at less expense than ever before.

There are a lot of unanswered questions so far and, based on RH's history, I'm not convinced this is anything more than another way for them to try to line their own pockets at the expense of readers and authors.