We've also had
a fair number of authors who we've given great reviews or have been included in one of our list posts make little - to - no effort to promote the review / post or even reach out to say «Thanks.»
Writing has never been a profession of easy riches (just of a very very tiny minority who make a lot of money,
a fair number of authors who struggle to make a living, and countless authors who earn nothing or even lose money), and self - publishing is, in many ways, even tougher: part of self - publishing means that you have to do everything yourself (or pay to have it done).
Not exact matches
When publishers talk about
authors who have great platforms, they are generally referring to
authors who have great websites and / or blogs (meaning interactive, functional, and with a clear and easy - to - find sign - up form);
authors with a high
number of followers across various social media platforms;
authors with previous publications (
of either books or articles); and
authors who already have a
fair amount
of media exposure under their belts — through a list
of public speaking engagements, YouTube videos showcasing their talents, radio links, TV footage, and / or a media packet.
We're carrying an awful lot
of risk for the expertise we're investing in the
author, but we hope that this nurturing,
fair hybrid solution will encourage them to stay with us for book
number two, and three, and so on.
That answer depends on a
number of factors, in this case, the cost to produce, distribute, market and what the
author deems is
fair to her / his work.
KOBO WRITING LIFE AT LONDON BOOK
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FAIR 2016 Mark Lefebvre Kobo Writing Life London Book
Fair is one of the biggest publishing events of the year and Kobo Writing Life interviewed a number of authors to hear some of the secrets to their succ
Fair is one
of the biggest publishing events
of the year and Kobo Writing Life interviewed a
number of authors to hear some
of the secrets to their success.
They feature local
authors and a
fair number of books available in that country's particular language.
The new iBooks
author app does a good job at being very open to a
fair number of programs to make your book.
In opposition to Preston's efforts, a petition supporting Amazon titled «Stop fighting low prices and
fair wages» has appeared on Change.org with signatures from a
number of top - selling, self - published
authors including Hugh Howey (Wool) and Barry Eisler (Fault Line).
Then next hit the small
number of distributors, the concentrating
of the bookstores into chains, and next thing you know, every
author was those vendors in the stalls at the local
fair.
(To be
fair, a growing
number of authors have realized the potential
of e-book sales, and are now buying back the digital rights to their backlist or waiting until the rights revert to them, then self - publishing their backlist titles.)
A
fair number of moderate - earning
authors.
There have always been a tiny
number of gigantic - earning
authors, a few high - earning
authors, a
fair number of moderate - earning
authors, and a very large
number of poorly - earning
authors.
This is all so true, Joe - but in an era when the
author websites are those driving the sales, I bet if I check any
of the top, most - visited
author sites where they interact with readers, a pretty
fair number will NOT link to a publisher sales page!
Global book
fairs are often recognized as a meeting point
of authors, publishers, book agents and a large
number of readers.
However, looking at the
numbers objectively, it's hard to defend that an
author making $ 0.11 a copy on a book is a
fair wage when there's a reasonable expectation that the publisher will sell several hundred thousand copies (and so easily recoup their initial investment
of advance, editing, cover art, formatting, etc..)