Sentences with phrase «for backlist books»

(More about why that happens in this post: KDP Select & Kindle Unlimited: Why Ebooks Not Enrolled Are at a Disadvantage) In 2015, I found that I sold less of each title overall for my backlist books (specifically my Emperor's Edge books, which are part of a series I completed over a year ago), most likely because the permafree Book 1 is being downloaded a lot less now — there are more free titles available at Amazon and elsewhere, and also I believe KU has siphoned off some of the deal seekers who used to peruse the free lists.

Especially for backlist books that were sold to traditional publishers and changed significantly, would any authors be willing to «release» (epub or print) both the «original motion picture» (traditional published text) and the «director's cut» (a different version a bit longer that the author liked better)?

This is good news for potential sales results for backlist books.

I advertise permanently for all backlist books.

So we are fine passing on some savings to readers for backlist books.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware One of the effects of the phenomenal growth of ebooks over the past few years has been to bring new value to the backlist — both for publishers who hold the contracts for backlist books, and authors who wa... -LSB-...]

In 2017, 60 % of all print book sales were for backlist books, which is up by 2 % over 2016.

For a backlist book, the movie tie - in edition brings consumer attention to an older title, by relating it to something that is currently in the media and being actively promoted.

Not exact matches

That book has been out for 2 years, so it's a backlist title.

For backlist, the average total amount earned over a book's e-lifetime to date is $ 7,915.

These are backlist books and rights were acquired for the physical only,» Nurnberg said.

You can help prove the most critical assumption — that FaceBook marketing can drive sales for full price backlist books if it is done consistently and well (more about that if your books qualify).

Traditional publishers rotate books into bookstores for ninety days and then, unless a book is a hit, they rotate in new offerings and drop the old ones into their backlist catalogs.

What a boost that would give a new book, and the carryover for backlist, too.

Granted this was for a book originally e-published, but I hear, all the time, of people taking their backlists, scanning them in (if they are out of print) and voila.

Follow these tips and update your marketing plan for your backlist; you'll sell more books!

If your books fit the testing criteria, you could have a marketing team promote your backlist series every week for 4 months, so you don't have to.

Tweak your pricing or offer discounted backlist titles for limited periods of time or as a bonus when readers buy your newest book.

In old - school publishing, a backlist is a portfolio of older books, or for self - publishing, it means a author who has one or more older books to promote.

Friends trying to go hybrid or get rights back for thier backlist or books that are out - of - print that they don't want to take a 25 % net ebook deal on and the big 5 is not letting them out.

The focus is the author: whether it's a hybrid author with multiple books published, a brand new author or one who wants to make their reverted backlist available in digital for the very first time.

Some of my favorite authors have been around for over ten years, and most of them have a huge backlist of books.

I think it can be a great tactic but only for someone who has a significant backlist of books.

Traditional publishers often use a short discount for books like backlist titles that aren't expected to sell through brick - and - mortar stores.

3) Opening up backlist and some new products published by writers for readers to find can only HELP traditional publishing and their sales on the same author's books, since more readers can find the author.

Because authors aren't paid for books selected, SELF - e seems like an option for an author with a backlist.

I'm not generally a fan of launching 2nd, 3rd, 4th books at a discount (the exception to this is romance, where low pricing for the length of a series may be your strategy, then raise the price on backlist).

Just about two weeks ago, readers who went on Amazon looking for certain current Hachette Book Group titles and backlist bestsellers discovered odd 2 - 5 week wait times listed on the site.

For the past 10 years, I've worked as a marketing consultant who has helped authors get books on the New York Times bestseller list 3 different ways, including fiction, non-fiction, and even a 20 - year - old backlist book.

Approved by my agent at the time, I signed a traditional contract a few years ago with publisher Aflame Books, whose backlist (of twenty literary fiction titles in their first English translations) was about to be supplemented by a new imprint for original - English - language fiction, starting with my novel The Imagination Thief as this imprint's launch title.

In this time of difficulty for book discovery, offering your content — especially backlist content — to readers is a way to entice them into getting to know the rest of your list.

Stores can only stock so many books; the shelves continually have to be cleared, to make room for new titles or old titles that backlist well — there always has to be room for evergreen bestsellers such as What to Expect When You're Expecting.

The company will distribute 14 new Lorimer Children & Teens books for reluctant readers in both library - bound and paperback formats this fall, as well as the publisher's backlist.

Overdrive is my first port of call for best - selling authors, classics recently published books as well as a massive selection of backlisted titles.

First, an aside: publishing industry definitions for frontlist vs. backlist books: Though timelines differ for different publishers, a book is considered «frontlist» from when it is newly released into the marketplace until it on the bricks and mortar or virtual bookstore shelves six months or so.

For established clients, agents may assist in getting their backlists on sale again, and helping release digital shorts in between larger book releases (a strategy more and more authors are using to keep readers engaged and earn extra money in the process).

If you are marketing a book, you need to understand how book marketing strategy is different for new titles («frontlist») versus those that have been on the market for awhile («backlist»).

In the early days of the retail giant, it seemed a near miracle that any book in print could be had easily — it was great for backlist authors, great for those of us whose job it was to market books.

Imagine selling ebooks for $ 5, making $ 3.50 per copy (and making $ 3.50 on a POD book is just as feasible), building up a backlist, and getting good word of mouth publicity.

There will be a tour - wide giveaway for a Decadent Publishing book from the author's backlist, a signed Slumber postcard and a...

If I like your book I may glom onto your backlist, if I don't, at least I don't resent you for making me use my scarce book - buying dollars on your (to me) sub-par product.

Random House reached a similar deal back in March for the English - language Bond backlist outside of Canada and the U.S. Barnes & Noble, which has vowed never to stock titles published by Amazon, is going to have an interesting decision to make once the physical Bond books are published by Amazon, since Barnes & Noble stores currently stock Fleming's novels.

 And you didn't answer my main point: why is it ok for B&N to have print exclusives on new books that are never made available to any other retailer and terrible for Amazon to have a 4 - month exclusive (as a head start) on digital versions of backlist titles.

The Digital folks have done well for themselves out of this whole affair, as the three books in question (two of which were deep backlist) have gotten a lot of attention; advertising them as too hot for digital is a pretty shrewd move.

The Kindle Unlimited program appears to offer unlimited access to more than 600,000 backlist and self - published titles as well as thousands of audio books for $ US9.99 ($ 10.65) a month.

Be the «other» book distribution company, the one that corporations use to buy in bulk, the one that book retailers use for the backlist because using your site is much easier than whatever messy crap it is that their other distributor offers.

So, to me, it makes good sense for a bestselling author to put the first book in a series or older backlist books in subscription services but I wouldn't expect to find many newer books that are still selling well in a subscription service.

There's a lot of talk about how there's more competition in the Kindle Store and elsewhere these days — more independent authors publishing and also more Big 6 backlist books being put out in ebook form, but if you can cultivate a fan base that enjoys your work and will try a lot of what you write, then you can do this for a living, providing you're able to publish regularly and keep getting more stuff out there for readers to consume.

Or... what if hybrid authors appear to be doing better because they had a backlist of books that they were able to prepare for self - pub quickly?

Get your younger staff out talking to readers, off loading books, taking a leaf out of indigenous techniques for renewing the land, start a new grassfire in culture every year to renew it — not chasing the new only or necessarily but reorganising respect for backlists.