Sentences with phrase «for hybrid authors»

In his mind, he has more respect for hybrid authors who «self - publish for a little bit more control.»

Today, indie publishing has proven to be a blessing for hybrid authors like me and a curse for those just starting out.

She also does blog critiques and author consulting for hybrid authors (who publish with traditional publishers and independent publishing) and indie authors.

So while this resistance might be a contributing factor to digital - first's poor showing for hybrid authors, it's not the driving issue.

Are you surprised by the big difference the type of publisher can make for hybrid authors?

So, many of the benefits for a hybrid author starting off with a publisher — the «higher respect, more review opportunities, and wider distribution in print or tricky markets» I mentioned — might not exist if said publisher is a digital - first publisher.

Not exact matches

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Other ways to make papers freely accessible, such as self - archiving and hybrid journals, which allow authors to choose whether to pay for open access, are also growing only linearly, he says.

The reason for the low juvenile hybrid survivability, the authors say, may lie in the lack of aggressiveness and ability to compete with purebred males for denning sites and in winning territorial battles.

The authors suggest that every location where hybrid and natural approaches are being implemented provide opportunities for monitoring so we can learn as much as possible about each approach, including longer - term cost effectiveness.

Dr. Kit Macleod, catchment scientist at the James Hutton Institute and one of the authors of the paper, said: «Hybrid grasses of this type show potential for reducing the likelihood of flood generation, whilst providing pasture for food production under conditions of changing climate.

«Coal plants and gas plants are the marginal units that we considered for charging the plug - in hybrid batteries,» says PNNL staff scientist Michael Kintner - Meyer, lead author of the forthcoming report.

«This work demonstrates the unique capability of micro-to-nanoscale topographies of the crumpled graphene - Au nanoparticles — higher density, three - dimensional optically active materials — that are further enhanced by the formation of hot spots, bringing the nanoparticles closer,» explained Juyoung Leem, a graduate student and first author of the study, «Mechanically Self - Assembled, Three - Dimensional Graphene?Gold Hybrid Nanostructures for Advanced Nanoplasmonic Sensors,» published in Nano Letters.

In an article to appear in the journal Energy Policy, the authors find that urban drivers who can frequently charge their vehicles (every 20 miles) can reduce gas consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and expenses with a plug - in hybrid with a battery pack sized for about seven miles of electric travel.

Hybrid models have publishers pay for some, where the author pays for some and gets a higher royalty percentage.

Nowadays self - publishing authors and hybrid authors (those who self - publish some books and have traditionally published others) have a plethora of options when it comes to hiring freelancers for their editing, cover and formatting needs, or working with up front companies that handle design and distribution while the author retains all of their rights and receives royalties.

Founder Lauren Wise spends a ton of time researching the new methods of publishing, talking with CEOs of publishers that range from hybrid to traditional to electronic, and compiles a hand - picked list every year of the best companies for Midnight Publishing authors to work with.

The best opportunities are in «hybrid» publishing, which means, doing the things that make you the most money and build your author platform (those two things are not identical, and often even at odds: as in, you may give one book away for free to reach new readers, and make money on other books you charge more on).

These range from companies that require little investment to publish on the author's end, to hybrid publishers, to a list of top literary agents for authors to pitch if they want to go the traditional publishing route.

There are also hybrid authors such as myself that publish for the big 5 and also publish on my own.

Welcome to the Hybrid Publishing Maze Hybrid publishing, a type of publishing that combines professional support and self - publishing options, has evolved as a new way for authors to get help outside a traditional publishing contract.

There are also traditional publishers that are cutting hybrid deals, in which authors pay for some services in exchange for higher royalties.

Hybrid authors are looking for the best of both worlds, and this can be a reasonable choice.

Instead of waiting for traditional gatekeepers (like an agent or publishing company to send you a contract, hybrid authors can -LSB-...]

Too often, IBPA has noticed a bias against self - published authors, independent publishers, and hybrid presses when it comes to choosing titles or authors for book review consideration, book award contests, association memberships, and inclusion on independent bookstore shelves.

Steve, Imagine for a moment that you are a new author: legacy published, indie published, hybrid, querying, whatever... it really doesn't matter.

And there's no reason you can't do both: become a «hybrid» author by traditionally publishing some books and self - publishing others, according to what you think is right for each book.

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.

** Nonfiction developmental edits can be incorporated with Midnight Publishing's ghostwriting services to form a hybrid edit / ghostwrite package, in which our writers and editors revise existing material, restructure manuscript for clarity and cohesion, and create fresh content for inclusion in the manuscript based on author's raw materials and instructions.

I think most of us will end up as hybrid authors, quite honestly — the catch is to make that new model work for us in a productive and creative way.

See additional considerations below for more information about how hybrid publishers differ from other author - subsidized models.

Writers» conferences provide ideal environments for learning about the various modes of publishing: the traditional model of the big publishing house, self publishing, independent presses, vanity presses, and the new «hybrid» author - publisher partnership model, which offers much higher royalties and transparency about the process for writers.

LP: You are a hybrid author — you write both for Harlequin and independently — do you find that being an author has helped you in terms of work / life balance or has it created some unique challenges?

Meghan leads writing and editing workshops at conferences and for small groups, and collaborates with her partner at Outrider Literary to guide authors through publication along indie, traditional, and hybrid paths.

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.

They among the first industry to open their arms to hybrid authors, giving them the freedom to write books for their publishers while also writing other unrelated titles specifically to launch as self - published works.

Verdict: 4 Stars When I approached hybrid author Tina Reber for our interview a couple of weeks ago at an event in the Simon & Schuster offices, she took one look at my camera and called out, «No paparazzi!»

I find it very interesting that there are many new types of publishers who — for one reason or another — are calling themselves «hybrid publishers» and still attempt to charge authors some kind of «package» of services.

Hybrid publishing — when an author chooses to publish some stories traditionally and other stories independently — has won converts from both sides, illustrating that there's no «one size fits all» for every project.

However, when I wrote The Experiencers (my first novel) and consulted on the subject of trad versus indie publishing with a hybrid author who has been writing books since the 1970s, he made a good case for me to go indie.

So today, we're interviewing Lucas Carlson, hybrid author of Finding Success In Failure, the Ruby Cookbook and Programming for PaaS.

Hybrid authors, indie authors, traditionally pubbed — there is room for everyone, and this type of article only serves to divide and alienate.

When «indie» and «hybrid» authors realized that they could do everything a publisher could do (or hire someone for each of the tasks), some formed their own publishing «imprints.»

Literary Agents and the Hybrid Author: A Conversation with Bob Mecoy and Kristin Nelson (Sangeeta Mehta for JaneFriedman.com): Book publishing is changing so quickly, and this is a great look at the hybrid author space, where authors can work with traditional houses while still self - publishing some of their Hybrid Author: A Conversation with Bob Mecoy and Kristin Nelson (Sangeeta Mehta for JaneFriedman.com): Book publishing is changing so quickly, and this is a great look at the hybrid author space, where authors can work with traditional houses while still self - publishing some of their Author: A Conversation with Bob Mecoy and Kristin Nelson (Sangeeta Mehta for JaneFriedman.com): Book publishing is changing so quickly, and this is a great look at the hybrid author space, where authors can work with traditional houses while still self - publishing some of their hybrid author space, where authors can work with traditional houses while still self - publishing some of their author space, where authors can work with traditional houses while still self - publishing some of their works.

If a hybrid publisher has a requirement that the author must pay for a specific number of books, it's a good sign the company is merely a dressed - up version of an old - school «vanity» press.

Because she's a hybrid author, her production schedule and scheduling requirements are different for each series.

Self - published authors responding, Weinberg writes, numbered 1,636; traditionally published authors accounted for 774 responses; «hybrids» who publish both ways, numbered only 598.

(That last one, the report from DBW's sister vertical WD has drawn new heat from the author community for the way it develops statistics purportedly on author earnings in the traditional, self - publishing, and «hybrid» realms — a problem not of bad intentions, mind you, but of inadequate data inaccurately expressed.

Mr. Hart goes on to say that he really wants to become a «hybrid» author — that is, one who seeks a mix of traditionally published and self - published arrangements for his various works.

However, as an award - winning self - published author and editor for Midnight Publishing who works primarily with indie authors and small presses, I wanted to share my own opinion and insight on why you should self - publish or consider being a hybrid author (self - publishing and going the traditional route).