Sentences with phrase «for trad»

Rosalyn — I never thought of tenure being a motivation for trad publishing, but of course you would want to pursue the trad route if you're in academia.

There are too many benefits to self - publishing for trad pub authors to ignore forever.

I've heard first - hand reports of B&N manipulating its rankings for erotica titles as well, but only for indie authors and not for trad pubbed titles:

My opinion is that if I am paying a bloated price for a trad pub book and the profits are going into the maw of the mothership of a multi-national corporation, instead of to the writer, then I will buy indie except for the very small list of writers (some of them yours) that I support because I consider them friends.

A well established company in the publishing industry who does professional reviews for free (they might make money otherwise) for trad - pubbed work but ask for over $ 400 to review Indies.

published authors, or a united voice for the trad.

I feel very bad for the trad authors who, at this point, may be really looking for a way out.

It's as if they're waiting for trad pubs to catch up... or not.

Finally, one of the biggest advantages for trad books on Amazon is now available to self - publishers: pre-ordering.

Tsually when you bring trad and indie together the conference is mostly a trad - minded conference that has tied down a bit a self - publishing stream or it's a couple of self - publishing bits for the trad authors who have never heard of self - publishing and so we educate in that very low level.

I'm not even sure how many perks are left for trad pubbed authors.

For trad pubs, I'm generally not interested in their products (regardless of price) except when they're reprinting boks by favorite authors.

I was pointing up the differences and I think that's a point where they differ (self - pub authors generally aren't trying to get into bookstores)-- and it struck me in Saundra's article (also Elana's later) that there was as much emphasis on pitching directly to booksellers for trad - pub authors.

This is true for trad - pub authors as well (again, the appeal of the book and the power of the paper distribution system can have a big impact on sales).

There is no reason for trad - published authors and self - pubbers to look down on each other.

Bookended with more info on writing in general and tips for planning for trad or self publishing, I think it could be a marvelous resource.

Nice to see such optimism for trad pub.

Note that some authors are hybrid authors — they work for trad publishers and they do some indie work.

The same is true for trad - published authors.

What that will accomplish over time is that the lists will feature mostly higher priced books, setting a self - fulfilling prophecy for the trad pub titles (and of course, Amazon's own label) and hurting sales for lower priced titles.

With indie stars often getting plucked for trad pub eventually anyway — because indie is now the farm system where trad pub looks most closely, for all the hot new horses.

Well, no, probably not, but author platform building is the same process for indies as it is for trad published, and most of it is done on the internet.

If self - pubbing is going to become the AAA farm team for trad pubbing, then, like in baseball, only the stars, who fit the team's needs at that moment, are going to get called up.

As for a trad publishing deal, if you are successful, then self - pub will not stop you getting picked up.

You can self - publish some work as you continue to wait for the trad train to pull into the station.

In the case of Vanquish Writer's Block (and my other self - pub books), I knew that in many cases they were too short for a trad house to pick up AND I knew I could get them out to my readers faster and more effectively.

P.S.: I spent $ 60 at Barnes and Noble «real» book store last night for trad pub books.

All true — but equally so for the trad - published.

Now he is talking about selling for trad publishers.

With what I know now of the publishing industry (thanks to the great blogs mentioned above, as well as the fantastic explanations offered by The Passive Voice and Rusch on the minefield of rights» grabs that are traditional publishing contracts), I would be cautious if I were ever approached for a trad deal.

Things have gotten so much worse for trad - pubbed authors since then that I consider myself lucky not to have been treated worse.

Maybe I'll have another project later on that I'd consider for a trad deal.

You worked hard and produced lots of «product» for your trad publishers, and to market that work — but you also had the huge advantage of in - house editors, designers and, perhaps more important than all the rest, distribution and marketing.

She wrote for trad pubs for years and I got the sense from her that not being in the block buster category (though doing quite well by most standards!)

There will always be some who throw caution and reason aside despite the readily available realistic cautions, whether it be for trad or indie / self pub.

The fact that e-books are becoming part of the deep discount for trad.

Not every writer is a skilled businessman and for them trad pub is best.

This goes for trad pubbed books as well.

Sometime in the late 1990s, when I began ghostwriting, and writing business books for trad publishers, I launched my first blog.

I'm trading the indie ebook market (which I think the book has peaked in) for the trad pub ebook market

I know I've had no luck getting audio rights for my trad pubbed books.

After the initial promotional push is over for trad pubbed books, advertising dollars go to the publishing house's next new books.

This is the reality for trad - or self - publishing.

This implies that the ratio of good to bad indie books is the same ratio for trad books.

They're improving for indies and they're improving for trad pub authors.

Somehow only for trad pubbed books and not the same series for my self - pubbed titles?

I can't fathom giving up all that control and royalty for a trad pub deal.

The top news of the week touched upon waning ebook sales for trad pubs, the EU's recent ruling that ebooks aren't books, the new Author Earnings Dashboard, the getting - by attitude, and the indie startup mindset.

My limit (except for Baen E-Arcs) seems to be $ 10 even for trad published authors that I have bought for years.

More profit for trad pubs, better odds of some readers finding mine a bargain.