Sentences with phrase «gave authors a sales»

Preorders yield sales advantage — When we launched preorders in 2013, we knew anecdotally from our early alpha tests that preorders gave authors a sales advantage.

Not exact matches

Take it from William Wooditch, author of «Always Forward: Discover the 7 Secrets of Sales Success,» which is centered around the idea that people can not sustain forward movement without the unconditional resolve to give and do their best every day, without retreat or surrender.

Indianapolis, Indiana About Blog Our proactive approach to landing large accounts gives us the opportunity to engage a broad spectrum of people and companies whose businesses are poised for big sales and explosive growth.Having helped produce $ 8 billion in sales for his clients, Tom Searcy has earned his reputation as a nationally recognized author, speaker, and expert in large account sales.

In addition, the rankings give self - published authors a way to prove that their sales can sell every bit as well as an established writer.

Call up a local radio station and ask if they would like to participate in a giveaway such as «Be the 9th caller...» Partnering with a store to give away books and mentioning the contest is sponsored by the store and the author is GREAT PR and a way to drive sales for very little money.

It's too easy to start comparing when so many authors are online shouting out sales figures and rankings, and giving advice — You too could be a publishing phenomenon, if you follow these six easy steps!

I buy them at my author discount of 35 %, and sell them on at full, or near full price, so my purchases count as sales — 10 % gives me # 1.46 towards my royalties — plus I make around # 7.50 each copy if I sell at full price.

Given the transformational changes taking place throughout the industry, very desirable industry professionals (agents, editors, many others) will find ways to offer high - quality services that can make a perceptible difference to an indie author's book marketing and sales.

Previously, only publishers had access, but given that 25 % of Nook sales are indie titles, NetGalley has taken the bold (and profitable) step of opening its doors to indie authors.

An author fortunate enough to have a book acquired and published by a large traditional publisher will usually be required to sign an agreement that gives the publisher final say over a wide variety of issues include title, format, cover design, word count, price, release date, marketing, sales, distribution, etc..

And, in fact, this could potentially result in enough visibility that your sales could supersede what you might make via those other venues, particularly given that for almost every independent author I know, Amazon makes up the majority of sales.

This author - friendly site gives 85 % net of sales.

The retailer is willing to forfeit any fees or costs associated with bookselling in order to give the full purchase price to authors (knowing full well that Hachette won't make a dime on the sale either), yet that is not enough for those who froth over their anger towards the retail giant.

Yet another «newly new» idea has emerged, one that has its roots in giving authors total sales control over their work, but perhaps this one is finally ready to take hold.

This growth indicates a forward movement in the format, giving even more credence to the disputes currently taking place between retailers and publishers regarding sales agreements, and between publishers and their authors over royalties.

But no online bookseller gives away the entire book, with the exception of Amazon as a sales gimmick and even then, they only do it for a limited amount of time and they charge the author rather than the reader by demanding exclusivity for 90 days,

One is Christian Faith Publishing, who gives the author 100 % of proceeds from sales, then author pays them 50 cents per book sold.

That's why we set out to give authors the marketing tools they need, including posters, bookmarks and point - of - sale bookstands.

At 30 - 60 cents, it's always felt (to me) that you can get more out of giving the novel away for free (basically using it as a loss leader to encourage sales of other books, an established and effective technique for many authors publishing series).

What if those same stores react by dropping royalty rates (I know I wouldn't be making a living on ebook sales alone if Amazon suddenly decided to give indie authors 20 % instead of 70 %)?

Create new income opportunities — In a future blog post, I am going to talk about the 8 ways an author can earn money besides book sales, but suffice it to say, a book gives you ways to sell you and your services in a way a blog alone does not.

The first sales were off of Createspace's e-store with the title ID number given to the author.

Amazon has a potentially industry - changing idea on its hands here with Kindle Scout, as the system provides a way to give books a stamp of approval that can cut out the noise and sheer volume of self - published titles out there, and yet it manages to provide a better deal to authors than most big publishing house deals, including a 5 - year term on publishing rights granted to Kindle Press, a $ 1,500 advance, 50 % royalties paid on e-book sales, built - in Amazon.com marketing and what Amazon terms «easy rights reversion.»

Why would they give up all their ebook revenue during negotiations when people might be buying the Hachette books from other online retailers now and the authors are getting their royalties from those sales?

Many of these sales were simply not listed.The author contacted Createspace customer support, who gave assurance that all sales were being accurately reported.

This competition analysis screen gives you information related to the title, subtitle, author name, age, keyword data, review data, price and sales data, for each book ranking for a particular idea keyword.

HQN, my publisher for Unveiled and Unclaimed, only gives its authors 8 % of the cover price for electronic sales.

Not only is the author signing over rights to their book for a period of time, they are also giving up the majority of any moneys that might come in from sales of the book.

In this issue: - Article: «What you Should Not Include in your Non-Fiction Book Proposal,» by Debra W. Englander - New Program Gives Ebooks a Quality Seal for Consumers - Digital Book World Conference — Interesting Facts for Authors - Ben Cameron, Director of Sales and Marketing for UK and Europe, to Speak at Self - Publishing Conference in UK - Display Your Book at the 2013 London Book Fair

Usually, the author is given the chance to choose what level of sales the title could generate so that serves as the marketing program's target.

The online retailer has offered to give authors 100 % of the sales price of all Hachette e-books sold until its standoff with the publisher is resolved, according to a source who confirmed the authenticity of a letter sent to authors.

Unfortunately, Authors United, the group of authors who penned an open letter to Amazon asking the retailer to resolve the issue and agree to terms, has now threatened to call on its readers to help stand their ground, despite Amazon's offer to give Hachette's authors 100 % of the sale price of their books until the matter is conAuthors United, the group of authors who penned an open letter to Amazon asking the retailer to resolve the issue and agree to terms, has now threatened to call on its readers to help stand their ground, despite Amazon's offer to give Hachette's authors 100 % of the sale price of their books until the matter is conauthors who penned an open letter to Amazon asking the retailer to resolve the issue and agree to terms, has now threatened to call on its readers to help stand their ground, despite Amazon's offer to give Hachette's authors 100 % of the sale price of their books until the matter is conauthors 100 % of the sale price of their books until the matter is concluded.

While that price point may seem a little high for an unknown author — many self - published authors keep their sales at $ 4.99 or less, with $ 2.99 being a fairly standard ebook price for indie works — given the argument that the cost of the book is in its initial creation, it makes sense.

Romance and erotica readers are known to be voracious consumers of this content, and even have a knack for giving new and unfamiliar authors a chance; removing a book from visibility despite the fact that it has earned the ranking based on sales is akin to putting it in a locked cupboard and leaving it to the author to do all of the promotion alone.

On any given day, and during any campaign an author may run, book sales depend on a great many things.

Authors and publishing clients are given access to a sales and distribution account which is updated on a daily basis.

So, authors who expect to see sales for the long term are best advised to do most of the initial work themselves or hire freelancers and pay a one - time fee — as opposed to continuing to give a larger portion of royalties to a service provider for this up - front work.

In exchange for participation, authors also receive a bump in ranking because borrows are rated as sales, and the right to run a limited number of promos every 90 days per book by either discounting the price for a few days (a countdown deal) or by giving the book away for a few days.

There is speculation that Macmillan acquired Pronoun as a data grab, so they could have sales info on indie authors that Amazon wouldn't give them.

I just hope I've given some authors a starting point for thinking about their sales.

The event is designed to give authors and readers the chance to connect on a personal level without the pressure of making a sale.

By giving readers the opportunity to choose to purchase from an indie bookstore, you are showing local booksellers that you are a savvy author and that you actively encourage sales of your book from independent bookstores.

Given how much of a lower percentage the author tends to get from a publisher per sale and the uncertainty of being able to convert a casual reader into a regular, the author needs to be certain that the publisher can at least quadruple the book's reader - base before it makes sense to go with them.

This allows the author to create and self - promote, the agent to advocate and sell, the editor to shape, and a whole marketing, publicity, and sales team to give the book a fighting chance in a sea of other titles.

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If you just want to be # 1 in your category, you can get there with about 100 sales — as I mention in my more recent material, I think anybody can build a large enough author platform to sell 100 copies to actual readers in under a month, and 100 sales should be enough to get the ball rolling as long as you're also giving away about 1000 ARC copies to get book reviews first).

From the moment an author finished writing to the first actual sale, dozens of different hands would be involved in any given book.

On the site, you will register the title, subtitle, and author name, be given an ISBN (or register your own), upload your book contents, upload or create your cover design, designate the sale price for your book, and choose your desired channels of distribution.

Writing good sales copy (the description of the book on your amazon page) is an art and a science — most authors are very bad about summarizing their story into an attention grabbing, intrigue building lead - in (without giving too much away).

Because traditional publishers are often foolish in how they handle ebooks — insisting on seeing them as contenders for paper sales rather than a different market entirely and generally overpricing them, in addition to generally giving the authors a pittance of a royalty on them.