Sentences with phrase «get a book published right»

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Some experts, such as Ray Kurzweil in his book The Age of Intelligent Machines, first published in the late 1980s, got it spectacularly right.

After 10 years of writing, researching, speaking at universities and having two books published all on what it truly means to be successful in your twenties, here are some truths I believe will help us all get on the right track — even if we've ungracefully fallen off of it.

«I can't believe that everyone can now get the chance to follow my LFC journey right from the start as I have my very own book which has now been published.

«I've got his book on my desk right in front of me while we're talking,» he added, referring to the late musician's «Arranged by Nelson Riddle,» a combination memoir and how - to published shortly before his death in 1985.

Once your book is finished and edited, and you've chosen the best publishing route for your book, we can help connect you with the right publicity and social media teams to get the word out there.

I can definitely say that SOME authors are making impressively good money self - publishing both new works and backlist books they've gotten the rights to.

Do you think self - published books are getting the right amount of respect from reviewers?

I gave D2D's more advanced templates a go and got a nicely formatted 167 page book that loaded to Amazon's new publishing platform right in KDP easily.

Weighing the Benefits of Self - Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing If you are determining the right strategy for getting your book published, you are beginning what can be a long, rewarding, and meaningful -LSB-...]

In addition, by self publishing I can give the book the time it needs to find the right readers and will, eventually, sell enough copies to recoup my investment and start to get paid for my work.

(Besides fewer dollars per sale, a traditional book has a literal shelf life; once your publisher wants to give that shelf space to their next writer, most of your book's trad - published benefits are * dead * unless you get famous enough to re-impress them, and / or you understand how to get your rights back.

Self - publishing has not only democratized publishing, it has opened up the opportunity for authors to publish at low or no cost, own all the rights, control the pricing and timetable for publishing, and get their books listed for sale and distribution on major outlets and platforms — e.g. Amazon, kindle, nook, other e-readers, Google and more.

I didn't like how my books were marketed and when eBooks started to take off I got my rights back and started publishing them through Bent Pine Ppublishing them through Bent Pine PublishingPublishing.

I had one book that I was going to publish next March, but another book (which was not scheduled to be written but sort of attacked me in August) is nagging at me to get published right away.

I've been working on my artist platform out ahead of the book getting done so as I ponder worst case scenarios I figure I'll, at least, be able to afford to print a few copies at Kinko's and send them out to my developing circle of friends.That counts as self publishing, right?

And like you, I am excited about Amazon Publishing's ability to get books in front of the right (and lots of) readers.

My first book (a paranormal romance titled Ordinary Angels) was published with a small press (I've since gotten back my rights and self - published it), and my second book I self - published.

But we know the options, we know that if something suddenly happened to CreateSpace, we would just continue right on publishing paper books and getting our books into stores.

Many, many traditionally published authors are working to add either back - list titles they've gotten the rights back on, or bonus books (novellas, short stories) through indie publishing to boost the sales of their books under contract.

Path To Publishing is the Triple - A of the literary industry, helping self - published, traditionally published, hybrid, and POD authors get their vehicles (books) on the right path toward literary success.

Self - published authors have to get creative and find ways to get their books reviewed or mentioned in trade publications, smaller magazines, newspapers, websites, and other outlets that reach the right target audience.

With big publishing buying only the crème de la crème of books, and more authors turning to self - publishing, many literary agents are getting squeezed right out of the middle.

By the way, it's unlikely a traditional publishing company will allow you to do this unless you manage to negotiate it into your book deal contract (the publisher gets the majority of the rights — a frustrating down side).

My agent negotiated a deal with DAW wherein DAW gets the rights to publish the books in English in the U.S. and Canada.

So Hoover — «a fabulous self - promoter and a very talented author,» Rennert said — earns back her debt to the agency, and the agency gets 15 percent to cover «the hours and months we devote to editorial; figuring out how to position and package the book to reach the right market; the time spent on quality control; seeking out and dealing with high - caliber vendors providing the above services; and locating and vetting professional photographers and cover designers whose work is every bit as good as those used in traditionally published books.»

I get that — we all make trade offs in our lives — but if you are going to publish — then do so «the right way» — putting a poorly edited book out there benefits no one... not the writer, nor the reader, or the industry in general.

Randomly stumbled upon this tonight and I see most of the comments are now years old... but in response to your last comment Tracy about how you know at least some writers that make $ 1,000 a day by writing longer works... out of curiosity, are these writers publishing dozens of books to get to that level or did they just find the right niche and only have to publish a few books to get to that level?

You'll learn: * How to figure out if self - publishing is the right step for you and your book * The difference between vanity publishing services and creating your own press * The bare - bone, essential steps you need to take for your book to live * Where to scrimp and where to splurge * Hidden costs and easily missed steps on the self - publishing * How to develop a timeline and a budget * What you need to do to get your book out there.

Often, the simple publishing package of $ 2K or so * might * be reasonable, but since they're farming out the book design, most of these hybrid publishers will give you crappy book design (which is the MOST important thing to get right!).

If you haven't read it yet, be sure to check out our free 10 - page guide on how to publish a book including how to get ideas and how to find the right help.

«I was very interested in the information on authors going back to their publishers and getting the rights» to their out of print books in order to pursue publishing them electronically.

I'm a self - published writer and found it quite overwhelming at first, but (like this article) there are plenty of places out there where you can get unbiased info on the right way of getting your book out into the world, I found the «Writers Room» at http://www.jdandj.com and also the details of the Creative Penn (also excellent).

Strangely enough, right after I got the publishing process started on that book, I started a fiction book.

Dr. Gary Webb has published a series of books that will get you started on the right foot and will help you write, publish and market your book.

You want me to set aside a Kate Elliott or Robin Hobb novel I am way behind on getting to in order to read your self published book, you better be bringing your A + game because anything less just isn't good enough right now.

If getting published traditionally doesn't especially help you to get your books on the shelves of stores (unless you are talented, awesome, hard - working, and lucky enough to be a Jim Butcher), then you've got a legitimate reason to question whether you want to roll the dice with traditional publishers (who absolutely offer many great advantages), or get 70 % royalties on your indie ebooks and get paid 80 % of your print book's list price (minus the cost of POD printing) with your print - on - demand book via Lightning Source and their 20 % short discount option — which gets you right into Amazon.com and other online bookstores, just like the big boys do.

I was umming and ahhing about whether to self - publish my next book after being published traditionally and you're right — we have to do all of the marketing anyway so we may as well get paid for it.

Hi David, Please look at this as regards XLibris https://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/2015/04/29/author-solutions-and-friends-the-inside-story-2/ and also look at the book, Choosing a Self Publishing Service, written by authors, for authors — it will help you get the right service to self - publish your book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CC0NYCM/ In terms of marketing, try these ideas first: http://www.thecreativepenn.com/marketing/

Right there, in my contract, is a reversion clause that allows me, under certain conditions, to get my book transferred back to me so that I can get it back into print indie publishing or resell it to another publisher.

I'm pretty gun - shy right now, especially since the book I'm getting ready to Indie publish is my «baby.»

Buckets and buckets of form rejection slips may not be especially useful, but rejection notes that offer positive feedback but indicate that the book just isn't right for that agent's list, or that the agent doubts whether she can get it past a marketing department, could be a sign that independently publishing could be a reasonable option.

Justine Bylo [00:07:51] If you get your rights reverted back to you as a traditionally published author from your publishing house, it will have that ISBN that they originally put on the book.

The logic being since Kirkus and PW are marketed to book stores, libraries and the publishing industry, your book will get in front of the eyeballs of the right people.

If you don't have the time or inclination to do that right now, consider pulling any prematurely published early books out of circulation and resubmitting them later when you've had time to get them cleaned up or do it yourself.

Well before there was anything to do with them, I was getting rights back to my previously published books.

You can get JoMarie DeGioia's books right here at Lachesis Publishing, or on Amazon, Nook, Kobo and Itunes.

We actually don't recommend that a self - publishing / independent author push to get their book into «chain» book stores right away.

When you publish with Lulu, Lulu gets the rights to your book; what kind of royalties can you expect as the author?

Right up front I'd have to know whether the author is interested in getting a traditional book deal for their already self - published book or for a new, unpublished book.

Get started on your journey to writing and publishing success by asking the right questions and taking a fresh look at who you want to read your book.