Sentences with phrase «getting a book published seems»

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As I further learned about how her attempts in getting a book published, which seemed to be shown the door more times than desired in as many years, I had to admire the courage to hear «No» and still believe in yourself.

And although it seems that more agents are considering YA these days, self - publishing is still a great way to get your YA book out there.

On the front end of these stores, you'd have an awesome bookstore that would actually sell the books that Amazon Publishing publishes (we both know that no one else seems to want them)-- and on the back end, you'd have one of your «fulfillment centers» — more on that lovely euphemism in a moment — where you could get me and other Prime customers our merchandise pronto, like today.

As someone looking for a way to get involved with Amazon Publishing, the benefits seemed obvious to me: Amazon is the world's biggest bookseller and thus has a ready - made ocean of buyers out there, actively searching for quality books in all genres.

It seems the chances of a new author, even if they write a great book, to get traditionally published is near zero.

And it may seem to some wannabe kids book authors that writing books for children is easier than writing an adult book, or that it's easier to get a children's book published.

Although self - publishing sometimes gets a bad rap, it seems that readers are really coming around to self - published books.

It seemed too good to be true that I could publish my books and without spending a dime to get it done.

Getting your book published can seem like a daunting task, but with these four steps laid out you will have your very own title on the shelfs in no time.

Traditional publishing often takes several years, so it may seem impossible to time the market — but most trends last longer than you'd think, and it's pretty easy to determine whether you want to write something that hits more popular terms (the more you can match what people are actively looking for, the more free, organic visibility your book will get, and the easier it will be to sell.

Likewise 5 star reviews on amazon seem to be far more common for self pubbed titles than their traditionally published equivalents, because making sure you get them there, and fast, is one of the basic tenets of marketing a self - pubbed book.

Seems to me the only reasons a person will «Self publish» is if she is in a great hurry to get a book «out there» in the hands of readers, or if the book is not worth reading (i.e., not good enough for traditional publishers).

However, if that's so (Jane, of course, you can jump in at any time and smack me for misinterpreting you if I am) it seems misplaced to bring up any variant of fanfiction in response to a comment about why someone with a book of a * publishable * genre would give up on attempting traditional publishing before giving it a fair shot, and self - publish (or get scammed), out of the conviction «No real publisher will want this, it's too edgy / unique / etc.».

The book was well - received but never seemed to get the kind of publishing - house support it needed to move into the channels of real attention it deserved.

I guess I concentrated more on getting the book published then on the marketing so while it has sold, sales are slow so, sadly, I seem to be spending more time now on marketing and promotion than on writing or getting the next book ready to publish.

Unless you had a way of getting your name and book in front of readers, self - publishing seemed like a way to either print your book nicely for Aunt June or fill your garage with books you'd never sell.

Secondly, your price point comment seems to miss one point: given the royalty rate (as long as it keeps fixed the way it is (I admit that it may change)-RRB-, the author gets as much (2 $) with a 3 $ self - published book as with a 15 $ classically published (as Victoria recognizes).

Increasingly, traditional publishers seem to be publishing whatever they can get their hands on and in whatever condition they grabbed the book.

It seemed to be a «we don't actually pay for this» situation but what got me was that it specified traditionally published books only.

So the 2 % figure (of books that get trad published) actually seems very high to me.

I have had over 50 books published in non-fiction (textbooks) with a big US publisher so I'm pretty familiar with trad publishers and I have to say Amazon Publishing seems to get it as you say.

Even after having several of my graphic novels published, success with HURAKAN selling to a great independent press, and doing new media work with a major publisher, I still couldn't seem to get my book into the right hands.

If you need more accountability and support, or if you've wanted to publish for a long time but can't seem to get it done, I recommend checking out the Self - Publishing School — it's not free, but Chandler Bolt has set up a rigorous system to guide you through the process of actually getting your book finished and published.

I felt like there were people out there who need to read this and self - publishing seemed to be the only way I could get my book noticed immediately.

It seems like B&N would earn a lot more money if they made it easier to get self published books into their brick and mortar stores.

Book typos and errors can be embarrassing and frustrating, but it shouldn't be (as long as you're having your work professionally edited and proofread) since a perfect, book typo / error - free novel seems like an impossible feat to accomplish, no matter if you're self - published, trad - published, or if you're a struggling writer or a bestselling writer, even the biggest names in fiction get dinged with errors and tyBook typos and errors can be embarrassing and frustrating, but it shouldn't be (as long as you're having your work professionally edited and proofread) since a perfect, book typo / error - free novel seems like an impossible feat to accomplish, no matter if you're self - published, trad - published, or if you're a struggling writer or a bestselling writer, even the biggest names in fiction get dinged with errors and tybook typo / error - free novel seems like an impossible feat to accomplish, no matter if you're self - published, trad - published, or if you're a struggling writer or a bestselling writer, even the biggest names in fiction get dinged with errors and typos.

It seems to me that, as you say, if you're the one who needs to build and audience, do instore readings, etc. then getting someone else to publish does seem kind of insane when there are so many books being published every day.