Sentences with phrase «getting their book published because»

First time authors will find this strategy more effective in getting their book published because they are able to prepare their work well before presenting it to a publisher.

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When one reads Studs Terkel's book, Working, a series of interviews with more than 100 workers published in 1974, one gets the impression that most people keep working for lack of alternatives, not because they get much fulfillment from their jobs.

This is because I have been working hard to get something started to help you get your book published.

I think if these people had worried less about what others might be sharing, and just stayed focused on getting their own book done, maybe we'd be talking about how great their book is because it would be published, rather than all the lives they destroyed in trying to control others and make sure none of their ideas leaked out.

So are God's words changed and sold as a fact... just because someone won getting a book published.)

The reason that the Better Baby Book got published the way it did was because of you.

I would estimate that the average annual income for self - published authors is slightly lower now and, having seen a number of authors quit over the last couple of years in order to get full time jobs because of financial problems, it hasn't gotten any easier to make ends meet on just book royalties.

Because we are writing the books we like to read, books that weren't getting published by most traditional publishers and those few who do put out similar books can't put out enough to feed our reading habit.

So, when I got the chance to help curate this wonderful bundle with Allyson Longueira, I jumped at the chance because Aliens Among Us described so many great books from my past and many, many great stories and novels being publishing today.

Because of the ability of the independent publisher to get a quality book published within a shorter period of time, opportunities abound — opportunities that traditional publishers can't respond to.

And at that point you won't want to do it, because you're so exhausted from how long it took just to get the damn book published in the first place.

When things get static, I write a book, and because of you, I intend to use at least ten ISBN numbers, because in your Self Publishing book, you told me to.

This gets tricky, because technically, the publisher owns the final, edited version of your book, so to self - publish in print, for example, you may need to pay them back the full or partial editing fees for your own personal use.

So if you want to read a project that flat would not have been possible in old publishing, or modern traditional publishing, but happened because of the new world of publishing, head to your favored book dealer and order Anniversary day and get set for some fantastic summer reading.

In the excitement of getting the written word published, new authors sometimes don't edit their book, and if they do work hard to get people to buy the book, they end up getting bad reviews because of the lack of editing.

Most self - published authors have more original, better ideas than traditionally published authors but get shot down by publishing companies because the book wasn't what was «selling».

Self - publishing a book and getting it into a brick and mortar book store can be difficult, sure, because as the publisher of the work, you are required to do all the necessary pitching and proposing, etc..

One of the bigger industry stories to break this past weekend was Amazon's so called retreat from traditional book publishing presumably because they can't get their author's books into bookstores.

In my opinion, publishing has split into two paths, but this is great news for writers, because in the 20 years that I've been publishing, I've never seen so many opportunities for writers to get their books to the reading public, even those books that might not fit the hot trend of the moment.

Many independent publishers and most self - published authors struggle to get books into retail outlets because they can't get them into distributors and wholesalers.

You can also get your book oYou'll have higher royalties because you'll be self - publishing through (hopefully) Amazon.

So, if you just finished a book and are making up excuses to not mail it to editors or not get it out indie published because you had too much fun writing it, because it came too fast or too easy, or it needs a massive rewrite, you really have issues with Book as Event thinkbook and are making up excuses to not mail it to editors or not get it out indie published because you had too much fun writing it, because it came too fast or too easy, or it needs a massive rewrite, you really have issues with Book as Event thinkBook as Event thinking.

IngramSpark is the go - to distributor for Indies and small publishing houses because, unlike CreateSpace, it is not in direct competition with the bookstores and libraries that order through them, which increases the likelihood of getting a physical book onto store shelves.

With such a resume, certainly Mr. Reiner could have a secured a traditional publishing contract, but because of the speed to market advantages of self publishing and desire to make sure his story got told his way, he self - published his new book with AuthorHouse.

Usually, authors need to flounder and struggle for several years, publish a few failed books, go on Facebook and write posts about how they're «giving up» because they can't get any traction, and marketing is too hard and overwhelming, and they don't think they have what it takes to be a full - time writer.

Thank you for the info Vinny, now I think I see, You'd like a blog about marketing from lil» ol' me, Promote only when you are in a happy mood, And never promote your books by being far too rude, Try to make your posts interesting, clever and funny, And try not to part with a large amount of money, Now I feel there is one thing I should stress, Never go and give your cash to a vanity press, Blog, tweet and update your Facebook status as often as you can, Make contact with other authors and befriend your only fan, Be courteous, considerate and always be kind, And you will slowly find, You'll get people interested and make them all see, Especially when you give your book away for free, Sit back, relax and be rather nice, And always think about the price, People will not part with their cash unless the price is low, Particularly for an author they do not even know, Always remember to write purely for fun, Never think that your profit will be a huge great sum, And pray for exposure to the lord above, Because self - publishing is a labour of love,

It blows, but it's a risk you take with that kind of contract and it's not something that self publishing would prevent because she wrote the books / idea because they brought it to her, so there's a good chance she wouldn't have gotten a series like that sold at all without taking the for hire contract.

I like what Dean Wesley Smith tells new writers: if you haven't done at least 500,000 words yet, and / or aren't already getting positive personalized rejections from the big magazines and / or New York book editors, you're not ready for self - publishing yet — because the craft level just won't be there.

Other times it's because the author is so prolific that we can't get accounts to buy that many print books from any single author in a year... so we publish them in e.

A comparison will help you get published because it will help you pitch your book.

So no matter which publishing path you chose, I want to encourage you to not neglect the opportunity to get your book into the hands of readers because you never know what could happen.

I am self - published, and I prefer to write books on my own and self - publish them because I know it is hard to get things traditionally published.

Because of her busy speaking schedule she used the publishing package path to get her book «Why Wait to be Great?»

Some sources say BookScan does not report on 75 to 85 % of sales but I'd bet that number is actually lower (in terms of what BookScan reports on) because if you consider the lists of technical, scholarly, law - related books, the Christian market, the millions of self - published titles each year, and all of the eBooks that use Amazon's ASIN system, I'd wager a guess that BookScan gets maybe 65 - 70 % of the market.

I think it was Mark Lawrence who said recently that authors that go through a publishing house looked at the advance as the thing, and that advances usually ran around $ 10,000 or thereabouts, because most books published sell around 500 copies or so, and so you can't depend on getting any royalties over the advance.

Another point I'll make is that just because you've gone through an agent / publishing house doesn't necessarily guarantee you'll end up with a perfectly polished book — that's assuming you get past the minefield of scammers and charlatans looking to take your money.

An ideal use of social media is when a digital friend picks up your new book because she loves your genre and she's watched you agonize over getting a publisher or struggle through all the hoops of self - publishing.

But when you're self - publishing, thoroughly editing and proofreading your book can mean the difference between getting great sales and great reviews... and watching your book flop because it's filled with typos and grammar gaffes.

Because I can get my book «structurally sound» self - publishing is an option for me — as I said, if you can't then traditional is your route.

Yes, I could have added a step for researching and hiring a formatter because it isn't as easy as one might think to get the book ready for publishing.

I am a successful self - published author in the UK who took a traditional publishing deal, mainly because of the ability to get my books in store.

Because an experienced book coach will provide you with the resources and support you need to plan, launch, get your book published, and start seeing profits... as quickly as possible.

«When I first got it together I wasn't sure I wanted to go with indie publishing because of the stigma associated with self - published books.

A bad self - published book would probably hurt the author more than anyone else because you only get one chance for a good first impression and if you write a bad book, a reader probably will avoid any other books you put out no matter who publishes it.

Interestingly, the first book I ever wrote — it got me an agent, but not a publisher — had three POVs: a 12 - year - old girl, a 50 - year - old professor, and Death, and in 2008, I was told it would never, ever be published in MG / YA because of that.

That in turn has been helping some good authors, some published by large houses as well, get works into the hands of readers who might never have had access to those books because they would not sell in high enough volumes via traditional print ways.

This is my hesitation, because I put everything aside in August last year to finally publish My Year of TED blog as a book — and I should be spending more time getting that out into the world in a much bigger way.

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.

I self - published because I'd submitted to all the agents that accepted children's and fantasy books and got the «not commercial enough» response from those few who deigned to respond.

How to Stay Positive on Your Path to Getting a Book Published (Adrienne Proctor on The Write Life): This is a great, great post, because it's a reminder that nothing worthwhile happens overnight.