Sentences with phrase «give authors their money»

Why should RWA members have to pay to let a publisher who doesn't give authors money try to attract more authors, who it still won't pay?

The single moment when readers most want to give authors their money is the moment they finish a book that has transported them to another world or revolutionized their view of this one.

«We are a publisher so our job is to give authors money, not take it from them,» says Matthew Lynn, co-founder of Endeavour Press, which specialises in e-books.

Not exact matches

Free your mind Don't be afraid to give your product away, Chris Anderson says, you'll figure out how to make money later The secret to success in the digital age is giving people what they want — literally, says Chris Anderson, the editor of Wired and author of the controversial new book Free: The Future of a Radical Price.

Given her background as a television host, author and motivational speaker, Orman has the money smarts to help you reign in spending and build your personal net worth.

«Fair Shot» author Chris Hughes is trying to convince America's richest citizens to give money to working people — not education policy, not inspirational messages, not invocations to try harder.

If the author is selling me WENGER this time using fear tactics, well he failed I am not buying, for years we gave this man the benefit of doubt, when we did not win, we always excused him because of the other teams buying players splashing money, that till the board boasted having plenty of cash and willing to buy players.....

They have a shelf life of 8/10 years at the very top if they are lucky so who can begrudge them the opportunity to make hay whilst the sun is shining... am not saying Sanchez is not money driven but the way the guy plays i can mortgage my life he actually enjoys the game, enjoys wining first and foremost then money comes 2nd... like the author of the article rightly pointed out, he was in Messi's shadow at Barca and could not express himself fully, now he is at a club where he is the main man and given a free role and license to express himself and i very much doubt if he will want to go to a club like Madrid (as been rumoured in the dailies today) to relieve the bad experience he suffered at Barca because let us face facts, he is never going to displace CR7 as the main man, so even if Madrid sells Benzema or Bale to make room for him he will be back to the same position he was at Barca, this time he will be playing 2nd fiddle to CR7 so my guess is all the Madrid talks is been fed the press by his agents to drive a hard bargain when contract extension talks resumes.....

Joline Godfrey is the CEO of Independent Means and the author of Raising Financially Fit Kids; Our Wildest Dreams: Women Making Money, Having Fun, Doing Good; No More Frogs To Kiss: 99 Ways to Give Economic Power to Girls; andTwenty $ ecrets to Money and Independence: The DollarDiva's Guide to Life.

Third, acknowledging that some of the blame for the biased and one - sided media reporting on head injuries rests with some members of the scientific community who issue one - sided press releases and feed cherry - picked results about their findings to selected members of the media, the authors look to a day when the «harsh division and polarization» in the research community (an almost inevitable byproduct, unfortunately, of the intense competition for grant money in Concussion, Inc.), gives way to greater collaboration among researchers and a more «cordial discourse» between scientists via letters and responses to journal editors and back - and - forth debates at large academic conferences.

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«The extent that you have Bloomberg giving a million dollars, that's new,» said Sarah Reckhow, a political scientist at Michigan State University and author of Follow the Money: How Foundation Dollars Change Public School Politics.

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.

Given you access to a publisher, changed your book round so much because obviously you are not the expert that an ASSISTED publishing author is otherwise you would take the responsibility of investing in your book with real money.

The authors give ResultSource money to buy thousands of books in a very short period of time from retailers that include Amazon.com.

So I think for people to make it as an entrepreneur, you actually have to be thinking about these questions of money, which a lot of authors from the years of traditional publishing and this myth of creativity being kind of God - given, that has stopped people thinking this way.

Authors who aren't selling books refuse to give their books away for free, when giving books away for free is the easiest and best way to reach a lot of readers quickly, without spending any extra time or money.

The best opportunities are in «hybrid» publishing, which means, doing the things that make you the most money and build your author platform (those two things are not identical, and often even at odds: as in, you may give one book away for free to reach new readers, and make money on other books you charge more on).

Because it's cheaper to give away books than it is to invest time and money authors already have in short supply in a hardcore marketing push that might or might not pan out.

Just giving an organization money does not make you an author either.

But it's the ability to market books effectively that is the key to making really good money from writing e-books, according to author and entrepreneur Joanna Penn, who gave up a lucrative career to be a writer.

The article, basically said that Amazon decided that if publishers were going to make all this money on ebooks and not give authors a cut, then Amazon would prefer to get a larger piece of the pie.

Not to mention, you will be giving your money to a company that is known for screwing over their authors.

Meanwhile, please donate money, give your used print books and sponsor the purchase of ebooks for your local public libraries so that ALL authors» work becomes available to more readers!

Accounting tracking... If you only have a few items indie published, this turns out to not be much of a problem because, as you pointed out, the author will get the money first (I hope... Under Joe Konrath's estributor model, he gives all the money first to an agent and hopes to get his share.)

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow autGiven all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow autgiven away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

I don't believe the goal of being an author is to take months to write a book, hard - earned money to self - publish it just to give it away for free?

My latest Publishers Weekly column announces the launch - date for my long - planned «Shut Up and Take My Money» ebook platform, which allows traditionally published authors to serve as retailers for their publishers, selling their ebooks direct to their fans and pocketing the 30 % that Amazon would usually take, as well as the 25 % the publisher gives back to them later in royalties.

The article in the WSJ said that Amazon's offer was for them each to give up their revenue and give all of that money to the authors while they're negotiating.

Freemium self - publishers use tactics that aren't quite so obvious, but include overcharging for additional services (like the custom covers and book videos), overcharging for author copies, and the coup - de-grace: manipulating you into actually giving away your e-book to their customers under the guise of «marketing» (but, you only «earn the right» to do this if they have an exclusive on your book, thus preventing you from making money elsewhere).

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.

Many of the books published by a «competitive» self publisher, given an author who is motivated and attentive to business, go on to make money.

More and more, the indie author market is giving traditional publishers a run for their money and the big New York houses are going to have to innovate even more than they have in the past.

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,

Hell's bells, if we have to make sure we send an edited manuscript to our agents and editors before they «edit» it — and yes, there are a number of authors who pay freelance editors to go over their work before submitting it because they know there will be no real editing done by their editors at certain legacy publishers — and we have to do our own marketing and promotion and do it on our own dime, why are we giving legacy publishers the majority of money earned by our hard work?

In another interesting twist, customers are given the option of dividing the money they spend between several recipients as they see fit, including the authors, Humble Bundle, and a variety of charities such as Child's Play Charity, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and / or the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

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.

My point is, an author is giving money and getting reviews in return.

With so many industry experts warning authors that they have to give their audiences compelling content that will keep them reading, it only seems logical that readers want to invest their time and attention — not just their money — in a book that will draw them in and remain entertaining.

Geez, I went with Kobo to try to avoid giving money to Amazon and Barnes and Noble (I have some author friends who think Amazon / B & N have poor business practice, as they undercut the publishers when selling ebooks which affects the publishers» / authors» profits on the books that THEY produced), but now I'm wishing I just caved and bought a darn Kindle like everybody else did.

The saved money helped Harlequin remain profitable and still give authors marketing attention.

Authors should be wary that when they want to raise money via Kickstarter to write a book, they should follow through and give rewards to their backers.

The number one reasons authors gave for why they write was to create something that people would buy; not to be confused with wanting to make money, the authors want to write and publish books that readers want to read enough to pay for.

My problem with the book is the self - important place which the author places herself when her own words make me feel as though she was nothing more than a «Ted groupie» who sent him money in jail and gave him information.

It isn't set in stone, normally its $ 1.00 to $ 2.00 max, it depends how much money is in the author pool at any given time.

Particularly, the sleazy jerks who keep perpetuating myths about self - publishing in order to sucker new authors into giving them money.

I hate seeing authors struggle with book marketing, because it's actually pretty easy to give your book the best chance of success, without spending much time or money.

We asked some of the brightest stars in the self - publishing firmament if indie authors can still make money by giving away books.

They refuse to pull their heads out of the sand and adapt to the changing times — and to give authors a reason for signing away 75 % or more of the money from the author's labor.