Sentences with phrase «high royalty percentage»

Amazon offers higher royalty percentages.

Hybrid models have publishers pay for some, where the author pays for some and gets a higher royalty percentage.

Most indies were sticking to $ 2.99 and up because Amazon made $ 2.99 - $.9.99 the point at which authors could earn the highest royalty percentage.

This isn't surprising if the traditional releases are connecting with a broader spectrum of readers and the self - published releases are bringing in higher royalty percentages.

The author gets a higher royalty percentage, but NOT a higher royalty in dollars when ebooks are priced at 9.99 or lower.

The signup process may seem intimidating, but an indie author can earn a higher royalty percentage by going direct and not through a distributor / aggregator.

Specifically, I would like to forego the advance entirely in favor of a higher royalty percentage.

Maybe a lower price might get someone to try a series with a slightly increased price for other books in that series, but with the higher royalty percentage on each unit and less cuts into margin, an author can afford to keep the cost down.

Authors like Emlyn Chand (of Novel Publicity) and Chuck Wendig have chosen the self - publishing route, and amongst other things it offers a higher royalty percentage, an immediate route to market and total creative control.

Due to most - favored - nation royalty provisions that would require the publisher to increase royalties to dozens of other authors if they paid a higher royalty percentage to a blockbuster author, publishers increase the effective royalty to the blockbuster author by paying an advance that will never be earned out.

«Writers have learned that with ebook self - publishing, they can enjoy faster time - to - market, greater creative control and 4 - 5 times higher royalty percentages,» Coker writes.

Writers have learned that with ebook self - publishing, they can enjoy faster time - to - market, greater creative control and 4 - 5 times higher royalty percentages.

I am sure Sucker Punch receives a lot of financial incentives to stay exclusive to Sony, which likely takes the form of higher royalty percentage points on gross sales.»

Not exact matches

The author's royalty is not a particularly high percentage of the sale because the publisher is putting up all the money and taking most of the risks so they rightfully expect to make the lion's share of the profits.

Smashwords also has some perks that make me wish the outfit had made more inroads into the ebook market on its own merits (as a seller and not just a distributor), such as the ability to issue coupons, to offer affiliates a greater percentage of the sales price, and the fact that authors receive a higher royalty rate there than at any of the other stores.

On the other hand, a lower royalty rate on a hardcover with a higher cover price can end up matching the ebook royalties, where it's a higher percentage of a lower cover price.

Whereas some self - publishing companies and «vanity presses» rip authors off by charging up front for service and then charging additional royalties as high as 55 % of net profits, BookBaby is one of the few companies in the industry that does not take any additional fees; the author earns royalties from the different platforms that BookBaby distributes to, and retains all percentages after the retail platforms» fee.

«Indie ebook authors are earning royalty percentages that are 3 - 5 times higher than what traditionally published authors earn.

Traditionally published authors unsurprisingly receive the lowest royalty percentage, hybrid authors were next, followed by self - published authors who make the highest royalties.

After all, it offers the highest percentage royalty, and eBooks are usually priced lower than print books, which appeals to readers who might not want to drop $ 15 on an author they've never heard of.

This will increase your royalty percentage to 70 % and give you a chance to see how well your book does at a little higher price.

Independent publishers also generally pay higher average royalty percentages than traditional publishers.

Forgo the higher price point and the stronger royalty percentages to satisfy reader desires (and if you do the math, authors earn less money with trade pb until the tipping point), or go for the hardcover, get more support and have a higher chance of earning out that advance (or the greater risk of failure if it doesn't work).

The authors keep a high percentage of their royalties, so they absorb the financial risk of their publishing endeavor.

You get a higher percentage royalty on your Kindle book sales, as high as 70 % on books priced over $ 2.99, but Kindle books are usually priced lower than paperback and other formats.

Still, if you have a solid media platform and truly expect to sell more copies of your book than the maximum stated in your contract, you may be able to negotiate with your publisher to add a higher «bucket» (for example «25,000 + copies»), with a more favorable royalty percentage, to the royalty schedule.

Currently KDP Select is the most popular exclusive distributor, as most self - publishing authors already know: for a higher percentage of royalties, authors can enroll in KDP Select for a 90 - day period and re-enroll any time.

In return, the hybrid publisher retains a higher percentage of royalties.

tiny percentage of authors gets a significantly higher defacto digital royalty rate than everyone else.

Some ghosts will give authors a reduced rate in exchange for a higher percentage of the author's royalties.

Agency pricing has returned to ebooks, which means that publishers are setting their own ebook prices and the retailers, like Amazon, are not discounting... Traditional publishers are deliberately receiving a lower percentage royalty to keep ebook prices artificially high.

I think I'll go with Smashwords instead — a lot clearer and friendlier, and the royalty percentage is higher!

«Royalties» confuses the issue, as Mike explains, since the overwhelming percentage of traditionally - published authors never «earn out» their advances; their «effective royalty» (what they are paid, as a percentage of what the house takes in) is higher than the contractually stated royalty.

Authors keep a higher percentage of royalty (between 35 % and 70 % depending on the program they opt for) than they would if they choose to go the traditional publishing route.