Sentences with phrase «independent author price»

Many independent authors price their books very low or even give them away for free in an attempt to generate a readership.

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Independent authors took advantage of a system stacked against authors, priced their books lower to undercut the traditionally published competition, and upset the apple cart.

As an entrepreneur (if any of you were thinking about being independent authors, you're going to be an entrepreneur), it's so uncomfortable to price yourself at what you're worth.

Amazon has also launched Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) for India that will enable independent authors to make their books available for Kindle devices and apps, and set pricing in Indian Rupees.

Good news for readers, but if the mainstreams are finally bringing eBook prices down to what Independent Authors have been selling them at for a while, where does that leave the latter?

Independent authors who sell their e-books for less than $ 2.99 (# 1.84) receive 35 % of that figure, taking 70 % for books selling for above that price threshold.

They don't seem to know how to handle with the fact that many independent authors are investing in quality services to fine tune their writing at a fraction of the price.

Presented by award - winning children's book author and indie publisher Darcy Pattison, the workshop covered the nuts and bolts of independent publishing, from navigating printing, e-book, and supply - chain options to pricing and promoting a book.

Second, price pressure is the only leverage independent authors have in trying to compel solution providers to become more efficient and competitive.

they were caught by surprise with the huge success of you independent authors selling works at such a cheap price... and i'd say they'll adjust soon.

This is exactly how it works with independent authors — we only get the lovely 70 % royalty if we set our price between a dollar and $ 9.99.

Plan a Multi-Tiered Book Promotion Price promotions are one of the most useful strategies independent authors have for finding new readers and shifting units.

Price promotions are one of the most useful strategies independent authors have for finding new readers and shifting units.

In this project, consumers not only pick their price for select titles from Recorded Books, the world's largest independent publisher and distributor of unabridged audiobooks, they also get to select how much of the price goes to the author and how much benefits charity.

We are not a package deal, but independent contractors covering content editing, proofreading, and e-book formatting at prices that indies can afford (because Lord knows, we know as authors that budgets are often tight).

These aren't usually published by independent authors and publishers, as they are sold via supermarkets and corner stores and used by trade publishers to release long running, top selling books at reduced prices of your typical trade paperback.

The ability to set your own price for your books is a key to the principle Maximize Your Reach, one of the five guiding principles of independent publishing that I am developing as part of The Indy Author platform.

Another indie ebookshop, OnlyIndie, allows independent authors to competitively price their works, as well as increase their returns as the book gains popularity.

IngramSpark helps close the gap between independent publishing and traditional publishing by allowing authors and publishers access to the same global book distribution and quality enjoyed by traditional publishers at prices self - publishers can afford.

The Bookseller conducted a survey of 168 e-books taken across - genres and from frontlist, mid-list and backlist and ranging from large to independent publishers (including those on agency), Amazon - published and self - published authors has found little change in prices from 23rd December to 2nd January and from 2nd to 5th January.

When the paperback comes out the ebook costs more than the paperback.B5 pricing pushed me to libraries and independent authors for ebooks.

ABA's member stores stand to receive incentive pricing on indie titles for their full participation in the program, aimed at encouraging readers to not only purchase indie authors» works but also to shop in independent bookstores over the holiday.

Past presenters include Leigh Cunningham - Executive Director of the Association of Independent Authors (AiA), Dete Meserve - president of Wind Dancer films (Home Improvement, What Women Want with Mel Gibson), Steven Spatz - President of BookBaby (industry leader in author services), Burke Allen - CEO of Allen Media Strategies (industry leading P.R. and media firm for authors), Eddie Price - marketing expert and successful self - published author, Darlene Chan - Hollywood publicist that specilizes in promoting independent authors, and Mark Wayne Adams - multiple award - winning illustrator, Readers» Favorite Illustration Award Judge, former Disney artist, and former president of the Florida Authors and Publishers AIndependent Authors (AiA), Dete Meserve - president of Wind Dancer films (Home Improvement, What Women Want with Mel Gibson), Steven Spatz - President of BookBaby (industry leader in author services), Burke Allen - CEO of Allen Media Strategies (industry leading P.R. and media firm for authors), Eddie Price - marketing expert and successful self - published author, Darlene Chan - Hollywood publicist that specilizes in promoting independent authors, and Mark Wayne Adams - multiple award - winning illustrator, Readers» Favorite Illustration Award Judge, former Disney artist, and former president of the Florida Authors and Publishers AssocAuthors (AiA), Dete Meserve - president of Wind Dancer films (Home Improvement, What Women Want with Mel Gibson), Steven Spatz - President of BookBaby (industry leader in author services), Burke Allen - CEO of Allen Media Strategies (industry leading P.R. and media firm for authors), Eddie Price - marketing expert and successful self - published author, Darlene Chan - Hollywood publicist that specilizes in promoting independent authors, and Mark Wayne Adams - multiple award - winning illustrator, Readers» Favorite Illustration Award Judge, former Disney artist, and former president of the Florida Authors and Publishers Assocauthors), Eddie Price - marketing expert and successful self - published author, Darlene Chan - Hollywood publicist that specilizes in promoting independent authors, and Mark Wayne Adams - multiple award - winning illustrator, Readers» Favorite Illustration Award Judge, former Disney artist, and former president of the Florida Authors and Publishers Aindependent authors, and Mark Wayne Adams - multiple award - winning illustrator, Readers» Favorite Illustration Award Judge, former Disney artist, and former president of the Florida Authors and Publishers Assocauthors, and Mark Wayne Adams - multiple award - winning illustrator, Readers» Favorite Illustration Award Judge, former Disney artist, and former president of the Florida Authors and Publishers AssocAuthors and Publishers Association.

To say nothing of the multitude of independent authors I would be up against, who could afford to offer their books at a more competitive price.

David Naggar, VP of Kindle content and independent publishing, sent a letter to a few Hachette authors, literary agents and Authors Guild president Roxana Robinson over the weekend suggesting that «for as long as this dispute lasts, Hachette authors would get 100 % of the sales price of every Hachette ebook wauthors, literary agents and Authors Guild president Roxana Robinson over the weekend suggesting that «for as long as this dispute lasts, Hachette authors would get 100 % of the sales price of every Hachette ebook wAuthors Guild president Roxana Robinson over the weekend suggesting that «for as long as this dispute lasts, Hachette authors would get 100 % of the sales price of every Hachette ebook wauthors would get 100 % of the sales price of every Hachette ebook we sell.

And we know for sure that many independent presses and self - published authors will see this as an opportunity to provide attractively priced e-books as an alternative.

Smashwords CEO Mark Coker recently released the 2018 updated edition of his Smashwords Book Marketing Guide, in which his advice to authors still includes a strategy of pricing at least one book as free, and if you have a series, price the first book as free, despite his gloomy 2018 Publishing Predictions blog post, in which he predicted an increased glut of high - quality, low cost eBooks, and the demise of independent publishing by a rising, Amazon - dependent model.

As an independent author, you get to choose your own price for your ebooks, and it's no surprise that «how much is right?»

I wanted to help the independent author community, as a whole, improve the quality of their work with professional editing and formatting at a price that won't break the bank.

Having asked for and received recommendations and responses from a number of independent authors, the most interesting thing I can report is that the exploding self - publishing marketplace currently provides cover - design services to independent authors at almost any imaginable price point.

It's a must - read for any independent author trying to make sense of the current pricing / cost landscape.

«If you're able to keep these independent authors off of best sellers lists, the acquisition price that a big five publisher may be willing to pay would be substantially less than someone who's achieved New York Times or # 1 New York Times best selling status,» the executive said.

Especially when I can invest a little time to find independent authors I enjoy who are willing to sell books for half that price?

Amazon and Smashwords will continue to offer direct publishing by independent authors and their work can be priced at will.

Independent authors — without agents, publishing deals, or marketing dollars — face radically different pricing concerns than traditional publishers and publishing startups like Byliner and The Domino Project.

As to what this all means for me, or for anyone interested in publishing directly to readers, it means that prices will stabilize a bit more, affording independent authors a better chance to figure out what their own products are worth in the marketplace of ideas.

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Independent software developers face the same pricing pressures and economic hurdles that independent authors face, and the same obstacles in trying to get products placed on store shelves or accepted by mainstream Independent software developers face the same pricing pressures and economic hurdles that independent authors face, and the same obstacles in trying to get products placed on store shelves or accepted by mainstream independent authors face, and the same obstacles in trying to get products placed on store shelves or accepted by mainstream publishers.

Prices are available in multiple currencies and we are able to provide special rates for independent authors.

And they tend to charge premium prices because they have the sort of overhead that smaller independent contractors such as Indie Author Services simply don't.

Independent authors don't experience exponential growth over the next few years: If indie authors take away enough business from retail bookstores and at relatively lower price points, it could accelerate both caveats one and two.

But I think we might be a couple years away from breaching 50 % — which might require a technological advance like color e-Ink or foldable screens, or a game - changing event in the publishing world, such as superstar authors going independent and straight to e-books, big publishers embracing e-books, or lowering of e-book pricing (perhaps as a result of the agency model going away).

Dean Wesley Smith has a very detailed post that provides small presses and independent authors guidance on how to properly price both your print book and eBook.

In the short run, it will be the independent authors who will pay the biggest price of all.

Gatekeeper was founded by self - published author and publishing entrepreneur, Rob Price, who also serves as the Treasurer of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA).

It's interesting to read at the official Kindle Forum about how most independent authors aren't going with the new $ 2.99 price which gives them 70 % royalties.

DBW's new list makes it all too clear that authors are not making the independent progress many of them think they are, and that Big Six domination and higher - end ebook pricing are still very much a part of this story.

If it weren't for Amazon's $ 1 price limit, every independent author would be giving away their books for free.

To beef up that operation it is, from day one, also opening its Kindle store to self - published authors and independent publishers, via its Kindle Direct Publishing platform, which lets them price the books as they want, keep control of the copyright and content, and pay a commission to Amazon in the process.