Sentences with phrase «just self published authors»

Don't read just self published authors there by the way.

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Amazon, Barnes and Noble and WH Smith were just a few of the e-book retailers found by The Kernel, an online muckracking website based in the United Kingdom, to be selling e-books from self - published authors glorifying such topics as rape, incest and bestiality.

In addition to wearing their writer's hat, self - published authors need to do just about everything that goes into packaging, marketing, and selling books, like building an author platform.

Vanity press publishing is just a fancy name for self - publishing, and there are thousands of self - publishing companies that offer aspiring authors the chance to see their work in print... for a fee.

While most authors secretly want to be published by one of the big, well - known publishing houses, there are now so many wonderful benefits to self - publishing that you just can't ignore them.

It's also been integral in promoting author events, hobnobbing with other authors and self - publishing experts, and it's just plain fun if used correctly.

A self - published book is one where the author just put it together and then published it, without any professional outside feedback or guidance.

Therefore, one argument stated, a self - published author can absolutely have a logo, because they are their own imprint, and just as valuable as any other publishing house out there, so they deserve to brand and market that.

As a self - published author I blog, just to have a consolidated contact area for readers if they wanted one.

If you'd like to find out more about it, you may like to read the blog post I've just written in my capacity as Commissioning Editor for the Alliance of Independent Authors on their blog of self - publishing advice here: http://www.selfpublishingadvice.org/voice-recognition/

For self - publishing authors, this means seeking out someone who is not just a graphic designer, but someone who specializes in book design.

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.

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If you're new to self - publishing, or a seasoned author just venturing into self - publishing, I can help.

Just a little tip for self published authors publishing on Amazon, Smashwords, iBooks or any other electronic bookstore or blog online.

As self - publishing shrugs off its «vanity press» stigma and becomes recognized as a bonafide and lucrative option, more and more traditionally published authors are finding that going indie just makes more sense.

In fact, until the existence of self - publishing, it was one of the hardest things to do on earth (just ask any author who's queried over 100 agents to represent their manuscript and come away empty - handed).

What gets me with this comment is the misconception the commenter has about just what self - published authors are and what vanity presses are.

Susan, I'm not opposed to self - publishing, I just believe that the small, independent has more to offer most authors.

I think it's fair to say that when people talk about the indie movement in the book world, we're really talking about a broad set of configurations from small presses to collectives of writers to individual authors, whether they create their own imprint or just operate as a self - published author in the Amazon or Smashwords universes.

This hurts the indie author movement, trying to validate themselves as financially viable, hurts the journalism industry (how do we know just how well self - publishing is vs trade publishing) and the bookselling industry as a whole (if it doesn't have its own ISBN there is no way we can order the book for our stores)

I think the greats are Authors, all the rest are just writers and you get the tag SELF PUBLISHED writer.

Just as self - published authors were accused of slapping poorly - written tripe onto Amazon in order to make a quick buck, more than a few companies launched a website and lured in authors in order to capitalize off of their lack of know how.

I think you have no business saying things like that about self published authors they are indeed authors and you have no right putting them down at all you just want to be noticed online for who knows what reasons maybe for being stupid if you ask me

This also catches Authors like Norman Spinrad and some other Authors who for one reason or the other either don't currently have a US publisher or who's works have been out of print for years and are just now self publishing those old works.

«I couldn't get a publisher, so I «had» to self - publish,» are words that a number of dedicated, successful authors have had to carry like a yoke around their necks for far too long, and just as some of that public sentiment is beginning to shift, Yiannopoulos has moved forward with plans to self - publish Dangerous next month.

Since the acquisition, he's publicly vowed to destroy Amazon — and the competition might just prove to be good news for self - published authors.

You (as publisher or self - published author) might have to sell 600 copies just to recover the expense of creating the plates and setting up the press for a run.

As self - published authors we reject the Big 5 like Obi - wan rejected Anakin, but so many still hope that Darth Vader will just let them live.

Established in 2011, Literary Agent Undercover serves: 1) Unpublished authors just getting started, 2) Self - published authors who now want to find a real publisher, and 3) Previously published authors that have lost their agent and / or publisher.

Anyone who writes a story is my kind of hero, but we do lean towards the self - publishing author just a little more.

Well yes, because you just said that self - published authors skip the publishing, editing, and cover art stages, didn't you?

Beyond having the chance to delve deeper into a world or a character, self - published authors find that series books just plan sell better.

Their publisher * name * (not some weird just self publish vanity press) has value to these authors, not to readers.

When I wrote Self - Printed just under a year ago, the problem plaguing self - published authors looking to get their book reviewed was what I called The Mean Problem, whereby self - published authors bristled at the idea of «giving books away for free» to reviewSelf - Printed just under a year ago, the problem plaguing self - published authors looking to get their book reviewed was what I called The Mean Problem, whereby self - published authors bristled at the idea of «giving books away for free» to reviewself - published authors looking to get their book reviewed was what I called The Mean Problem, whereby self - published authors bristled at the idea of «giving books away for free» to reviewself - published authors bristled at the idea of «giving books away for free» to reviewers.

And you need them just as much as a self - published author, when launching and promoting your book.

The idea that self - publishing is reserved for fiction authors is just plain wrong.

It's the professional organisation for self - published writers and indie authors all over the world, launched by bestselling novelist Orna Ross just over two years ago.

When I won the award, Howard Tayler, the self - published author of the famous Schlock Mercenary cartoons, said, «You know, Dave, you've just done a world of damage.

-- 59.4 per cent of self - publishing authors do so to have creative and financial control over their work, followed by just over one - third who were unable to interest a traditional publisher in their work.

Soon enough, a huge number of authors are finally going to get fed up with the publishing industry and just self - publish electronically.

This includes: 1) Unpublished authors that are just getting started, 2) Self - published authors who now want to find a traditional publisher, and 3) Previously published authors that have lost their agent and / or publisher and want to find a new one.

Unfortunately, today's selections of typesetting available to self - published authors just a tad richer than colors available to the purchasers of the original Ford automobile.

(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 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?

With vanity publishing the author pays an inflated price of ALL the costs, involved with producing and marketing of their books, just like a self - publisher or traditional publisher.

David is a long time author at Outskirts Press, having published his first book Mortal Eclipse with us WAY back in 2004, a lifetime ago in the self - publishing world, and just having published his fifth book, Ghostworld, this month.

Does the self - published author care about ever publishing with a large house, just to diversify their offerings?

Now, I'm willing to talk about all the ways that big publishers are getting things wrong — just as I'm willing to talk about how Amazon's new imprints may be getting things wrong, or how small presses get things wrong, or how self - published authors may be getting things wrong.

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