Sentences with phrase «keeps backlist»

It helps people discover books they might never find otherwise, and it keeps backlist titles selling long after the bricks and mortar shops have taken them off the shelves.

When those books go out of print with DAW, I certainly plan on self - publishing them myself in order to keep my backlist available.

New titles are the fuel that keep your backlist sales going and, once you stop writing, even if you're a bestselling author now, your books will soon go out of print.

Sometimes, it's more advantageous to keep a backlist work «in print» despite low sales.

I remember reading that there are two broad categories of book buyers: the five books a year or less group, which is very large and the main driver behind mega-bestsellers, and the 30 - 50 + books a year avid readers, which is smaller but is what keeps the backlists and most genre fiction alive.

They do an exceptional job of finding the best licensee for every title and keeping the backlist alive year after year.

Not exact matches

I think instead of just being angry all of the time at Amazon — keep writing and working on generating the backlist.

Some of you may not know this or realize the impact until you try and get your backlist rights back, only to realize your house can keep rolling their rights to your work for years.

I have a LOT of content, over 1200 articles, videos and audios so I need a way to keep traffic going to the backlist as well as the latest post.

Keep submitting to traditional publishers while also indie publishing backlist or books that just won't sell.

A number of those readers are voracious readers and want new books and new authors because they have already read the established author's backlists and there aren't enough new books being published through traditional channels to keep their reading habit supplied.

They kept the book on their backlist, but did no active promotion after the first half of 2004.

For established clients, agents may assist in getting their backlists on sale again, and helping release digital shorts in between larger book releases (a strategy more and more authors are using to keep readers engaged and earn extra money in the process).

«I do live by writing, but that's because I have got a backlist of educational books which keeps on selling, and I have a pension, and I have to go on the road.

It helps to have a new title every year or so to keep readers interested enough to seek out your backlist but that's it — one book a year.

There's a lot of talk about how there's more competition in the Kindle Store and elsewhere these days — more independent authors publishing and also more Big 6 backlist books being put out in ebook form, but if you can cultivate a fan base that enjoys your work and will try a lot of what you write, then you can do this for a living, providing you're able to publish regularly and keep getting more stuff out there for readers to consume.

Fast turnaround is important to building a name and keeping connected with your audience in these areas and giving up control of your backlist (whether just starting out or established) is small buisness suicide.

Publishing Todd Allen catalogs retailer complaints about Marvel's apparent long - running inability to keep its collection backlist available.

It is expanding every month as Kris and I continue to add in new backlist and keep writing new front list books and stories as well.

Even before I have to worry about having a huge backlist to compete with, I think every author has to feed their creative side to keep from stagnating.

Using their backlist or novelette as a «sacrificial lamb,» they keep the work in the KDP program perpetually.

I was not about to let some publisher have them forever through the illusion of keeping the printed book in stock; HarperCollins maintains a deathgrip on my strongest backlist titles in this fashion.

And because I love my agent, I've kept her in the loop on my way of thinking and trying to find ways to keep her active when I get my backlist rights or explore how she can take advantage of any ebooks I may do on my own as a promo tool.

I believe we share the same marvelous agent and I, too, have kept her in the loop as to my unpublished works and backlist so we can find ways to maximize the return on those books.

I think some people get frustrated after putting one work out there and not seeing much in the way of sales — it's important to keep writing, build up a backlist, and continue to network via guest blog posts and such — and you also never know which work is going to take off and be the big hit (c.f. the phenomenon surrounding Hugh Howey's Wool).

If you have several books under your belt but aren't sure you're ready to be an «authorpreneur,» is it better to keep focusing on your craft, or on digitizing and promoting your backlist?

Aside from libraries brokering sales transactions, publishers should also keep in mind that libraries help patrons discover content, encouraging patrons to try new authors and keeping interest alive in backlist titles, Tempelis said.

Keep in mind that pricing high and then lowering the price over time might harm your numbers as well... say you release at $ 12.99, then drop to $ 9.99 after 6 months, then $ 6.99 after two years, and eventually down to $ 3.99 for backlist... sure, if I am that eager for the book and I really like what you do then I'll put down the $ 12.99... but if not, why would I buy at $ 9.99 either?

«eBook Prep keeps writers writing while they take care of the intricate details of formatting backlist for digital release.

Another benefit of POD and ebooks is that you can keep your entire backlist in print forever which allows you to gain some traction.