Sentences with phrase «large author platform»

You will learn why a large author platform isn't always the best or most practical for most self - published authors.

She did become my confidante and mentor, and when the timing was right, I was thrilled that she jumped at the chance to present me to Lisa Hagan, literary agent, who signed me on the spot (this was after I self - published my first three books, developed a large author platform, sexual abuse advocacy, signed with a (now - defunct) hybrid publisher, wrote another book, directed an imprint, and have two works in progress and another series in the hopper).

Many authors lack a large author platform, so you got ta work with what you have to get your book in front of readers.

For both indie authors or traditionally published authors, a strong opening chapter translates into sales (through book excerpts and previews), page views on services such as Kindle Unlimited, a larger author platform, and increased income.

The harder your effort, the larger your author platform will be (and higher royalty checks may follow).

More traffic equals a larger author platform.

Not exact matches

To determine the effectiveness of numbers and traffic lights, the authors conducted a field experiment in which employees at Humana, a large health - care company, were asked to place lunch orders through an online platform designed especially for the study.

Larger publishing houses are trying out this platform by selecting certain authors in their house to participate.

The key is to build author platform one step at a time and connect all the pieces together in order to benefit from an impact larger than the sum of its parts.

However, authors of such books can certainly make themselves more attractive to literary agents and publishers by bolstering their platform, since having influence and a large following is one indicator of an author's ability to get exposure and sell books.

SEATTLE, Jan 20, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced details of a new program that will enable authors and publishers who use the Kindle Digital Text Platform (DTP) to earn a larger share of revenue from each Kindle book they sell.

Author platform is most important for authors of this type of book because having influence and a large following is one indicator of expertise and credibility; and, it's an indicator of an author's ability to get exposure and sell books (something more expected of nonfiction autAuthor platform is most important for authors of this type of book because having influence and a large following is one indicator of expertise and credibility; and, it's an indicator of an author's ability to get exposure and sell books (something more expected of nonfiction autauthor's ability to get exposure and sell books (something more expected of nonfiction authors).

Discover the secrets to attract more readers, build your author platform, and generate more book sales at the world's largest retailer.

An agreement announced today between ebook distributor and self - publishing platform Smashwords and OverDrive, the largest provider of digital content to public and school libraries, is going to give self - published authors one of the few remaining pieces in the publishing puzzle, namely the ability for libraries to... [Read more...]

Today, major publisher Penguin acquired Author Solutions, one of the largest self - publishing platforms, for $ 116 million.

I knew that Babelcube, although most likely the largest platform, had a reputation for poor customer service on some indie author forums.

Penguin, thought to be the second largest trade publisher in the world, is now also one of the largest self - publishing platforms in the world: Author Solutions has published about 190,000 books by about 150,000 authors.

Because large sales platforms often offer popular material, including e-books from famous authors, they may prove bigger targets for digital piracy.

According to the Alliance of Independent Authors, Flipkart's decision to pull out of the e-book business means that Amazon Kindle is now the largest online reading platform in India (though Flipkart is obviously trying not to give Amazon, one of its biggest rivals, more business, as its choice of Kobo shows).

Traditional publishers, especially the large ones, would probably simply reject these books and authors, even though they have completely valid reasons to publish a book, and come with a built in audience and platform.

As the world's largest distributor of indie ebooks, Smashwords lets you bypass having to deal with multiple author platforms by letting you upload your book and immediately start selling at more than 20 ebook retailers.

As you could see from the author platforms I showcased before, an author website can lead to having a larger platform which includes speaking engagements, podcasts, video series, and so on.

I researched the possibility of traditional publishing, but the cons seemed to outweigh the pros for an unknown author without a large platform.

Writing for large publications is a great way to round out your author platform and share your expertise on specific topics.

Katrina, considering the number of books being published each year, there are two things every writer should be concerned about if they want a large audience: 1) putting in the time to build your author platform, and 2) producing a book that really stands out from the crowd in terms of quality.

Publishers both large and small expect authors to bring their platform to the table, so mine your author bio (click here for more info) and strut your stuff!

Instead, I teach my clients how to build their author platform large enough to make the bestseller lists in a legitimate manner — and do it more than once.

An agreement announced today between ebook distributor and self - publishing platform Smashwords and OverDrive, the largest provider of digital content to public and school libraries, is going to give self - published authors one of the few remaining pieces in the publishing puzzle, namely the ability for libraries to stock their work.

While long form journalism and e-novellas have taken off thanks in large part to digital publishing, short story authors are still feeling the frustration of being relegated to anthologies or trying to swim their titles in the sea of other 99cent - ebooks without a platform for discovery.

Lastly, on June 13th Chris Hayes, the host of MSNBC's Up with Chris Hayes and liberal broadcaster and journalist as well as being the editor at large at The Nation and the author of a new book called Twilight of the Elites published by Random House, will participate in an event to talk to readers via the platform.

Smashwords makes it fast, free and easy for authors and publishers to distribute ebooks to the world's largest ebook retailers and library ebook platforms.

I've intentionally focused here on opportunities for first book authors and those that don't have large budgets or an established platform.

Softcover books: writers, authors and publishers could publish (print) their books (hardcover was an option for authors but Amazon didn't offer distribution) via the Createspace platform (and before that Booksurge before they merged with Createspace) then distribute, sell and fulfill their books from the largest online bookstore in the world: Amazon.

How Findaway Voices is a single service built to help independent authors and small publishers create and distribute their audiobooks, and that they are a fully non-exclusive platform to the largest network of audio sellers in the world (retailer, library and K through 12 markets)

You are now a published author whose book is on the largest platform reaching readers worldwide.

If you just want to be # 1 in your category, you can get there with about 100 sales — as I mention in my more recent material, I think anybody can build a large enough author platform to sell 100 copies to actual readers in under a month, and 100 sales should be enough to get the ball rolling as long as you're also giving away about 1000 ARC copies to get book reviews first).

Whether the author brings viewers through a TV show or readers through a popular blog, authors with a large platform of one kind or another are appealing to publishers.

This is a large part of why I reject works... lack of proof, and lack of author platform.

While both platforms help self - published authors make their books available to a larger public at little or no cost to themselves, their focus is about developing two distinctly different versions of the same book.

New York, NY — June 28, 2016 — Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the nation's largest retail bookseller and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced that NOOK Press, NOOK's innovative self - publishing platform, has launched the NOOK Press print platform to provide NOOK Press authors with an easy - to - use, self - service program that enables them to create hardcover and paperback books for customer purchase.

Despite accusations in the past that Howey is practically in Amazon's pocket, this list fires directly at the world's largest ebook retailer and self - publishing platform and demands information for authors.

While both platforms help self - published authors make their books available to a larger... [Read more...]

In this way you'll gain a larger following and strengthen your author platform.

A release from ebook developer Vook today announced that Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet will now accommodate embedded videos in ebooks, which is long - awaited news for authors who have until now not been able to promote and sell their titles on one of the largest retail platforms for ebooks.

With so much emphasis placed on the expansion into foreign markets at this year's FutureBook event, where even the major ebook distribution platforms were discussing their investment and planning in global expansion, self - published authors truly stand to benefit from the opening of larger reader markets, but only if... [Read more...]

With so much emphasis placed on the expansion into foreign markets at this year's FutureBook event, where even the major ebook distribution platforms were discussing their investment and planning in global expansion, self - published authors truly stand to benefit from the opening of larger reader markets, but only if they are prepared to do so.

A large platform takes time and hard work to not only build but also to maintain and most authors don't have the time or know how to do it.

She specializes in working with purpose - driven entrepreneurs and service - based professionals who are building their platform by helping them become published authors so they can garner major media and plum speaking gigs, attract larger audiences and ideal clients, and help others while creating the lifestyle they desire.

The creation of the video itself doesn't have a lot of value — Google makes it incredibly easy to make these videos yourself — so the value we bring to the Platform Videos we produce for our authors is through the distribution of them to our social networks and video channels, which by and large, receive more traffic (and therefore more «views») than an individual author's channel.

To a large degree, the traditional publishers caused their own demise by focusing on the submitting authors» platforms for sales rather on the quality of the writing and ideas expressed.