Sentences with phrase «like author services companies»

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Based on a pick - and - choose menu of services that includes more than just editing — which right away is a departure from the standard, as too many «author services» companies require all or none expensive packages — the platform is delving into things like review services that will send out copies of an author's book to their channels, along with talks of translation (an ungodly expense for indie authors that can easily cost upwards of tens of thousands of dollars per language) and audiobook services.

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That's working with so - called author services companies, rather like Author Soluauthor services companies, rather like Author SoluAuthor Solutions.

I'd like to see companies that offer those one - time services (editing, cover design, marketing, etc.) where they author can either pay up front or choose a royalty option that earns out.

Alan Rinzler: There was a piece in the New York Times that Perseus has started a self - publishing division, joining Bloomsbury and many other companies in offering authors a self - publishing resource where they get 70 percent of the royalties and the author is the publisher — and they provide some services if you pay for them, just like iUniverse or Exlibris or Author Solutions or Lulu or Aauthor is the publisher — and they provide some services if you pay for them, just like iUniverse or Exlibris or Author Solutions or Lulu or AAuthor Solutions or Lulu or Amazon.

In a message posted to its website last week, the company announced plans to dramatically change the way it pays authors enrolled in its Kindle Unlimited program, the Netflix - like service that allows readers to pay a flat fee ($ 10) to borrow an unlimited number of books every month.

The fact is that Amazon and now Barnes & Noble are taking advantage of the opportunity to work with - AND - make money from great indie author like Zoe, HP Mallory, Amanda Hocking... Each of them has to have made a lot more money for those companies than what Borders is charging for their «service.»

Infinity does not have the same reputation as FastPencil, but like any self - publishing service company, authors must do thorough vetting before signing on.

From the most basic of uploading and distribution options all the way up to more involved features like formatting and cover design, authors — and companies that need content conversion and distribution services — can take advantage of tiered levels of support.

A self - published book can mean almost anything... from what gets spilled out of the fingers and mind of the author to the presentation from the local printing shop and sometimes looking like it was put together at the kitchen table with a glue - stick; to a vanity press like a LuLu, AuthorHouse / Solutions (known as the publishing predators); or one of the pay the other pay to publish services that claim to offer different types of packages / templates for the author to select from; to Ingram Spark or Amazon's CreateSpace; to the author doing the publishing himself with his name or a «looks like a publishing company» name on it (always recommended).

You do not need the «help» of a vanity press or «self - publishing» company; writers can contract out specific services like editing and design, and even an author coach to guide you through the publishing process.

Gene, See my recent blog post on the large number of publishing services companies that, like LitFire, have both Philippine and Author Solutions connections: https://accrispin.blogspot.com/2018/01/army-of-clones-author-solutions-spawns.html.

This was pretty good, but I felt it gave too much credit to author service companies like those under the umbrella of Author Solutions without giving them the kind of critical analysis that the folks at Writer Bewaauthor service companies like those under the umbrella of Author Solutions without giving them the kind of critical analysis that the folks at Writer BewaAuthor Solutions without giving them the kind of critical analysis that the folks at Writer Beware do.

Due greatly to the new free distribution tools available, service companies like Smashwords built a monetization model that took a smaller percentage of an author's sales and allowed them to keep the exclusive rights to their work.

The main difference between services like CreateSpace and vanity presses is that companies offering legitimate authoring services are very clear about what is included and what is not; and authors can choose only the services they need.

Clayton Smith has self - published several books, including his latest novel, Apocalypticon, and used his experiences to cofound Dapper Press, a company that provides essential services like editing, design, and promotion to self - published authors.

The company is also offering services like illustration and editing to help self - publishing authors, as well as other «a la carte services to receive professional assistance.»

I predict start - up companies will form in the publishing world offering a wide range of services to indie authors like all forms of editing, cover design, social media coaching and other coaching, formatting, marketing and promotion, legal help when it comes to film rights, foreign translations and help with foreign rights, etc..