Sentences with phrase «make money off authors»

I agree, there is opportunity here to become a bridge and help Self Publishing, rather than just try and make money off authors trying to get their cherished projects into a reader's hands.

For self - publishers, it seems every day there are new people trying to make money off authors jumping into the self - publishing game for the first time.

Ellora's Cave has switched their business model from making money with their authors to making money off their authors.

Some Definitions Vanity Press — publishers whose business model is predicated on making money off authors by getting money directly from them, rather than through royalties off the books the author is selling (see the SFWA extensive page on Vanity).

You don't want to publish with a vanity press because they make money off the author, not book sales.

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This way you are protected from online dating services which want to make their money off your correspondence and will be certain to correspond with the lady not with a hired author.

The self - published authors mentioned below are a combination of things: bestsellers on the NYT's lists, part of the «Amazon's million» book club, and some, like Ksenia Anske, are not even making money off their book sales yet, but already have thousands of supporters.

There are fewer ways for Indie Authors to find an audience than there were a year ago, and every day there are more predatory companies seeking to make money off of us.

Questions such as, «How will an author make money from her own work if everyone is simply downloading it for free off an illegal sharing website?»

They generally make their money off the services rendered to authors.

We have just come through a century where the publishing industry has developed better and better methods of making a profit off of authors while ceding zero control of the money flow to said authors.

If a beginning author can make money off e-books (even with poor grammar or plot holes), then I'm sure other beginning authors using correct grammar and applying multiple proofreading sessions will have even more opportunities than that to still earn a living writing.

But despite your arrogant demands writers will still put their work out there just as publishers will still make money off named authors and the readers will be the ones that decide what they want to read.

They both were able to sell their books as eBook and hard copies if they chose to, they both made lots of money off of their books, and they both were seen as authors by the people that bought their books.

So, the question begs, other than the obvious, which is to make more money off of gullible authors, what is the reasoning behind producing this information - that - isn't - quite - disinformation - but - not - really - accurate reports?

I could pull samples from the 25 top small presses and publishers, showing off their ugly cover designs, to demonstrate what a poor choice these options are to authors (since the cover will be the biggest factor in your book's success, and small presses or services that charge a publishing fee skimp on quality design to make more money for themselves).

Vanity publishers aren't motivated to sell your book because they make almost all of their money off of the authors who pay them to publish their books.

So like I said, I'd never recommend that an author jump into paying money right off, but Sharon's advice of taking the plunge if we're stuck makes sense to me.

In order to be a professional author, to make enough money to live off your art, you need to treat your writing career with the same respect and diligence as you would any other type of business.

This publisher is still making money on Sarah's books, and on books by the other authors they have cut off just as they did Sarah, and yet telling these same authors there are no sales or minimal sales.

While there have been entire books written about marketing your book online [see D'vorah Lansky's Book Marketing Made Easy and my Kindle book, Author's Quick Guide to Marketing Your Book Online and Off] the five quick tips in this article should give you enough information to revise your current online presence or start off on the right path toward money - making succeOff] the five quick tips in this article should give you enough information to revise your current online presence or start off on the right path toward money - making succeoff on the right path toward money - making success.

While I would make money for the site, it wouldn't be right for me to profit off the backs of authors trying to stretch their book marketing budget as far as they can.

And as I mentioned on your blog, some of these groups wouldn't hesitate to make money off their fanfic — either for selfish reasons or simply because they're unaware of the issues, as they see so many other fanfic authors doing it.

First off — I'm not the only one doing this and there are more hybrid authors who make a lot more money than this — a lot more.

Plenty of «contests» go after the self - published - author crowd and seem mostly to be in the business of making money off entrance fees from self - published authors desperate for validation.

However, I could see some authors of popular series thinking, «Hey, if people like E.L. James are going to rip off my characters and make money regardless of the questionable ethics, I may as well get in on it so I can get a cut.»

It would make sense that this new program is the first phase for using KDP as a feeder system for Amazon to make more money off of the next great author.

@samatlounge Given we're all supposedly using digital transition to rip off authors & readers, you'd think someone would be making money...

They are certainly in the business of making money off of authors with a lot of flash but don't have the marketing muscle to back it up.

Instead of toying with the idea of restricting or penalizing competition, maybe it would actually be a better idea to improve the overall iBooks experience for both authors and readers, and try to turn it into their own money - making success instead of leeching money off others.

NN: I have no interest whatsoever in making money off my indie author friends.

The only players that seem to invest heavily in attracting newbies are the sharks, the predators, the «Author Solutions» style companies out there whose business model isn't to make money selling books, it's making money off of the hopes and dreams of authors; by selling them snake oil, selling them unnecessary marketing packages, etc..

Amazon made money off of my work, along with other authors whose reviews were deleted.

I also believe that given the choice between an author selling a copy of her book from her own website and selling a copy of her book from Amazon.com, she's better off in the long run selling that book from Amazon — even if she makes slightly more money in the short run from her own website.

Sure, right now Amazon is offering authors a chance to make more money off their self - published work.

In electronic publishing an author makes almost no money off a 99 cent book price.

Publishers, and some authors, are still caught up in the mind - set of the 1980s — money, elasticity of demand, making readers wait, trying to get the most money out of readers, treating books like a scarce commodity, siphoning off 90 % of the price to middle - men.

make money off of every sale, get every indie author on - board.

Now if Amazon, the authors, and publishers really wanted to make more money off me, they'd just need to create the «Kindle Unlimited discount purchase plan»: after reading a KU book, give me the opportunity to get a permanent copy for just a few bucks more.

While many legacy publishers may not like to think about how large the self - publishing movement is (Smashwords alone, has announced that writers have self - published more than 250,000 books on its platform), it appears that making money off self - publishing authors is just fine by the traditional houses.

The English web serial authors seem to make their money off donations.

Lets put all that aside and focus on whether an author can make enough money off of JUST Kindle Store sales to --

Say, «Buy five used books and get a digital for $ 2.99» Then the author makes money off a new sale, the publisher makes money, and there is actually enough margin in digital to offer a commission to the bookstore / clerk.

While the main source of income for Author Solutions has been authors purchasing services rather than readers purchasing books, I've no doubt «Big Publishers» wanted a better chance of making money off bookselling as well.

Just think about how a great book by an unknown will compete with a brand name author... Yes, life is tough, but again... why doesn't Amazon address the fact that it makes most of its money off of the same old same old, books that are either «built» by big publishers or by indies who often combine formulaic storytelling with full on marketing.

Barnes & Noble is in trouble, there's only so long they can live off the digital margin that they're making on their bestselling authors, till somebody's going to start saying, «I want to make more money, you're not producing any product.»

Pirates have actually driven some good authors out of the business, because they can make more money working a job at a grocery store than they make off the sale of their books.

Authors would write, publishers would publish, the public would read and use, and everyone would still make plenty of money and be better off, with far less oppressive laws than those now on the statute books.