Sentences with phrase «money out of readers»

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.

Not exact matches

After almost 30 years of losing money, it was the cost of publishing a newspaper for so few daily readers — just 40,718 once free or discounted copies are stripped out — that had simply become unsustainable in an age where so much information is free online.

I think I realized that my blog was successful when I first started receiving emails from readers who were saying that I helped them get out of debt, make more money, follow their dreams, and so on.

Worrying about how I'm not making any money from my blog and still doing all the work in creating recipes and writing blog posts that connect with readers was sucking the soul out of me.

It may shock many readers to learn that more than # 13 billion of taxpayer's money is spent on sickness and incapacity benefits for people of working age, as pointed out by minister for disabled people Mike Penning this week.

Keep it simple, but convince the reader that you know your market cold and that you have a good strategy for making money out of your product.

Once upon a time, dear reader, A.V. Club film editor A.A. Dowd and staff critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky were just like you: thirsty, sweaty, forced to pay money out of their own pockets to see movies.

They took offense when one of the blog's longest standing, and most respected readers, realsaramerica pointed out that Governor Dannel «Dan» Malloy and the State Democrats diverted resources away from beating Republicans and, instead, used the money to try to defeat a slate of pro-public education Democrats... Democrats who had the support of the Connecticut Education Association and the Connecticut Working Families Party.

Having seen how many typos and such slip through my work, even with beta readers and a professional editor, I cringe at the idea of putting work out there that hasn't been through that process, but if you absolutely have no money to spend on this, then, no, you don't have to pay anyone.

In fact, most «authors» on Amazon are really actually internet marketers who outsource hundreds of crappy books and try to cheat readers out of their money.

Both of those sound great, but in reality they end up being little more than window dressing, and in most cases you'll find out that you wasted your money on a promotion that returned little in the way of finding new readers.

Carolynn continues to find putting together multi-author anthologies and boxed sets to be valuable — she makes money doing it and also gets a lot of new readers checking out her books.

This statistics basically prove that digital still has a way to go before it ever over takes print, and readers would rather wait for the paperback version comes out, instead of paying extra money for the hardcover.

Some will, of course, but the average reader will quit the program after realizing they aren't getting their money's worth out of it.

So sending out a list of ten books every month to readers of a specific genre might actually earn you money — and if the list grows big enough, you can charge authors to promote their books (the BookBub model).

If you own an e-book reader or tablet, you are in a group of people who read more now than before doling - out the money for a modern tech device.

But, as Galley points out in the same article, there are a lot of independently - published works that are also good and worth readers» time and money.

And specifically as relates to self - published authors and paid reviews, how much sense does it make to shell out money to breed a whole new class of gatekeeping power brokers when what you want — as an author — is to be able to directly communicate your work to readers?

Forgo the higher price point and the stronger royalty percentages to satisfy reader desires (and if you do the math, authors earn less money with trade pb until the tipping point), or go for the hardcover, get more support and have a higher chance of earning out that advance (or the greater risk of failure if it doesn't work).

In fact, given that indy authors tend to pay editors and proof readers, and want value for money, whereas editors in traditional houses are involved in a large number of projects, and are well - known to spend the bulk of their time in meetings rather than editing, and proofing is contracted out - often to the same proof - readers as many indies use (and some editors care how good it is, and some don't) the standards may well be higher in indy bestsellers.

Let's cut to the chase, though: How much money is Apple trying to squeeze out of writers, readers, students, and teachers with this new publishing venture?

As a reader on a secretary's salary (and that viewpoint dominates because... well, I have no choice), I can't rationalize shelling out $ 14 for an ebook, any more than I was able to shell out that kind of money for paperback novels.

By cutting out the middlemen who take the vast majority of the money, self - publishers can often simultaneously charge readers a lot less for a book while still making a greater profit per book.

And if readers are happy and it's selling like hotcakes, I think suggesting authors need to shell out irrational amounts of money just to «prove they did this right» is just nonsense and not good business sense.

It's the last release week of the year, and publishers are pulling out all the stops with releases galore for readers to spend Christmas money and gift cards on.

As an indie author, you're probably very excited about getting your eBook out there in front of readers, but if you want to see your sales improve, it's worth spending the extra time (and perhaps money) to do it right.

Some of my readers really love them and they make a great present for family and friends, but yeah, you don't make a lot of money out of that.

If a reader abandons the book a quarter of the way in, the author will get only a quarter of the money they would have earned if the reader stuck it out to the end.

But with book descriptions, you need to serve up some steak too — you have to set up the story, hook the potential reader and make them feel not only that this book is worthy of their precious time and money but that they are desperate to find out what happens.

I still maintain that authors gaming the system with fake «reader reviews» is someone trying to con me and other readers out of our money.

All your tips are on the money, but here's a few more: send out news releases to writing magazines and to your local press, including parish pump magazines — everyone who finds out about you is a potential reader, each with a network to recommend you to; look for opportunities to guest on writing - related blogs; and see if you can wangle invitatiosn to speak to groups — eBooking is a hot topic right now, and the stuff that interesting talks are made of.

Publishers, if you want to stay in business, stop conning your readers out of money, and instead embrace the advantages of e-book technologies.

There generally isn't a whole lot of money from them, but if the readers like our story, they'll usually check out our other books.

Because Scribd has to pay the authors of the books they make available on their site, it is now shelling out more money than it can make back in subscriptions, thanks to the voracious appetites of romance and erotica readers.

Publisher or publishing venue: both are designed to get as much money out of authors and readers as possible.

They have helped readers gain a better understanding on how to not let their emotions cloud their investing decisions, figuring out their financial needs, and how to weigh the value of time and money.

An article in that issue takes us a big step closer to answering the most common question readers ask: «How much can I spend each year and not run out of money?»

Readers, if you knew you would make a lot more money right out of college, would you have taken on more credit card debt?

Jon writes for Money Smart Guides, a personal finance blog that helps readers get out of debt and start investing for their future.

To his WSJ op - ed, «Money Meltdown,» where Ranson publicly noted his expectation of government insolvency, a reader queried, how can the entity that churns out money become insolMoney Meltdown,» where Ranson publicly noted his expectation of government insolvency, a reader queried, how can the entity that churns out money become insolmoney become insolvent?

Free Money Finance had a «Help A Reader» post the other day with an email from a woman asking if folks thought it was a good idea to take money out of her mutual funds to pay off $ 24K in credit card Money Finance had a «Help A Reader» post the other day with an email from a woman asking if folks thought it was a good idea to take money out of her mutual funds to pay off $ 24K in credit card money out of her mutual funds to pay off $ 24K in credit card debt.

Based on her question, it sounds like the reader's 401 (k) is entirely invested in growth stocks, so it would be a great idea to move some of that money out — not into a money market, but rather into bonds.

While we could have had a poll, we decided it would be best to present this to you with our reviews in mind, because we work very hard to write up reviews for our readers to check out when they are considering which games to put a vote of confidence in with their money.

UPDATE: Reader Bennett Michaels, who has never previously graced us with a comment, but who does sell a «money making program through Google by working just 3 - 4 hours a week», a «money making program that forces money directly out of the internet into your bank account» gives this pertinent observation:

But if you visit the comments, you'll find candid stories from fellow readers who have tried J.Money's advice and want to share the results with the rest of us — which may inspire you to try out J. Money's advice yourself.

I believe, dear readers, that it's not the money we make in the business, but the friendships we manage to carve out of our all - too - brief life on Mother Earth that are important.

Finally — thank you sighed the reader — the holiday weekend in August brought me to our local festival where they have mastered the art of making me pay money for admission so they can try to sell me something out of a tent or from the back of a truck, crafted by an «artisan».