Sentences with phrase «money out of the author»

I hate taking money out of the author's pocket so I find other ways to let them know I like their work.

There are others but most require an agent and, as JL Knapp said, that adds time to the submission process and takes money out of the author's pocket if a contract is signed.

Getting authors to pay upfront for production costs is just one way that a vanity publisher can get money out of an author.

If all that isn't enough to make your head spin, then the lengths some folks will go to get money out of authors ought to.

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

Not exact matches

Repak, a professional speaker and author of «Dollars and Uncommon Sense» agrees, saying, «It doesn't take a Ph.D. to figure out that you'll have more money if you earn interest on it.»

Free your mind Don't be afraid to give your product away, Chris Anderson says, you'll figure out how to make money later The secret to success in the digital age is giving people what they want — literally, says Chris Anderson, the editor of Wired and author of the controversial new book Free: The Future of a Radical Price.

Virtual Value Steve Wilkinghoff, a chartered accountant and author of Found Money: Simple Strategies for Uncovering the Hidden Profit and Cash Flow in Your Business, offers insight on the value of online services like Keen.com that provide «virtual» experts — and what to watch out for.

Tony Robbins, bestselling author of «Money: Master The Game,» reveals the best way to get yourself out of a funk.

But there's one easy, important thing you can do to settle in and become efficient in your new role, writes John D. Spooner, author of «No One Ever Told Us That: Money And Life Lessons For Young Adults»: Take an experienced employee out to eat.

Fredrick Petrie, author of «The End of Work: Financial Planning for People With Better Things To Do,» recommends «taxing» yourself in order to get more money out of your wallet and into the bank — this way you'll make savings a priority from the get - go, rather than budgeting everything else first and then seeing what is left over for savings.

Malkiel (left), the Princeton economist best known as the author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street, now in its 12th edition, took to the op - ed pages of the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, saying investors who would «pull their money out of the stock market today to invest in bonds are making a huge mistake.»

In the Snowball, the author describes how Buffett's relentless accumulation of Berkshire Hathaway stock started as an innocent investment, but grew out of control when the then - CEO of Berkshire (Seabury Stanton) tried to con Buffett out of some money on a tender offer for the stock.

Personal finance expert Rob Carrick discusses how social media and the fear of missing out, can affect your finances with Shannon Lee Simmons, author of «Worry - Free Money».

She is also and author of the award - winning best seller, Mastering the Money Maze: 10 Secrets to Winning Business Financing as well as a well - known weekly blog — based out of Southern California

Oh yes, how courageous it is to bring out a book which will undoubtedly earn the author large amounts of money, and as this article shows, reams of praise from anti-feminists.

Books have always been overpriced, and publishing companies and individual authors who want to control the price of books had better figure out a new way to make money... and quick.

An advance on book sales is a negotiated sum of money typically paid out by the publisher to the author in thirds.

They have a shelf life of 8/10 years at the very top if they are lucky so who can begrudge them the opportunity to make hay whilst the sun is shining... am not saying Sanchez is not money driven but the way the guy plays i can mortgage my life he actually enjoys the game, enjoys wining first and foremost then money comes 2nd... like the author of the article rightly pointed out, he was in Messi's shadow at Barca and could not express himself fully, now he is at a club where he is the main man and given a free role and license to express himself and i very much doubt if he will want to go to a club like Madrid (as been rumoured in the dailies today) to relieve the bad experience he suffered at Barca because let us face facts, he is never going to displace CR7 as the main man, so even if Madrid sells Benzema or Bale to make room for him he will be back to the same position he was at Barca, this time he will be playing 2nd fiddle to CR7 so my guess is all the Madrid talks is been fed the press by his agents to drive a hard bargain when contract extension talks resumes.....

«There's evidence that the more selective college you go to, the more likely you are to earn a lot of money when you get out of that college,» says Paul Tough, author of «How Children Succeed.»

While the author suggests making a stash of 40 or more diapers, I suggest you start out with a smaller number to save time and money - I find that usually 25 is plenty.

In a sense, an author can take money out of the sales proceeds from one specific package of words and invest that money in widening the range of his influence.

Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before, notes that while after a certain point money doesn't necessarily make us happier, feeling out of control and not having enough money is strongly correlated with unhappiness and anxiety.

Jeremy Irons plays an author / journalist who has lived on Hong Kong for fifteen years, scribing such works as «How to Make Money in Asia» (scratching out the «Make», and replacing it with «Lose» during a brief book - signing scene) He is in love with a karaoke - bar - owning woman played by the ever - radiant Gong Li, who has locked herself into an extremely complex relationship with a man about to gain political control of Hong Kong (Michael Hui).

With Google's gift to mankind authors can make learning modules that are intuitive, persuasive, and effective while they acquire knowledge and gain skills.If you are an after course craftsman, then Power Searching is all that you expect to come out of design experts and content geniuses that love doing their job and are getting paid lots of money for doing it.There are a total of six - 50 minute - classes.

The authors stated that they were unable to come up with particular ways in which school districts could spend money to improve the average verbal ability of their teachers (though other researchers such as Ferguson and Manski have suggested that higher teacher salaries might do so), so they left out possible ways that money might be spent to raise verbal ability.

According to the report, 10 out of 20 states reviewed allow tax filers to bring in more from combined state and federal credits and deductions than they donate, a loophole that the report's author said makes their donations more like money laundering than philanthropy.

Or I might only allow long term stays of six months and include book cover design and formatting, platform building, help with a powerful book launch and more — so that by the end of the six months authors have a book out there earning them money.

It hurts my heart, and my brain, to think that authors might actually shell out this kind of money for services that would likely net them zero results even if performed by skilled professionals at reasonable prices.

She wrote a book called The Indie Author guide, which she has made available totally for free on her website (not exactly the behavior of a money grubber) I've read the book and it's filled with tips on how indie authors can get their work out affordably.

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I'm wary of a site which is making money out of fees to authors instead of sales, and I'm irritated that the owner of that site considers it beneath her dignity to discuss those concerns with people who are way.

Now we're back where we started, with Indies still trying to compete with authors who somehow have a leg - up in the market by undercutting their prices even more, offering more books for free, and taking money out of their pockets, instead of earning money back from their books as they should.

They have big money marketing machines that roll out publicity campaigns to build awareness of the author's book.

Amazon Kindle Unlimited is a program where authors traditionally make money per page read and also get a cut out of a pool of funds that changes on a month to month basis.

Frankly I want to tear my hair out because I'm seeing dozens of indie authors selling more than me and making more money that I am.

Wow, you really are out of touch with the publishing industry if you think that indie authors aren't investing as much (if not more) money in getting their work edited, covers designed etc that the larger publishers put into their titles.

So for a few gifted authors / creators all books have to be locked up until 80/100 years after the creator's death; Just so their heirs can get a bit of money out of it.

So the question is, how much money have you fleeced out of indie authors wanting to be taken seriously?

On the flip side, as an artist, I've done work, not collected a deposit, and been out money for supplies and a bunch of time when the author suddenly backed out.

And authors have awakened to the fact that publishers are leaving a lot of money out of their pockets.

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.

Since I know a lot about writing and painting, the fickle worlds of publishing and fine art, and have gotten pretty damn good at internet marketing, platform building, and online sales, it's really easy for me to help struggling artists and authors figure out what their problems are and get them earning enough money to quit their jobs and focus on being creative geniuses that change the world.

The alternative is where an author puts their own money into getting their work out there — the quality of which has nothing to do with what the publishing process is labeled and everything to do with the skill of the producer and their team (if any).

In this course, I interview CJ Lyons, NY Times bestselling author, about traditional publishing, covering everything from finding an agent, pitching, how the publishing process works, how the money works, the pros and cons, details of contracts and what to watch out for as well as the biggest mistakes people make.

Accounting tracking... If you only have a few items indie published, this turns out to not be much of a problem because, as you pointed out, the author will get the money first (I hope... Under Joe Konrath's estributor model, he gives all the money first to an agent and hopes to get his share.)

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

I make SO much more money as an indie author, and sales of my self - pubbed version of the book that small press put out are much bigger because I sell at a more attractive price (2.99 compared to 5.50) and I have a better cover (a fun, custom illustration depicting my exact characters rather than a $ 10 stock photo image.)

There is a lot of help out there for first - time authors but be wise in how you spend your money.

A year ago, I don't think anybody would have predicted that Janklow and Nesbitt were going to make a deal to self - publish books of their best authors whose books were out of print or who wanted to make more money on their royalties.