Sentences with phrase «much about the book publishing»

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Unfortunately, most e-publishers are pretty hush - hush about the amount of money their authors receive in royalties, but it's safe to say that it's probably more than mainline publishers offer, but not as much as you'd get from publishing your book yourself.

These books were published by «Greystone», in the late 1960's and early 1970's but I haven't been able to find much else about them.

As a side note, this book is MOST LIKELY to fit his data calculations, because it's been out for a long time; it's self - published and has been out long enough that there are essentially zero print sales; I haven't been trying to promote it much, mostly because I don't control the first two books in the series, and so there are very few big jumps; and I had a new release about two months ago, so the book in January is at about the «average» rank in its release - to - release lifecycle.

I think all these rules about what made a «real book» were as much about making it harder to get published as they were about creating books worth reading.

In a blog post that she wrote about her deal, Hocking said something that drove home just how much the industry has changed: she said that she chose to accept the $ 2 - million offer from St. Martins even though she knew she could probably make more money by self - publishing the books.

Hi Paul I saw your website and have multiple books to publish and was wondering about how much income can be received by publishing e-books through you guys.

The data publishers care about, and that can really help inform publishers» strategies, isn't labeled «book publishing data» but is far more useful and actionable than much of what we try to decipher meaning from that is.

Obviously you like it enough to read every book they publish, and then even more to log onto this website and write 9 paragraphs about how much you hate it.

Though there are 2 things I discovered about publishing: (a) a book editor is a must and (b) a good cover (but don't spend too much.

Our friendly librarian at the Duncan library loaned me your book about self - publishing for one week but, because I am mostly blind, I haven't been able to read much if it.

(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.

But I'd so much like to catch authors before it's too late to get a book publicist really excited about a project: before a major book publishing house has given up on promoting the book (or lost interest in selling the book) or before an author has committed to working with a print - on - demand company whose imprint would make a book about 95 % more difficult to properly promote than it has to be.

The system resembles a more competition - focused version of social reading startup Wattpad in some ways, but this is very much commerce driven, whereas Wattpad is about providing a free publishing platform for entire works first, and only recently started dabbling in crowdsourcing with its crowdfunding book publishing experiments.

Self - published authors stress the importance of placing titles with every available distributor, while publishers and their pundits worry about how much of the book market Amazon currently controls.

If using someone out of house, tell her as much as you can about your publishing business, and let her know who your competitors are so she can check out what they are doing — you'll want to differentiate yourself from them, while making sure your book fits into its genre.

So, very much a growing concern and at the center of this revolution that we've been chatting about on Beyond the Book so much this year, 2012, which is the self - publishing revolution, and Keith, you say that this is one of the best times in history for authors and readers.

Most of them never paid much attention to who published the books they read, but they're all fired up about it now.

Chuck Wendig on Terribleminds 25 Things to Know About Self - Publishing (Or, «How to Sell a Bazillionty Books in 17 Minutes») «So much of self - publishing is doing what's Publishing (Or, «How to Sell a Bazillionty Books in 17 Minutes») «So much of self - publishing is doing what's publishing is doing what's been done.

There is so much to learn about self - publishing and getting books out there.

Yes, the media (especially the self - publishing media) loves to crow about how many books are being self - pubbed, how much authors are making, how many indie author millionaires there are.

Kaufman spoke about Copia's global expansion into Australia and Spain — and alluded to some big news that will hopefully be launched in time for next month's O'Reilly Media Tools of Change publishing event — as well the popular reception of the annotation feature that lets authors enter the discussion and post commentary inside the pages of readers» books, almost creating a «director's cut» out of books, much the way that JK Rowling has granted her fans insider access into the creation of the Harry Potter books by adding additional notes and comments on the series.

If you are a publisher and all you think about are books and ebooks, you may be missing something as publishing today encompasses much more than this.

In Rowena Cala's children's title, Gia & Lincoln's Aggravating Allergies (Strategic Book Publishing), illustrated by Gabriel Vega, the author was faced with writing an amusing children's book about playful jungle animals becoming friends, but it really goes so much farther than tBook Publishing), illustrated by Gabriel Vega, the author was faced with writing an amusing children's book about playful jungle animals becoming friends, but it really goes so much farther than tbook about playful jungle animals becoming friends, but it really goes so much farther than that.

Frankfurt Book Fair has grown into an event that encompasses so much about the publishing industry, with special events focused on self - publishing and six different exhibit halls dedicated to various aspects of digital publishing.

I always feel badly saying something critical about a book as I know how much work it takes to write and how difficult it can be to actually be published.

Here's why: I spend a lot of time participating in online discussions among self - published authors so that I can learn as much as possible about their book marketing challenges and help them solve their problems.

Much of the complaints people make about self - published books is in the editing (poor grammar, misspelled words, clichéd writing, etc.).

When I was publishing Do Share Inspire, since it is a physical book and an ebook, I learned so much more about self - publishing; getting into bookshops; and even marketing!

Now, three months from my debut book release, I know this was a perfect fit for me and a great way to learn about the publishing world... and I've learned so much!

I seem to be selling about 1/6 as many copies per book in German, but I'm making a little more than 1/6 as I've priced the German books a bit higher than in the English markets, both to compensate for the 20 % VAT and because Germans seem to be accepting of these prices — and they're still a bargain, much lower than many of their traditionally published books in the same genre.

With all the knowledge you have gained, Becca - much of it the hard way by experience - about self publishing, you ought to write a book about self - publishing a book.

Everyone knows that they can self - publish books on Amazon through Kindle, but how much do you really know about this ecommerce supergiant?

So, because I'm a glutton for punishment, I decided to publish a much more detailed book about self - publishing — from writing through to post-launch promotions.

It was about so much more than just writing a book, I became a perpetual student of publishing so I could learn everything possible about the industry and then share it with others.

And you may want to think about if you haven't yet published your book and you're thinking about what to do that means a shorter title, so you want a title that is 80 characters or less, including the subtitle, and the reason we say that is really because of that mobile optimization, so you want to make sure that when a reader is searching for a book on a phone they can see your entire title or as much as possible on a mobile device.

Margaret Harrison [00:02:07] Oh thanks, well so, yeah, I've worked my whole career in publishing and I started out on the ebook side working for OverDrive, a major distributor of ebooks at public libraries, and focusing on ebooks, so much of it is about the metadata, not just getting books into channels but also making sure those books, as Justine said, can be discoverable, can be found, and so I started spending a lot more of my time on metadata, and I'm a curious person so I got to know a lot and here I am

I think educating the public about what indie publishing really means and the rise of review blogs that cater to them and carry as much weight as places like Dear Author and Smart Bitches Trashy Books will go a lot further toward informing the public what qualifies as a good read.

I thought it was fitting as we wind up the year to comment on this, and to point out that as much as we whine about the impact of Kindle Unlimited on our sales, and on the dearth of decent ad sites, and the constantly shifting marketplace, more of us than ever before are earning decent, and in some cases, magnificent, incomes, from writing and publishing, without any help from the traditional channels that used to have the book selling business locked up.

Back in 2013, when I released my first novel, titled Quintspinner — A Pirate's Quest, I knew so little about book publishing and marketing that I didn't even know how much I didn't know.

-- How much does your neighbor know about publishing and the ins and outs of editing books in specific genres?

But as a book publishing consultant, I've often found that authors who are self - publishing worry so much about the process of publishing («How do I format an e-book?

Interview (Starts at 6:03)-- Mike Shatzkin, founder and CEO of The Idea Logical Company in New York, spoke with me on April 23rd by Skype about why there was so much hand wringing at the recently concluded London Book Fair, what's ahead for authors and readers if Amazon's dominance of the book business grows, and how his father, the late Leonard Shatzkin, who also had an illustrious career in publishing, probably would have been more inclined to applaud Amazon's disruption than is Leonard's Book Fair, what's ahead for authors and readers if Amazon's dominance of the book business grows, and how his father, the late Leonard Shatzkin, who also had an illustrious career in publishing, probably would have been more inclined to applaud Amazon's disruption than is Leonard's book business grows, and how his father, the late Leonard Shatzkin, who also had an illustrious career in publishing, probably would have been more inclined to applaud Amazon's disruption than is Leonard's son.

As I said in my post about developmental editing, at The Editorial Department we believe it's our job to push our authors as hard as they're willing to be pushed because we know how much competition they have — not just from other traditionally and self - published books, but from blogs, websites, smart phones, TV... There's a tremendous amount of information vying for everyone's time, and we want you to stand out.

That's how much I don't give a damn about how my shit, what I say, what I write, WHATEVER the fuck I want to publish informs the pricing of his, her, yours or their books.

I used to do reports about how much I was earning from self - publishing and how many books I had sold.

Amazon and Kindle publishing have become one of my favorite ways to build my business, and with six books of my own, two I have co-authored, and many more I have contributed to, I realized very quickly that having your books rank highly is about much more than just keywords, and that the effort you make will be well worth the small amount of time it takes to help your book reach its full potential.

Early in his career he was asked by such an author how much he had paid to have his books published, and in response began a campaign of educating other writers about the problems of vanity publishers.

My first book was published by a very small independent press, as will the sequel, and I've learned so much over the past year and a half from the publisher, about the business of writing, and the options.

I don't know too much about self - publishing, but I am helping my mom to self - publish her picture books.

While much of the stigma and attitudes towards self - publishing have been stripped away in just the last few years, consumers often still wonder about authors» motivations for going independent with their books.