Sentences with phrase «much author copies»

Publisher Discounts: Before you sign with a publisher, be sure to ask them how much author copies will cost you.

Not exact matches

«It appears that copying text from other papers is more common in some nations than others, but the outcome is generally the same for authors who copy extensively: Their papers don't get cited much.»

«Noting that by the end of the year, half of the Atkins group had dropped out, and those who remained ended up an unimpressive 4 % lighter, Fat of The Land author Michael Fumento commented, «do you really think any of them could sell a single book copy, much less as many as 15 million (for Atkins), by admitting to a 50 percent drop - out rate in one year with a mere five percent of weight loss among those left?»

Yes, they do light editing (but expect the author to have a round already completed before submission); yes they do the cover design and back cover copy (it doesn't mean that you will like, much less love it); yes, they do the interior design (ditto here); and no, they don't do much in marketing (they expect you be the lead and underwriter of any campaign).

Hot topics below include bestseller lists, email, social media, advertising, word of mouth, author websites, marketing copy, and much more...

When Roger Straus or Lucy Morello brought a new author to Frankfurt, they all jumped, as they did for Rob Routman, the head - turning editor in chief of Owl House — sometimes, it was rumored, without reading all that much (or, let's be honest, any) of the manuscript — because often, or often enough anyway, the books «worked,» i.e., sold copies back home.

Indeed, our not - so - independent - as - all - that bookstores here in the Portland area apparently don't even bother to read the cover blurbs (since these stores feature and proclaim the very authors cited, yet will neither schedule a reading from this novel, nor accept except — after much pleading — a very few copies on consignment.

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Author copies don't cost much, but you still have to convince folks to buy a few.

(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.

They used to operate their own store where people could order books and authors received a much higher royalty, and it also gave authors the ability to promote discount codes so readers and distributors could order discounted copies.

But with indie publishing running so much of the industry now, the playing field is really evened out and a lot of the big mojo that used to hit the bestseller lists is being seen in fiction — which often doesn't report to these lists, or authors are selling lots of copies of all of their books, as opposed to one, singular title.

Copyright pirates and ebook theives will find a way to downloaded pirated copies anyway — they are much smarter at it than publishers, authors and readers combined.

Author copies of Red Hood's Revenge [B&N Mysterious Galaxy Amazon] have arrived at the Hines household, and there was much rejoicing.

This disclosure for all companies apparently even extends to so much as a lowly blog or Facebook post, preventing a self - published author from even sharing with his own followers that he's celebrating the sale of his 100th copy of his book, for exmaple.

That makes it much harder for authors to say no to those up - front copying costs, phone costs, and sometimes even travel / meal costs, etc..

For the author bio on the back of the book, that's still sales copy, but you don't need keywords as much.

I can especially relate to the small / mini press who prints your book for free, but then charges so much for author copies that you can't make even a small profit.

Those international sales can provide a huge advantage for authors, as the ebook revolution has not made such inroads in much of the rest of the world and physical copies still make up the majority of book sales there.

The best way an author can exert creative control is by choosing a designer wisely and then offering as much supporting information as possible (for instance, similar book covers they like in the genre, character descriptions and synopsis, back cover copy, anticipated market, etc.) Finally, if a cover designer is allowed to use their skill and imagination freely, and then the client gives clear direction on revisions, the end result is almost always something both the designer and the author can be proud of.

Most MG authors will tell you they sell as much (or more) in print as they do in ebook, but it's hard to move large numbers of print copies if you're not in bookstores (and with POD prices high relative to mass market print runs).

However, if you want to take it up a level, you could ask them to send you a signed copy to include in the prize you're offering, but that's unlikely if you only have a website selling your own book — which is why it's much better marketing to build up a genre - specific platform, rather than just an author website.

When costs are listed, they often exceed the amount the author would have to pay to self - publish the work - meaning the author could hire a professional cover designer, developmental editor and copy editor... and still not pay as much these contracts require.

Writing good sales copy (the description of the book on your amazon page) is an art and a science — most authors are very bad about summarizing their story into an attention grabbing, intrigue building lead - in (without giving too much away).

BookBaby operates on an updated version of an outdated model, namely, having authors pre-order and purchase up front a specific number of copies of their print editions, much like vanity presses.

But like the much heralded success of authors Amanda Hocking and John Locke, both of whom have each sold more than one million copies of their self - published ebooks before going on to sign contracts with major publishing houses, Wilkinson is open to the idea of traditional publishing and has already heard from some print publishers, although he admits he didn't set out to be an author.

So, and this is just my first thought, I wonder how much of that feedback loop indie authors are losing by not being able to get a single copy of a book into a brick store.

That's not to say that they didn't work hard and didn't write quality content — but I know authors who have author - published, and promoted it as much as humanly possible, in some instances reaching a giant audience... and have sold 10 copies.

For indie authors, they don't make much sense unless you want display models, or gift copies, that look professional and impressive.

And the author of the half - priced e-book will be making more than twice as much while selling twice as many copies.

A number of authors are also included in the case, some of them losing out on as much as $ 10,000 without so much as a proof copy to show for it.

I doubt that the vast majority of Smashwords authors will ever sell one copy of their book, much less sell them in advance.

And with the ongoing squeeze of the mid-list and the dwindling support — I'm talking marketing and promotion, but even copy editing — for the vast majority of new authors the traditional publishers do sign up, it's gotten much worse since.

And for the authors who do have print copies, they're making very little from those sales because they cost so much more to produce.

Except for every author that is Type A obsessive about presenting a perfect copy there are three that throw their stories up without editing much at all because they were too easily disillusioned by the process of COMPLETING a story.

Just slapping the back cover copy on your blog only does so much to help to the author & madsh; or interest your blog readers!

They're small enough that reputation is important... except there is so much information inequality that people still don't realize that requiring author copies at markup is a bullshit way for publishers to make a profit.

But since there isn't any printing costs, except maybe converting the file, and you don't have a print run of 2,000 copies, then how does an author figure out how much to spend marketing and advertising the book?

When deciding which POD provider or self - publishing service company to use, be sure to calculate how much you will have to pay for author copies.

More times than not, authors come away a tad sour from their New York experience — they thought it would be so much more — that the publisher would pitch and market the book everywhere; sell gazillions of copies; get them a blizzard of media; they would make oodles of money; it would be so much fun; and all would live happily ever after.

I have to agree that an indie author offering more than one or two copies, or running the Giveaway for more than one or two weeks, doesn't gain much.

Even without the NaNo coupon, author copies don't cost much (CreateSpace prints author copies at a lower price).

I am all for amazon selling whatever for whatever $ amount they want — but they are not involved in how much the content COST the publisher (how much the author is being paid) J.K Rowling's latest or the newest in the DaVinci code series may cost a publisher considerably MORE$ $ than average (in advances or per copy royalties or % royalties) and Copyediting a 1000 page book costs more than a 400 page one — Amazon isn't just saying that they want to sell ebooks for no more than $ 9.99, they are saying they want to pay no more than (whatever %) of $ 9.99 per copy sold.

An author can use their fiction in much the same way, promoting themselves through their work with strategically handed out copies of their book.

It's possible to sell far fewer copies as a self - published author and yet earn more than a traditional deal would pay you; it's also possible to sell more copies as a self - published author but not earn as much as a publisher's advance and royalties.

I hear of so many cases where authors have taken their book into the shop in the middle of a busy Saturday almost expecting the proprietor to snap up copies on the spot to put on their shelves, having no grasp of what they are really asking the book seller to do, not really understanding how they operate, how much administration they have to do, how difficult it is to deal with a one off supplier.

By carefully selecting the images he copies from newspapers, leaflets and propaganda print, Bryce suggests how much history is packaged and re-packaged to suit its authors.

For those interested in the technical details, and a much more thorough description of the research, author Nic Lewis takes you through the paper (here) has made a pre-print copy of the paper freely available (here).

The charge of $ 45 per student per copy is ridiculous — that's almost as much as what one of my books costs when first published, and nowhere near represents the usual return to an author.