Sentences with phrase «not big name authors»

-LSB-...] Agent Janet Reid answers the question: why don't big name authors just self - publish and make even more money?

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You know, some recipes by big name authors just don't work.

Some political communications companies on both sides do specialize in outreach to the authors and audiences of the big - name political bloggers, but this exercise is not for the empty of pocket.

I read a ton of fantasy, and I know a lot of my favorite authors are online and incredibly accessible to readers because they're not the big name j.k. rowlings and stephenie meyers of the world.

It doesn't rely on franchise or household names to get butts in the seat, it's as organic as it can be with author Jesse Andrews adapting his personal novel to the big screen.

I've already picked out an author name and in the process of setting up another blog (I'm used to juggling multiple blogs so it isn't really a big deal for me to have a handful of author blogs).

It's not one big name author getting all the attention.

, Shriver goes on to admit that she sometimes has trouble including female writers when asked to name her favorites, in part because «The big names in the literary pantheon are repeated over and over again... [I] n the glare of a spotlight and frantic to remember any author's name at all, even women like me are going to remember Philip Roth — just as, asked to name a soft drink, I'm going to remember Coca - Cola.

Were they not authors before they were signed by a big name?

Not true... some big name authors are going in the other direction, deciding against taking the contract a publishing house is offering and self - publishing instead.

I'm not sure we all realize that even the big - name, traditionally published authors have red - pen - brandishing editors.

Side note: Anytime you see a book cover where the author's name is bigger than the title, it's the author's name that sells book, not the story inside.

Honestly, it will always sting for a nanosecond when I read about authors winning awards that I can't begin to hope to win as an indie, or heading off on book tours, or getting picked to speak at big events, or receiving glowing reviews from notable publications, or hobnobbing with other big name authors.

I'm not sure my experience was any different, however, because it was so crowded and people were looking for the big - name authors.

John Scalzi has said repeatedly on his posts about Amazon and other big - name vendors of books that they are not an author's friend.

He's a big name, with big name First Class authors, and thus he thinks the rest of the writing world is livestock who he's happy he doesn't have to pay attention to any more.

We've heard from some pretty big name authors here who don't like newsletters either, It is possible to be a successful author without one.

I know back when I didn't have much money, I wouldn't read a book that had an obviously female name bigger than the title unless I knew the author.

An author, receiving not the round of expected congratulations but a collective gasp of dismay when she announced she'd signed with a big name predatory vanity press, protested, «But how was I supposed to know they were bad?»

A world where aspiring authors don't need an agent and a big - name publisher.

Simon & Schuster isn't the only major publisher to sign up with Oyster and Scribd, but it is still a major «get» for both services thanks to the number of big name books and authors in the publisher's catalog.

I know some big name authors have been expressing their political opinions on their blogs recently, and it hasn't hurt their sales, but it's a bad idea for newbies.

To date she has not «broken out» and become a big name the way other regional mystery authors, such as

To date she has not «broken out» and become a big name the way other regional mystery authors, such as Tony Hillerman and Archer Mayer or Wyoming's own CJ Box and Craig Johnson, have done.

Do Google the name to make sure it doesn't belong to another author, anybody who already has a big Web presence, or is wanted for a heinous crime.

There are multiple reasons for self - publishing, the first usually being that the author doesn't want to jump through hoops to find an agent, an editor, and then shop around the big name publishers.

Now for big name authors, their books» Amazon ratings may not matter so much — they have such a reputation and presence in bookstores that the average Joe will just buy the book off the shelve without doing research first.

Which may be fine with you (I don't know, obviously) bit strikes me as an unfortunate perspective for a reader to adopt, as the majority of fiction published and the vast majority of «name» authors published are in trade from the big six.

It's amazing how many authors, big name authors do not have videos of themselves out there in the world.

You probably know it already but wouldn't believe it still, but many big - name authors whose work have gone on to become classics or bestsellers have experienced rejection, the same way you're experiencing it now.

Indie presses don't have the sales and marketing clout of the bigger names so rely on authors selling and marketing books, too.

Large publishers can't compete against that (a traditional mass market paperback sold for $ 8.00 earns the author about 40 cents), which is one of the reasons I firmly believe the future of publishing lies in the hands of indie authors and small publishers, and in the years ahead we'll see more and more big - name authors go indie.

After all, all of the fancy Big 5 buildings, expense - account lunches and fat cat salaries are being paid for by those big - name writers because it's sure not the developing authors who are supporting thBig 5 buildings, expense - account lunches and fat cat salaries are being paid for by those big - name writers because it's sure not the developing authors who are supporting thbig - name writers because it's sure not the developing authors who are supporting that.

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It also makes it possible for authors to do smaller book signings in towns that aren't large enough to garner big name authors for a book event, reaching fans literally anywhere via online and radio book signings and blog tours.»

Julia Sommerfeld then took on the role of editor of Kindle Singles in the US in October 2016 and she is the one primarily responsible for not taking unsolicited manuscripts anymore and focusing on big name authors.

I read a big name, big PH author not long ago, and couldn't pass page 20 without finding (and I wasn't looking for) typos, poor grammar, deus ex machine, etc..

At present, the author of, say, a self - published thriller available as an e-book for $ 5 or less does not have to compete with Janet Evanovich, Alafair Burke, David Baldacci and John Sandford on even ground; the big - name authors» books are typically twice as expensive.

They're examples of BIG names, but the majority of indie authors making a good living will never sell that many copies, but the good news is, you DO N'T have to.

You might be thinking, «I bet those big - name # 1 New York Times bestselling authors don't have to worry about that.»

It's hard explaining to people that publishers generally don't help with promotion unless you're already one of their big name authors.

And, if you're up on things, I probably don't have to inform you of a recent letter from some of the top big name authors requesting letters be sent to Amazon's Jeff Bezos in order to save authors and writing and literature and to let Hachette get its way.

SIBF Director Ahmed Al Ameri has worked closely with the UK's Midas Public Relations to build SIBF's status on the world stage and securing an author like Brown shows just how far the fair has come; last year the SIBF had Jeffrey Archer — another big name, but not in the same league as Brown, who has never attended BEA, or the Frankfurt or London book fairs.

In book two of the Origin Mystery series, author AG Riddle spins the possibility of not only a worldwide epidemic that kills billions, but a battle between big name pharmaceutical and an organization that is convinced that this pandemic is the natural course of evolution for the human race.

Liu was just starting to sell at the time, but this unique and provocative novella was clearly considered too risky for every pro market out there: he wasn't yet a huge name, and though the science fiction magazines tend to be very open to newcomers, novella slots are few, and editors like to give them to big name authors.

Nate Hoffelder presents Indie Authors Are Getting Clobbered by Big Name eBook Discounts — But Not For The Reason You Think posted at The Digital Reader, saying, «If you've been following ebook news over the past 6 months then you've noticed that ebook prices have tended to drop.

Be skeptical of all of these, because in case you haven't noticed, exactly none of the big selling indie authors who have broken out in the last 3 years did so because they put «Author» after their name, or fired off an endless stream of spam at prospective readers, treating them as dolts.

But here's the thing: If you're not a big - name author, there are really good odds no one will ever check out your e-book.

We have the wagons filled with authors who think that they are going to break big because they read someone's work that sort of sucked (but who is a household name) and they think, hey, my crappy book doesn't suck any worse than theirs, maybe I'll throw it up on Amazon and see if it finds an audience.

In today's world it doesn't matter whether your book is published by a big - name publishing house, or by you; either way, the author, not the publisher, drives readers to the store, period.