Sentences with phrase «of author services companies»

Many indies may have setup their own micro-press, so their books still have a publisher name that is not the author's name but the publisher is not one of the author services companies.

Gaughran also focuses on the evils of author services companies behaving badly, doing his part to ensure new authors don't fall victim to overpriced scams.

It helps navigate the fast - moving world of author services companies and contains the experiences of a lot of authors as well as advising on what to avoid.

The author includes a small directory of author services companies in the back.

Book designer Sue Trowbridge, founder of author services company Interbridge, uses Pressbooks to produce beautiful books for a variety of clients.

When self - publishing first became affordable through print - on - demand technology, a range of author service companies sprang up to provide very affordable POD publishing packages.

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Be it through fliers, coupons, or posters, «you should take advantage of street - marketing weapons to promote your company and its services,» urges Jay Levinson, author of Guerrilla Marketing Attack (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1989, $ 8.95).

David Meerman Scott, a marketing strategist and the best - selling author of Real - Time Marketing and PR says that perhaps the most difficult challenge companies must overcome in creating a viral hit is coming to the realization that the content usually can't be about the product or service itself.

Drs. Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves are award - winning, best - selling authors and the cofounders of TalentSmart, a global consultancy that serves more than 75 % of the Fortune 500 companies and is the world's # 1 provider of emotional intelligence products and services.

About the Author Al Davidson is the founder of Strategic Sales & Marketing, a «leading light» among lead generation companies since 1989, helping to deliver B2B lead generation and appointment setting services for global clients ranging from local small businesses to the Fortune 100.

This company helps researchers effectively communicate their work through a variety of innovative solutions, including author services, video abstracts, and new solutions for publishers.

The authors suggest that, based on the results of their research, service companies would be well - advised to pay particular attention to situations in which group service failures can arise.

«Most of the other techniques used in the petroleum field provide the «average» values of sample parameters,» said study author Wei - Shan Chiang, a postdoctoral researcher in chemical and biomolecular engineering at UD who does work onsite at NIST Center for Neutron Research and at Aramco Services Company.

Aleyda is an International SEO Consultant - service that she provides with her company Orainti, a blogger, author of SEO book in Spanish and experienced speaker.

The author of the brief, education researcher Gerald W. Bracey, writes that states and schools use NCLB money for testing programs, curriculum materials, and supplemental educational services that are often owned by for - profit companies whose owners or officers are personally connected to the president.

To the extent that holding a book, or being able to physically transfer contents in book form, is important to an author, there are a wealth of companies providing POD services.

Jennifer Fusco is the author of Market or Die, a marketing book for writers, and the owner of a publicity services company.

Amazon's suite of services for independent authors makes it possible for me and many other authors to bypass traditional publishing companies.

Outskirts Press, the No. 1 - rated self - publishing company according to Top Consumer Reviews, is stepping up to accommodate authors wishing to self - publish, distribute and sell their own books, in the wake of cuts to services by another major self - publishing service provider.

Under the leadership of Ken Michaels, President and COO of Hachette and Chair of the Book Industry Study Group, the company is focused on better providing value to authors by investing in services, capabilities, and agility, rather than relying strictly on volume and size.

Some of the above companies practice extremely deceptive advertising in an attempt to lure the naive author to their services and amount to little more than scams.

There are also dozens of «self - publishing» companies that do not represent themselves or their services in a clear or honest light, and after signing with these companies, many authors pay the price of poor design, distribution, customer support, and exposure.

In over thirty years of watching the publishing industry, I've never come across a big publisher whose self - publishing companies weren't author predators with over-priced costs, poor service, and egregious contracts.

There is no shortage of companies who claim to offer services that authors need in order to publish their books.

Based on a pick - and - choose menu of services that includes more than just editing — which right away is a departure from the standard, as too many «author services» companies require all or none expensive packages — the platform is delving into things like review services that will send out copies of an author's book to their channels, along with talks of translation (an ungodly expense for indie authors that can easily cost upwards of tens of thousands of dollars per language) and audiobook services.

The Alliance of Independent Authors has released its recent guide to all things self - publishing, and this year awarded its inaugural service award to Smashwords and its founder, Mark Coker, for the work the company has done in furthering the cause of indie authorship.

By collaborating with Ingram Publisher Services, Diversion Distribution Services can offer a deep and diverse capability to today's authors in all aspects of publishing,» said Scott Waxman, CEO and Co-Founder of Diversion Publishing Corp., parent company of Diversion Distribution Services.

An indie author is an author who maintains complete creative control by self - publishing his or her book through companies such as CreateSpace or Book Baby, both of whom offer editing, proofreading services - for - hire, along with cover and page design services or do - it - yourself templates.

The first edition of my book was written to sell as an add - on product to copyright filing services provided to authors (and others) from a business filing company I used to own.

As I said earlier, a lot of the festivals I would attend had companies selling authors services that I didn't think were necessary.

They have to think about their contractual obligations to authors (often defined in pre-Internet contracts); a myriad companies offering complex arrays of digital services; countless stories of the wonders and horrors of digital publishing; an apparent dearth of staff with both publishing and web - technical skills; financial pressure to cut costs, not start new departments with new staff; and the demands of their day jobs.

BookWhirl, a self - publishing company, mainly exists to provide affordable but professional services from creating, publishing, marketing, promoting, and distributing the works of self - published authors around the globe.

Calling upon years of experience across multiple industries, Taylor's book focuses on teaching authors, start - ups, and even well established companies and organizations to increase their marketing power by going beyond just a product or service.

The idea of bringing service providers and authors together is nice in principle, so long as the matchmaking fee accruing to the company is not exorbitant, and not hidden in the small print.

[2] The author may engage a company that offers services — usually designed as publishing packages including editing, marketing, design, etc. — and outsource all or part of the process to these companies.

Backmatter consists of your author bio, information on your other books (if you have any), your products or services or company, or even a free offer that drives readers to your website to sign up for your mailing list.

A clarification is needed here: Companies such as 1106 Design sell services to authors, but we don't pretend to publish the book, nor do we lay claim to any percentage of the royalties!

As a company of writers, editors, and marketers who've devoted our careers to helping authors and entrepreneurs publish their stories, Midnight Publishing respects and offers our services for anyone who feels they have an important point of view to share.

Prior to joining Author Solutions, Merrell was a Division Manager of Innodata (NASDAQ: INOD), a global digital services and solutions company, which is based in Bergen County, New Jersey.

The author conducted a research of the quality of the service provided by MasterPapers.com and two other companies, who are working on the market of custom essay writing services, by placing an order with every company.

If you need assistance in any of those areas, we recommend contacting an author services company.

-- July 14, 2015 — Author Solutions, LLC, a Penguin Random House company and the world leader in supported self - publishing services, is proud to announce author Chelsea Ashe has finalized an option agreement on her book Happy Hour Stories (Xlibris, 2013, ISBN: 978 - 1483638447) with producers Sophia Dilley and Jessica Kardos of Double Lenses,Author Solutions, LLC, a Penguin Random House company and the world leader in supported self - publishing services, is proud to announce author Chelsea Ashe has finalized an option agreement on her book Happy Hour Stories (Xlibris, 2013, ISBN: 978 - 1483638447) with producers Sophia Dilley and Jessica Kardos of Double Lenses,author Chelsea Ashe has finalized an option agreement on her book Happy Hour Stories (Xlibris, 2013, ISBN: 978 - 1483638447) with producers Sophia Dilley and Jessica Kardos of Double Lenses, Inc..

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is a paid contributor and the proprietor of Marin Bookworks in San Rafael, California, a publishing services company where he's helped launch many self - published authors.

Publishing services companies Many so - called self - publishing companies exist — for example, you may have heard of iUniverse, Trafford, Xlibris, or AuthorHouse (all subsidiaries of Author Solutions Inc.)-- but these are actually publishing services companies or subsidy publishers or fee - based publishers.

4 min readAs an independent author, dozens of companies, sites and services will offer to show you how to market your self - published book — for one low fee, naturally.

Together we built a niche service company creating online awareness for books and authors through a seamless integration of social media and web publicity.

There are hundreds of companies offering services for self - published authors, but are they all equal?

Alan Rinzler: There was a piece in the New York Times that Perseus has started a self - publishing division, joining Bloomsbury and many other companies in offering authors a self - publishing resource where they get 70 percent of the royalties and the author is the publisher — and they provide some services if you pay for them, just like iUniverse or Exlibris or Author Solutions or Lulu or Aauthor is the publisher — and they provide some services if you pay for them, just like iUniverse or Exlibris or Author Solutions or Lulu or AAuthor Solutions or Lulu or Amazon.

Many self - publishing companies don't offer either of these services, or offer them at a very high cost, so an author self - publishing a book has to either spend a lot of money or do without these services altogether.