Sentences with phrase «of working with a traditional publisher»

What has been your experience of working with a traditional publisher, if any?

The benefit of working with a traditional publisher, rather than with an author who's self - published, is to make use of the specialists who deal with books on a daily basis.

Some authors have always dreamed of working with a traditional publisher, and nothing will satisfy them until they get that experience.

Not exact matches

If you plan to work with a traditional publisher, check the website of your target publishers to review their past portfolio.

Emily Victorson, co-founder and publisher of Allium Press of Chicago, will talk about how publishing with a small press differs from self - publishing, when it makes sense to pursue traditional publishing, the advantages of working with a small press, how to identify small presses that might be interested in your work, how to pitch to a small press, and how being published by a small press can be a valuable first step in your publishing career.

Founder Lauren Wise spends a ton of time researching the new methods of publishing, talking with CEOs of publishers that range from hybrid to traditional to electronic, and compiles a hand - picked list every year of the best companies for Midnight Publishing authors to work with.

Whether you're unpublished, self - published, or working with a traditional publisher (like Random House), it's important to know that book royalties should only be one of your many streams of income.

Having worked with traditional publishers and self - published several of her books, Massey has great advice for indie authors on independent publishing, book marketing and strategies for getting a book into bookstores, libraries and reviews.

As we wrote at the time, this example makes the point that authors already have a lot of the tools for marketing their work, and in some cases — as with Hocking, Locke and other self - publishers such as J.A. Konrath — this can make them so self - sufficient that they no longer need the support of a traditional publishing deal.

With the popularity of electronic reading devices, the entire world of information / reading was split wide open with so many opportunities for authors to publish the works that might not ever have seen the light of day with the traditional publishWith the popularity of electronic reading devices, the entire world of information / reading was split wide open with so many opportunities for authors to publish the works that might not ever have seen the light of day with the traditional publishwith so many opportunities for authors to publish the works that might not ever have seen the light of day with the traditional publishwith the traditional publishers.

Many of them are hybrid — they work with traditional publishers on their current books, and they republish any books that have gone out of print as indie books.

While traditional publishers (actually, the top end publishers) are fighting over business and legal issues, like any big business, you adapt and work with what works — eBooks still represent a minority in sales, but it is rapidly catching up to print, and by all accounts, has already passed hardcover (which has been in decline in a slow death since the advent of paperbacks and trade paperbacks in the 40s and 50s).

This Publishers Weekly article shares the results of a recent Writer's Digest survey that compares writers» (those who have worked with traditional publishers to publish books and have also self - published their own books) satisfaction with traditional traditional publishing compared to self - pPublishers Weekly article shares the results of a recent Writer's Digest survey that compares writers» (those who have worked with traditional publishers to publish books and have also self - published their own books) satisfaction with traditional traditional publishing compared to self - ppublishers to publish books and have also self - published their own books) satisfaction with traditional traditional publishing compared to self - publishing.

While the flooding has an effect on the bottom line of large traditional publishers, smaller publishers are more affected, as their material often are in direct competition with self - published work.

In this new world, my gut sense (meaning a wild guess) is that writers will be taking control over more and more aspects of sales, rights, and publishing of their work as they learn how to do it themselves, even when working with traditional publishers.

The benefit is apparently mutual: «With dotbooks we've... gotten a lot of knowledge about traditional publishers and how their processes work, so we can optimize our software for them,» says Maicher.

Once a manuscript is accepted, publishers work in one of two ways: the traditional royalty model in which the author fronts none of the costs associated with editing, art design, layout, or publication, or the pay - upfront model in which the author pays for his services, and the completed product is his sole property.

If getting published traditionally doesn't especially help you to get your books on the shelves of stores (unless you are talented, awesome, hard - working, and lucky enough to be a Jim Butcher), then you've got a legitimate reason to question whether you want to roll the dice with traditional publishers (who absolutely offer many great advantages), or get 70 % royalties on your indie ebooks and get paid 80 % of your print book's list price (minus the cost of POD printing) with your print - on - demand book via Lightning Source and their 20 % short discount option — which gets you right into Amazon.com and other online bookstores, just like the big boys do.

A final major benefit of traditional publishing, and what I believe to be the most important, is the fact that, with a publisher, a writer has a team of experts in every aspect of book production — i.e., editing, copy editing, legal review, when necessary, cover design, formatting, marketing, and publicity — who work together with a common, vested interest in making a book the best representation of the author and the publishing house that it can be.

At the same time, I still chose to secure the help of an agent, and am working with him to find a traditional publisher for my big fat epic fantasy novel, and another large YA fantasy novel.

The percentage of indie authors who never worked with a traditional publisher is rising from year to year (now 60 %) as is the percentage of authors who never even tried to find a publisher (35 %).

These writers care about producing something of high quality in keeping with the standards of the golden era of traditional publishing: that bygone age when publishers invested time and money (often paying advances directly to authors) to help writers develop and polish their work prior to publication.

If you don't mind sharing, what were your biggest points of disillusionment when working with traditional publishers?

Maybe they'll self - publish things that are particular of the moment, while working with traditional publishers on projects that don't need to be out immediately.

BWA: «The BWA works with a number of traditional publishers and many imprints.

I like to keep control of my work and unless you're a J.K. Rowling or a «Celebrity» there's no advantage in being with a traditional publisher.

One of my friends is a well - established and highly successful audiobook narrator with years of experience working in commercial studios for traditional publishers.

As part of the publishing programme, the BWA's substantial network of experts, agents and publishers (we do not work with vanity publishers and this programme will not involve self - publishing) will work with the author in an intensive way according to the their needs, to ensure the authors work is published by a traditional publisher, but not necessarily via the traditional route and that's where the difference lies.

Having published more than a dozen books — nonfiction and fiction — with both traditional and often prestigious publishers as well as on my own, I have a very good sense of the demands of book promotion and was delighted to have the chance to work with Smith Publicity who did a fine job with my Sino - American Tales series of historical novels

Dear, Dear Authors... if you are going to do the work of writing a book... you are going to market you book — NO ONE else is — thinking that another publisher — traditional or the pay - to - publish crowd will — it is today's author fantasyland... if you don't land a deal with a traditional publisher..

In short, all of the things that the traditional author's agent and publisher assist with, although not to be misleading, much of the work of marketing still falls to the traditional author.

With a number of genre - driven imprints in its traditional Amazon Publishing wing, as well as the KDP platform for digital and self - published works, the retailer - turned - publisher is making book distribution available to all.

Reber explained in an interview what helped her make the decision to work with a traditional publisher, as well as her level of satisfaction with the process and any potential future plans for her publishing.

I have worked in the publishing industry for over twenty years, been a published author, and had some great sales numbers (printed editions of The Art of Abundance over 95,000 copies sold total) and awful numbers (the less said the better), lived through a publisher bankruptcy, ridden the waves of change in the industry, and saw the bottom fall out in mid-2008, with all the folks I worked with laid off and my way of making a living in traditional publishing disappear.

With a number of genre - driven imprints in its traditional Amazon Publishing wing, as well as the KDP platform for digital and self - published works, the retailer - turned - publisher is making book... [Read more...]

Some authors began in self - publishing and were picked up by a traditional publisher; others, just by way of example, work quite happily in both worlds, creating content with traditional publishing in mind, while still writing other titles that they plan to self - publish.

We currently work with numerous small press and traditional publishers and feel you should take advantage of every opportunity available to you.

Because of a somewhat discouraging encounter with a so - called «traditional» publisher (who ended up on the Writer Beware list, thus the quotes), I made the decision to learn how to self - publish by using my own works as my learning experience.

Although some indie authors price their books at the lower end of the spectrum (as low as.99 cents) in order to compete with better - known writers whose work is being released through traditional publishers, some readers may be put off by prices which seem artificially low, because they won't trust the quality of the book.

For example, if you want to sign with a traditional publisher then it might not be wise to lock your work up for any period of time.

Interestingly enough, quality of fiction out of traditional publishers can now vary just as much as it can with self - published work.

With the emergence of self - publishing so many authors who normally would not be able to get their work out there are able to do so without a traditional publisher.

Scott Sigler is a horror author who has made excellent promotional use of his subsidiary rights (even while often working with traditional publishers).

Discounted prices on ISBNs along with the advantage of a publishing house's seal, while maintaining more control of your work than you would have with a traditional publisher.

Traditional publishers have their set of rules and will publish only those works that are in line with the current reader trends.

In this new role as a partner rather than a traditional publisher, however, I became more engaged with the lives of the businesses and organisations I've worked with, and over the course of the last year came a quiet revelation: to stretch the astronomical metaphor to its limits, the book is not a lone star but the centre of a solar system.

The Author's Assistants can help you locate a qualified editor and proofreader, work with a professional designer for your book's interior and cover art, take care of details like applying for the ISBN, LLCN and copyright, research a traditional publisher or help you find the perfect print - on - demand (POD) service to self - publish.

Instead of demanding a lucrative package from a traditional publisher, he stood by his decision working with Amazon.

In addition, you have the added benefit of having a professional team working alongside you with your project on editing, cover design, etc., the way you would with a traditional publisher.

Scott Berkun has enjoyed fame and fortune as an author working with a traditional publisher (O'Reilly), so why did he venture into the world of self - publishing for his latest book, Mindfire?