Sentences with phrase «offered authors royalties»

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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.

Luxurious commentaries are offered by director Stephen Frears and writer Peter Morgan, as well as by Robert Lacey (British historian, expert on royalty and author of Majesty).

When it comes to royalties, there's a lot of confusion out there, but it seems most authors believe their royalties are higher if they directly publish with Amazon and other self - publishing offerings.

Where a traditional publisher may offer a royalty rate of 25 % of net sales, authors who handle every aspect of publishing their book keep all the profits if they can cover their costs.

You know, a publishing house that could offer royalty advances, but might also require the author to pay some of the costs, up front, and to provide a pre-launch list of people (maybe a thousand or more) who have ordered advance copies of the book.

In response to literary agents who said no major publisher would ever offer a single royalty rate that brought authors more money than the current standard, Rasenberger said that the goal is to get a conversation going.

Morgan James has always specialized in publishing entrepreneurial authors, offering small advances and higher royalties, and having authors commit to buying a certain number of books at an author rate.

Authors have a lot to benefit on the financial front as well, what with the nearly 70 percent royalty that they earn against the 5 - 10 percent that traditional publishers generally offer.

Authors carve the creative control over their work, and they've come to realize that self - publishing affords them an almost equal chance for income potential as a traditional publishing deal, as evidenced largely by the fact that 24.8 % of those who responded said they'd published through a traditional publisher who offered a royalty split, but who did not pay them an advance.

A recent lawsuit was filed against them stating that they misrepresents themselves, luring authors in with claims that its books can compete with «traditional publishers,» offering «greater speed, higher royalties, and more control for its authors.»

Amazon went further, and offered 100 % e-book royalties to authors, enticing them to jump ship and abandon Hachette entirely.

Smashwords also has some perks that make me wish the outfit had made more inroads into the ebook market on its own merits (as a seller and not just a distributor), such as the ability to issue coupons, to offer affiliates a greater percentage of the sales price, and the fact that authors receive a higher royalty rate there than at any of the other stores.

Instead we offer more practical approaches like author web pages to which you can sell your books and make more royalties than you do with Amazon.

HarperCollins is excited to reach an innovative partnership with Scribd that monetizes its audience through traditional retail and a subscription offer for our backlist titles,» «HarperCollins authors will benefit from extended reach, increased discovery, and improved royalty streams.»

In short: All Romance Ebooks is closing, and there has been a firestorm of bad reaction about this, because of their attempt to offer impacted authors ten cents on the dollar for outstanding royalties owed.

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Amazon has also done better marketing and offers authors — at least directly — better royalties, all while delivering less expensive books to readers.

The browser - based solution Authors Online offers your employees as well as authors and agencies easy - to - access, intuitive information on royalties, advances and subsidiary Authors Online offers your employees as well as authors and agencies easy - to - access, intuitive information on royalties, advances and subsidiary authors and agencies easy - to - access, intuitive information on royalties, advances and subsidiary rights.

I'd also guess that Amazon offering authors 100 % royalty will no doubt get some of them thinking how little they're actually making with Hachette.

A good subsidy publisher will offer a short contract that describes the publisher's responsibilities, a royalty schedule, and how the author can (quickly) terminate the agreement, not a three year lock - up.

Writers» conferences provide ideal environments for learning about the various modes of publishing: the traditional model of the big publishing house, self publishing, independent presses, vanity presses, and the new «hybrid» author - publisher partnership model, which offers much higher royalties and transparency about the process for writers.

I'd like to see companies that offer those one - time services (editing, cover design, marketing, etc.) where they author can either pay up front or choose a royalty option that earns out.

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.

Amazon made waves by offering a 70 % royalty rate to indie authors starting on June 30th, 2010.

Amazon offers a 70 % royalty to authors when pricing ebooks between $ 2.99 — $ 9.99 and 35 % outside that range or for specific regions if the book isn't in KDP Select.

A debut author is not going to be in the same position and if that debut wants a traditional print publisher on board as well, then they will have to acquiesce to the electronic royalty structure being offered.

This is important in an industry where businesses struggle to differentiate themselves to authors and readers, competing on royalties, distribution channels, services offered and general visibility.

There are a wide range of services that are (or are not) offered by these companies, including professional editing services, custom graphic work, book cover options, personalized photos, marketing methods, distribution services, fees, and perhaps most importantly, royalties paid to you, the author.

Currently, Booktango offers authors 100 % royalty rates for online publishing if you submit it to their own bookstore and 90 % if your books are sold on Kobo, Sony, Barnes and Noble, iBooks, Google, Amazon, and others.

One of the things that has kept subscription ebook reading from already securing its place on consumers» devices has been reluctance on the part of publishers, authors, and rights holders to adopt a model that didn't offer very clear explanations of how royalties will be determined.

They were the first in the industry to offer 70 % royalties to authors on digital - only titles despite accusations that they were pandering to authors who couldn't get published otherwise.

Amazon Publishing offered higher royalties than traditionally published authors were used to receiving, as well as discarded the quarterly - payouts system of royalties in favor of the monthly payments that even no - name self - published authors enjoy.

Apart from the significant advance, this deal also offers the author Amazon's typically lofty royalty percentage, something that more authors have been able to negotiate in their contracts.

You can be sure that has authors like himself get better deals offered to them for royalties percentage, authors will begin to wield more bargaining power then they have had in the past.

BookBaby has already made a name for itself as not only a digital distributor who does not take any portion of sales royalties, but also as a site that offers book discovery tools to its authors.

We've offered to Hachette to fund 50 % of an author pool — to be allocated by Hachette — to mitigate the impact of this dispute on author royalties, if Hachette funds the other 50 %.

Under this strategy, Amazon decides that it will demand no more discount than offered to any other vendor, for any purpose *; it will do everything in its power to meet author and indendent publisher demands; and it will send a bouquet and basket of puppies to midlist authors who place their out - of - print books on Kindle, in addition to the royalties due (and a holiday bonus).

The retailer said it had offered to fund 50 percent of an author pool that Hachette could allocate to mitigate the impact of the dispute on author royalties, if Hachette agreed to fund the other half.

Not necessarily to give in to whatever Amazon are asking [1](although Howey does specifically ask Pietsch to accept Amazon's offer of a fund to pay authors and royalties lost as a result of Amazon's actions), but to step up and compromise, somehow.

As you point out, reputable small presses never charge authors and often will offer very favorable royalty splits.

Japanese publishers have long voiced worries that Amazon or other makers of e-book readers may offer high royalty payments to popular authors for exclusive rights to distribute their work.

After all, it offers the highest percentage royalty, and eBooks are usually priced lower than print books, which appeals to readers who might not want to drop $ 15 on an author they've never heard of.

Authors who have earned up to 70 % in royalties are going to be reluctant to agree to a much lower royalty offered by the pbook publisher.

To give you an idea of the money you can expect to make from each copy sold, let's look at the royalties offered to both self - published and traditionally published authors.

The best hybrid publishers are those that conduct some level of gatekeeping or curation (i.e., not everyone who knocks on the door is accepted as an author), offer some value that authors would have a hard time securing on their own (such as brick - and - mortar distribution), and pay better royalties than a traditional publishing deal.

A few publishers offer unsuspecting authors a «traditional publishing deal» — where the publisher pays publishing costs and industry - standard royalties on sales — paired with a «mandatory marketing and author training contract» that requires the author to pay the publisher (or an affiliated marketing agency) thousands of dollars for marketing and «author training» services.

To summarize: The best hybrid publishers conduct some level of gatekeeping, offer value that the author would have a hard time securing on her own, and should also pay better royalties than a traditional publishing deal.

This post is now a resource for writers and authors, that covers the top eBook retail platforms along with the royalty rate offered by each retailer.

He is the founder of Off the Beaten Path Press, which he first created for Evolution's End, then opened it up to others looking for a publisher offering an author the freedom to publish under a label while collecting their net royalties.

Well for starters they are increasing the royalties amount they are paying authors who use Amazons Self - Publishing Digital Text Platform, which doubles Amazons prior offerings.