As long as your book is pleasing its customers, the Amazon machine treats you just like
any other author or publisher.
Not exact matches
While this strategy works just fine for large
publishers that already have established brands and get thousands of shares on any new article they publish (such as Mashable
or TechCrunch), a more pragmatic approach is needed for just about every
other business.It's true that getting quality inbound links starts with great content on your client's website, but the missing link is getting journalists, contributors,
authors, and editors at quality publications to become aware of that content so that they can link to it when writing relevant stories / articles.
The Carnegie Corporation, it should be said, is not the
author, owner,
publisher or proprietor of these
or of the
other publications issued by the staff of The Study of Theological Education in the United States and Canada, and is not to be understood as approving by virtue of its grant any of the statements made
or views expressed therein.
That reminds me, I was looking on the Hesperian Foundation website (
publishers of «Where There is No Doctor» and
other such titles for developing countries, and which illustrious
author should they be selling in the store but Ina May, «America's leading midwife» (
or something similarly gushy).
5.1.1 Remove, cover, obscure,
or alter the
authors» names
or the
Publisher's copyright notices, trademarks, logos,
or other means of identification
or disclaimers as they appear in the Licensed Materials;
«Green open access,» by contrast, means that the
publisher can restrict access to a paper, but that the
author archives a freely available copy of the paper in an institutional repository,
or some
other archive, often after 6
or 12 months.
Thanks in part to several legal fights, journal fees in the Netherlands have become public, and calculations by Waaijers have shown that Elsevier charges two
or even three times as much per article by Dutch
authors as three
other large
publishers.
Some
other papers, published in traditional subscription - based journals, are made freely available on an
author's website
or through an institutional
or government archive, often after a 6 -
or 12 - month «embargo» imposed by the
publisher to protect subscription revenue.
Teachers can reuse and edit premium content, upload their own schemes of learning, search for activities created by
other teachers
or reliable
authors and
publishers,
or create their own content using 20 + pre-built activity templates, all mapped on learning objectives.
As early implementers, these educators have gone both to the «source» of the standards and used
other proxies for quality and alignment: They've worked directly with and learned from the standards»
authors themselves and /
or used tools created by them (e.g., the
Publishers» Criteria developed by Student Achievement Partners and several
other groups).
Otherwise, book
publishers normally devote their marketing dollars and
other resources toward
authors that are huge successes
or are making a major debut.
feedback is more in the book preview area, and that is from
other authors /
publishers, and that is as much
or as little as you want.
Horizons will make it possible for thousands of
authors, whose manuscripts Harlequin
or other traditional
publisher can not publish, to see their books in print.
Others are effectively pyramid schemes —
publishers who have published their own,
or friends», work and who are looking for «
authors» to sign on and spread social media contacts.
When a book doesn't meet your sales expectations, be careful not to blame
other people, such as your readers, your
publisher,
or even God (I've actually heard some
authors hold the Almighty responsible).
This also catches
Authors like Norman Spinrad and some
other Authors who for one reason
or the
other either don't currently have a US
publisher or who's works have been out of print for years and are just now self publishing those old works.
I don't really see any disadvantages for reader,
publisher or author coming since we need each
other and can not afford to antagonise any of the parties without opening up competition to restore the equilibrium.
Some
authors are even selling the rights to some of their books to traditional
publishers while keeping control of
others,
or selling print rights and keeping those to e-books.
«Hybrid publishing» is not a term all
publishers or authors in this space use;
other terms that describe this type of publishing include «
author - assisted publishing,» «independent publishing,» «partnership publishing,» «copublishing,» and «entrepreneurial publishing.»
Author will not, without written consent of
Publisher, write, print, publish
or produce,
or cause to be written, printed, published
or produced, during the continuance of this Agreement, any
other edition of said Work, any work derived from the Work,
or any
other work in any form tending to compete
or interfere with
or injure the sale of the Work in any manner.
The
Author will not publish
or authorize the publication of any
other work which would adversely affect the sale of the Work without the
Publisher's prior written consent.
But there's one
other skill
or ability you have to look for as an
author when trying to find top literary agencies to get you a top
publisher and book deal.
Author agrees he will not undertake without the written consent of
Publisher, to write, print, publish, produce,
or cause to be written, printed, published,
or produced, (alone, in conjunction with
others or through any
other arrangement) anything for publication in book form before the work has been delivered.
I do talk to the CEO's of the biggest
publishers but I can assure you that when we happen to see each
other at charity functions
or industry functions the people who run publishing companies don't sit around taking about how long their company takes to revert rights to
authors.
I have less and less patience with people who claim that Amazon has
or is striving for some kind of evil monopoly that will subjugate
authors and readers when all the evidence to date is that they will treat
authors better than any
publisher and provide readers with cheaper books, a bigger selection, and a better customer experience than any
other retailer.
You can also go cruise on Google for
other «best of 2015» fiction lists, such as those from
or by Small Presses, Independent
Publishers, more Indie / Self - Pubbed
authors, Debuts, Flash Fiction, and on and on.
Other than Hugh Howey / Bella Andre / Colleen Hoover retaining e-book rights, that is... A time - limited option makes sense to me —
publishers, use these rights within 3 years
or the
author gets them back, kind of thing.
Plenty of
authors publish themselves and are then picked up by a literary agent
or traditional
publisher, and
others have left their traditional
publisher to publish their own work.
There are
other reasons
publishers may choose to make a book free, such as for a promotion
or because the
author /
publisher just wants to get the information in front of an audience.
For
other countries, ask local
authors or publishers.
We do not accept responsibility for any loss, monetary
or otherwise, incurred by the
author and /
or publisher or any
other person
or organisation during these investigations.
Ebooks have none of those added costs, which is why they should be less regardless of the advance paid to the
author or other expenses the
publisher incurs in bringing a book to market.
After a while, some
authors, not wanting to negotiate with
publishers themselves,
or feeling they didn't have the skill, started hiring
others to do their negotiating for them.
So, it's not just a matter of the
author or US
publisher giving Amazon
or Apple
or BN
or Whoever a thumbs - up to sell away the English language eBook from their distribution channels in
other countries.
But while everyone else here is taking
author's creative content and using it to make an income, we indie
authors are supporting ourselves by not giving our rights
or work away to
publishers, doing everything ourselves, taking control over our own marketing platforms, and urging
other authors to do the same.
In newer models, they may partner with
authors (e.g.: Harper Studio)
or communities (e.g.: Cursor) instead of «financing» them via exorbitant advances that rarely earn out, but the
other aspects remain critical to the role of being a
publisher.
I worked the Association's booth on Saturday afternoon, ready to answer questions for the many
publishers,
authors, freelance editors, and occasional artists
or other publishing professionals that stopped by the booth.
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 A
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 A
Author Solutions
or Lulu
or Amazon.
When you mention your book title in a blog post (
or anyone's book title) Always hyperlink the title to amazon and Lachesis Publishing
or the web site of the
author you are writing about,
or their
publisher's site
or any
other site where the books you mention are sold.
Like many
other authors who are discarded
or ignored by mainstream
publishers for one reason
or another, I had found a voice in the writing community and had discovered the confidence to self - publish, which up until that point, would have found it difficult to do so.
We also have promotional material that you can take to writers» conferences, writing groups, and
other events where
authors, agents,
or publishers gather.
(Actually, the
authors who will really make money in this new world are those who can write fast
or who have backlists they own and sell to both traditional
publishers and have
other projects up at the same time to take advantage of this promotion.)
The
author /
publisher shall not be liable for any loss of profit
or any
other damages, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential,
or other damages.
Unlike vocal protests from
other authors lately, Ahlberg's stance wasn't due to the common issues of Amazon's growing chokehold over the book industry
or the tired topic of
publisher contract terms.
There are many cases where
authors participate in large scale discussions with agents,
publishers and help each
other recognize new opportunities
or even just vent.
We're starting to do collaborations with our work with the ABA (American Booksellers Association) where we're doing local self - publishing nights with the local bookstores, bringing together the local self -
publishers and having them run clinics for
other aspiring self - published
authors or people who are trying to get a handle on what this space is... The catalog keeps growing with new
authors all the time, new languages all the time, and even as the total business grows, that percentage of self - published sales remains shockingly consistent.»
Incidentally, no
other retail ebook platform offers anywhere close to this many book categories, meaning when the book is uploaded elsewhere by the
author or publisher, the options to describe the book accurately for better discover can be pretty limited.
I fully agree with you that Kobo (and
others), should create a system to separate books by indie
authors or otherwise self - published books from books published by traditional
publishers.
Be it a marketplace, an online writing tool,
or a distribution channel — and be it aimed at
publishers,
authors or other industry professionals — emerging tech needs to feel intuitive to its users.
IMO, you and the
other authors could have chosen
other publishers or to publish your own books.