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The book was
born out of author Holly Bertone's personal and painful experience and lack of resources available specifically for individuals with autoimmune diseases.
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The idea that an author can continue to produce well - received content on a fairly regular basis and sell it directly to fans is limited to those who've made a full - fledged career
out of this author thing.
It
grew out of the author's work upon the Synoptic Gospels and appeared as a prolegomenon to his commentary on Mark, which was published a year later, in 1937.
I have written these commentaries from the perspective of knowing many of the ins and
outs of author J.K. Rowling's opus.
«Agents need to get ten
books out of an author so you,» he said very kindly, «are too old and too far away in New Zealand.»
I was disillusioned with publishing and the way that things
totally out of an author's control could destroy a book's chance of success.
There were details that were fun for a while, like the names of their contemporaries and the story lines associated with them, but with the sheer number of word errors in the book, it's hard to tell if these story lines were researched at all or merely
pulled out of the author's imagination.
In particular, in the period before their book appears, authors should pay attention to the direction of cash flow; does money flow into the author's pockets or does money
flow out of the author's pockets?
That tells how to find and navigate groups and make connections there without offending people (most of those who I've run across there) who seem to think any
word out of an author's mouth is promotion, even when it's just conversation and doesn't even mention one's books at all.
The exploitation, as such, was not taking gobs of money
out of authors pockets and lining the silk purses of publishers.
Whenever I read one of these messages, I want to reach through the screen and hug the daylights
out of the author who sent it.
In 1997, in the
only outing of the author's career to the Chancery Division, the then Vice-Chancellor repudiated the assertion by a DTI Inspector, Sir John Thomas as he then was, that the interviewee's refusal to answer his questions was unreasonable and that if the interviewee was permitted not to answer then the edifice of the DTI inspectors regime would collapse.
As the author will continue to retain the rights to their digital titles while enjoying a 70/30 split of the revenue with Perseus, it would seem mildly suspicious to some indie authors as to what exactly the publisher is doing to earn a 30 % commission on the sale of the ebooks, remembering that the agents» fees will
come out of the authors» portions of the royalties.
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There are others but most require an agent and, as JL Knapp said, that adds time to the submission process and takes
money out of the author's pocket if a contract is signed.
A good Desktop Publisher is almost more of an agent and, while some can be expensive or
out of an author's budget, there are plenty of us willing to work with you if we believe in the book.
We make it an easy process, without taking
it out of the author's hands.
I know enough about the book publishing business to understand that many of these decisions are
out of the author's control.
The cyclical nature of these relationships, though true to life, can, unfortunately, make the book feel repetitive at times; it can be a struggle to keep track of all the different men drifting in and
out of the author's life.
I realize that when using a vanity service (POD, self - publishing company, whatever you want to call it), some of the control might be
out of the author's hands, but generally it's not.
That sounds like so many of the ways companies like Publish America and Author Solutions manage to get money
out of authors that it has my internal alarm sounding loud and long.
This dispute, and the results if Hatchette caves, will take money
out of authors» pockets.