Another bit of news that caught my eye serves as confirmation of some of my concerns when I heard that Penguin was taking
over Author Solutions.
Not exact matches
Focusing on sex trafficking, gender - based violence, and maternal mortality, the
authors masterfully incorporate colorful stories of real women who have both suffered from oppression and triumphed
over it in order to make the case that «women aren't the problem but the
solution.»
«Parents have less direct control
over making older children sleep, so it becomes about making them a partner and teaching them the importance of getting a good night's rest,» says Elizabeth Pantley,
author of The No - Cry Sleep
Solution.
About the
Author Hang Pham is a blogger with
over 10 years of experience on searching the best
solutions for health and skin problems.
Amy is a renowned leader in Functional Medicine a 2x New York Times Bestselling
author of The Autoimmune
Solution and The Thyroid Connection and the founder and medical director of Austin UltraHealth, a functional medicine clinic that treats patients from all
over the world who are overcoming chronic illness.
In the course of their research
over the past decade, the
authors have distilled five essential components for quality conversations around data: (1) Students are the shared responsibility of everyone in the school, (2) conversations about data include a healthy level of disagreement, (3) conversations about data engender trust rather than suspicion, (4) data teams focus on a
solution - oriented approach, and (5) data teams are broadly aware of what they're expected to accomplish.
Outskirts can even claim that this is a bargain: the very similar services offered by
Author Solutions will set you back
over $ 18,000.
In 2011
Author Solutions generated revenues of approximately $ 100m, growing at an average annual rate of 12 %
over the past three years.
Currently, there is no bigger scammer in the publishing industry than
Author Solutions, whom indie author and modern muckraker David Gaughran has wonderfully tracked and written about over the past two years on his
Author Solutions, whom indie
author and modern muckraker David Gaughran has wonderfully tracked and written about over the past two years on his
author and modern muckraker David Gaughran has wonderfully tracked and written about
over the past two years on his blog.
As a business journalist who follows, among other things, acquisitions — will
Author Solution's roll its imprints into one
over times.
It's been years since the first debates
over protecting the interests of
authors and publishers, with
solutions — albeit often pathetic ones — proposed so long ago... [Read more...]
Some of them, unfortunately, such as
Author Solutions just won't take the hint and go away, while others like Vook have shifted and adapted many times
over the years to keep up with a changing market.
Author Solutions has been hosting Book to Screen PitchFest events since 2011, with
over 600 books pitched to
over 150 different representatives from film, television and digital media companies.
It's a sad day when a reputable publisher such as Chronicle stoops to sending potential
authors rejection letters — only now to include a spanking new alternative
solution for them: an advertising insert in the letter containing some kind of a consolation prize coupon, sending them
over to their your do - it - yourself partner Blurb.
He has served in various roles within
Author Solutions over the years, including a tour - of - duty as Marketing Director in the Cebu, Philippines, office.
Secure - eBook Complete
Solution has Launched
Over the last three years, since the launch of Secure - eBook, hundreds of
authors and publishers have been using Secure - eBook to sell their eBooks.
It can be hard for
authors, all
over the country, to find the right video
solution and a system like Authro extends that capability to anyone.
Tina Dietz, StartSomething Creative Business
Solutions Phone: 716-771-2520 Email We've worked with
authors, entrepreneurs, thought leaders and experts in 20 + industries all
over the world.
To put this all in prospective, the total number of copies sold of these 233 titles is
over 60 % that of the total sales for the year of
Author Solution's 59,000 titles.
That said, Blue Ash Publishing is an improvement
over Abbott Press, simply because it's not outsourced to
Author Solutions Inc..
In this win - win
solution, publishers and
authors retain control
over the commercial use of their books — while at the same time, opening a practical path to bring to a wide audience our decade - long efforts to digitize books.
Some of those earliest companies were AuthorHouse, Xlibris, and iUniverse — which
over the years became consolidated into one corporation now known as
Author Solutions.
Many of the complaints I've gotten about
Author Solutions brands
over the years have involved high - pressure sales tactics.
In the end, with the Apple Self - Publishing platform small and medium sized companies will benefit the most with its «all in one, turnkey
solution» and indie
authors who have more control
over their individual brand.
Three self - published
authors are suing the publisher
over the business practices of its self - publishing platform
Author Solutions.
Since 2002,
Author Solutions has successfully enabled
over 170,000
authors to self - publish more than 200,000 titles.»
With Penguin recently acquiring
Author Solutions, who knows what Penguin will turn
over from their slush / pass piles to
Author House to «follow up» on.
David: I've been blogging about
Author Solutions for a while, but the post I wrote in May — The
Author Exploitation Business — went a little viral with
over 10,000 views.
Well, Trafford finally paid me the piddling amount they owed me since
Author Solutions took
over.
However, since the take
over by
Author House
Solutions I've had nothing but problems.
After seeing the number of major publishers and writing - related businesses that have chosen to bind themselves to
Author Solutions, this writer is far far far more concerned about steering new writers away from such exploitation than I am that Amazon will somehow subjugate
over a 150,000 writers.
The two biggest pbook printing companies are CreateSpace (owned by Amazon) and LightingSource (owned by Ingram, the biggest distributor to bookstores in the US) Lulu is good too, but beware their more expensive packages — those have gone
over to the
Author Solutions dark side, too
By spending
over $ 116m (# 74m) buying
Author Solutions (which operates as
Author House in the UK) Penguin are lending massive credibility to the self - publishing market — it is perhaps the day self - publishing came of age.
Rusch said that she's counseled many
authors over the years who experienced rough times, and their usual
solution was taking a writing class to get better at what they do.
Just a few weeks ago, more than 300 Oregonians gathered at the Natural Capital Center in Portland to hear best - selling
author, environmentalist, and climate advocate Paul Hawken present Drawdown, his long - awaited new book that chronicles
over 100 creative
solutions for addressing global warming.
An internationally acclaimed
author, lecturer, trainer, and therapist, she has taught
Solution - Focused Brief Therapy for
over twenty years.