Sentences with phrase «pay authors based»

These companies then pay authors based on the specific agreements they have with their authors.»
Well, publishers like to be able to sort them into price categories (but they don't pay authors based on length anyway).
Amazon now will pay authors based on pages read, which is not resonating well with most authors.
Amazon has announced that it will pay some authors based on how many pages are read of their book.
And like its competitors, KU pays authors based on the numbers of times that their titles are accessed by customers.
Of course, the one company with the power to push back against the publishers is Amazon, and I do think this episode gives additional color to Kindle Unlimited, Amazon's own subscription program that, crucially, pays authors based on the number of pages read.
In addition, we will be paying authors based on the number of page views they get for their books.
Amazon has announced that it will begin paying its authors based on the number of pages read, rather than books sold.From 1 July Kindle Unlimited and Kindle Owners» Lending Library authors will no longer be paid for each title downloaded, but rather on... Read more
Amazon has announced that it will begin paying its authors based on the number of pages read, rather than books sold.
Although not selected by Scout, Nick of Time is her highest ranked book so far, with thousands of page views on Kindle Unlimited (a subscription program that pays the author based on how many pages are read).

Not exact matches

Announced last week, the shift will introduce a pay - per - page system where authors will receive royalties based on how much of their e-books readers actually get through.
The Internet giant recently announced it would pay certain authors based on the number of pages read in a book, rather than the number of times that a work is downloaded.
Currently we have a few writers working on the site who cover different sports stories but very soon in future we are planning to start a «Writers Contribution Program» where we will hire new authors on voluntarily or paid basis depending on the experience.
The authors suggest that, based on the results of their research, service companies would be well - advised to pay particular attention to situations in which group service failures can arise.
Publishers such as PLoS and the for - profit BioMed Central, which in 2008 was bought by international publisher Springer, based in Germany, have only recently shown that their author - pays model can be sustainable for at least some forms of journal.
The authors hope a targeted approach to phasing out traditional cookstoves, based on the countries they identify, could pay dividends for the climate.
Directed by Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl) from a script based on Israel's memoir, the October 19 release picks up in 1991, when Israel is struggling to pay rent and resorts to forging letters from famous authors.
Donna Wilson and Marcus Conyers, brain - based teaching program developers and authors, encourage us to boost students» reading retention by training them to visualize meaning as well as paying attention to the words themselves.
In a forthcoming article in Education Finance and Policy, a peer - reviewed scholarly journal, Ruttaya Tongrut and I show that teacher pay estimates based on the household survey data used by these authors are unreliable and seriouslyunder - report true teacher pay.
The authors found that even in districts that were identified by NCPI as having merit pay plans, «most were so weak that they represented no meaningful change from traditional compensation systems,» which typically are based on the number of years on the job and academic credentials.
Library Directwill allow libraries to bundle books in Smashwords» catalog and select the books based on sales ranking; partnered with the new Pricing Manager which allows authors and publishers to set the prices that libraries will pay, even opting to make their titles free to libraries, the amount of ebook titles that libraries can offer to patrons will increase.
However, these courses are not expected to be «add ons» to existing books but rather new content that happens to be aimed at an existing fan base, this should help alleviate some of the balking at paying as much as $ 85 to hear the author speak online.
Indie AUTHORS pay more out of pocket for professional editing, to promote their books, to gain their fan base, than traditional authAUTHORS pay more out of pocket for professional editing, to promote their books, to gain their fan base, than traditional authorsauthors do.
A number of authors have criticized the concept of free book giveaways or listing ebooks at substantially lower prices, based on the belief that this will translate into not only higher rates of piracy, but also lost sales from readers who would have otherwise paid full price.
As XinXii is an European based company, we have to warrant two aspects: - we have to pay the German VAT to the tax office for each eBook sold (19 %)- the VAT must be always included in the final price of all products listed on XinXii So after a sale, we have to transfer the VAT to the tax office, and the author will get his percentage of the net price as provision / royalty.
Authors getting paid based on how well they engage the reader is something I can get behind.
In addition, Findaway Voices gives authors full control of pricing, and royalties are paid based on the list price.
Unfortunately, the children's books genre is the exception to the rule, and its authors will pay dearly for it; unless, of course, Amazon makes good on the promise to add multipliers for illustrations (another author I spoke to contacted Amazon customer service and their response was they MIGHT do this — but MIGHT isn't a sound place for basing business decisions / strategies).
Thank you so much for taking a look at our platform As I see Bookworks is based in the US may I add that we actually opened a StreetLib U.S.A company so that any american based author can be paid in dollars, directly by a United States bank with no worries about international taxations or payments.
But in the last two years, I've seen authors streak past me in terms of financial success and they've all done it based on paid advertising.
After complaints about the improper royalty payments, Ellora's Cave attempted to modify its publishing contracts with its authors, including Josephson, by unilaterally informing the authors that Ellora's Cave would begin paying an increased royalty rate (45 % or 40 %) but pay the royalty rate based on the sales price, which was often substantially lower than the cover price.
In a letter sent to authors enrolled in the KDP Select e-book publishing program, Amazon said, «Beginning July 1, 2015, we'll switch from paying Kindle Unlimited (KU) and Kindle Owners» Lending Library (KOLL) royalties based on qualified borrows, to paying based on the number of pages read.»
Notwithstanding the language in the contracts, Ellora's Cave has stated that it believes it is entitled to calculate and pay (and has in fact calculated and paid) royalties to Josephson — and, upon information and belief, other similarly situated authorsbased not on cover price, but on the actual sales price of the works.
Royalty payments for online selling are paid to author on a quarterly basis.
Section 3.1 The Publisher agrees to pay the Author royalties as follows: A. Royalties due and owing shall be determined on the Net based on the Publisher's paid invoices for the Work, less printing, return fees, and a reasonable reserve for returns from all sales.
Since Amazon only charges on a pay - per - click basis, authors can get thousands of impressions for free.
And a lot of that is due to KDP Select, the program that lets authors make their titles exclusive to Kindle, and which offers a $ 6 million annual fund to pay them based on the total number of qualified borrows.
Koehler Books pays author royalties based on the net proceeds of the book, meaning the money left over after all expenses have been paid to the distributor and the book has been sold to a wholesale bookseller, library or other distributor.
This tool is not available for cost, meaning authors or publishers can not simply pay to be featured on these daily emails, and it is instead based on genuine traction around a book.
We've worked out arrangements with authors to get paid on a per - use basis.
But Random and its imprints and authors have benefited hugely from the price flexibility that Amazon and other retailers have been allowed, especially since the publisher and the authors get paid based on full list price even if a title is discounted below wholesale cost in the Kindle Store and elsewhere.
If you choose to work together on a royalty - share basis, authors can have a share of their royalty be paid out to the expert directly by tredition.
Most authors are not paid royalties based no cover price, not really.
On this basis, Amazon's Kindle Unlimited is perhaps the purest subscription model around: it now pays authors a fee based on the number of pages read from a pool of money it alone decides, representing an economically viable if ultimately unpalatable future.
Retail price per book - Fixed fee per book to produce the book - Per page charge based on number of pages in book - Percentage paid to distribution channel = Royalty paid to author
If the author or self publisher should decide to cancel the project agreement, they shall pay the illustrator a cancellation fee based on the work completed up to the point of cancellation.
Smashwords pays authors by Paypal based on their account settings so as long as the authors had account settings with their details, it would be fine.
The worst misunderstanding of too many authors who depend on Macmillan is that they argue they get less money with a $ 9.99 book when, in Fact, Amazon pays the publisher based on the LIST price.
At the present time, traditionally published authors still only receive the standard 15 % royalty, identical to what they would earn on hardcover sales; the chairman explained the historical rationale for the 15 % paid out to authors, which was based on the assumption that the cost of producing the physical book was about 70 % of the sales price and the remaining 30 % was to be split equally between the author and the publisher.
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