Sentences with phrase «pay authors the rights»

Publishers pay authors the rights to publish a book.

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Full disclosure: I am paying Larry for the right to publish this study, so he is now a published author.

The author of the post, J. Brian Phillips (a local property rights advocate), also mocks my concern about making healthy cafeteria options available only to paying students («Why should those paying for their own lunch have a choice that is denied to those who aren't?»

Of course the author is right that the rich will seek to avoid paying their fair share, but the role of a politician aiming to create a more equal society is to challenge and pursue them for the contribution they should be making, not to shy away and accept their power and the disfigured society it has brought us.

By engaging in self - publishing through Infinity, the author retains all rights to the book and Infinity pays monthly royalties on every book sold — we earn our profit selling books to ever expanding niches and discount books to our authors who create and control the content.

Hi, I learnt my lesson with Xibris who is under the wing of Penguin House they were over the top with praises but got nothing right they didn't follow any of my instructions for my artwork or cover the did nt edit my manuscript as I paid $ 3500 for and received delay after delay after 8 months which they promised 6 weeks and my book would be in my hand and on shelves, I pulled the plug and cancelled payments through my bank and received all my money back I sent all 9 consultants emails on my termination of our contract due to their unprofessional ism and prying on new authors Plus I sent 9 written termination letters as stated in their contract I now have learnt research every publisher outlet in legitimacy saves on the heartache

Making authors sign away rights to characters — so you can never write about those characters again without paying the agent a fee.

Other major publishers may be content to reap record profits off the growth of ebook sales while paying authors practically nothing for digital books with far lower production and distribution costs, but we wouldn't feel right doing that.

A publisher may not like an author selling to international markets if they intend to buy rights — or the house could see a proven seller & pay more to buy it.

If I read this right... I am paying them alot of money not to get included as one of their authors.

Our hard work will pay off when the timing and the agent is right for each individual author.

All of that has translates to an earnings of $ 95 million for James which has made her the highest paid author in the world right now.

Now that Gone Girl is on the New York Times bestseller list for the 7th week in a row; 20th Century Fox has paid $ 1.5 million for the film rights (with Reese Witherspoon producing and starring, and Flynn writing the adaptation); and the author is appearing on morning news shows... I thought you might want one more nudge to read this brilliant, exciting thriller.

No author in his right mind would advocate stealing ebook titles except one who is already established and wealthy and could clearly care less about his work being stolen at this stage in his career... and no clear - thinking person could believe that the field has been leveled for creators of short fiction versus longer fiction ebooks by the «pay per page» standard when you include short illustrated works.

Audible will pay authors, actors and other rights holders the equivalent value of each recipient's first title

You're right, if an author would like to purchase copies of their books to sell on their own, they would have to pay for them — but since you get to set your price for your work, you'd only pay manufacturing cost (about $ 5 for a 6 × 9 paperback).

Each recipient gets his or her first title through the program for free, and Audible will pay authors, actors and other rights holders the equivalent value of each recipient's first title.

All of this is pure conjecture, but right now, I'm not convinced that the $ 9.99 subscription will completely pay for the royalties given to authors.

Just specifically relating to library lending — under PLR (Public Lending Right) in the UK & Ireland (run by the British Library) authors (and collaborators e.g. narrators for audio etc.) are paid for * every * loan of their books (including electronic and audio).

If the book is cancelled for any reason, the author should retain the advance money paid, and the full rights to the work should revert to the author for potential sale elsewhere.

Before Author Solutions paid for his likeness, Jared looked a little something like (okay, maybe EXACTLY like) the watermarked guy on the right.

Amazon has a potentially industry - changing idea on its hands here with Kindle Scout, as the system provides a way to give books a stamp of approval that can cut out the noise and sheer volume of self - published titles out there, and yet it manages to provide a better deal to authors than most big publishing house deals, including a 5 - year term on publishing rights granted to Kindle Press, a $ 1,500 advance, 50 % royalties paid on e-book sales, built - in Amazon.com marketing and what Amazon terms «easy rights reversion.»

Literary Agent Undercover is only for authors who understand the benefits of traditional publishing: no financial risk because someone else is paying for the privilege of publishing your book; a higher quality product thanks to a top - notch editor and cover designer; more profit due to better sales, distribution, and publicity; subsidiary rights opportunities like merchandising, translations, TV, feature film, etc; increased credibility and more book reviews; and the ability to spend more time writing, promoting, and doing what you love.

Even experienced authors and agents sometime make the mistake of concentrating on the money and not paying enough attention to the clauses that protect the author's rights.

Literary Agent: a person who represents a book author for negotiating sales, rights, and contracts; is paid by commission on author's royalties, usually 10 - 20 %

Next, you have the issue as has been described which involves the publishing industry holding on to their intellectual property rights, which by the way they have every right to do since not only do they want to make a profit but they have bills to pay such as the payments to the authors they publish.

Step three, top selling authors realize that if Amazon sells half of their books already, and 80 % of their ebooks, and Amazon will pay them triple to five times more than their publishers do, then thay can make more money on Amazon right now.

The internet provides authors with an historic opportunity to write, self - publish, and self - promote your books without battling to find the right publisher, and pay huge commissions — but this can be a difficult process for the uninitiated.

On the sale of the Work via foreign rights translation, the Publisher will pay the Author fifty percent (50 %) of the Net Receipts.

As Sharon said, I don't think authors should pay for editing right out of the gate.

The first was that there are still those who refuse to admit that traditional publishing has ever published a stinker of a book or that it doesn't do for an author everything it promises (quality editing, not orphaning authors, returning rights when it is supposed to, paying authors what they really deserve, etc.).

If the publishing company decides to publish the book, then they buy the rights for the book from the author and pay the author in advance for any further royalties.

So like I said, I'd never recommend that an author jump into paying money right off, but Sharon's advice of taking the plunge if we're stuck makes sense to me.

Unlike in the US where an author is only paid when a library purchases a particular title for lending from its catalog, under the UK law Public Lending Right, authors are compensated at each patron checkout, as well.

Do you think its right for people to pirate books, make copies and sell them for a profit, without paying the author?

The essence of the Humble Bundle campaign with Harpercollins is that customers can pay what they want for a collection of digital literary works from bestselling authors, like Neil Gaiman and James Rollins, while helping support the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America Emergency Medical Fund, a non-profit organization for authors of science fiction and related genres, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, dedicated to the protection of the First Amendment rights of the comics art form and its community.

Right now, books must be priced at $ 2.99 or higher to pay the 70 % royalty to the author or publisher; since participation in Kindle Countdown Deals requires a discount of at least $ 1US, books that therefore fall below the $ 2.99 requirement will still pay out at 70 % on sales at the discounted price.

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Many authors choose to spend their limited marketing budget on direct advertising, displaying paid ads in the «sponsored» section to the right of the newsfeed.

Copyright ownership is retained by author with all publication methods, unless the author is either really naive, or savvy enough to get paid a LOT of money to transfer all rights.

I don't need to pay for anybody's help, and even though EVERYBODY is writing books, very few people are building strong author platforms, and most have no idea how to get traffic or put their books in front of the right people.

Because paying an advance can represent a significant investment and immediate cash outlay for a publisher, publishers often hold expanded rights to the author's book immediately and into the future.

Founder Sebastian Sobczak went so far as to install copyright infringement technology to detect those users who copied and pasted «all - rights - reserved» Google images - disqualifying them from earning any royalties derived from those postings [For more information on this unique social network's monetary model, please see: «Tsū, A New Social Network Pays Indie Authors To Promote Their Work.»]

See, right now Amazon, which pays its Kindle and CS royalties religiously, is holding in its big corporate pockets a huge debt owed to Mobi authors who were signed up under contracts that no pay out would be made until sales reached $ 150.00.

Ultimately it is up to you — as an author, you have every right to decide what's best for your book, and if that can be achieved without you having to pay any money, then that would be that.

Yes, things kind of suck for indie authors right now, but accepting abysmal terms from a trad house that pays pennies on net, would definitely suck.

They also take care of tricky legal matters: «Protecting copyright and ensuring authors are properly paid is a key function of every publisher: publishers have created and manage anti-piracy schemes and contractual rights for e-books, often taking legal action where an author's copyright is breached.»

Unlike in the US where an author is only paid when a library purchases a particular title for lending from its catalog, under the UK law Public Lending Right, authors are... [Read more...]

If you start your company with public domain texts as I have done, you don't have to pay the author for the rights.

Right now, I'm looking for testimonials and some feedback on what authors like you want from a book trailer video and what you're prepared to pay.