Sentences with phrase «pays authors every time»

These two programs have Amazon paying an author each time their book is read.

The KOLL / KDP Select fund is a monthly amount of money that Amazon has set aside to pay authors each time an Amazon Prime user borrows one of their books (via the KOLL program).

Not exact matches

Amazon is causing trouble again, this time by changing how it pays self - published authors via its Kindle Direct Publishing Select program.

Unfortunately, only a very small number of companies offer full - time working mothers any kind of paid - leave options, which according to Jessica Shortfall, author of Work.

Yet for some families, biding your time may boost aid dollars, said Kalman Chany, president of Campus Consultants Inc. and author of The Princeton Review's «Paying for College Without Going Broke.»

More significantly, Catalyst found that unequal pay starts with the first job, and widens over time, even after accounting for job level, industry, child bearing and career aspirations, according to the results of the study by authors Nancy M. Carter and Christine Silva.

«If you take time to recharge and pay attention to fitness and your diet, for example, after work or on weekends, you'll set the stage for great life habits that put you at the top of your game at the office,» says Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and author of «Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job.»

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.

Following an enquiry about conversion by the author to five paid - time religious broadcasters, a total of 54 mailings were received in the following nine - month period.

The author examines the debate in the church over the growth of paid - time religious programs which has centered on several major issues, including the nature of the church, its mission, evangelism, pastoral care and counseling, and the social and political impact, and also the communication aspects: one way versus interactive communication.

Of the four large paid - time religious broadcast organizations that responded to the author's search for research, three indicated that they had conducted private research but that they did not make it available to «outsiders.»

The figure of 15 million was the estimate given by Ben Armstrong in private correspondence with the author for the total audience of paid - time religious programs.

The author of the piece went on to say the process needing refinement because the club were guilty of paying up to three times the going rate for players.

Katko, R - Camillus, has authored a bill that would set up a voluntary program offering paid family leave for any employee who wants to take time off to care for a newborn child or a family member.

«The extremely affordable $ 105 AMC Premium membership has paid for itself many times over already and is one of the smartest investments an author can make in marketing to sell more books.

The authors outline three ways school districts can pay for Linked Learning: (1) by reallocating resources away from other activities; (2) by inspiring teachers and other staff to volunteer their time and resources; and (3) by obtaining additional resources from donors, philanthropies, or taxpayers.

Shoen couldn't afford the car, but being a big - time Cobra collector (and, later, the author of the definitive history, The Cobra - Ferrari Wars 1963 - 1965), he gladly paid $ 10,000 for the Bartoletti transporter.

** So rather than encouraging authors to sharpen their skills and become better writers, they're instead offering a way for aspiring authors to pay to print a story that isn't ready for prime time.

On Sunday, a full - page ad will appear in The New York Times, paid for by a group of best - selling authors and signed by 900 other authors, calling on Amazon «in the strongest possible terms to stop harming the livelihood of the authors on whom it has built its business.»

For example, new literary agents spend most of their time looking for new authors and pitching their work to publishers, hoping to make enough money to pay their bills so they can continue being agents.

But I have talked with authors who've told me they paid it and, surprisingly, received detailed feedback about their manuscript that was worth more than ten times the fee.

However, in an e-mail exchange with Publishing Perspectives, author and former New York Times reporter Lee — who serves as Plympton's president and works on the marketing and business sides of the company — notes Love Is Strong as Death hit # 1 in Kindle Serials and # 103 in Kindle paid overall.

Sure there are social media platforms like Goodreads, Wattpad, Facebook groups etc. and then there are the «real» opportunities that are so much harder to facilitate and organize (and pay for e.g. expense vs profit) like community or regional events and networks as you point out above, but I feel really strongly that the most important thing for an author to do in order to build a loyal paying (italics) fanbase / readership is to produce good quality works that are publicized properly and to spend time interacting with those of your readers who you know buy your books because they came to you in the first place.

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

Edit: I mentioned in my review that the author paid $ 1,000,000 for this abandoned villa because she said in the book that she wrote «milione» at the closing so many times.

Two weeks is more than enough time to read an ebook and return it without paying the author a penny.

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.

Publishing industry events have been debating the ins and outs of reaching readers directly for several years, and companies have been exhibiting at these events for that same amount of time, promising both publishers and authors they could reach out to book audiences and seamlessly sell content, wiping out the need to pay fees or argue over how much a book should cost.

Authors are paid 6.05 p every time their physical books are borrowed, up to a maximum of # 6,600.

At the same time, electronic publishing has allowed brilliant authors who are controversial and can't find a traditional deal, or, did not care to wait years to publish, an opportunity to share their work and get paid more equitably for it.

The book (which was a success of the author, publisher, editors etc) has been read millions of times, but the author, the publisher, the booksellers the distributors, translators, editors and everyone involved have to share the money of that single copy that you paid for.

This details matters because in July of last year Amazon started paying authors and publishers with ebooks in Kindle Unlimited by the number of pages read, rather than the number of times an ebook is borrowed.

The Author's Guild, unfortunately, is another dinosaur of the industry who is not keeping up with the times in its insistence that authors be paid an advance in order to qualify for membership.

Our hypothetical author has a day job that pays the bills, but loves to write stories in their free time.

Sarah Bolme presents An Important Element in Publishing Nonfiction posted at Marketing Christian Books, saying, «With decreased time spent reading, decreased attention span, and knowing that the majority of readers don't read a Christian nonfiction book in its entirety, every author should pay attention to this important element for nonfiction books.»

It might be a matter of semantics, but the key to KU - 2.0 is paying authors by length of time they entertain subscribers.

Perhaps even more important, our authors will continue to be paid royalties on their book sales during the time of their notice to us, and the time the slowest retailer takes to remove their book from their catalog.

I even got the attention of one of my long - time idols, Pay it Forward author Catherine Ryan Hyde.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

He's also frustrated by the very medium of dead - tree publishing itself, since when consumers buy a book they're really paying for the author's ideas and a book is «a form that's hard to spread» and electronically he can reach «10 to 50 times as many people.»

They are choosy about the authors they sign, so at the time I did feel honored that they chose to work with m. Because I paid a pretty hefty up - front fee, it never even occured to me that the publisher would then keep the majority of the money from my book sales.

Many times, indie authors submit their books for review by filling out the submission form and accepting to pay for review.

Like in KOLL, indie authors in KU are paid each time a customer accesses one of their titles (a customer must access a certain percentage of the given title in order for payment to be issued).

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.

If we're an indie author, our designer should be willing to send the files if we offer to pay for their time.

And like its competitors, KU pays authors based on the numbers of times that their titles are accessed by customers.

(You can take that statement however you like...) The likelihood that a first - time author would tell a publisher, «You need to pay me at least $ 1,000 or no deal,» when offered a long - sought - after contract is pretty slim.

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.

For fiction, the manuscript is usually completed at the time of sale, and so an advance could be used to pay back an author's time, to cover the value of her time during the promotion phase, or to re-invest in her author brand.

-LSB-...] Posted by admin on Sep 5, 2012 Although it was not the first salvo in the unveiling of the fiasco that is author - purchased book reviews, David Streitfeld's article The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy (NY Times, Aug. 26, 2012) has set off a firestorm of discussions like the one I'm following on The Book Designer website (Should Authors Pay for Book Reviews?).