Sentences with phrase «pub authors right»

Compare the number of best - selling self - pub authors right now to those who have a publisher behind them doing marketing, etc..

Not exact matches

Right now — and possibly for a long while in the nearby future — readers of my genre are traditional in their approach to finding new authors, and it would be foolish of me to ignore this fact simply due to the excitement and enthusiasm whipped up by self - pub successes like H.P. Mallory or Amanda Hocking.

(Victoria, an author friend of mine objects to the idea of NY taking self - pubbed books because first publication rights are all important to them.

It's also a bit amusing to see you, aka publishers, bleeding from hundreds, maybe thousands of little cuts that self - pub authors have inflicted, and one pretty big one from Amazon (so Hachette claims), still wading right into the shark pool.

If a self - published book sells 5,000 copies in its first six months, an agent or publisher is not going to let first rights issues stand in their way (always assuming that the book is well - written [I've known self - pubbed authors who've managed to sell large numbers of really pretty bad books] and the sales suggest a market that could be tapped, rather than one that has been exhausted, as with some niche products).

As an Indie author, I would not get the thrill of walking in B&N and seeing my book on the shelf, though if I choose the right options and self - pub as POD, my book could also be a special order by those stores.

I think with the way the industry's changing, it's very likely that even trad - pubbed authors will have options for retaining (or regaining) audiobook rights at some point in their careers.

My opinion may change as all the industry shifts, but as of right now, the only way I'd buy a self - pubbed book is if I knew the person or if they were previously a traditionally pubbed author whose re-issuing their backlist.

Sabrina Ricci presents Indie Authors: Know Your Rights posted at Digital Pubbing, saying, «Writing and publishing books can be so much more than simply put a print and ebook out.

It would also be instructive to know how much the aforementioned Big Five and small pub authors are earning «off Amazon», globally, and from other rights deals (TV, film, etc) that make up their real earning power.

On Thursday morning as Authors Hub opened, I was inspired to start the day by Hugh Howey giving an update on his Author Earning reports, which comforts us self - pubs that we made the right decision.

But there are a number of services that an agency can supply as a value added function — one of the most important is foreign / translation rights, something self - pub authors have little or no access to.

I also agree with one of the previous posters that an agent who is willing to work on an a la carte basis (selling foreign rights, etc. for an author's self - pubbed works) will be offering a helpful role to his / her client.

Under certain conditions authors can request the book's rights back, which is very different from trad pub.

Ava, you're absolutely right that trad - pub authors focus on readers as well (esp through social media, which is up there).

It's also far more difficult to secure foreign and film / tv rights when you self - pub, and that tends to be the bread and butter of traditional authors.

I've spoken to many bestselling self - pubbed authors who have turned down legacy deals, or done print - only deals with the Big 5, keeping the ebook rights for themselves.

Granted, not many are reputable; many are indeed self - pub services — but they are still considered contracts to the authors signing their rights away.

Congrats to hybrid author Blake Crouch, whose thriller Dark Matter, (pubbed by Crown with film right picked up by Sony) was just named a top 10 «best book of the year» by Canada's bookstore chain, Indigo.

Not sure how the self - pubbing rage is going to look when the dust settles, only that a lot of authors are frustrated and impatient right now because the «Big Boys» aren't buying as they try to figure out how to respond to industry changes.

And I am just curious, as an author who is really in the thick of both sides of the publishing world right now, what do you think about the potential for the self pubbed kids market in 2014?

I go on thinking that self - pub will not be the right solution for most authors most of the time — it's just great that the option exists.