Sentences with phrase «published than fiction»
Far more nonfiction gets published than fiction; indeed, the profits from nonfiction help support those far less profitable novels.
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In the current study, published this week in PLOS ONE, a computer accurately predicted the genre of fiction works about 50 % of the time, much higher than the 17 % expected from random guessing.
Known as a prolific author of more than eighty books with twenty - two New York Times best sellers in both fiction and non-fiction, his works have been published in more than forty languages.
I'm a voracious reader and work in publishing, so the amount of books I read per year is probably more than the average person, but I primarily read fiction.
It's an assertion of ambition and authority that's in some ways nominal; as we're reminded more than once, in Ana's new role as the fiction editor of a Seattle publishing house, Christian is her «boss's boss's boss.»
It's been nearly 50 years since François Truffaut directed an adaptation of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (and more than 60 years since the novel was published), but with poorly - written slash fiction now running rampant, HBO is looking to thin the book herd a bit.
But I'm not sure I can offer any meaningful analysis of the publishing model, partly because I started with a higher profile than many fiction writers might.
He has more than 20 traditionally published works to his name and a catalog of accolades — including two Faulkner Awards for Fiction.
For over 10 years, I've trained more than 450 authors, consulted with top publishing houses, and helped clients hit the New York Times bestseller list three different ways, including new fiction, new non-fiction, and backlist non-fiction.
But that doesn't mean that it's any more efficient than the rest of fiction and book publishing.
In a season filled with long - awaited novels, this just might be the juggernaut — Salter's last novel, Solo Faces, was published more than 30 years ago, and it's been seven years since he published his last work of fiction, the short story collection Last Night.
This app has been requested for a number of years and authors who publish their fan - fiction on Wattpad can now design their own book covers more intuitively than ever.
Edith Pearlman has published more than 250 works of short fiction and short non-fiction in national magazines, literary journals, anthologies, and on - line publications.
Jonathan's road from his first published short story in 1978 to being a full - time indie author of more than thirty novels of (mostly) military science fiction.
«He and others have mentioned the need for indie authors to start creating more innovative fiction rather than fiction that's just like what the mainstream has, only the mainstream didn't publish it.»
It was first edited by the late Judith Merril in 1985, and has published more than 529 original Canadian speculative fiction (Science fiction, fantasy and horror) stories and poems by 315 Canadian authors, editors, translators and special guests.
Whether you're writing fiction or nonfiction, smart writers who know how to build their catalog around funnels will always make more money directly with their words than writers who publish their work using the old «hope and pray» business plan.
I've been glad, for that reason, to discover that Joanna Penn's new how - to, How To Market a Book is published under her name rather than J.F. Penn, the pseudonym she uses for fiction.
Laurie's clients include the New York Times and USA Today bestselling YA author Julie Kagawa, bestselling fantasy and science fiction author Michael J. Sullivan, award - winning romance author Julianne Donaldson, award - winning steampunk and fantasy authors Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris, and the award - winning Linda Wisdom, who has had more than 100 romance novels published in her career.
CN Times Books is the New York City - based U.S. subsidiary of Beijing MediaTime Book Co. LTD, a leading Chinese trade publisher that publishes more than 600 fiction and nonfiction titles per year, including books for children and titles of scholarly and academic interest.
-LSB-...] publishing effort she co-founded as a Kickstarter project (now more than fully funded) called Plympton, that is partnering with the Kindle Serials program to serialize fiction for digital readers (not -LSB-...]
My fiction titles do better than my non-fiction titles, so if you publish non-fiction exclusively, you may have to work harder to raise the number of free downloads.
1) The Big Five: Since publishing has gone from being a gentleman's business to being owned, run and operated by corporations, you have a much better chance of getting your book published if you are Snooki from Jersey Shore hawking your new diet manifesto than if you're an unknown (or even established but not famous) writer who's written a brilliant work of literary fiction.
According to his post on the genre bestsellers, romance, science fiction, and fantasy titles in the top spots were doing as well as or better than traditionally published titles, with typically half of the top titles having been self - published.
While opponents of the writing point to fan fiction as being nothing more than outright theft of authors» works, supporters of these writers — who include the likes of Hugh Howey, Blake Crouch, and Barbara Freethy — recognize the writing ability of fan fiction authors, coupled with the almost worshipful love of a published work that leads them to continue the story long after the cover is closed.
I have few hours in each day for marketing and would much rather write fiction with a publishing contract than without one.
After a more than a decade of publishing women's fiction at Penguin UK and Headline, Evans left the industry to become a full - time writer.
I also set up a blog on wordpress.com, where I thought I would post a lot about historical fiction, but it ended up almost exclusively being about my journey as a self - published author (which turned out to be much more successful than I could have ever predicted.)
Fiction River has published more than 300 amazing stories by more than 100 talented authors since its inception, from New York Times bestsellers to debut authors.
NYT, with non fiction (even James Altucher didn't get on though he sold more books than 99 % on the NYT list)-- unless you go with the big publishing houses.
I am a national award - winning newspaper editor with more than 25 years experience, and a traditionally published author of both nonfiction and fiction books.
Having published more than a dozen books — nonfiction and fiction — with both traditional and often prestigious publishers as well as on my own, I have a very good sense of the demands of book promotion and was delighted to have the chance to work with Smith Publicity who did a fine job with my Sino - American Tales series of historical novels
I asked a couple of self - publishing authors who specialize in short fiction how they priced their novellas — did they price them lower than novels?
I've been exploring the world of fiction and self - publishing for more than a year, collecting and cataloging ideas.
We're loving these 15 short works of fiction and nonfiction (each less than 230 pages) published this year.
Of these ebooks, most independently published ones have a larger market share than traditionally published ones when broken down into genres: Self - published romance, mystery, horror, science fiction and fantasy all sell better from indie authors or Kindle imprints than they do from traditional publishers.»
The number of cases of academics publishing popular novels rather than scholarly works is small, and most people who do publish fiction publish it pseudonymously....
Walter Mosley is the author of more than twenty books for adults, including the Fearless Jones series (3 books) and Easy Rawlins series (10 books), he has also published a handful of non fiction titles, a collection of stories and has contributed to other collections.
Born in Grayling, Michigan, in 1937, Harrison wrote and published more than 30 books of fiction, poetry and nonfiction during his writing career.
Pretty sure Salter wins the «most long - awaited» award: His last novel, Solo Faces, was published more than 30 years ago, and it's been seven years since he published his last work of fiction, the short story collection Last Night.
However, non-ebook revenue for traditional - published authors makes up a smaller percentage of their author earnings than you might think, and this is especially true for authors of fiction.
Now the question I'd love to see you address in an article is whether self - published literary and historical fiction authors are doing better with ebook profits than those who are traditionally published.
Rather than fearing the «death of books» as many in the publishing industry have predicted for mainstream fiction with the advent of e-readers, the textbook giants seem to be as excited about the possibilities as the consumers.
While current science fiction writers are enjoying the wealth of opportunities that digital publishing affords its authors, last week's opening of the New York City brick - and - mortar bookstore Singularity & Co. is doing more than giving authors a platform for their new works.
Dystopian fiction has provided the publishing industry with some of its biggest recent successes — Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games trilogy is reported to have sold more than 50 million copies in the past five years.
Indie authors wanting to publish their short fiction should probably think about writing three or five stories and releasing them together rather than as individual pieces.
In a manner similar to the site's pre-existing self - publishing e-book platform, Kindle Worlds will allow writers of fan fiction the chance to profit from something they'd probably be doing for free anyway, with or without an audience, albeit at a much lower rate than if they, say, changed the characters and settings from Twilight just enough to be legally discernible and then maybe added anal beads or something.
Christopher DeWan has published more than forty short stories in journals including A cappella Zoo, Bartleby Snopes, Jersey Devil Press, JMWW, Juked, Necessary Fiction, Passages North, and wigleaf.
The Wild Rose Press has been publishing electronic and print titles of fiction for more than nine years.
I also have it on good authority that a major online publishing site which already has more than 50 million users a month (that's right: 50 million) is about to jump into the fiction game.