Sentences with phrase «publisher on behalf of the author»

Authors did not go directly to the publisher but focused their efforts on finding an agent if they could who would present the book idea to the publisher on behalf of the author.

(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.

Copyright registration is made by the publisher on behalf of the author; the author most certainly owns the work.

Not exact matches

This brings together college and university professors, researchers, K - 12 educational leaders, publishers, and authors - all working on behalf of English Learners, their families, and communities.

Founded in 1933, Combined Book Exhibit is a book marketing resource that showcases published books at trade shows and book fairs internationally on behalf of publishers and authors.

Selling your own ebooks means that you can have more than one publisher — say, a UK and a US one — and sell on behalf of both of them, meaning that readers anywhere in the world come to one site to buy their books, and the author takes care of figuring out which publisher gets the payment from that purchase.

By being an independent author, you will not have the luxury of having a publisher or book agent handle all the nitty gritty on your behalf.

In addition to new and published authors, the agency also represents rights on behalf of publishers and literary estates.

The terms of this agreement will govern Authors, Self - Publishers, Publishers, Literary Agents and Authorized representatives who are legally authorized and empowered to sell, distribute and collect royalties on behalf of the Author.

Authors, publishers, author assistants, blog tour hosts, or publicists may submit information on behalf of the author.

As a result of the success of Kindle, we're selling more books than ever before on behalf of authors and publishers.»

Marketing is often the authors responsibility, as stated in most contracts, and proven in lack of author and / book advertising done on behalf of publishers.

Cindy Ratzlaff: I most often work for the publisher on behalf of a single author or group of authors.

And I can wholeheartedly join you in saying that I think publishers — when functioning at their fullest capacity on behalf of an author — can add, as you put it, «inestimable value to the process for most writers.»

They are the middlemen between the author and the publisher; they negotiate contract terms and royalty deals and handle the business side of book publishing on behalf of the author.

She said: «We will be speaking up on behalf of independent authors, and making links with booksellers, wholesalers, agents and legacy publishers, so people have an idea of what our creative needs are.

Gives the author's literary agent the right to act on behalf of the author and the work with the publisher.

Well, see, this is where a REAL authors association could be useful, by filing on behalf of all its» members as a class action, and obtaining a standard of editing, say «more than three errors and the publisher can re-print at their expense and make sure the purchasers get the replacements.»

Publishers typically register copyright on behalf of the author, if it has not already been done.

The ability for a curator / editor / publishing project manager to set unique author split percentages for a project and use this tool to publish on behalf of the publisher and take care of the monthly revenue split

We have also built campaigns «from scratch» on behalf of major publishers for their author clients.

Also representing properties on behalf of foreign publishers, agents and authors, mostly from US and UK, in the Italian market.

Also, I think that publishers could and should redo their contracts that reflect a responsibility share and even a marketing cost share with authors so that authors aren't looking to publishers wondering what they are doing on behalf of their book (and surprisingly many still do this).

What's more, agents were always seen as the advocates of authors — but with disintermediation for agents looming in the same way as it is for traditional publishers, will agents then be forced into the paradoxical position of becoming de-facto advocates on behalf of traditional publishers themselves, even if the terms might not be as advantageous, if only to maintain a role in the publishing paradigm?

In this position, Sarah contacted editors at publishers around the globe to offer the works of Trident authors and negotiate deals on their behalf.

Now large publishers - the only ones who still hold collective bargaining power on behalf of the world's bestselling authors - tip toe around Amazon, fearful that if they look at Amazon cross-eyed their preorder buttons will disappear and their authors will blame the publisher for not keeping their books on Amazon's virtual shelves.

Indie authors trying to speak on tradpub authors behalf essentially becomes an echo chamber, because publishers don't care what we think: we're not part of their stable.

For example, as James Grimmelman explains, under the terms of the settlement, the BRR is authorized to negotiate on behalf of all authors and publishers with respect to the millions of books covered by the settlement.

I'm referring to a large publisher's ability to negotiate on behalf of thousands of authors.

Its mandate under the Copyright Act is to license the right to reproduce written works and collect royalties on behalf of authors and publishers.

By doing so, the Court authorized the class action undertaken by Copibec and the representatives of authors, publishers and copyright collectives against Université Laval on behalf of all authors and publishers in Quebec and elsewhere.