Not exact matches
But after hundreds of years when being a
published author meant something, today, anyone with time or
money can release one.
LaRocco is the
author of «Opportunity Knocking» (Agate
Publishing 2014), «Dynasties of the Sea: The Ships and Entrepreneurs Who Ushered in the Era of Free Trade» (Marine
Money 2012) and «Thriving in the New Economy: Lessons from Today's Top Business Minds» (Wiley 2010).
He recently
authored The Great Reflation: How Investors Can Profit from the New World of
Money published by John Wiley & Sons in 2010 and co-
authored The Stock Market and Inflation,
published by Dow Jones - Irwin in 1982.
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Unfortunately, most e-publishers are pretty hush - hush about the amount of
money their
authors receive in royalties, but it's safe to say that it's probably more than mainline publishers offer, but not as much as you'd get from
publishing your book yourself.
Books have always been overpriced, and
publishing companies and individual
authors who want to control the price of books had better figure out a new way to make
money... and quick.
Look, along with teaching and writing about Scripture and theology, I also design websites and
publish books for other
authors, and I get paid a little bit of
money to do so.
If people don't read what an
author writes,
publishing companies don't make any
money.
Adamick is the
author of the highly praised book, Lunch
Money: Serving Healthy School Food in a Sick Economy, and
publishes a food photography blog called EyeSlobber.
With a tweet yesterday, an editor of Scientific Reports, one of Nature
Publishing Group's (NPG's) open - access journals, has resigned in a very public protest of NPG's recent decision to allow
authors to pay
money to expedite peer review of their submitted papers.
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The
authors of the study responded in a blog entry, «
Money Does Matter After All,» also
published on July 17, 2015 on the Ed Next blog.
On November 4th the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
published a paper
authored by NCSECS entitled «Getting Lost While Trying to Follow the
Money: Special Education Finance in Charter Schools.»
Sure, self
publishing is still a
money machine — but nowadays, that's mostly for Amazon, not
authors.
I think if you spend a lot of
money on the more expensive packages then you have to take with a grain of salt what any self -
publishing house can realistically do to help an
author.
They are «real
authors»
publishing «real ebooks» and making «real
money» as a result.
I can definitely say that SOME
authors are making impressively good
money self -
publishing both new works and backlist books they've gotten the rights to.
With over fifteen years of experience in the book business, she helps aspiring
authors navigate the mysterious labyrinth of self
publishing to leverage their expertise and make
money.
The self -
published authors mentioned below are a combination of things: bestsellers on the NYT's lists, part of the «Amazon's million» book club, and some, like Ksenia Anske, are not even making
money off their book sales yet, but already have thousands of supporters.
As a self -
published author, there are some things that you can do to improve your business, further your brand, and hopefully make more
money by selling more books.
The reason: because the
publishing arrangement is a rev share, where
authors are paid an advance against earnings, but they run into a situation where the expenses need to be covered and the more OR spends on marketing, the more
money needs to be earned before all the expenses are covered — of course, naturally, the more
money spent on marketing leads to more sales — so a balance must ultimately be struck.
I make more
money than some of the traditionally
published authors that I'm friends with.
This allows new
authors to get into self
publishing without having to spend a large amount of
money or needing to store and ship their books themselves.
Given you access to a publisher, changed your book round so much because obviously you are not the expert that an ASSISTED
publishing author is otherwise you would take the responsibility of investing in your book with real
money.
So I think for people to make it as an entrepreneur, you actually have to be thinking about these questions of
money, which a lot of
authors from the years of traditional
publishing and this myth of creativity being kind of God - given, that has stopped people thinking this way.
The fact that Amazon doesn't care what price you set as long as they get the lowest price tells you as a self -
publishing author everything you need to know about Amazon's business model and how Amazon makes
money.
We even
publish our accounts every year to show the
authors exactly how the entry
money was spent.
Most books which are
published about the specific people of Transylvania I was writing on were self -
published, and most of these
authors freely admitted to me that they really didn't make
money on this.
Vanity
publishing is not in the professional writer's best interest, because professional writers know that
money flows toward the
author.
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The good thing is, if you hit enough home runs as a self -
published author, or if one of your books explodes, traditional
publishing is still there, they'll back up a truck full of
money to your door.
The best opportunities are in «hybrid»
publishing, which means, doing the things that make you the most
money and build your
author platform (those two things are not identical, and often even at odds: as in, you may give one book away for free to reach new readers, and make
money on other books you charge more on).
The contracts of most
authors at most
publishing houses do not garner them very much
money; royalty percentages are traditionally very low.
Similarly, if
money weren't an object, we think more self -
publishing authors would apprise themselves of editing services.
The classic books include: AuthorYOU: Creating and Building Your
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We have just come through a century where the
publishing industry has developed better and better methods of making a profit off of
authors while ceding zero control of the
money flow to said
authors.
Unlike the
publishing companies who contract their services, they make their
money selling services to
authors, not by selling books.
Since this post has been (mostly) about
authors who've made enough cash to fill a swimming pool and dive in, visit Midnight
Publishing's blog next week for a multi-part series to learn how you too can make some
money with your writing — and maybe fill a kiddie pool with some green.
In fact, after his first full as a
published author, Craig lost
money — only a little mind you, and primarily because he invested so heavily in things like editing and cover design.
They frequently cite that most of the Amazon bestsellers are written by indie
authors and that they are earning more
money than writers who get a traditional
publishing deal.
And I don't see where you get the idea that it is easier to make
money going indie than it is traditional, -LCB- to join these organizations you have to earn «x» amount of
money over a single calendar year, where the specified amount for indie publishers is a * multiple * of the requirement for traditionally -
published authors minimum income, because it is easier to make
money by going indie, -RCB- because it is actually harder.
Traditional
publishing houses are sweating, and
authors who went through the grueling process of courting them, and waiting (and waiting and waiting) are now feeling the sting, as people who do it themselves are surpassing them by making more
money for their efforts.
The specified amount for indie publishers is a * multiple * of the requirement for traditionally -
published authors minimum income because it is easier to make
money by going indie.
In this regard, then professional keeps its current accepted meaning of making
money, because both
authors and writers can then either be professional or not according to whether they make
money at their craft, and even self -
published or DTB -
published can then continue with the meanings as we know them.
I would also suspect that many
publishing - house -
published authors, and Published Authors Network members, probably make insufficient money from their writings to fully support themselves, so are at best semi-prof
published authors, and Published Authors Network members, probably make insufficient money from their writings to fully support themselves, so are at best semi-profes
authors, and
Published Authors Network members, probably make insufficient money from their writings to fully support themselves, so are at best semi-prof
Published Authors Network members, probably make insufficient money from their writings to fully support themselves, so are at best semi-profes
Authors Network members, probably make insufficient
money from their writings to fully support themselves, so are at best semi-professional.
When I tell these would - be
authors the truth of the matter, as I have learned being in and around the
publishing business for over twenty years, they decide that they should buy a few more lottery tickets because they have a better chance at making big
money doing that, and it's a lot less work.
The booksellers blamed this on the rampant increase in indie
authors who often would
publish such stories to gain publicity or earn
money.
Wow, you really are out of touch with the
publishing industry if you think that indie
authors aren't investing as much (if not more)
money in getting their work edited, covers designed etc that the larger publishers put into their titles.