Sentences with phrase «publishing than traditional publishers»

Bowker reported in 2008 that more titles were published through self - publishing than traditional publishers.

-- Because after a short time, I can make more money with a backlist novel indie publishing it than any traditional publisher ever could.

Not exact matches

Self and Independent publishing can get your book to the market three times faster than the traditional publisher.

Yes, you can get the attention of an agent and publisher with 60,000 book sales — especially since the traditional publishing averages LESS than 5,000.

Ultimately, I realized that I could do an equal or better job publishing my book than any traditional publisher.

Find an Agent — Most traditional publishers would rather deal with a community of trusted agents who know the publishing industry than wade through mountains of submissions, themselves.

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 publishers were more than willing to publish «If I Did It» by O.J. Simpson until the public outcry became too overwhelming.

He decided that self - publishing was an easier route than the time - consuming search for a traditional publisher.

More than half of authors who already were self - published, as well as hybrid authors, were hoping to publish with traditional publishers, at 53.5 percent and 57.8 percent, respectively.

Animals — Less than 1 % Less than 1/5 Concepts — 8 % 5 % Holidays / festivals / religion — 9 % 3 % History / sports / people / places — 10 % 5 % Education / reference / language — 15 % 10 % Games / activities / hobbies — 20 % 18 % Biographies / autobiographies — 28 % 12 % Social situation / family / health — 22 % 65 % Does this mean that the sales go to traditional publishers because their books are better illustrated and published?

Today, her self - published Gansett Island Series, roundly rejected by traditional publishers, has sold more than 2.5 million ebooks and is still going strong at book 16.

Force, a New York Times and USA Today contemporary romance author who has written more than 50 books, was at the forefront of the indie publishing wave in 2010 when she self - published books that had been rejected by traditional publishers.

Most of us are familiar with J.A. Konrath, who, after self - publishing several of his unpublished novels in ebook form and realizing how much more money he could make on his own than with a traditional publisher, became indie publishing's most vocal champion.

Also, self - publishing titles tend to include books that are locally focused, narrate family histories, are niche and at times more risque — around religion, politics, sex and sexuality — than what a traditional publisher might wish to handle, Fulton and Bradley said.

Almost all publishers only accept submissions through agents, so they are essential gatekeepers for anyone trying to sell a book in the traditional market rather than self - publishing.

Stephanie Bond: «If I had any qualms about leaving traditional publishing, they were settled last fall: the royalty check I received from my publisher representing six months of sales for over 40 projects was less than I'd made the previous day in KDP royalties for about 12 books.»

When an author goes the traditional publishing route the publisher presumes to be the authority and knows better than the writer and assumes creative control of the writers intellectual property.

Made me more than ever want to self - publish rather than keep waiting for traditional publishers to decide.

It turns out that e-books are not cannibalizing hardcover and trade paperback sales, as publishers» once feared, though mass market paperbacks — which are often published much later than their hardback counterparts, and sold mostly in more traditional retail environments like drugstores — have been negatively impacted.

The rules which most writers within the traditional publishing scene have to agree to when signing that contract, in effect means they are nothing more than poorly paid slaves, dependent on the whim of their publisher.

Many people make more money self - publishing than they would if they went with a traditional publisher.

Since the financial returns from self - publishing per book are so many times greater than the royalties paid by traditional publishers, I could easily cut the marketing firm in on the returns.

Those publishers also cast aside warnings that compare the current state of the publishing industry to the state of Kodak during the rise of digital photography, as well as those that compare how much better new authors can do for themselves than with a «traditional publisher».

These publishers are meeting the demand romance fans have for new and more readily available content, while also meeting the needs of romance authors who wish to connect with their fans at a much faster rate than they could under traditional print publishing models.

I agree that some self published books are miles better than some published books that come from traditional publishers.

Not only that, but the self - publishing world arguably demands more of writers than any traditional publisher, requiring them to become their own editors, marketers and agents, among other things.

I have created more than 2000 book covers for large, traditional publishing organizations, small presses and indie publishers.

Although the jury is still out on my self - published books, «How to be the Luckiest Man Alive» and «I Was Blind But Now I See» I can tell you these two have already sold more than my five books with traditional publishers, combined.

The rest of this article is really three discussions: Why self - publish rather than use a traditional publisher, why entrepreneurs and others who seek to stand out for career or creatuve purposes should self - publish, and finally, HOW does one go about self - publishing.

But other books may only be read thanks to the different kind of support, of enabling, that comes with the traditional publishing infrastructure; if someone other than the author is able to produce them, which might mean needing the existence of a publisher able to back the book's production

The best hybrid publishers are those that conduct some level of gatekeeping or curation (i.e., not everyone who knocks on the door is accepted as an author), offer some value that authors would have a hard time securing on their own (such as brick - and - mortar distribution), and pay better royalties than a traditional publishing deal.

As a writer, Terry has published more than 60 books with traditional publishers such as Zondervan, St. Martins Press, Tyndale and others.

Despite the advances, traditional publishing will probably always exist and, rather than changing, some people still look down upon any book that is not published by a traditional publisher.

To summarize: The best hybrid publishers conduct some level of gatekeeping, offer value that the author would have a hard time securing on her own, and should also pay better royalties than a traditional publishing deal.

I've had some absolute car crashes in traditional publishing, including instances where I'm certain I could have sold more copies of the book myself than via a traditional publisher.

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

But like the much heralded success of authors Amanda Hocking and John Locke, both of whom have each sold more than one million copies of their self - published ebooks before going on to sign contracts with major publishing houses, Wilkinson is open to the idea of traditional publishing and has already heard from some print publishers, although he admits he didn't set out to be an author.

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.»

Royalty rates given to Amazon Publishing authors differ, but they tend to be far closer to the 70 % royalty given to those who self - publish on Amazon than those offered by traditional publishers.

These authors — some once rejected by traditional publishers — have published more than 400,000 eBooks.

Eisler, a former CIA operative turned author, has been one of the most prominent examples of self - publishing, along with fellow writers J.A. Konrath and young - adult author Amanda Hocking — who made more than two million dollars by publishing her own books via the Kindle marketplace (often charging as little as 99 cents for them) before signing a $ 2 - million deal with a traditional publisher earlier this year.

There are already more thrillers being cranked out by traditional presses than most people have time to read, and if those titles were all the same price as their self - published brethren, there would be much less incentive to try out the offerings from self - publishers.

A new report claims that self - published authors have surged to 31 % of ebook sales on Amazon.com, and are now earning more ebook royalties than writers published by the «Big five» traditional publishers.

The narrative here, however, will again be how you can make more money as an author - publisher than you can through traditional publishing — it certainly feels that way, doesn't it?

As an independent publisher you will receive a higher royalty for your book than you would if you signed a traditional publishing deal.

This is based on the misguided preconception that e-books and self - published works are inherently worth less than getting print on paper through a traditional publisher *.

I just worked harder than almost everyone and have now published over a hundred novels with traditional publishers.

PW, once the bastion of news for the publishing industry long ago proved to be nothing more than the mouthpiece for the traditional publishers.

In fact, moreso than with content, things are what traditional publishers monetized -LRB-»... the publishing world is not genuinely concerned with ideas and authors, it's -LSB-...]