Sentences with phrase «royalties over their authors»

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I would estimate that the average annual income for self - published authors is slightly lower now and, having seen a number of authors quit over the last couple of years in order to get full time jobs because of financial problems, it hasn't gotten any easier to make ends meet on just book royalties.

Authors carve the creative control over their work, and they've come to realize that self - publishing affords them an almost equal chance for income potential as a traditional publishing deal, as evidenced largely by the fact that 24.8 % of those who responded said they'd published through a traditional publisher who offered a royalty split, but who did not pay them an advance.

In filings, the authors note that textbook prices have climbed 82 % over the last decade, but that royalty payments for authors have risen only modestly.

In 2012 over 1,000 authors filed a class action lawsuit against Harlequin, alleging that they did not pay the authors the full amount of the agreed upon royalty for digital titles.

This growth indicates a forward movement in the format, giving even more credence to the disputes currently taking place between retailers and publishers regarding sales agreements, and between publishers and their authors over royalties.

Authors, writers, publishers of eBooks, audiobooks and short texts can... A) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii - without author contract - in real - time, without technical skills - with an own authorpage and online shop - enter all information such as description, tags, cover, price... - upload an eBook in one or multiple formats: PDF, ePub, mobi, doc, xls... - high royalties per download - consolidated real - time sales reports - keeping full editorial and copyright control or B) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii and additionally on major eBook retailers - we convert eBooks to the ePub and mobi format for free - we distribute to the leading eBook - shops all over the world for free - we provide consolidated sales reports Readers have... - the opportunity to discover new titles in all categories and genres - an easy access to a huge variety of content - can instantly download after purchase - have the opportunity to rate and comment on eBooks

Why must an author ask for permission for rights that should automatically revert back to them and undergo a lengthy process over another 12 - 18 months where their digital rights are tied to royalty statements and definitions of books in print?

Authors maintain full rights over their work, with the ability to price and distribute their audiobooks without restrictions, and while receiving full royalties.

I think it was Mark Lawrence who said recently that authors that go through a publishing house looked at the advance as the thing, and that advances usually ran around $ 10,000 or thereabouts, because most books published sell around 500 copies or so, and so you can't depend on getting any royalties over the advance.

The top ten KDP Select authors earned over $ 70,000 in the month of December from their participation in the Kindle Owners» Lending Library, a 30 % increase on top of the royalties they earned from their paid sales on the same titles in the same period.

Koehler Books pays author royalties based on the net proceeds of the book, meaning the money left over after all expenses have been paid to the distributor and the book has been sold to a wholesale bookseller, library or other distributor.

With more than 30 globally deployed professionals that we call our «Reality Team» and a dedicated «Australian team» (with over 20 + years experience) we work to each Author / Publishers best interest, with rigorous attention to publication integrity whilst ensuring all rights and royalties are maintained.

«More authors are turning to self - publishing to retain control over their work and to earn as much in royalties as they can.»

It was pointed out that royalties are completely between the author and the publisher and the subscription service has no control over this.

The same names keep being bandied about — the Bella Andres, the Hugh Howeys, the Barbara Freethys — but there are an ever - increasing number of authors who are not only pleased with their self - publishing decisions, but they're being hailed as savvy businesspeople for not being tricked into turning over their entire livelihoods to the traditional model and its sad royalty share.

One of the most important contract negotiation steps is to demand that no royalties be withheld by the publisher if there are upfront costs to the author; of equal importance is the need to retain complete control over sales data and retailers» accounts, ensuring that the rights holder (in this scenario, the author) still has that level of control over his own work.

Harlequin may be Canadian, but are not really involved in eBooks except for their imprint Karina Press which is all about e-Books but there is a running debate if they screw their authors over with royalties an never give advances.

I definitely like the open approach of Smashwords over this kindle locking that Amazon does, but since that Wall Street article stated Amazon is giving unusally high royalties to authors (and since they're the far more popular platform I guess buying there might snowball into additional readers for you through better chart positioning) I might be willing to overcome my distaste for their unpleasant kindleness for once.

I self - published my «The Joy of Not Working» in 1991 and turned it over to Ten Speed Press in 1997 with a normal publisher / author Agreement (royalties of 30 percent of net receipts, however, which is not that normal for a tradeback).

Because after all the layers and players of the traditional publishing process get paid — editors, printers, warehouses, distributors, etc. — there is usually little left over to pay author royalties.

Author Lynn Viehl had total sales of 61,663 on her 2009 paranormal romance, Twilight Fall, earning her a spot on The New York Times mass market paperback bestseller list but it wasn't enough to earn her any royalties over the $ 50,000 advance she received from her publisher.

International Author Support - We make it possible for authors all over the world to get their audiobooks published while retaining the benefits of self - publishing - such as higher royalty rates.

Without having clear information on how the publishing house intended to promote her book, Ward opted for the self - publishing and higher royalty route, a choice that has made her an incredibly high ranking author despite having turned down over $ 1.5 million in advances in the past year alone.

The problem seems to be that, whilst Publishers should have an incentive to maximise their revenues from Amazon, and thus maximise royalties to authors, they appear to be screwing both themselves, and their authors, over by settings prices at levels that ensure that they both get less money out of Amazon than they might otherwise do.

The reason they won't offer over 25 % is because some authors have royalty - matching clauses.

«My own royalty income has fallen dramatically over the last decade,» said the award - winning author of novels including the Booker - shortlisted Umbrella.

But I know so many trad authors who were devastated over their covers and titles (and then were basically «paying» for those design services for their lifetime in royalties).

There have also been all sorts of lawsuits filed over missed / inaccurate royalty payments, publishing books without the author's permission, etc..

Since Amazon is rolling delivery costs over to the author and takes it our of their part of the royalty, reducing the size of the delivery package does absolutely nothing for their margins.

In addition to a full suite of tools for authors to use, Audible will pay enrolled authors one dollar over and above the royalty they would have already earned through Audible.com, Audible.co.uk, or iTunes.

«It's also become a meaningful way to grow royalties for authors like Patricia Hester, who sold less than 200 books in 2011 prior to joining KDP Select and has now earned over $ 36,000 from KDP Select in one month as readers have discovered her books through this service.»

Quill and Quire reported today that romance publishing company Harlequin has been dragged into court over ebook royalties by as many as 1,000 authors filing a class action lawsuit.

Payment will be done over PAYPAL and the authors are going to get their royalties instantly and not have to wait.

The first is a collection of over one million stock images that authors can use for free in order to create their book covers, and the other is an increased royalty rate and the pending switch to monthly payouts of those royalties.

Authors can be charged for a portion of the marketing costs over the publisher's initial investment of $ 10,000 for promotion, which will be taken out of the share of the royalties.

Neither Amazon nor Barnes & Noble would comment on whether bundling was feasible, and still other Big Six publishers expressed concerns over such things as how author royalties are paid out since print pays at one rate and digital royalties pay out at another.

«Some [of our authors] are established writers who want more control over their content and higher royalties, like Bill Rasmussen and Tanya Wright.

Our approach is to give authors the tools and funds to self - publish professionally, while maintaining maximum control over rights and royalties.

I am a published author through publish america now america star books have not recieved any royalties to date but it shows my book being sold all over the world

And online producer - retailer like Amazon turns over a far better royalty rate of return to authors than the traditional publishing houses have done — and is capable of displaying a writer's work before an almost incomprehensibly large audience of potential readers.

Over 100 WinePress authors are networking on a Facebook group sharing harrowing stories of deception / fraud done since new leadership took over in 2005: Overcharging, many books paid for & not published, & royalties not paid or fudged for yeOver 100 WinePress authors are networking on a Facebook group sharing harrowing stories of deception / fraud done since new leadership took over in 2005: Overcharging, many books paid for & not published, & royalties not paid or fudged for yeover in 2005: Overcharging, many books paid for & not published, & royalties not paid or fudged for years.

Many indie authors eschew pbooks over ebooks because of costs and royalties and other things (I can release an ebook more efficiently than a pbook), but even Amazon does paper (Create Space).

So far, the sales of their 12 - author box set as previously mentioned have gone over 284,000 copies generating $ 120K for authors and the publisher in royalties.

But when you publish 150 new authors a month, have over 1000 in the pipeline at any given time, and over 6000 published authors with periodic marketing / royalty questions, that still equates to an unmanageable number of calls.

Having slid into the depths of depression about zero sales since authorsolutions took over and after many e-mails and phone calls to the USA from England, my Trafford Royalties are now up and running and beautifully set out in a simple to use «Authors» page.

He said self - published authors had an «advantage» over traditionally - published authors because they retained control of their own price levers, manipulating r.r.p, and by extension, their own royalty.

Over the past few posts I have been comparing the distribution sales channels and the author royalties of a book published by Amazon (HCG Protocol) with a book published by Outskirts Press (Sell Your Book on Amazon).

The conditions that make this platform an attractive alternative to KDP include: EPUB upload and document converstion, 70 % royalties of the sale price (meaning that if a book is sold for 2.49 euros, the author gets 1.46 euros with Tolino, but only 73 Cents if selling with Amazon) and distribution via all Tolino bookselling partners, making each title available in over a 1,000 online bookshops.

In AMAZON SCAMS the author Dr. Sol Adoni reveals how his over 100 titles on Amazon had a 99 % drop in royalties after he publicly criticized Amazons treatment of authors and small publishers.

The 99 % drop that coincided with the public criticism of Dr. Adoni of Amazon and CEO Jeff Bezos led Dr. Adoni to investigate the public financial reports of Amazon and he says the sales history of Amazon proves the publishing monopoly is now doing over 75 Billion a year in eBook related sales and not paying authors on most of the royalties.