Sentences with phrase «sale by an independent author»

My informal results and feedback from the blog's readers tell me they enjoy the mix, and the clickthrough rates and purchases of Kindle books for sale by independent authors have been doing better than my expectations.

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If you had the privilege of catching PBS» Independent Lens special, «Half the Sky,» based on the book by the same name authored by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, you will want to know that the Kindle edition of Carolyn Custis James» amazing book, Half the Church, is on sale this week for $ 1.99!

Independent authors are experiencing increased sales by including their books in the US Kindle Owners» Lending Library through KDP Select, an option for authors to make money through the lending library and promote their book for free.

Centralized reporting of direct - from - author sales is tougher to come by, but by all anecdotal measures the independent market has taken off, notably in the also - still - large category of adult fiction.

by Sherrie Wilkolaski Oct 11, 2012 Amazon, Art of Publishing, Author Publishing Services, Author's Boutique, Book Marketing, Book Sales, Cookbooks, Featured, Independent Publishing, Marketing Tips, Publishing Services Consultant, Self - Publishing, Sherrie Wilkolaski 0

Posted by Sherrie Wilkolaski Art of Publishing, Author's Boutique, Book Marketing, Book Publicity, Book Sales, Independent Publishing, Marketing Tips, Publishing Services Consultant, Sherrie Wilkolaski

Posted by Sherrie Wilkolaski Amazon, Art of Publishing, Author Publishing Services, Author's Boutique, Book Marketing, Book Sales, Cookbooks, Featured, Independent Publishing, Marketing Tips, Publishing Services Consultant, Self - Publishing, Sherrie Wilkolaski

Back to the subject — though Lulu may increase its sales by selling commercial books, I don't see that it's a bad thing for the independent authors.

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If, however, you are looking for a sales staff that can recommend a title by a lesser - known author with a similar theme to the book you are buying, then you have been H.I.T. (Handsold Independent Title).

By giving readers the opportunity to choose to purchase from an indie bookstore, you are showing local booksellers that you are a savvy author and that you actively encourage sales of your book from independent bookstores.

While a great number of indie authors are still lone writers with a book for sale, more and more writers are turning to independent self - publishing in order to shed the constraints imposed by traditional publishing.

in other words to author a piece of writing and distribute it, print it, wrap it and sell it as you yourself see fit, even by mutual agreement with an outsourced company that offers specific dedicated services such as printing, binding, distribution, packagaing, marketing or any such service, not by the decisions of any other entity but by your own choice as you yourself see most convenient... and if in exchange for services rendered you split the revenue consider it as credit with interest paid on sales... so yes if you are an independent author you are allowed to leave the publishing and distribution to people that get paid to publish and distribute and marketing to marketers and sales to salesmen... but you must above all author independently.

Even then, you don't know if other factors are influencing sales as well — factors that might include strong support among independent retailers known for hand - selling books they like or a viral marketing campaign started not by the publisher or author but by a fan.

Independent authors, on the other hand, increasingly appreciate the trends that AuthorEarnings reports: as noted above, self - published authors can increase their sales by some 25 % just by paying attention to other English - speaking countries.

Held in Charleston, SC, the Lowcountry Initiative of Literary Arts (more fondly referred to as LILA) enlisted the help of no less than 24 traditional and independent authors for a four - hour book fair, complete with book signing and sales, raffle giveaways of signed books by the authors, and a silent auction that included cool items like a two - day writers retreat, Kirkus membership, social media training and lunch with best - selling author Mary Alice Monroe.

Independent authors, on the other hand, increasingly appreciate the trends that Author Earnings reports: as noted above, self - published authors can increase their sales by some 25 % just by paying attention to other English - speaking countries.

Countering this decline has been an increase in ebook sales by independent publishers (those not linked to the Big Four) and self - published authors, most of which is through Amazon, with small proportions through self - publishing services such as Smashwords.