Sentences with phrase «several self published authors»

As a publicist for several self published authors the tips that you include here are extremely valuable.

A website where I also discovered several self published authors also through being selected as groups reads by the same book group.

Not exact matches

IMPORTANT: Jack Canfield (co-creator of the Chicken Soup series), Jim Hightower populist organizer and speaker, best - selling author of many books, and former Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, Robert B. Reich (former US Secretary of Labor), Anne Holland (founding publisher of MarketingSherpa.com) Ken Evoy (founder of sitesell / com and siebuildit.com), and several other prominent people endorsed the original, self - published version, Principled Profit: Marketing that Puts People First, but did not respond to requests to update their endorsements.

A noticeable trend found throughout is that after finding success with self - publishing, these authors were approached by a traditional publisher, signing several million dollar deals in cases.

Amanda Hocking — who became the poster child for self - publishing on the Kindle after she made more than $ 2 million from a series of young - adult novels she wrote and published in the past year — signed a $ 2 - million deal earlier this year with St. Martin's Press, a unit of publishing giant Macmillan, to write a new series of young - adult novels (my colleague Cyndy Aleo wrote a series of posts recently based on her interviews with several young authors about the changes in the industry).

I've been following the print - on - demand (or self - publishing) issue for several years, watching as self - publishing has become (more) legitimized, and always with a bit of amusement given that some of the most revered authors in literature were self - published (ex: Virginia Woolf... Continue reading →

I self - publish, so I do pretty much everything myself; but I've heard several traditionally published indie authors say they were surprised to find out that even with a traditional publisher, they were expected to do a lot of the marketing for their own books, particularly if the publisher is small, since they were * not * a celebrity name that could sell itself.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Last March, word went out that self - publishing giant Author Solutions Inc (owner of AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Xlibris, Trafford, WordClay, Palibrio, and several others, and contractor for the self - pub... -LSB-...]

Having worked with traditional publishers and self - published several of her books, Massey has great advice for indie authors on independent publishing, book marketing and strategies for getting a book into bookstores, libraries and reviews.

Author Solutions operates independently and powers Partridge along with several other self - publishing imprints.

True, some self - published books do climb the bestseller lists because of the low price; several self - pubbed authors have been snatched up by the big houses.

Our technology is used worldwide by 2 of the Big 5 publishers, some very large independent D2C publishers, several hundreds of medium sized publishers selling D2C, quite a few independent eBook web shops and also numerous web shops of smaller publishers, self publishing authors and systems integration.

I also personally know several traditionally and well known authors, that are self publishing new series rather than going through their publishers.

I have several friends who are self - published authors.

I am both published through several «traditional» publishing houses as well as the author over over 30 self - published titles.

You're absolutely right, and that's why several self - published authors (Rick Warren, notably) have gone on to have their work published by traditional publishers.

In addition, I have self - published two memoirs, and publisher poetry collections for several authors who I met through the literary group.

Today, we answered some reader questions / comments about bank accounts for your self - publishing business and making your author site mobile friendly, and then we jumped into discussing marketing strategies for stand alone novels, as well as several different types of series.

Throughout 2016, I've read a number of books and listened to several interviews with authors who finally cracked the self - publishing nut and are making solid incomes from their writing.

Outskirts Press founder Brent Sampson is the bestselling author of several books, including Sell Your Book on Amazon, The Book Marketing COACH and Self - Publishing Simplified.

He now runs a course to help other authors and has several free instructional videos up at Self Publishing Formula.

Anske's success is hardly random; she has clear intentions for the site and outlines several guidelines for aspiring self publishing authors interested in book marketing.

You probably already know Joanna from The Creative Penn podcast and blog, but if you don't, she's a self - published thriller author, as well as the author of several non-fiction books on self - publishing and marketing.

Several surveys have shown that hybrid authors have the highest earnings, compared to traditional - only and self - published - only authors.

Often through our industry relationships and always through the hard work of our authors, several have made the leap from self - publishing to traditional publishing or film optioning.

To me, for self - published authors it's absolutely crucial to make this a priority, and for several reasons:

As a several times over self published author myself, I too think it's a great idea.

Along with partners Johnny B. Truant and David W. Wright, he hosts the weekly Self - Publishing Podcast (along with several other shows), openly sharing his journey as a leading author - entrepreneur and publisher.

They have several other tools that are handy for the self - published author.

Timothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D., has published several scholarly articles on the topic of procrastination to improve the academic community, and is now a bestselling author with Tarcher Publishing, an imprint of Penguin dedicated to publishing self - improvemPublishing, an imprint of Penguin dedicated to publishing self - improvempublishing self - improvement books.

An author who DIY self - publishes by working with several freelancers may encounter individuals who are less than competent and / or ethical.

AMANDA HOCKING is the author of the New York Times bestselling Trylle trilogy, the Kanin Chronicles, the Watersong series, and several additional self - published novels.

I firmly believe that agents can help self - published authors expand their reach through library distribution, foreign rights / translations, etc. (I have several self - published friends in that exact situation.)

To assuage these common concerns, we spoke with several top self - published authors about what they spent to release one of their books.

Jason G. Anderson is a self - published author of a novel and several short stories.

Thanks to Mark Coker, Founder / CEO of #Smashwords, #indie #authors have lots of information in FREE slide shows and several webinars to help indie ebook authors succeed in self - publishing.

Accordingly, over several years my company and team members have purchased, assessed, reviewed and compiled the most useful resources for DIY authors to locate affordable and practical tools for their DIY self - publishing journey.

While hiring a cover or interior layout specialist from a professional service provider is always recommended, we understand that not every author has the funds to do so, so over several years my company and team members have purchased, assessed, reviewed and compiled the most useful resources at Authors Wish, a one - stop shop for DIY authors to locate affordable and practical tools for their DIY self - publishing jAuthors Wish, a one - stop shop for DIY authors to locate affordable and practical tools for their DIY self - publishing jauthors to locate affordable and practical tools for their DIY self - publishing journey.

After working with several nonfiction authors, I've identified the following common self publishing mistakes that need to be avoided.

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Several of the major authors» «clubs» have imposed strict sales requirements before a self - published author can even be considered for membership.

In her piece, Katherine references (but does not link to in order to avoid helping the blogger with traffic to her site, as Good e-Reader likewise will not) an article that circulated almost virally last weekend, a piece that named thirty prominent, best - selling self - published authors; while specifically targeting author Melissa Foster, who is now pursuing legal action against the blogger, the post by someone who claims to have spent two years «working undercover» at Fiverr names authors Hugh Howey, Blake Crouch, Amanda Hocking, and several others as those who purchased bulk book reviews.

The anger over the decision by several retailers to stop carrying self - published titles continues to rage, as it is even extending to authors whose books were not even remotely close to the adult nature of titles that stores like WHSmith and Whitcoulls railed against.

Self - published sensation turned traditionally published romance / erotic romance author Abbi Glines has created a side story in the book Take A Chance that pulls several characters from an existing series of hers and offers up some insight into their relationship.

Verdict: 3 Stars Self - published sensation turned traditionally published romance / erotic romance author Abbi Glines has created a side story in the book Take A Chance that pulls several characters from an existing series of hers and offers up some insight into their relationship.

So even though I'm involved in several book editing companies, I would never advise all self - publishing authors to dish out money for editing.

From my own experience selling a self - published book on Amazon, as well as observing the challenges of other authors, I've identified several reasons why a book isn't selling.

I knew a self - published author who was making quite a good income for several years, but then it dropped, and she claimed it was the ever - more - crowded field, especially with people selling their books for $.99.

Posted by Michael Capobianco for Writer BewareFor the last several years, as part of an effort to include self - published and «indie» authors, the annual BookExpo America has included a program called UPublishU.While attending something like t... -LSB-...]

However, at the time in 2005, I had seen several of these Kirkus Discoveries reviews, courtesy of our authors, and came away with the feeling that this was not serving the best interests of self - publishing authors, in general.