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I have a feeling this is something traditional authors struggle with too since i've seen similar posts in that world.

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«Instead, I think our findings show that the traditional view that stone tool use was something that only members of our own genus Homo were capable of is outdated,» senior author Tracy Kivell told Discovery News, explaining that stone tool usage «goes back much earlier — long before the appearance of Homo — than we originally thought.»

According to charter and school integration authors Richard D. Kahlenberg and Halley Potter (2014), Shanker and the early backers of the Minnesota law believed that these schools should be guided by three tenets: experimentation, or the ability to use innovative approaches to teaching and learning that could inform and influence reforms in traditional public schools; teacher voice in the design and operation of the school — something Shanker saw as a direct result of collective bargaining; and integration, in the sense that schools should be ethnically, racially, and socioeconomically diverse.

The author concludes that diverse schools will most likely need to eschew progressive pedagogy in favor of a more traditional curriculum, while offering something special to attract parents of all classes and races.

The answer comes down to one thing and it is something I hope doesn't happen: increased governmental regulation of e-books and indie authors in an attempt to «save» traditional publishing.

I used to stress about bad reviews, my ego throbbing like a bee sting, but then I read something by Indie author John Locke (who set the record for eBook sales and is starting to turn «traditional publishing» into a bad word) that completely changed the game:

Obviously they've done something to push the book — not traditional promotions, but something on the Amazon site — because more than one author has seen this level of sustained success.

As an indie author, you can also make edits to your book cover, your price, and other important details based on reader feedback before you move to a final version, and this is not something traditional deals typically allow.

After writing a post on the 3rd pointing out ways that my publisher, Penguin - Random House, and other traditional publishers could improve, I was surprised to see something new in my email inbox: an author newsletter.

The self - publishing vs traditional publishing debate is something all authors have at some point in their career.

One of the recommendations for authors in attendance was to begin the marketing three to six months before the anticipated release date, something that still takes place in the traditional industry.

These writers care about producing something of high quality in keeping with the standards of the golden era of traditional publishing: that bygone age when publishers invested time and money (often paying advances directly to authors) to help writers develop and polish their work prior to publication.

Especially in terms of pitching traditional outlets, that's not something authors probably should do, but it is necessary to look at what you can do.

And lots of authors have asked us for something similar so we are currently building a one - pager for them where they can aggregate all their information from Amazon — so the books they have on Amazon — all their information from Goodreads — so we'll have an integration with Goodreads — and also with all the traditional blogging platforms like WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr, so you can have your latest blogpost also on your profile.

So the debate centred on whether an author should be a publisher or whether that is something best left to the traditional publishers.

I don't see traditional publishing being attractive to authors with self - publishing experience until the publishers change the «standard contract» royalties to something that authors find more fair.

Mark Coker, CEO and founder of the hugely successful ebook distribution platform Smashwords, wrote a blog poston how the sales figures for an indie author versus those of a traditionally published author can demonstrate something that not many in the industry know: a traditional publishing deal might actually do more harm than good for an author.

Mark Coker, CEO and founder of the hugely successful ebook distribution platform Smashwords, wrote a blog poston how the sales figures for an indie author versus those of a traditionally published author can demonstrate something that not many in the industry know: a traditional publishing deal might actually do more... [Read more...]

I do agree that traditional publishers as well as epubs have to do something more to make their authors stand out in the crowd.

But there is something else authors with Hatchett, or any other traditional publisher, ought to keep in mind.

But I don't think Amazon or anyone else has anything to do with this drop, because I have also noticed that traditional publishers and authors have learned from independent authors who blazed the trail of social network marketing and have generously shared what they were learning while they were learning it for the whole world to see --- something that I have been doing too.

(3) And if either side is to grapple effectively with genuine questions of authors» rights and the traditional publishing industry's stance on them, is it truly authentic to keep casting all this as something about the readers?

Here's something else to remember: It's not that hard for an indie author to reach 6,000 readers, through Amazon or Good Reads or a dozen other venues, which traditional publishers badmouth or ignore.

Partnership may be something, she is telling us, that traditional publishing wants to consider in its author relations.

I'm a bit surprised to find out a big traditional publisher would allow an author to publish a companion work in the same canon as something they were publishing.

The reality is that most authors self - publishing: a) Woudn't be able to get representation by an agent much less at an agency like Trident b) Are former traditional published author who either couldn't get another contract or opted to self - publish because it offered them something they consider better c) Were tired of chasing the dream of a traditional contract and decided to go the self - publishing route.

Aspiring authors see this happening with increasing frequency and they're beginning to realise that a well received self published book can be a faster and easier way to get a publishers attention than that traditional path of spending months or years querying to get an agent, and then more months or years trying to sell something through the agent.

While the traditional, stately progress of an author in Old Publishing might have been something on the order of a book a year, our digital disruption (an energy of distribution, remember) has brought us binge entertainment.

A lot of the credit for the gained momentum of self - publishing is due to the success stories of indie - authors — something that hasn't gone unnoticed by authors publishing with traditional publishing houses.

He comes from a more traditional, «hard sales» background — something a lot of indie authors need to learn about so they can be comfortable promoting their books (without making beginner mistakes).

Getting to know the «story behind the story,» if you will, helps to create a more personal connection between the author and the reader and this is something that can't be found in the traditional marketplace.

So I think those authors who do move from the traditional publishing houses to self - publishing will tend to be those who have not had the best of experiences with them, and who genuinely have something to gain by moving across.

I don't see the way that traditional publishers are dealing with authors as something I like or completely trust.

By all indications, you'd expect that readers and traditional media alike would be wrapping their arms collectively around indie authors and their books into something akin to a big «ole hug.

Wilkinson never approached a traditional publisher with his novel because he «didn't set out to «be an author»», instead aiming just to «write something I thought I would like».

When I read a book from a traditional publisher, I know up front a long of things about the book: 1) a team of editors decided something about the book is good, 2) the book has an editor who worked with the author on content, 3) it has a copy editor who worked on grammar and consistency and 4) it has marketers and publicists who, yes, will probably convince the author not to send a blogger who gives them a negative review hate mail.

What these authors share seems to be a willingness to deviate a bit from the traditional strictures of legal writing (admittedly a scary prospect for a pre-tenure academic, or a lawyer composing a brief for a yet - to - be-named panel of judges) as well as a willingness to infuse their work with something of their personal style (rather than blindly imitating the expository style that sucks most legal writers in like a tractor beam).