Sentences with phrase «than my traditional publishing contracts»

You may receive better royalties than a traditional publishing contract, but you'll earn less than if self - publishing on your own.

Not exact matches

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.

Why an indie author might want to purchase a different printer than an author aiming for a traditional publishing contract;

It took me 21 years to get a traditional publishing contract and now I feel more hopeful than I have for a long time.

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.

Being critical of many aspects of traditional publishing (the agent requirement, horrible contracts with more poison pills in them than you'd find in a bottle of arsenic, lack of appreciation for long - tail backlist sales) doesn't mean that the critic is beating up on authors who prefer that system, or who are contract bound into that system.

The Authors Guild also estimate that author income from ebooks will be 300 % higher under this deal than under traditional publishing contracts — 60 % -63 % of retail price rather than 25 % of net receipts.

As for making your own decision about self - publishing vs. traditional publishing, remember that it is harder than ever to get a traditional publishing contract.

An author who hires a self - publishing company to handle every aspect of publication may less «indie» than somebody with a traditional publishing contract.

Their major crime seems to be that they do so impartially and honestly rather than resorting to deceptive contracts and business practices such as I've heard are common with some traditional publishing houses.

Pulp fiction was where authors started out because it paid less than «traditional» markets (they were mostly short stories), but with indie novels, I think (some) authors are making more money than comparable traditional publishing contracts (and I see some trad - pub authors supplementing their income with self - pub, which is also similar to some of the pulp fiction writers of the past).

Amazon, and later B&N and others, opened their doors to small presses and even authors themselves, giving us a way to get our work into the hands of readers without having to try to beat down the doors of traditional publishing (where it is now as hard, if not more so, to get an agent than it is a publishing contract).

Yes, the distribution you get with traditional publishing helps get your work in the hands of more people, but I always try to remember I was just as good of a writer before my contracts than I was after.

As I understand it, what Amazon offer with KPD is as bad as, if not worse than, any of the worst kind of «restrictive» contracts traditional publishing houses might hand out.