Sentences with phrase «than the traditional publishing route»

As informed, wise, and purpose - driven authors who have made the decision to employ the indie route rather than the traditional publishing route for your book, you're ahead of the curve.

Not exact matches

I have a long way to go, and lots of hard work in front of me, but in the end I believe the book will be more successful and get into more readers hands than it would have if I had pursued the traditional publishing route.

He decided that self - publishing was an easier route than the time - consuming search for a traditional publisher.

When an author goes the traditional publishing route the publisher presumes to be the authority and knows better than the writer and assumes creative control of the writers intellectual property.

However, I have also found some articles suggesting that it is becoming easier to make a living self - publishing rather than going the traditional route.

I just think it's really cool and aspiring writers need to know that they can make good money (sometimes better money) self - publishing these days than going the traditional route.

Graves added that, «we can now have access to any print format or digital product in seconds rather than weeks, this gives us the ability to challenge the traditional route to market, if we choose we can publish our content digitally first then re-flow into hardback or paperback book formats for any English - speaking market in seconds.»

There has been a lot of media coverage surrounding authors who take a less than traditional route to publication, such as Amanda Hocking who inked a four book deal with St. Martin's Press following her unique success as a self - published ebook author on Amazon.

More recently, news from The Bookseller's Charlotte Eyre in London is that British children's author Jeff Norton has launched a novel, Star Pressed, on Wattpad «rather than going down the traditional publishing route.»

But they do, and that's in part due to my choice to self - publish and continue to write and publish a series that might've never seen the light of day if I'd pursued the traditional route (or maybe it would've, but it certainly would have taken longer than six months to be published — the amount it took me from inception to publication).

Otherwise, rather than hearing about self - published authors who «make it» by landing a traditional deal, we'll be hearing about other writers who decide to take a similar route to Eisler's and go it alone.

If I had the time to write a whole lot more than I already do, then I might try some author - publishing, but when looking at it in a risk - benefit kinda way, those three as - yet unwritten novels just HAVE to go via my agent, via traditional routes of publication.

If the pathways to publishing outlined by Friedman, other than traditional routes, are to attain full acceptance both inside and outside the industry!

If you are going the traditional publishing route, you can be sure that editors and agents will appreciate a well - developed, edited manuscript more than a rough first draft.

A: After having more than 20 books published through traditional, commercial publishing houses, I decided to take the self - publishing route with my newest project, a picture book titled The Sound in the Basement, about a young boy who tries to overcome his fear of going into the basement alone.

Sometimes it can feel like throwing your manuscript into the wind will have better luck getting published than the traditional route.

The truth is, whether you plan on following the traditional route to publishing, or you're going indie, if you want to publish, and if you want more people than your mom, dad, and aunt Lorraine to buy your book, it's not enough to just write the best book you know how.

I now earn more in a month than I used to earn in an entire year publishing the traditional route.

Independent publishing gives you more leeway in finding and addressing a target market than traditional routes do, but you should still have a target reader in mind when you publish independently because it will help you market your book more successfully.

Two years ago I decided to go directly to readers online, figuring that if enough people enjoyed my writing I would eventually earn a living from it — and probably make more money than I would have through the traditional publishing route.

I have decided, for now at least, that I'm going to pursue the self / indie - publishing route rather than traditional publishing.

I truly don't think that indie publishing is any easier than going the traditional route.

He succeeded through self - publishing faster than he would have landed an agent if he went the traditional route.

Actually, I gain more sales from my self - published books than those of traditional publishing, and I earn much more in royalties going the self - publishing route.

The traditional publishing route is no more conducive to producing polished, professional writers than the self publishing route.

The self - published authors I meet, who are 6 months into the process, are weary and more than a bit angry at themselves for believing that they were going to make more money bypassing the traditional route.

Since the percentage of books actually published with a traditional publishing house is less than 3 %, that makes it difficult for 97 % of authors to get their work published unless they go the self - published route.

This sounds like a lot of money but it is better than what an author would have to part with when he chooses to go the traditional publishing route.

Authors, does self - publishing make more sense for your book and circumstances than taking the traditional route to finding an agent and commercial publisher?

But Hocking and her peers, who have never been published the traditional route before (who were inspired by Konrath's exploits, and who are now selling way more than Konrath ever has) are together invalidating that argument.

What's significant in relation to Locke hitting the million - seller Kindle ebook mark is that it showcases that while choosing the Kindle Direct Publishing route removes agents and publishers from the equation, Locke makes less money with his 99 - cent gambit than he would selling the same number of books with a traditional publisher.

The traditional publishing route is harder than that for someone with an original idea.

In fact, in the last 18 months, we've seen that independently published authors have more promotional options available to them than many who go the traditional route because they can react more quickly to changing market trends and make decisions to jump on timely promotions.

Authors keep a higher percentage of royalty (between 35 % and 70 % depending on the program they opt for) than they would if they choose to go the traditional publishing route.

Publishers weren't willing to pay him what he wanted, so he went the self - publishing route, at which any reasonably well - known midlister may very well be able to do better than in traditional publishing.