Sentences with phrase «time author income»

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«Self - assessed time crunch has increased more for lower - income families than for higher - income families between 1992 and 2005,» the authors wrote.

«Long gone are the days when the majority of middle - and upper - income women stayed home to raise families full time,» the authors wrote.

James Browne, the author of the report, said: «With real earnings growth slow, and more tax increases and benefit cuts to come, household incomes are likely to remain stagnant for some time to come.

Writing in PLoS ONE, Paul Cross from Bangor University and fellow authors conclude that the impact of beekeeping on income could be even larger if more ongoing support would be provided to beekeepers so that they are able to reap a greater profit or contribution to the household income, from the honey and other hive products, and that they should monitor their success rate over a longer time - period.

The authors found the most useful representation is determined when a head of household works at least half time and the household income is below 125 percent of the official poverty line.

The amount of screen time children should be allowed, in particular TV — which is still the most popular electronic medium — is a huge issue in all demographics, but perhaps even more so for low - income children, said first author Sarah Domoff, a researcher at the U-M Center for Human Growth and Development and assistant professor at Central Michigan University.

Do you agree with the author's view that pre-assessment actually saves instructional time by pinpointing student's incoming knowledge, skills, and dispositions?

I would estimate that the average annual income for self - published authors is slightly lower now and, having seen a number of authors quit over the last couple of years in order to get full time jobs because of financial problems, it hasn't gotten any easier to make ends meet on just book royalties.

I want to write full time, and I feel that being a hybrid author would generate the income needed to do so.

I always imagined my typical reader to be a woman in her mid 40s - 60s, a high school / university graduate, in full - time employment or retired, a homeowner, on a median income, someone who liked shopping online, loved reading complex thrillers, and probably counted James Patterson, Dan Brown, James Rollins, and Clive Cussler among her favorite authors.

According to a 2015 Authors Guild survey — our first since 2009 — the writing - related income of full - time book authors dropped 30 % over that time period, from $ 25,000 to $ Authors Guild survey — our first since 2009 — the writing - related income of full - time book authors dropped 30 % over that time period, from $ 25,000 to $ authors dropped 30 % over that time period, from $ 25,000 to $ 17,500.

For self - published authors looking to make a second income or replace their full - time job with writing, success might be years in the making.

As the recent drops in author income have shown, authors can't count on Amazon or any of the other retailers to send readers to every book every time.

How can you make a living, or at least a decent part - time income, as an author living in such a world?

The author wanted to send out new trade book proposals to the industry and shop for an extra source of income despite the fact that the new proposal was a historical novel and the current contracted books were also historicals (different time periods but still historicals).

My income from being an author and online marketer has allowed me to realize my dream of spending time with my loved ones at home.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

Many authors supplement their income with a full - time job.

Most authors still need a real job that provides a stable income, and need to write in their spare time.

To start a new «Author's Quick Guide» series of Kindle books to answer authors» most nagging questions and increase my own passive income at the same time.

I don't want to be a full - time working author, I want to casually earn a good income while on vacation.

When I was a full - time author, over half my income came from speaking and spin - off products.

The Authors Guild recently reported «full - time authors» median income down 30 %, from $ 25,000 to $ 17,500.Authors Guild recently reported «full - time authors» median income down 30 %, from $ 25,000 to $ 17,500.authors» median income down 30 %, from $ 25,000 to $ 17,500.»

In what is becoming more and more common and viable, both Konkoly and Locke are full time authors, writing and publishing their own titles and living off the royalty income, another feat that would have been barely fathomable only five years ago.

Beyond control, authors give up a lot of potential income as a result of those services, but in my case I didn't have or want to take my time for all that.

That's why after years of listening to others and thinking my writing had to make an income before I made the leap, I jumped out of the day job to become a full - time author - entrepreneur.

I haven't spent a lot of time studying this out, but there seems to be a more entrenched traditional book publishing culture in the UK, and it is those authors who are seeing their incomes go down significantly.

Authors such as Scott Sigler, duo Sean Platt and David Wright, Lindsay Buroker, Joe Konrath, CJ Lyons and many others, are making a decent income and even earning a full time living as a writer.

Three years ago, I gave up a career as an IT business consultant for large corporates, earning a six - figure income, to become a full - time author - entrepreneur.

Our findings suggest that full - time and part - time U.S. authors have experienced a significant decrease in writing income over the last five years.

With ebooks gaining more visibility in our culture and more authors trying to make a viable income from their sales, is it time for companies to pay for product placements in books?

But while the Big Five aren't closing up shop entirely any time soon — despite recent mergers and rumors of future mergers — and self - published authors continue to earn accolades and income, one entity in the publishing industry has been largely overlooked: literary agents.

Tang Jia San Shao, was the top - earning author in China from 2008 to 2012, during which time his royalty income rose to 110 million yuan from 26.5 million.

«This rapid decline in both author incomes and in the numbers of those writing full - time could have serious implications for the economic success of the creative industries in the UK.»

Commissioned by the Authors» Licensing and Collecting Society and carried out by Queen Mary, University of London, the survey also found that in 2013, just 11.5 % of professional authors — those who dedicate the majority of their time to writing — earned their incomes solely from wAuthors» Licensing and Collecting Society and carried out by Queen Mary, University of London, the survey also found that in 2013, just 11.5 % of professional authors — those who dedicate the majority of their time to writing — earned their incomes solely from wauthors — those who dedicate the majority of their time to writing — earned their incomes solely from writing.

It's been almost two and a half years since I released my first Emperor's Edge book, a negligible amount of time to those authors who have been in the biz for decades, but a small eternity in our new e-publishing era, one in which independent authors are making full - time incomes solely on their ebook sales.

It never hurts to point out that for the majority of authors it's going to take a lot of novels to build a full - time income, but my ultimate message here is to try and maximize your overall monthly income rather than getting hung up on the price of a particular book.

So given the above, and a heaven sent opportunity (via Hugh Howey) to get a better deal for the people he supposedly works for, from the people he fights with for them... Does he blog... 1) Now there is evidence that self - published authors can achieve the same or better status and sales and a far, far higher income, I will point this out to them and to the publishers (that I fight with all the time) and tell them they've had a bumper year of profits, and unless they want to lose their authors, we'd better re-negotiate a much better deal on e-books.

Bottom line, I know more self - published authors that earn full time income then I do traditionally published ones.

If your book wound up on the midlist (which by definition most did) then low volume and a small cut of the books total sales price made it financially impossible for authors to write full time as their sole source of income.

By the time ten years are out, if I live that long, as a self - published author and at my current income level, I will have earned that advance more than ten times over..

I'm a New York Times bestselling male SF / F author, but I would not be able to pursue my craft full - time if not for the fact that my wife has a moderately good job in the health care industry, and her income and benefits keep us solvent while my modest income fills in the gaps.

I was already self - employed, so I didn't have as hard a time as many authors do, but I'm lucky things went well, because I mentally checked out of the day job before I was really there with the author income.

Two years ago, I gave up a secure career as an IT business consultant for large corporates, earning a six - figure income, to become a full - time author - entrepreneur.

Today, he teaches new and established authors and writers how to earn a full - time income by becoming successful writers, publishers and marketers.

My goal is to become a full - time Author Entrepreneur a creative who earns an income via writing and is business savvy.

I know several indie authors who are not doing too shabby, so I know there's money to make and you can quite easily have a full - time income within a few years.

So I would advise if you're going to be writing full time, look at the alternative income streams that you can expect as a regular fiction author.

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