Sentences with phrase «trad deals»

Just has a different perspective on the publishing industry from many indies, and is more used to people having the goal of a trad deal.

That's where many thrillers and action / adventure books are purchased, and I can't reach those readers without a trad deal.

I've been indie from the beginning, and never thought about a Trad deal, but I see the logic of what you're considering.

2) Self - publish first, build an audience, then use that to leverage yourself into a good trad deal — if you still even want one by that point.

Because I view all of that as found money, and because it highlights that even if you're not madly pursuing a trad deal, good agents still have a valuable role they can play in the mix, even with indie published books.

Maybe I'll have another project later on that I'd consider for a trad deal.

With what I know now of the publishing industry (thanks to the great blogs mentioned above, as well as the fantastic explanations offered by The Passive Voice and Rusch on the minefield of rights» grabs that are traditional publishing contracts), I would be cautious if I were ever approached for a trad deal.

But she must have still been a very good storyteller to get the trad deal she eventually got.

Tbh, I'm probably still gonna do paperbacks cuz I don't foresee pursuing a trad deal anytime soon, but it's food for thought, eh?

I would have taken the trad deal.

Not exact matches

But I seriously do not have the temperament to deal with 99 % of the stupidity inherent in the trad model.

I can't fathom giving up all that control and royalty for a trad pub deal.

I have people writing to me on Facebook and in email and talking to me in person about how much they love my books, and here I am envying the awards and the accolades, certain that a trad pub deal was the only way I could get them.

If you wrote and published just a little bit more and did some of these as self - pubbed books at a lower price range to go along with your trad pub deals, I'll bet you could make a lot more.

Jim and Bryan's ho - ho - holiday episode of SMBS touched upon the popular podcast Serial, the big boost adults buying YA gave the industry, Macmillan's deal with Amazon, Konrath dropping out of KU, and what trad pubs learned in 2014.

Finally, it was suggested that everyone ultimately wants a trad pub deal.

Why aren't any of the trad - pub houses going in for a royalty - cut of the sales deal like we get online?

Yes, there is a great deal of dreck in self - published books, but have you taken a really good look at trad pubbed books lately?

Then in November of 2012, Hugh Howey negotiated a deal whereby he kept the digital rights, and in February of last year Colleen Hoover negotiated a deal to sell just the print rights to one book, without signing one of the indentured servitude contracts the trads are so fond of.

It's not a deal - maker for me to stay with trad pub for these services, although it's a nice bonus.

In other words, the above graph should not be ostensibly read as whether trad pub or other markets are more profitable to the author, or whether trad pub is an altogether losing deal, but as which economic model — trad pub or otherwise — makes the most business sense.

Show us how many indies who debuted in the past ten years without the benefit of a trad pub background or an Amazon imprint deal are earning these figures and the comparison will be meaningful.

As for a trad publishing deal, if you are successful, then self - pub will not stop you getting picked up.

I'm not opposed to a trad pub deal if it buys you the things you can't get doing it as I am — broad distribution, meaningful marketing, access to film deals — but I can't for the world see why anyone would do a mid-list deal knowing everything we know.

So I know things will take a dive when I make the move out of Select... but it's okay, I'll be ready because I'm building deep with developing a loyal, engaged reader base and capturing them on my email list,, building broad by reaching into new markets (audiobooks, trad pub deals, film and tv) and high by developing new projects in new genres.

This is a digital - only deal and many trad publishers offer 50 % royalties on this basis.

For those interested in her full bio, you can read her Amazon author page, but the short version is that she's sold over 3 million books, is a force to be reckoned with in the industry, and is one of only three folks I know of who have done paper - only deals with trad publishers.

The truth is that a decent trad pub deal isn't a bad thing.

I had heard of too many wannabe published authors who had been waiting for years for either a book deal from a trad publisher, or even an agent to pitch for them.

With a major trad pub deal unless you're a «name» we're talking something in the range of $ 2 - 5k advance.

The entire trad distribution setup doesn't deal in real - time numbers.

I lived from book deal to book deal for 20 years with trad publishing.

I would also love to know if there are any stats anywhere that show what % of trad published debut authors go on to get another deal after their initial deal.

For non-fiction, a super idea on its own could be enough to get a deal even with a small platform, but the chances (and potential advance) go up along with the size of your platform... (lots of authors hope to trad publish because they DO N'T have a platform, but you actually need to build one yourself.)

The right way to look at it is that whether or not you have a trad publishing deal, doing self publishing will make you more money than if you gave it a miss — plus, you and a bunch of readers will have a lot of fun!

Interestingly, once you have a huge platform, you may not NEED a trad published deal (you might make about the same money anyway, but you'd be selling a lot more books and getting more visibility with a traditional publisher, which is what I want).

Friends who are multiply trad - published and score a 3 - book deal with a major NY publisher, but who can't quit their day job.

If a trad pub can do that better than self - pubbing, then it's time to work a deal.

I was particularly interested in the print analysis because this is vital information in making decisions about potential trad - publisher deals.

Trad Pub still has the edge because they — at root — are still giving the customer a square deal.

Amazon Publishing has done this by offering authors a fair deal on ebook royalties, with reported rates of 50 % compared with the maximum 25 % on offer at trad firms.

Some authors initially self - publish successfully and are then offered an Amazon deal and it speaks volumes that many writers, such as previously trad - published Robert Dugoni, are happy to forsake the extra 20 % they could make self - publishing direct and sign up with Amazon.

Romance superstar Marie Force has made the NYT bestseller list 6 times with indie titles, and Brenna Aubrey, who turned down a six figure deal with trad publishing last year has had phenomenal success this year.