Sentences with phrase «trad pub contracts»

Some will see fairer trad pub contracts, too.

She got so much buzz about her decision to turn down a trad pub contract to go indie, that everyone wanted to read or at least look at the book.

If I were to be offered a trad pub contract, I'd be forced to seriously consider it just for the chance to get a readership large enough to help me live modestly while writing the next book.

Not exact matches

I was «this close» to being offered a trad - pub contract way back in 2011, and I'm sorry to say that I would have been ignorant enough and desperate enough to take it, no matter how predatory the terms were.

I went to an author talk by a trad pubbed author and she had to buy a copy of her own book at the bookstore because her contract doesn't allow her to buy copies of her own book at a discount from the publisher.

When authors stop signing contracts and then announce they are making as much, if not more, by selling direct to their customers (via Amazon / iTunes / etc), will those remaining trad pub authors still toe the line and defend their masters at all costs?

I don't know if trad publishing is the brass ring or not, but I know that I was always too frightened to self - pub before because I was given to understand it would ruin my chances at a «real» publishing contract.

But that being said, please, if any new writers * do * go through trad - pub (and this isn't for you, Diane, because I know you're a pro at all this and have been for longer than me), read the contract carefully and know * exactly * what you're signing on for.

Nothing like telling trad pubbed authors just how much bank they're losing due to their contracts.

But when you look at the «prizes,» it gives one pause: enough of an advance to last maybe three or four months, and a contract that exemplifies the worst of trad pub practices.

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).

I think this kind of freedom is what I love most about self - publishing, and it's equally open to trad - pub authors like Kate above (assuming you don't have a non-compete clause in your contract) as it is to self - published authors.

(As an aside, I suspect if I dug into the publishing contracts with many trad pubbed authors, I'd find a clause that cuts their royalties to almost nothing when the selling price of a book is greater than a 50 % discount.

Amazon's Scout program makes it easy for newbies to give the whole trad - pub contract thing a whirl and has a far - higher conversion and success rates than others, like the now - defunct Harper Collins Authonomy.

For authors who aren't determined to have the trad - pub contract, that's where the negotiation — and the changes — will come.

(However that is determined) This, more than anything, probably accounts for a lot of wretched, nasty contract terms and disrespectful attitudes from trad pubs — from their point of view they're risking bankruptcy with every copy out the door.

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