Sentences with phrase «trad publishers for»

But the best part is, we're already making inroads; what do we need trad publishers for?

If I were writing lit fic or a picture book — or, as you mentioned, middle - grade — I might consider a trad publisher for their distribution (and for the fact that they do buy lit fic).

I write cozy historical mysteries, and had an agent for my first book who was enthusiastic about getting a trad publisher for it.

Not exact matches

In terms of trad pub vs indie — most trad publishers don't want to publish collections of short fiction by unknowns, but you can submit to magazines and anthologies as well as self - publishing collections or using them for marketing.

The worst thing on the planet for me would be where trad publishers start paying 50 % or more to their authors, and lose their battle with Amazon, only to see their books priced in the weeds.

I tend to keep with the above list, especially for science fiction and fantasy, because that is how print books in those genres (from trad publishers) open their books.

That's why trad publishers still have a lot to offer, especially in the marketing area... they get your books out to the right newspapers, they get your book up for literary prizes... indeed, any newbie signing a contract tese days should take a very close look at the type of marketing the trad publisher is committed to undertake...

And as a matter of FYI, I ran this article past someone who was a reporter for both newspaper and TV, to see if it was accidentally biased for or against self - publishers or trad publishers, which it was never meant to be and as I suspected, this person said that it wasn't and that anyone who read it objectively without any prior personal agenda would see this.

A publisher friend of mine assures me that trad publishers still get greater visibility for their books in ebook stores (unless it hits the Amazon top 100) and you only have to look at what pops up when you go anywhere and you can see the truth in that.

Alex — I think trad publishers still see 80K words as the sweet spot (more for fantasy) because that seems the «right size» for a paper book.

Because if we use a trad publisher * only for those reasons (of offloading the workload) *, then we're paying too much (from our royalties) for the service.

If going trad, decide if you are going to try for publishers where you need an agent or if you are going to a publisher that has open submissions.

A bad ebook debut kills the e-rights for that title which kills any chance of a trad publisher picking it up.

What's been trending the last couple of years with trad publishers and what they're looking for now in the science fiction and fantasy genres.

Have to disagree with some of the points on trad publishing though - For the pros you neglected to mention that the publishers distribute your book to all bookstores and e-books sites (hitting two marketing areas) A huge Pro considering most authors are battling to get their book seen and traditional publishing can do that.

Tip # 1: Forget the query letters, hunts for agents / publishers and all that trad pub jazz.

Sometime in the late 1990s, when I began ghostwriting, and writing business books for trad publishers, I launched my first blog.

You worked hard and produced lots of «product» for your trad publishers, and to market that work — but you also had the huge advantage of in - house editors, designers and, perhaps more important than all the rest, distribution and marketing.

And if a trad publisher is your dream (it was mine, for sure, years ago), then it's definitely worth it.

Now he is talking about selling for trad publishers.

Many of my fav authors are traditionally published — but the trad publishers have priced the books out of my purse so now I look for those indie gems to satisfy my reading habits.

The implied worry for traditional publishers: how long will it be before trad - publishing authors do figure out that self - publishing seems to substantially enhance an author's career — creating more skepticism and criticism of the publishers?

If trad publishers start competing with the Indie Option, then that's good for authors.

Note that some authors are hybrid authors — they work for trad publishers and they do some indie work.

Professionals for cover, proofreading, editing (even with past and current experience with trad - pubs) offer their services for reasonable fees, so, if not for a large marketing machine, what a publisher has to offer, really?

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.

An increasing number of trad published authors are reporting little or no promotional help... basically the publisher requires the author already have a proven following before even signing them up... and then hands them a to - do list that basically is things for the author, rather than the publisher, to do.

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.

But in the case of publishing, while trad publishers may not all come out on top, the changes that are occuring are better for readers, and I think for writers too.

My feeling is that the connectivity between authors and readers is improving (just by my «recommended for you» list)-- which means that those without much connection... which is not a small number (both indy and probably moreso, trad pub) will be «disposable» — but those who make connection with readers — not publishers — will not be.

12) Trad publishers will continue to make plenty of money, and the smart ones will be streamlining their operations in preparation for a brutal 24 - 48 months of shakeup.

As regular IndieReader's know by now, by cutting out the middleman of publishers, indie authors work directly with online retailers to publish and distribute their books more quickly, more inexpensively to the consumer, and for a much larger share of the profits than a «trad» publisher offers.

For example, they offered me their services as an agent to try to get my book picked up by a trad publisher.

Because the excluded publishers are basically all of the big five plus the biggest academic publisher — between them responsible for 80 % of the entire trad publishing market.

Probably a lot of indie authors would hate me for this, but I stopped even looking into the book description if the publisher is not trad publisher long time ago.

She has worked with Cambridge University Press, where she managed technical production cycles for books and software from development to publication, and Oberon Books, London, a specialist book publisher where she gained insight into the gatekeeping process in trad publishing.

If you're trad pubbed, then you're not paying for your editor, the publisher pays.

Finally, one of the biggest advantages for trad books on Amazon is now available to self - publishers: pre-ordering.

For the big 5 publishers + the trad pub authors, it is $ 209,71 a day.

What I want to say is this is matter between trad authors, trad publishers, and Amazon, there's no reason for customers and self publish authors to meddle or dictate how much big trad publishers SHOULD sell their own ebooks.

Our Debbie Bennett is also a terrific Crime Writer (she works for the police), and yet has had little luck with trad publishers.

I think trad publishers sit in a group around a table for days to create good cover copy.

It's not clear whether Amazon pays trad publishers out of the KDP Select Fund, but I can't imagine that could possibly be the case as they're not even enrolled for KDP Select, so I'm excluding trad firms from the following figures, and assuming that the Kindle Unlimited / KOLL payouts are applicable only to indies.

The shift in the book business has been driven by readers moving away from trad publishers» ebooks toward indie - published and Amazon - imprint - published ebooks which now account for almost 60 % of all Kindle ebooks bought in the US, and 40 % of all consumer dollars spent on ebooks.

One of the major reasons seen for the seismic shift from trad to indie is the return to agency pricing by the Big 5, which has brought sharp rises in ebook prices from the trad publishers.

The Big Five have not yet been tempted into Kindle Unlimited but Amazon pays trad publishers the same royalty for a borrow as they would get for a sale.

It might be fortunate for Amazon that the Big 5 aren't in KU as the trad publishers have reverted to high pricing under the agency model and the cash strain of paying out, for example, $ 7 per borrow on a best - seller could be crippling even for a giant company such as Amazon.

I predict trad publishers are still going to keep their ebook prices above $ 9.99 for as long as they can, which gives us indies a chance to shine — but we really do have to shine, in terms of both quality of product AND professionalism.

The big traditional publishers have steered clear of Kindle Unlimited, although Amazon is paying trad firms the same price for a borrow as they would on a sale, while paying self - publishers out of the monthly KDP Select fund.

Publishing Perspectives reported that the Guadalajara Rights Center — a meeting place for publishers to exchange foreign - language rights — had sold out its 125 tables several months in advance, a sure sign of trad pub's growing interest in the global Spanish book market.