Sentences with phrase «traditional authors embracing»

Until that changes, I can see more and more would - be traditional authors embracing the indie revolution.

You'll see many traditional authors embrace indie publishing, because they realize they can undercut the publishers, make a 70 % royalty instead of 10 % or less, and own all rights to their work.

Not exact matches

The traditional industry, while maybe not yet embracing indie publishing, has certainly come a long way from the days in which a vanity press - produced title was the kiss of death for an author's future publishing career; it's now becoming more and more common for publishers to seek out authors whose titles that have a proven following thanks to self - publishing.

I still am not sure if I should I go a more traditional route or fully embrace the indie lifestyle and the powerful freedom to produce a work from start to finish, but having a weekend when authors and writers are empowered and encouraged to create and share great stories was worth it all.

It's rare for a famous author to bypass traditional publishing and embrace self publishing so enthusiastically.

By embracing and utilizing the very technology that is changing the book publishing world, traditional book publishers have the ability to offer authors the same services provided by self - publishing platforms under the umbrella of a vast amount of knowledge, experience, and a long - standing history of success.

As more readers embrace digital reading and as ebooks continue to fare well through Amazon's catalog, more traditional and indie authors can hope to achieve this level of success and fan following.

David, self - published authors — being reliant on themselves for marketing — will no doubt embrace the same methods that successful «traditional» authors employ... assuming they have a demonstrable sales effect.

The first breed of authors to actively embrace self - publishing and hybrid models for bringing their work to market, Romance authors continue to pursue and support the traditional route of publishing.

Because there's a higher risk of reader fatigue and sales degradation, traditional publishing is not always eager to embrace a book series by a new author.

Now that the traditional publishing industry is beginning to embrace self - published authors, seeing them as a talent pool of writers who come complete with their own firmly established followings and fan bases, it almost feels like the self - published authors want nothing to do with the industry they once couldn't join.

This initiative makes Penguin the first of the Big Six traditional publishers to not allow tolerate the need for digital publishing, but to actually embrace it as a viable option that more and more authors are exploring.

In internet - savvy circles [Amanda Hocking] has been embraced as a figurehead of the digital publishing revolution that is seen as blowing up the traditional book world — or «legacy publishing» as its detractors call it — and replacing it with the ebook, where direct contact between author and reader, free of the mediation of agent and publishing house, is but a few clicks away.

I understand Joe Konrath's ire because he came from a foundation within traditional publishing, did an about turn, and embraced the changes and benefits for the author as an individual business concern by self - publishing.

-LSB-...] Matthews explains why all ebook authors should embrace new technologies, while at the 2014 London Book Fair, traditional publishers are urged to look beyond the -LSB-...]

I suspect that the authors who have embraced self - publishing as a way to take control of their rights back from traditional publishers are not going to be too quick to hand them over to someone else.

As these sea changes evolve, the «self - published» label will cease to exist in any meaningful way except inasmuch as it means «smart,» and will be replaced a kinder, gentler sense of «indie author» and «indie publisher» that is embraced by readers, by authors who previously had chosen traditional publishing routes, and, of course, by the DIY renegades among us.

Many authors are turning their backs on the hoop - jumping processes of traditional publishing and are embracing the collaborative process of partner publishing.

In 2014, I would like to see the traditional publishers embrace the indie author for the valuable low - hanging fruit they offer.