Sentences with phrase «traditional book publishers not»

Where have traditional book publishers not already «woken up and smelt the coffee» in many if not most traditional book contracts?

Not exact matches

Luckily for you, the barrier to entry isn't too high — my first two books were published by a traditional publisher, and I'm currently working on a self - published e-book.

Traditional publishing is a slog — find an agent, pitch a book and if it's picked up by a publisher, sign away the rights to your work, then spend years doing edits and waiting for the book to slot into a publishing schedule — and the majority of these people don't score a deal, because most entrepreneurs «aren't in a position to be commercially published,» says Sattersten.

It's not easy getting attention for a book, even one from a traditional publisher.

Note that this book is not a guide on how to get your book published by traditional book publishers.

As the saying goes, he who lies down with the dogs wakes up with fleas, and she who publishes with the publisher of Marcus Borg, Bart Ehrman, John Dominic Crossan, and Starhawk, not to mention books like Afterlives of the Rich and Famous by the «psychic» Sylvia Browne, finds her book being pushed as another devastating blow to traditional Christianity.

I have not pursued any traditional publishers with this book, and am not really prepared to get it published in paper.

I am just getting ready to self - publish my first book after deciding I didn't want to hand a traditional publisher my hard work so that they could make most of the money off it.

The old vanity publishing offered authors who could not attract the interest of a traditional publisher an opportunity to get their books published.

If your book needs to be available within the year, the odds are that it won't happen with a traditional publisher.

I honestly can't think of a single traditional book publisher who has led the development of a successful marketplace / marketing innovation in the last decade.

Of course, it's important to note that most published books are not error - free, whether they are from big name traditional publishers or small indie micro-publishers.

My company (U.S. News & World Report), gave up on publishing printed books two years ago because licensing our content to traditional book publishers wasn't paying off and the barriers to entry were too great for us to publish on our own.

Unlike traditional publishers — who only take on a book if it has a chance of doing really well, either because the author has an established platform or because the book is in a very popular genre — I work on a lot of projects that probably won't be as successful.

Because we are writing the books we like to read, books that weren't getting published by most traditional publishers and those few who do put out similar books can't put out enough to feed our reading habit.

I self - publish, so I do pretty much everything myself; but I've heard several traditionally published indie authors say they were surprised to find out that even with a traditional publisher, they were expected to do a lot of the marketing for their own books, particularly if the publisher is small, since they were * not * a celebrity name that could sell itself.

Because of the ability of the independent publisher to get a quality book published within a shorter period of time, opportunities abound — opportunities that traditional publishers can't respond to.

Horizons will make it possible for thousands of authors, whose manuscripts Harlequin or other traditional publisher can not publish, to see their books in print.

Historically, these traditional publishers have been able to dictate to the reading public what books they will make available and independent authors who didn't meet every single one of their criteria didn't make the cut.

Traditional publishers aren't scouring the Top 100 lists as the new slush piles as much, movie moguls aren't optioning as many indie books as The New Hotness, word has gotten out that you actually have to bring a ladder to reach the boughs of the money tree.

It almost never works that way, and once an author self - publishes and doesn't gain traction for a book, it's exceedingly difficult to transition that book to a traditional publisher.

One of the biggest advantages of having your book published by a leading traditional publisher is the sales and distribution infrastructure that will get your book into hundreds if not thousands of stores upon release.

The huge myth that indie writers hold that they can't get their books into bookstores is the last hope of traditional publishers.

I disagree with Kozlowski I review books both from Publishers and Indies — and I think he has sour grapes, I do not distinguish between whether the author has paid it all themselves — or whether they have gone the traditional route and been fortunate to be picked up — YES Indie Publishing means that the Author gets the profits faster — BUT THEY HAVE PAID for Editors, Covers etc and had to market the book themselves out their own pocket!

I think traditional publishers are too «mechanical» in their selection process, and need to take more of what they would classify as «risks» on books (in most categories, not all).

Knowing the primitive mindset of traditional publishers and their lack of imagination, I didn't even bother to waste my time submitting my books to them.

«We felt that there are a lot of authors with really great book ideas that deserve a market that just are not getting picked up by traditional publishers.»

Since most traditional publishers are not responsible for marketing books, we also offer a robust marketing program.

The book was particularly to address the rapidly expanding group of self - published or independent authors — but what author doesn't want to sell more books, even those commissioned by traditional publishers?

-- Some publishers ask you to chip in for editing, your book cover, or for marketing / publicity (traditional publishers provide these things as part of the publication process, at their expense, not yours).

Staff of traditional publishers lose their jobs if books are not profitable.

Getting published by a traditional press might give a writer a bit more «legitimacy,» but the writer still has to put as much if not more work into the process, especially post-publication when the book is suppose to sell and make the publisher a lot of money.

Just because a book is «vetted» by traditional publishers doesn't mean I'll like it.

While there are a few gems out there, I've found that self - published books aren't as helpful as those published by a traditional publisher.

While these niche topics won't interest traditional publishers or literary agents — it's still possible there's an audience waiting for you to publish that unique book!

Reblogged this on Dale Furse and commented: As indie authors, we need to market our books, but we don't have the big budgets Traditional publishers do.

My tentative conclusions are these: 1) ebooks are «leveling» the playing field for female authors since, for the first time in publishing history, authors do not have to wait for the largesse or permission from publishers to get our books into the hands of readers, and traditional publishing has always favored males (to date).

An indie author can't place a book in airport bookstores and supermarkets; a large traditional publisher can.

«Not every author can make the NY Times bestseller list» says Mark, «but every talented author deserves to reach as many people as possible... whether it's with a traditional publisher like Random House or through self - publishing supported by smart book marketing.

Traditional publishers are able to offer suggested changes / edits that reflect their current knowledge of readers interests and project marketability, not to mention their expansive resources to get the books out there.

And the biggest myth to hit indie writers (because traditional publishers repeat this over and over) is that indie writers can't get their books into bookstores.

But just as if you don't need a buggy whip to start your car, you don't need an agent to sell a book, or a traditional publisher to make a living at fiction writing.

And since readers don't buy for publisher, but for author, any indie book was suddenly sitting beside any traditional book in the big discount catalogs.

This is a fear based on lack of knowledge and still believing the old myth that it is hard to get a book (not done by a traditional publisher) into a bookstore.)

Technically, an indie can put a book out without spending a dime (though hiring an editor, at the least, is recommended), meaning that even 99 - cent ebooks can result in tidy profits, whereas traditional publishers must put a lot more money into the process and can't afford price points like that, at least not in the long run.

NOTE: It's important to note that unlike exclusivity with a traditional publisher, the contract applies only to a specific book, and not to the author's work as a whole.

Traditional publishers often can't handle all the books that an author can write, and this is a huge problem if there are option clauses or no - compete clauses in place.

Sure, send work to traditional publishers, but all of us have books that haven't sold, or books that have been reverted, or short stories that have sold and reverted after a few months.

If your book actually earns royalties, you don't receive that money for several months, because most traditional publishers only pay royalties every six months, and they typically cut the check a month or two after the royalty period ends.

Traditional publishers don't have magic wands that ship their books into bookstores.