Sentences with phrase «traditional book publishing since»

I've been an indie publisher since 2005, and before that, I worked in traditional book publishing since 1990.

I've been a developmental editor in traditional book publishing since 1962, and have worked one - on - one with private writer clients for many years.

Not exact matches

Yes, you can get the attention of an agent and publisher with 60,000 book sales — especially since the traditional publishing averages LESS than 5,000.

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.

Since the eBooks are self - published, they do not have to abide by the traditional one book, one lend philosophy.

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).

Ironically, (I think it's irony), since books take years to get published, not one of the writing books I read, even recent ones, really addressed the «maybe you should just e-publish» issue with more than a passing thought of the traditional variety, that self - publishing is sort of dirty and might tarnish you.

Ever since I got the crazy, half - baked idea in my head that I wanted the «control, speed, and cost - effectiveness of self - publishing» rather than the traditional way to do it, I've been through the ringer with pretty much all of the well - known «indie» - book creation shops.

Since the financial returns from self - publishing per book are so many times greater than the royalties paid by traditional publishers, I could easily cut the marketing firm in on the returns.

3) Opening up backlist and some new products published by writers for readers to find can only HELP traditional publishing and their sales on the same author's books, since more readers can find the author.

How to Secure a Traditional Book Deal by Self - Publishing (Jane Friedman at Writer Unboxed): «It's not any easier to interest an agent or publisher when you're self - published, and since new authors are more likely to put out a low - quality effort (they rush, they don't sufficiently invest, they don't know their audience), chances are even lower their book will get picked up.&raBook Deal by Self - Publishing (Jane Friedman at Writer Unboxed): «It's not any easier to interest an agent or publisher when you're self - published, and since new authors are more likely to put out a low - quality effort (they rush, they don't sufficiently invest, they don't know their audience), chances are even lower their book will get picked up.&rabook will get picked up.»

As far as doing it, I've been publishing books since the 1980s, worked in traditional publishing, owned my own publishing business, and every year help hundreds of authors get their books to market.

I will be among the first to say that self - published books can be just as amazing — or perhaps better, since they don't have to be edited to a lowest - common - denominator committee — as any traditional book lineup.

Today, indie authors have as much of a potential platform as authors using traditional publishing houses, since they are able to distribute their work through Amazon (arguably the single most important book distirbution channel in the world today).

A good few indy - authors that I know of have since gotten traditional publishing deals based on their success with indy - published books, but unless I were offered an insanely large advance, I don't think I would go for it.

Since traditional publishers were slow to consider this demographic, self - published e-books filled the void — and readers devoured the books.

If your book is under an exclusive contract, the prospect of republishing your book could be of less interest to a traditional publisher since it could take legal action to wrest it away from the original publishing group or service.

And since traditional publishing is so competitive, and it can be especially hard to place certain «niche» books with a traditional publisher, self - pub is a terrific option.

It's only been a month since I published my book, but from what I've seen so far, my most important tool is the ability to adjust my price for promotions — one area traditional publishing probably will never loosen control.

While the term may be new to the publishing industry since it first created buzz at last month's Digital Book World conference, news surrounding the so - called hybrid authors — those who work in some way in both self - publishing and traditional publishing — has cropped up throughout the digital publishing sphere.

Uhh, any small publisher has the same shot as any book out of traditional publishers, since a vast majority of traditionally published books don't make B&N shelves.

I know some traditional publishers might take a look, but since I didn't have mega sales I'm much less likely to be picked up, even with a second book that's not been published.

But since most eBook publishing involves authors whose chances of landing traditional media coverage is necessarily limited (for now, anyway), it's good to know that eBook promotion doesn't mean fewer book publicity opportunities.

Step 5 — Selling your book Since 2008 the number of self - published books has surpassed those produced by traditional publishers.

Oh, btw, I'm making that on books I couldn't get a traditional publisher to touch and I'm glad since my royalty rates are more than double what I'd have gotten from them and the press I'm published through doesn't rely on the hand - wavium of BookScan for reporting sales.

As Le Veque points out in the NYT piece, not everyone is in the same category as she is when it comes to adapting to this landscape: since she has been writing fiction for more than 20 years without selling a single book through the traditional publishing industry, she has a backlog of material she can quickly produce and / or cut the price on.

POD publishing has entirely revolutionised life for many authors, since many who can not be published in the traditional way can now see their book in print.

In contrast to traditional publishing houses, Book Country offers the author a much higher percentage since Book Country is not incurring editorial, marketing or publicity costs.

Step 5 - Selling your book Since 2008 the number of self - published books has surpassed those produced by traditional publishers.

Since then, I self - published two other books, and then I received my first two traditional book contracts for my children's books.

Since good editing, cover design, print / e-book design and layout, and even printing of physical (paper) books are available outside of the traditional publishing industry, one has to wonder just what traditional publishing companies have to offer the aspiring writer.

On the opposite end of the publishing spectrum, Wendy Higgins» post on money in traditional publishing has since been deleted, but included information on the advance she received, how it was split out, and the amount per book sold she ended up receiving... and it was small.

I've been self publishing novels since 1999; I've been publishing books with traditional publishers since 2000; I've been publishing novels with literally dozens of publishers worldwide since 2005.

Alas, BookSurge / CreateSpace has since discontinued this program because traditional publishers were upset that shoddy self - published books were being featured on the same page as their books.

Honestly, since so many people use their computers and phones for everything nowadays, I think in time online publishing, not necessarily self - publishing, might overtake traditional routes, giving people the chance to read awesome books they would never be able to find on a store shelf.

Since the percentage of books actually published with a traditional publishing house is less than 3 %, that makes it difficult for 97 % of authors to get their work published unless they go the self - published route.

Interestingly, Robert Ringer has since then had several books published by traditional publishers.

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