Sentences with phrase «what trad»

I meant indie writers had to work harder to ensure our products look as good as what trad.

Because this is just what trad - pubbed authors probably thought about Amazon's launch of KDP.

That's true, T.A. I don't know what the Trad Pub terms are.

Jim and Bryan's ho - ho - holiday episode of SMBS touched upon the popular podcast Serial, the big boost adults buying YA gave the industry, Macmillan's deal with Amazon, Konrath dropping out of KU, and what trad pubs learned in 2014.

What trad pub paid you to write their propaganda?

Again, and I know I sound like a broken record, check what the trads in your genre are doing.

Once more, see what the trads in your genre are doing.

As indies, we need to be aware of what the trads are doing in our genres, both with images and with fonts.

The simple truth is that for all its problems, and they are legion, it still has the best «review» function of all the other word processing programs out there and it is what the trads use.

Yes, as indies we have expenses but they are not the same as what the trads put out and we don't have to worry about giving an agent 15 % or more of what we make, plus expenses.

Not exact matches

Which broker you should choose depends on what type of binary options you want to trad with.

Trads hold on to tradition, liberals to liberalism, but when the tree is shaken so violently what do the conservatives hold on to?

We asked her a bunch of questions about what she found in regard to author income, books on sale, and whether indie or trad publishing is more likely to get a person to a living wage (which she defined as the U.S. average of $ 32,000 a year).

The truth has always been that most trad published books are damp squibs (speaking from experience), but self - publishing has allowed authors to give readers what they want to read instead of what agents and publishers think they want to read.

You put out samples, you sell your work yourself, people like it, talk about it — the movers & shakers in the trad publishing industry aren't just sitting on their thumbs when they aren't reading; they're scanning the «net and seeing what people are saying about writers like you.

As I've continued on my self - publishing path, though, I've felt more frustration with what happens with my trad - pubbed books.

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.

Each of the speakers will outline over 30 minutes, their take on the what's required for success in either the self publishing or trad publishing worlds.

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

Second, what I was saying that if Good Writer writes Good Book and sends it to either market — trad or self pub — in a proper, professional manner, they seem to have roughly equal success rates.

Considering how poorly trained the volunteers were — most of whom are readers and have zero idea of author politics or the indie / trad battle of bruised egos — I'm not surprised if a) one or two volunteers got the designation wrong and / or b) the overheard conversations had zero to do with the book signing and were instead «why does your name badge say that / what do you write / do you have a book out?»

But what continues to get to me is when I see other writers, either those who are traditionally published or those who refuse to go indie even though they have continued to be turned down by the trads, condemning those of us who have gone an alternate route.

Yes, trad publishers are scared and dumb in most every way, but their handling of blockbusters in the present day isn't what they're doing wrong.

I think that many books — self or indie or trad published — skate very near the edge of what is acceptable or not.

I've been indie from the beginning, and never thought about a Trad deal, but I see the logic of what you're considering.

I started reading indie largely because I was bored with what was coming out of the trad markets.

At some point, I hope you'll take up what might be considered the downside to self - publishing, vis a vis those who continue to seek a trad publishing arrangement.

I get that I'm supposed to be more upset about this paid review service, but what Locke did doesn't look different to me than Kirkus Reviews (and, as you point out, other favor trades from trad pubbing that are entrenched and go unremarked.)

I can honestly say that 98 % of what I read (all indie) is better than that of trad pub'd books.

I, too noticed more activity in the market by trad publishers in what I used to term the fallow months.

What makes you think indie authors lay awake at night whining that they don't have a horrible trad contract or some bauble from a committe?

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.

I look at indie publishing as a way to show the trad publishing industry just what an author has and what they can do for themselves, kind of like a «try before you buy» with little risk to them and, actually, little risk — even financially — to the authors.

It will be both interesting and instructive to see what happens next — and yes, with so many trad - published books to your hard - working credit, you will remain a hybrid author for as long as it can matter.

With what I know now of the publishing industry (thanks to the great blogs mentioned above, as well as the fantastic explanations offered by The Passive Voice and Rusch on the minefield of rights» grabs that are traditional publishing contracts), I would be cautious if I were ever approached for a trad deal.

I review all of my trad pub royalty statements when they come in, but I'm not sure what I should be looking for beyond checking that the various royalty rates are as they should be and running the math (cost of book x royalty rate x no.

Not long ago I was talking to a traditionally published author who saw what I was doing — stories, novellas, novelettes, non-fiction, backlist (all in addition to my trad books)

With full disclosure (of who he is and what he's doing with the data) and full access to indies as well and not just trad clients under the covers.

One of the things I, as well as the rest of us here at MGC, strive to do on an almost daily basis is see what is going on with the industry, both trad and indie.

If it's not what it's cracked up to be, I don't have to go trad - pubbed the next time.

What's more likely is that they focus on their own Thomas and Mercer brand, making it successful, and push the offerings of the trad pub world, because they make more, and because those are likely higher quality than most of the indie stuff.

That one I will market to trad pubs, or what system is around by the time I finish the book in the next year or so.

You can now add more books (what you have to do anyway under a trad contract), because self - publishing is a volume business.

Because when I really looked at what I wanted and what I «thought» was there for me on the trad path, the goal became empty and meaningless.

What are your thoughts on the types of books that people can write in order to make a living but also on trad vs. indie, because when you started out you were traditional but you've also adjusted to the market with your indie books.

Oh, I'll also hedge my bets and try the trad route too — but not with one of the Big 5 and not with an agent who would probably fight me tooth and nail on my choice of where to send my work and then happily take their 15 % or more of what I might make.

I've studied what other indies and small presses, as well as trad publishers, do.

I find those with some trad experience are generally more interesting, as opposed to some noob self - pubbers that post stuff like, «So what's you favorite character in my new book?

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

A chapter, or two, or even three is what the gatekeepers of trad publishing usually want to see going in.