Sentences with phrase «what trad pubs»

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?

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

Not exact matches

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

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

What that will accomplish over time is that the lists will feature mostly higher priced books, setting a self - fulfilling prophecy for the trad pub titles (and of course, Amazon's own label) and hurting sales for lower priced titles.

That's what has me shaking my head at most trad pub news I read.

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?

I think this kind of freedom is what I love most about self - publishing, and it's equally open to trad - pub authors like Kate above (assuming you don't have a non-compete clause in your contract) as it is to self - published authors.

So as I survey the landscape, I'm thinking to myself, if I have to do all the work myself anyway, what makes trad pub such a great draw?

That being said, digital distribution is even between indie and trad - pub — that's pretty much what's driven the entire indie revolution.

What's more, there are a lot of trad - pub books that aren't available at all in ebook format in my region.

Lawyer David Vandagriff, who runs The Passive Voice and who comments using the handle Passive Guy, said it was «interesting how little many of these big - selling trad pub authors understand about the book business», claiming that this came from «listening to what their publishers and agents tell them».

Judy — I follow DWS and KKR too, and they have great things to say — but they're both formerly trad - pubbed authors, so what works for them may not work for the fledgling indie.