Sentences with phrase «who work with traditional publishers»

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It's fairly well - known that self - publishing once carried a stigma (some would argue it still does), and that it was considered primarily a fall - back plan for authors who couldn't find an agent or traditional publisher to work with them.

This Publishers Weekly article shares the results of a recent Writer's Digest survey that compares writers» (those who have worked with traditional publishers to publish books and have also self - published their own books) satisfaction with traditional traditional publishing compared to self - pPublishers Weekly article shares the results of a recent Writer's Digest survey that compares writers» (those who have worked with traditional publishers to publish books and have also self - published their own books) satisfaction with traditional traditional publishing compared to self - ppublishers to publish books and have also self - published their own books) satisfaction with traditional traditional publishing compared to self - publishing.

They said that Self Published authors were putting in just as much work and doing all the same things as Authors who are combined with a Traditional Publisher.

Candace Johnson is a professional freelance editor, proofreader, writer, ghostwriter, and writing coach who has worked with traditional publishers, self - published authors, and independent book packagers on nonfiction subjects ranging from memoirs to alternative medical treatments to self - help, and on fiction ranging from romance to paranormal.

Andre, who wrote the Four Weddings and a Fiasco series under the name Lucy Kevin, has become widely recognized for maintaining strict creative and rights control over her work, despite traditional print publishing deals with a major publisher, a move that has allowed her to make decisions such as the Kobo deal.

If getting published traditionally doesn't especially help you to get your books on the shelves of stores (unless you are talented, awesome, hard - working, and lucky enough to be a Jim Butcher), then you've got a legitimate reason to question whether you want to roll the dice with traditional publishers (who absolutely offer many great advantages), or get 70 % royalties on your indie ebooks and get paid 80 % of your print book's list price (minus the cost of POD printing) with your print - on - demand book via Lightning Source and their 20 % short discount option — which gets you right into Amazon.com and other online bookstores, just like the big boys do.

A final major benefit of traditional publishing, and what I believe to be the most important, is the fact that, with a publisher, a writer has a team of experts in every aspect of book production — i.e., editing, copy editing, legal review, when necessary, cover design, formatting, marketing, and publicity — who work together with a common, vested interest in making a book the best representation of the author and the publishing house that it can be.

The percentage of indie authors who never worked with a traditional publisher is rising from year to year (now 60 %) as is the percentage of authors who never even tried to find a publisher (35 %).

Having published more than a dozen books — nonfiction and fiction — with both traditional and often prestigious publishers as well as on my own, I have a very good sense of the demands of book promotion and was delighted to have the chance to work with Smith Publicity who did a fine job with my Sino - American Tales series of historical novels

This is exactly the ideal situation for self - publishing, i.e. established writers with professional careers who are providing works that are not practical for traditional publishers to offer.

Because of a somewhat discouraging encounter with a so - called «traditional» publisher (who ended up on the Writer Beware list, thus the quotes), I made the decision to learn how to self - publish by using my own works as my learning experience.

There are a few authors working with traditional publishers who actually think in these terms.

With the emergence of self - publishing so many authors who normally would not be able to get their work out there are able to do so without a traditional publisher.

The benefit of working with a traditional publisher, rather than with an author who's self - published, is to make use of the specialists who deal with books on a daily basis.

Scott Sigler is a horror author who has made excellent promotional use of his subsidiary rights (even while often working with traditional publishers).

This could be a huge problem with indies who are still shopping their work around to traditional publishers.

Foreign publishers are and will be skeptical, but there are some and some more who are looking to find new voices and hoping to discover the gems for less money compared to when working with a traditional publisher.

As someone who had already published a dozen books with traditional publishers by that time, I knew that royalty statements could be challenging to figure out — previous experiences with publishers had occurred where not all sales were reported and I had to work hard to get what was due me.

AND, against those who convince newbies that they ARE traditional publishers & that pay for play is how it works with the big houses.

What's different today, however, is that we're hearing those and more observations from a rapidly rising author, one who has worked both with traditional houses and, with undeniable success, as a self - publisher.

I'm biased now because I've communicated quite a bit with you and worked with you, but it seems to me that your goal is to come across as the guy who can help independent authors have the same advantages they would get by going through a traditional publisher - putting power back into the hands of the little guy determined to make it on his own.

When I read a book from a traditional publisher, I know up front a long of things about the book: 1) a team of editors decided something about the book is good, 2) the book has an editor who worked with the author on content, 3) it has a copy editor who worked on grammar and consistency and 4) it has marketers and publicists who, yes, will probably convince the author not to send a blogger who gives them a negative review hate mail.

But first, for those new to the term «hybrid,» it means those authors who both self - publish and work with traditional publishers.

It's no wonder that traditional publishers prefer to work with authors who have ideas for more than one book; they figure they stand to make more money on their investment.