Sentences with phrase «with author royalty»

Publishing through Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) and with the author royalty rates at 70 %, an indie author would be able to take away $ 2.09 and $ 2.79 on a $ 2.99 and $ 3,99 priced e-book, respectively.

I'd be cool with author royalty + promotion costs based on printed books + projected downloabut for now I'm interested in your thoughts on this.

luckily i was able to put down their «marketing» consaltant, she did try to press on useless marketing service at cost of 5thousands dollars, what a shameless b... ch, she had nothing to say on question how can i be sure that i will have a return on such «investment», can you guarantee me that i will actually sale a book, and with author royalty like 40pence how many do i have to sell to get back my money?

Joe, I'm not equating the Amazon / Hachette negotiations with author royalties... that's your platform to vocalize to the rest of the world.

Thus, we create all of our print books through the POD (Print - on - Demand) process, where we're able to be competitive both with retail pricing and with author royalties.

Not exact matches

Authors under contract with Hachette publicly complained about a drop in their book sales, causing them to worry about a loss of royalties.

Many others are well - selling authors who make a lavish living from passive income from advances, royalties, seminars, and product sales — which all started and then snowballed — from the sale of their book (which of course started with writing a book proposal).

I'm willing to send Howey and his team my royalty statements for months in order to help them come up with that estimate, and my guess is he could find many multiple authors who would be equally willing.

Another possibility is if a significant number of bestselling authors, unhappy with the current digital royalty rate, start self - publishing or moving to smaller houses.

Nowadays self - publishing authors and hybrid authors (those who self - publish some books and have traditionally published others) have a plethora of options when it comes to hiring freelancers for their editing, cover and formatting needs, or working with up front companies that handle design and distribution while the author retains all of their rights and receives royalties.

However, if you want to make the most money (especially on Amazon, which only allows authors to receive 70 percent in royalties if the book is priced at $ 2.99 or higher — $ 1.99 and $ 0.99 books only allow authors a 35 percent royalty rate), then $ 4.99 appears to be the best price point for selling a good amount of books (though far less than with a lower price point) while making the most in profit.

When authors publish with Booktango, they receive 100 percent of every dollar sold through Booktango's bookstore and 100 percent of net royalties for any sales through our online retail partners.

With the POD / Subsidy / Vanity Publisher, the author is back to working for a royalty as they would be if they were traditionally published.

When it comes to royalties, there's a lot of confusion out there, but it seems most authors believe their royalties are higher if they directly publish with Amazon and other self - publishing offerings.

By Ron Pramschufer, President, Self Publishing, Inc. - Helping Authors Become Publishers since 1995 Hundreds of Print on Demand - POD companies are willing to help with your book, selling you a package with one of their ISBNs, publishing your book, and paying you a royalty on your book sales.

And though Borders isn't particularly kind to indies, indie books can be bought for their eReader with a 60 % royalty to the author — only going through Smashwords» distribution channel, of course.

Self - published authors have been so happy with their «70 % royalties» (which is really a 30 % sales commission for hosting / delivering a file and processing payments) but as soon as Wall St decides the company needs to start turning profits, I'll bet that's the first place they start to squeeze.

Instead, she went directly to Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing, an online platform for self - publishing with a 70 % royalty rate for authors.

Major publishing houses were reneging on deals with already signed authors; changing royalty payments from a percentage of the retail price to «net» of what was received.

(The average royalty percentage for authors with mainstream publishers is between 8 and 15 %.)

Authors have a lot to benefit on the financial front as well, what with the nearly 70 percent royalty that they earn against the 5 - 10 percent that traditional publishers generally offer.

Vook, which recently announced its acquisition of both Byliner and Booklr, has rebranded itself as Pronoun and has shifted focus to working directly with authors with an unheard of free model that gives 100 % of the royalties to authors.

With news this week that Amazon has added whole new international markets to its list of places where authors and publishers can earn a 70 % royalty on ebooks, the rumors and misinformed half - truths have begun swirling again as authors set out to decipher the terms.

According to several sources, Amazon has reached out to some authors with an interesting deal: list your book in the Prime Reading library for six months, and we'll give you $ 5,000 US upfront instead of royalties.

Let's do the math on a hypothetical book with a list price of $ 10: At a 55 % discount to retailers, the publisher would receive $ 4.50 per copy, minus the author's 15 % royalty of $ 1.50.

Of course, this could be a sign of something less dire, namely that Amazon will work with larger files and let authors sell overly long titles at 50 % royalty in order to make up for what the company is footing in terms of file transfer fees and hosting.

The author has to do all this themselves at their own expense, and in return Amazon will shaft them with a 35 % royalty rate (the 50 % you quote is NET, which is rich given the only place it will be sold is on Amazon, so Amazon will take their 30 % cut and then take another half of what's left) for an ebook.

Spider Robinson, an incredible sci fi author, published by a major label and with more than two dozen good selling books under his belt, is flat broke because royalties do not pay much.

The publisher makes its agreed upon royalty — which it goes on to divide with the author according to their contract — and the consumer stands to benefit from an all - out price war among the retailers.

There are hundreds of traditionally published authors (authors with the Big Five and other well - established, respected and recognized publishing houses) who can not quit their day jobs because 1) their advances were too meager and 2) their royalties too low and 3) non-compete clauses prevents them from «traditionally publishing» any other work.

A recent lawsuit was filed against them stating that they misrepresents themselves, luring authors in with claims that its books can compete with «traditional publishers,» offering «greater speed, higher royalties, and more control for its authors.»

We collaborate with you to prepare your book for launch with IngramSpark, either with our 1 - year managed solution, or with an Author - managed solution where you independently manage your book and get all the royalties.

Authors, writers, publishers of eBooks, audiobooks and short texts can... A) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii - without author contract - in real - time, without technical skills - with an own authorpage and online shop - enter all information such as description, tags, cover, price... - upload an eBook in one or multiple formats: PDF, ePub, mobi, doc, xls... - high royalties per download - consolidated real - time sales reports - keeping full editorial and copyright control or B) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii and additionally on major eBook retailers - we convert eBooks to the ePub and mobi format for free - we distribute to the leading eBook - shops all over the world for free - we provide consolidated sales reports Readers have... - the opportunity to discover new titles in all categories and genres - an easy access to a huge variety of content - can instantly download after purchase - have the opportunity to rate and comment on eBooks

With concrete examples and personal experience, he showed how print publishers are trapped in a pre-digital mind - warp, underserving their authors (except for the mega-sellers at the top) and delivering piddling royalties via opaque statements and outdated practices.

I launched a traditional publishing company with my first book back in 2003 (when «self - publishing» was a bad word), and then went on to publish other authors using a royalty model (authors do not pay for * anything *).

With Greenleaf, authors have access to full in - house services, retain the rights to their work, and earn higher royalties than with traditional publishWith Greenleaf, authors have access to full in - house services, retain the rights to their work, and earn higher royalties than with traditional publishwith traditional publishing.

This contrasts with the Audible model, which typically restricts authors to distributing exclusively through their service to gain a better royalty.

While it's true that not every successful author (indie or otherwise) falls back on a mailing list for promotion, it's a tool that has helped numerous authors go from obscurity to making a living with book royalties.

Authors maintain full rights over their work, with the ability to price and distribute their audiobooks without restrictions, and while receiving full royalties.

-- Self - publishing: No advance; distribution in digital formats with possibility of print - on - demand distribution; a la carte editorial, production, design and marketing support that the author pays for; up to 70 % of cover price for digital royalties; and complete creative control

In that discussion, I was surprised to learn that one of the biggest issues book publishers deal with every day is royalty inquiries from authors.

Instead we offer more practical approaches like author web pages to which you can sell your books and make more royalties than you do with Amazon.

When the author earns 1/3 of the ebook royalties the publisher does, I'm okay with seeing that publisher go under.

HarperCollins is excited to reach an innovative partnership with Scribd that monetizes its audience through traditional retail and a subscription offer for our backlist titles,» «HarperCollins authors will benefit from extended reach, increased discovery, and improved royalty streams.»

The actual royalty percentages and break points vary from publisher to publisher and are often subject to negotiation with the author.

And the Economist compared e-book subscription services to Spotify, the music streaming service, but noted that, unlike musicians (who can supplement the infinitesimal royalties they earn via streaming with fees from live performances), «authors have a book to sell and little else.»

Beyond that, authors tell me they prefer self - publishing because they keep all of their royalties (with Hillcrest anyway.)

I'll grant you that HB authors will see their advances split into groupings that recognize there will be MORE money down the line when trade or mm comes out, but that doesn't equate — to me — with the scenario you've come up for ebook royalty payments being considered an «advance» when paid after publication.

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The author can receive $ 2.38 in royalties (yes, even WITH worldwide distribution and availability!)