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Many of them are hybrid — they work with traditional publishers on their current books, and they republish any books that have gone out of print as indie books.

Maybe they'll self - publish things that are particular of the moment, while working with traditional publishers on projects that don't need to be out immediately.

Doing your own book indie takes far, far less time than working with a traditional publisher on the same book.

Not exact matches

Having worked with traditional publishers and self - published several of her books, Massey has great advice for indie authors on independent publishing, book marketing and strategies for getting a book into bookstores, libraries and reviews.

While the flooding has an effect on the bottom line of large traditional publishers, smaller publishers are more affected, as their material often are in direct competition with self - published work.

For some strange reason, smart writer after smart writer seems intent on wanting and fighting to give away ownership percentages in their work, both with agents, with traditional publishers, with small presses, and with indie publishing «helpers.»

Unless you are getting a huge offer, meaning up into six figures or more, you do not have the clout at the moment to negotiate with a traditional publisher in any way that will allow you to keep your rights on your work.

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.

Even with traditional publishers, it's more and more common to see an author marketing his own works rather than being able to rely on their publisher to do the job.

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.

This panel discusses the high return on children's brands and how publishers are working with authors and traditional partners in new ways.

One could make the case that when working with someone pursuing traditional publishing the focus could be more on how to best market it for publishers.

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

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You did these things on your own if you self - published or in concert with your publisher if you worked with a traditional publishing house.

That's how you know you're working with a firm that is more likely to treat your book as a unique product in the marketplace — as a traditional publisher would — rather than as another widget on the assembly line.

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.

We work with small and large traditional publishers, university presses, niche / special interest publishers, and e-book only publishers, and have worked with many on a continual basis for years.

By bringing on a traditional publisher, she's getting the editorial help she wanted, along with marketing, publicity and sales teams that will get her work even further attention.

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.

Discounted prices on ISBNs along with the advantage of a publishing house's seal, while maintaining more control of your work than you would have with a traditional publisher.

The Author's Assistants can help you locate a qualified editor and proofreader, work with a professional designer for your book's interior and cover art, take care of details like applying for the ISBN, LLCN and copyright, research a traditional publisher or help you find the perfect print - on - demand (POD) service to self - publish.

In addition, you have the added benefit of having a professional team working alongside you with your project on editing, cover design, etc., the way you would with a traditional publisher.

It makes me think that if an agent can't promote your work, with the quality that it is and the platform that you've established, then the traditional publishers must be in real difficulty and they're only willing to speculate on the bigger names.

When working with a traditional publisher, the writer is typically working on Book 2 in the time between Book 1 being accepted and it being published.

Once an author takes on a team of professionals and works with them in a collegial way — acting now as the publisher and not as the whiny, self - centered author — there is no real advantage to the traditional model other than access to the distribution chain.

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Quite simply, we can take that manuscript that you have been working on and get it published for you just like a traditional publisher, but with a slight difference.

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.

While I've had lots of good experiences with my colleagues involved in traditional publishing and I'm deeply proud of the books I've produced, I also know first hand how independent authors miss out on the downsides of working with a traditional, commercial publisher.

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 for this to work on any level Bookmate is going to need to cut deals with traditional publishers, a la Oyster and Scribd, to get current titles into the hands of these far flung readers.

Some traditionally published authors (if they are able) now self - publish some of their work, and on the other side indie authors sign up with traditional publishers to handle some parts of the process.

It works really well because many of the people that I work with that I coach go on to publish as traditional publishers.

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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.

If we worked with a traditional publisher they would for sure be on our ass about our speed.

One of the things Wattpad wants to focus on in the near future, Lau said, is working with publishers to help its writers move from the community approach to something more traditional.

«We are excited to work with WINGS to gather the crowd sentiment around the AdEx project and leverage the WINGS DAO members for spreading the word about AdEx», says Ivo Georgiev, Cofounder of AdEx, «AdEx is designed to disrupt and replace the traditional digital advertising models by providing a transparent, focused solution for advertisers to collaborate with ad publishers and reach potential clients right on top of the most power world computer - Ethereum!»