Sentences with phrase «yet traditional published authors»

And yet traditional published authors face enormous obstacles in this regard.

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The traditional industry, while maybe not yet embracing indie publishing, has certainly come a long way from the days in which a vanity press - produced title was the kiss of death for an author's future publishing career; it's now becoming more and more common for publishers to seek out authors whose titles that have a proven following thanks to self - publishing.

Some numbers have shown that as many as 67 % of self - published authors fully intend to repeat the process with their future works, with most of those authors already deciding that their as - of - yet unwritten books will be self - published, bypassing the traditional industry altogether.

Yet, from traditional publishers and practiced authors alike, the idea of self - publishing is frequently met with disapproval or discouragement.

The rates given here are for first books from authors who have not yet published with a traditional house.

There is no doubt that traditional publishing channels can offer expertise and distribution resources that self - publishing channels still find difficult to penetrate, but yet again we have another author speaking from within the traditional industry, albeit with experience of running an independent bookshop, trying to suggest that the woes and challenges facing the industry — at least some of them — lie squarely with authors and readers, the two marginalised protagonists existing at opposite extremes of the traditional industry and also divided by it.

If I had the time to write a whole lot more than I already do, then I might try some author - publishing, but when looking at it in a risk - benefit kinda way, those three as - yet unwritten novels just HAVE to go via my agent, via traditional routes of publication.

Yet social media engagement has become so vital that many traditional publishing contracts now have clauses that require writers have author websites and... Continue Reading

I'm an indie author though I'm yet to publish an ebook just done the traditional hardcovers.

Yet social media engagement has become so vital that many traditional publishing contracts now have clauses that require writers have author websites and active online profiles.

This isn't yet another murky blog that defiantly stamps its foot over the «problems» in traditional publishing, and the sheer audacity of publishing companies to expect an author to help with marketing, all of which usually acts as a thin veil that covers what is, at best, an uninspired book and at worst a flimsy manuscript littered with bad formatting, typos, grammatical errors and plot inconsistencies.

This isn't yet another murky blog that defiantly stamps its foot over the «problems» in traditional publishing, and the sheer audacity of publishing companies to expect an author to help with -LRB-...)

Anyway, as I'm also an author (only short fiction and poetry for now) who hasn't yet published, I would like to know if you think it still makes sense to go the traditional route of first submitting my short stories to magazines, stack a hundred rejection letters before actually selling one story etc., or it would make more sense to just e-publish my short stories for 0.99?

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If you're a self - published author and you lower your price on Amazon below $ 2.99, your royalty drops to 30 % (which seems really low — and yet it's still higher than the traditional industry standard royalty for e-books of 25 %).

APE's thesis is powerful yet simple: filling the roles of author, publisher and entrepreneur yields results that rival traditional publishing.

Yet, platform can make or break a traditional publishing deal and it's the foundation for a successful book launch and career as an author.

But all this gnashing of teeth and shaking of fists and using what happened to, yet again, promote the tired agenda of «The Evil Traditional Publishing Oppressors and their Apologists vs The Pure, Noble, Sparkly Unicorn Hearts and Souls of REAL Authors» is really, really....

Authors such as John Locke have shown that selling a million copies of a self - published book is not only possible but entirely feasible — and the fact that he and other writers who do so get to keep 70 percent of the proceeds is yet another wakeup call for the traditional industry.

Unlike some established authors such as J.A. Konrath, who have done well with traditional publishing deals before moving into self - publishing their own e-books, Hocking has never had a traditional publishing deal — and yet, she has sold almost one million copies of the nine e-books she has written in less than a year, and her latest book appears to be selling at the rate of about 100,000 copies a month.

With many folk from traditional publishers using paid - for reviews as yet another stick to beat self - published authors with, in some cases it's hard to pinpoint if publishers are more angered by the moral issues these have thrown up or by the fact that these authors have manipulated the system to propel their books above more «worthy» traditionally published books.

It's possible to sell far fewer copies as a self - published author and yet earn more than a traditional deal would pay you; it's also possible to sell more copies as a self - published author but not earn as much as a publisher's advance and royalties.