With new models, creative business deals, higher royalties, tailored editorial support, traditional distribution, and a whole lot more, hybrid publishing is offering authors something they can’t find at traditional houses. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
The suit revolves around a 2013 law designed to help creative workers in the state by offering authors, composers and artists in Rhode Island a sales tax exemption. But in a bizarre twist, the state’s tax officials have ruled that the tax break applies only to authors of fiction, because... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
A new publishing model has launched, offering authors a 50% share of revenue on book sales. Lightning Books, the fiction imprint of the newly created Eyestorm Media, operates a co-publishing model. It was founded by Eye Books owner Dan Hiscocks, a former director of the Independent Publishers’... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mills & Boon, Kobo and W H Smith are launching a Romance Writing Life competition, offering authors the chance to win a book deal with Mills & Boon, ebook promotions from Kobo and in-store support from W H Smith. Entrants must submit a synopsis of their novel and its first chapter via... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins is ramping up its direct sales efforts by offering authors who sell direct the chance to earn a higher royalty rate in the process. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]