Comments for autowriters.com http://autowriters.com/blog The right info to the right writers who write about cars. Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:34:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on More Readers, More Money? by Wallace Wyss http://autowriters.com/blog/more-readers-more-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1943 Wallace Wyss Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:34:47 +0000 http://autowriters.com/blog/?p=1662#comment-1943 I wonder how this relates to e-book printing? I was going to go e-book on my first novel but then discovered my print publisher only wanted to pay me 10% royalties as they do on the print versions of my previous book. Isn't the whole idea of authors wanting to go e-book the gianing of a higher percentage of royalties since the publisher has no expense in typesetting? I am thinking more like 30% royalties. If anyone out there in autowriterland has had a favorable experience with an e-book publisher (I realize it's an emerging world in that area) let me know their name and I'll see if they have a higher return for the author. I wonder how this relates to e-book printing? I was going to go e-book on my first novel but then discovered my print publisher only wanted to pay me 10% royalties as they do on the print versions of my previous book. Isn’t the whole idea of authors wanting to go e-book the gianing of a higher percentage of royalties since the publisher has no expense in typesetting? I am thinking more like 30% royalties. If anyone out there in autowriterland has had a favorable experience with an e-book publisher (I realize it’s an emerging world in that area) let me know their name and I’ll see if they have a higher return for the author.

]]> Comment on More Readers, More Money? by John Matras http://autowriters.com/blog/more-readers-more-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1939 John Matras Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:44:48 +0000 http://autowriters.com/blog/?p=1662#comment-1939 Boer doesn't know the half of it. It's very easy for a publisher to manipulate a writer's traffic--particularly hijacking the traffic a particular writer had brought in, as well as change the payout rate and various other rules of the game. The pay per page view system absolutely affects article length, making in-depth articles with lots of original research unprofitable. Dirivative work and the quick 400 word article are the holy grail of that kind of outlet. Boer doesn’t know the half of it. It’s very easy for a publisher to manipulate a writer’s traffic–particularly hijacking the traffic a particular writer had brought in, as well as change the payout rate and various other rules of the game.

The pay per page view system absolutely affects article length, making in-depth articles with lots of original research unprofitable. Dirivative work and the quick 400 word article are the holy grail of that kind of outlet.

]]> Comment on Autowriters Spotlight: Matt Farah by TotalCarScore Is Live, Noeth’s Bonneville Salt Flats Reborn | autowriters.com http://autowriters.com/blog/autowriters-spotlight-matt-farah/comment-page-1/#comment-1938 TotalCarScore Is Live, Noeth’s Bonneville Salt Flats Reborn | autowriters.com Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:52:29 +0000 http://autowriters.com/blog/?p=719#comment-1938 [...] on the road to races, factories and movie studios. Featured are Leo Parente, Chris Harris, Matt Farah, Alex Roy, Mike Spinelli and Ray Wert (www.youtube.com/Drive). . . Test Drive, is a new digital [...] [...] on the road to races, factories and movie studios. Featured are Leo Parente, Chris Harris, Matt Farah, Alex Roy, Mike Spinelli and Ray Wert (www.youtube.com/Drive). . . Test Drive, is a new digital [...]

]]> Comment on Autowriters Spotlight: Jeff Melnychuk & Malcolm Gunn by Paul Johnson http://autowriters.com/blog/autowriters-spotlight-jeff-melnychuk-malcolm-gunn/comment-page-1/#comment-1860 Paul Johnson Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:01:36 +0000 http://autowriters.com/blog/?p=193#comment-1860 I saw your article in Newsday's Sunday paper (10/02/11) about '60 Olds, I enjoyed it very much since I own and work on old cars. I noticed you said this car had an optional 3 speed jetaway hydramatic transmission but my experience (over 40 years in the transmission business as rebuilder and owner) tells me that the transmission was a 4 speed. I saw your article in Newsday’s Sunday paper (10/02/11) about ’60 Olds, I enjoyed it very much since I own and work on old cars. I noticed you said this car had an optional 3 speed jetaway hydramatic transmission but my experience (over 40 years in the transmission business as rebuilder and owner) tells me that the transmission was a 4 speed.

]]> Comment on Tom-Tom: Automotive Journalism’s Credibility Gap by Bob http://autowriters.com/blog/tom-tom-automotive-journalisms-credibility-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-1854 Bob Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:52:31 +0000 http://autowriters.com/blog/?p=930#comment-1854 Hi Pappy, I run the rag in malaysia, I admired jack's work aplenty. Emailed him, and he offered to write FOR FREE just to give us a hand. Can you do that? Will you do that? Can you afford to? I know you're grossly offended by his 'attacks' on useless auto-writers. Well he who gets it - obvious right? Take a step back, look into the mirror and say you haven't quite longed for that trip to Monza invited by Fiat and would do anything to please them by pitching the Fiat 500 against the Mini Cooper S and came out winning. Stay classy cowboy. Hi Pappy,

I run the rag in malaysia, I admired jack’s work aplenty. Emailed him, and he offered to write FOR FREE just to give us a hand. Can you do that? Will you do that? Can you afford to? I know you’re grossly offended by his ‘attacks’ on useless auto-writers. Well he who gets it – obvious right?

Take a step back, look into the mirror and say you haven’t quite longed for that trip to Monza invited by Fiat and would do anything to please them by pitching the Fiat 500 against the Mini Cooper S and came out winning.

Stay classy cowboy.

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