Grant For Talented Youth

We would like to announce the official launch of the C.A.Milson Award For Talented Youth.

The first Grant by C.A.Milson will see three talented youth receive funding which can be used to help with research costs, purchase equipment or help with financial aid.

“I see people who have real talent never get a break, whether it is in writing, music, or acting.” C.A. Milson stated, “In the last year I have seen several people almost give up on their dreams because they lack the resources or funding to get to the next level. I know how much of a challenge it can be to get a break. So this is just one way I can give back to those who have supported me.”

The Grant is open to individuals up to the age of 25 who are pursuing a career in the Arts, Literature or Entertainment Industries.

HOW TO APPLY: Application is made by Email and attach documents as requested.
Please include the following:

Brief information about yourself including photo;
Outline of your financial position, specifying the sum needed, and what funds will be used for;
Details of any grants you have received in the last three years;
For Authors: Copies of a few reviews of your work if available.
For Musicians: Demos of your work in Mpeg format.
For Actors: Demo reel of your work or online portfolio

Deadline for the first Grant close 31st January 2011.

There will be three grant levels.
A: First Place Grant of $700 USD
B: Second Place Grant of $200 USD
C: Third Place Grant of $100 USD

Terms:
* If first place is awarded to an Author, he/she will have their work critiqued by C.A.Milson’s Literary Agent, Grammar Chic Inc.
* All entrants must not have any work previously published either by a publisher, self-published, or paid magazine article.

Applications can be emailed to: Grants@authorcamilson.com. Include in Subject line: “Grant 2011”

Details: http://www.authorcamilson.com/Grants.php

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What will the future of publishing look like? Some folks have theorized that the end of an era is upon us. There’s talk of publishing’s evolution, from a world dominated by a handful of large publishing houses to one in which smaller houses are able to compete. Much of the change is due to the Kindle and to the growing demand for ebooks.

Things were looking pretty darn good in my crystal ball. As an author, I saw opportunities opening to me, opportunities that I–as an epublished author–have been waiting, hoping for.

And then something happens, like JA Konrath signing with AmazonEncore, to make me second-guess my rosy vision for the future. Could Amazon become a powerful super-corporation, a monopoly, handling all aspects of book publishing, from concept to distribution? It seems it’s already on its way to doing just that. I’m sure this is why publishers fought so hard for control of product pricing. But they may be fighting a losing battle. As more authors go to Kindle and AmazonEncore, and the average ebook price drops, traditional publishers’ products will be priced out of the market. They’ll be forced to make painful decisions. And I’m not familiar enough with publishing to know what the potential fallout of those decisions might be, but I have a vague feeling it won’t be pretty.

I’m not going to pull a Chicken Little and start shrieking, “The sky is falling!” But I will say, it’s an interesting time to be part of the publishing world right now.Things are changing, and quickly.

So, what’s an author–who has absolutely no control over the changes taking place–supposed to do, as the world beneath her feet shifts and tips?

Stay informed. Listen closely. Make decisions carefully, based upon facts, not rumors.

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If you aren’t aware, there are a couple authors over on the GenReality blog who are foolish brave enough to share their actual sales figures for their books. Despite my seeming little dig, which is more an indication of how I think publishing folks will respond to this practice than the value I see in sharing the data, I have great respect for these authors and what they’re trying to accomplish. In the spring of 2009, Lynn Viehl posted an actual scanned copy of the royalty statement for her NYT top twenty bestseller, Twilight Fall. Why would she do such a thing, exposing herself to the potential backlash from her publisher, her agent, and anyone else who didn’t like the idea? Because she felt it was important to let hopeful future-NYT bestsellers know what the real numbers were. My hat’s off to Lynn. This month, Sasha White posted her sales figures for a short novella published by one of the leading epublishers in the current market, Samhain Publishing. The book sat in the top ten bestselling list on mybookstoreandmore.com for three weeks. What does that mean in dollars and cents? I’ll leave it to you to read her well-written blog post HERE.

Again, my hat’s off to Sasha for having the guts to share her numbers. Most authors are very tight-lipped about their sales, for a variety of reasons. I haven’t shared any numbers, outside of reporting anonymously to Brenda Hiatt’s Show Me the Money, and I can’t really give you a reason, outside of a personal insecurity, fearing I’ll lose my readers’ respect if my sales aren’t as high as they might have expected. Perhaps it would do the opposite, I don’t know. What I will say is that there are a great many factors–which Sasha didn’t really get into–that impact an ebook’s initial sales. I thought I’d say something about those.

The  factors that will impact an ebook’s potential first-month sales include:

Current trends: Ebook trends seem a little more fluid, moving more rapidly than trends in the print market. This is based purely on my speculation, not concrete data. At any rate, books that fall within the current popular trend sell better.

The publisher: Not all ebook publishers are created equal. Some have established readers, others do not, and as an author, there are only so many readers you’re going to bring from one publisher to another if you switch.

Timing of release: Because many epubs pay monthly, that vital first month’s sales may all appear in the first check, may be split half and half between two months or may fall heavily into the second royalty check, depending upon how early/late the book released within the month. Also, having an ebook release on a holiday, or very close to one, can also impact sales.

The author’s name: To a lesser degree than the other factors above.

Direct sales vs distributors: If the bulk of the publisher’s sales come from second-tier distributors, like Fictionwise, the author will earn significantly less money from his/her book. There’s no way around it.

Blurb/cover/packaging: Sometimes a book is packaged so well, or the concept is so fresh, it sticks out from the crowd.

If the book is part of a series (first books tend to sell better than sequels, but sequels will cause a spike in backlist sales)

What doesn’t seem to impact sales to any significant degree (I’ve tried them all and seen virtually no results)

Advertising in print media

Online marketing via blog interviews, chats, yahoo group posting, etc.

Contests

There you go, some of the factors I personally know that  will (and will not) impact ebook sales. Do you have any more to add to the list?

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