Sentences with phrase «big publishers still»

Even NYT Bestselling authors and those with contracts through the big publishers still have to do a certain amount of self - promotion.

Big publishers still control a lot of what is advertised and promoted, and a lot of it is crap.

And since most big publishers still aren't doing this, if you're self - publishing the free campaign is the Ace up your sleeve; the one trick they can't match us on.

Not exact matches

With big publishers like Square Enix and Atlus still supporting the Vita, we're still finding reasons to pick up our favorite handheld.

E3 2015 Was A Huge Success But Still There Were Some Flop Announcements and it came from some big publishers / developers.

Most of the independent publishers are ready to embrace and use digital comics, while the bigger publishers, while getting involved, are still figuring it out.

Meanwhile, the old - school business model of the Big Five publishers is dying still.

So in case your head's still stuck in the sand, here's what we self - publishers get from your biggest competition:

The publishing world is still rebounding from the effects of the DoJ suit against Apple and five of the then - Big Six publishers, and the effects of the judgement against the parties involved is still resolving itself.

Not only do the Big Six still produce some of the finest books in the world, but thousands of legitimate, well - edited small publishers exist, in all genres.

It's only my second novel, I'm still a newbie, but here's the question: what are the biggest reasons for seeking an agent and / or traditional publisher?

That simple question will be the one aspect of your contract that in twenty years you will still be swearing about, long after the validation of being published by a «big publisher» has faded.

A Note about the Brand Name: If you see a big name traditional publisher tied to a vanity press, here's what you need to know: it's still a vanity press if you're paying for their services or their books or to be published.

While traditional publishers (actually, the top end publishers) are fighting over business and legal issues, like any big business, you adapt and work with what works — eBooks still represent a minority in sales, but it is rapidly catching up to print, and by all accounts, has already passed hardcover (which has been in decline in a slow death since the advent of paperbacks and trade paperbacks in the 40s and 50s).

Acronyms like ePUB, mobi, XML, DRM, iOS, and words like Apps, Android, e-Ink are still one big jumble for most publishers, who are overwhelmed and confused at the same time.

It's also a bit amusing to see you, aka publishers, bleeding from hundreds, maybe thousands of little cuts that self - pub authors have inflicted, and one pretty big one from Amazon (so Hachette claims), still wading right into the shark pool.

But I've suspected for nearly three years now that this company (not one of the big traditional publishers, but a smaller [still large] company) has been having serious financial problems.

There are small and micro presses that will do everything the legacy publishers do and still give us a bigger piece of the pie.

I still like the idea of the agent, the big publisher, the glory and teeth - gashing of that game.

Simon & Schuster isn't the only major publisher to sign up with Oyster and Scribd, but it is still a major «get» for both services thanks to the number of big name books and authors in the publisher's catalog.

Whether your book was produced and printed by you or by a Big Five publisher, at the end of the process, you will still be holding a physical book in your hands, asking yourself how you can tell people about it.

The Seattle based online company intends on still maintaining their relationship with Indie publishers and the big six.

Guests: New York is still the headquarters of the Big Two, Marvel and DC, as well as a host of smaller publishers, so there will be plenty of writers, artists, editors, and industry honchos on hand.

So now the spin explains why Amazon is not a demon for wanting to raise prices but Big 5 publishers still ARE demons for wanting to raise prices?

One in four publishers saw the biggest year - on - year growth from audio, many publishers are still making no money from audiobooks direct, choosing instead to license the content to dedicated audiobook publishers or not acquire the rights in the first place.

AG is not known for a reputation of supporting self - published authors, and some commenters see this as a move to provide a cheaper, faster solution for bigger authors and major publishers who want to get swift take - down notices against indie authors who still don't have the means to defend themselves.

A US judge is still in the process of handling the DOJ lawsuit against Apple — along with five of the then - Big Six publishers — for conspiring to raise the price of ebooks in order to impact the market share that Amazon held over the industry.

I still hope to be picked up by a bigger publisher at some future date.

Still, that Big Publisher's name does carry some weight.

At the same time, I still chose to secure the help of an agent, and am working with him to find a traditional publisher for my big fat epic fantasy novel, and another large YA fantasy novel.

It almost makes it seem that if writers can make a big platform, they can go with a small press, but if one wants to sell fiction (like most of us), it's still better to go with the big publishers.

The majority of authors will never receive that big book deal with a major publisher and gone are the days of the six - figure book advances for a debut author, but still, if your ultimate goal is to share a story with the world, if you put the time and effort into the craft of storytelling, you will find your audience.

The Big Six publishers still offer decent advances.

The biggest problem we run into are still those publishers who refuse to offer their ebooks to libraries.

«First, these figures don't look at sales of print books, which will still be a major part of the earnings from a Big five publisher.

Titles from big publishers are still responsible for a very substantial chunk of Amazon's publishing revenue and losing those titles would sink its Kindle business.

Entitled Dog Bites Man; Pope Condems Violence; Publishers Still Don't Get It, this is an unbelievably astute commentary on some of the biggest issues affecting the publishing world today.

Of course, the Big Six are still there and will continue to be there, but small guys who have a good story to tell — yet may get shunned from the large publishers because they already have a stable of successful authors — can make it.

Apple and five of the Big Six publishers are still undergoing a Department of Justice investigation into an alleged price fixing agreement in order to muscle out Amazon's 90 % control of the ebook market in 2010, just in time for the iPad to make its way to the market.

While legal proceedings move at a snail's pace, it's not surprising that the ongoing lawsuit filed against Apple and five of the Big Six publishers is still slowly unfolding.

Besides the drawback that publishers are still imposing checkout limits and raising the price of an ebook by as much as 300 % for libraries, the biggest obstacle may be instituting the lending program itself.

Now that Judge Denise Cote ruled that Apple was, in fact, guilty of the price fixing allegations that the Department of Justice brought against it and five of the Big Six publishers, Apple's punitive fate is still being hashed out.

The ebook industry is still really in its infancy and many of the big six publishers only see less then 10 % of their profits stem from ebooks, but the industry is growing.

Neither Amazon nor Barnes & Noble would comment on whether bundling was feasible, and still other Big Six publishers expressed concerns over such things as how author royalties are paid out since print pays at one rate and digital royalties pay out at another.

There has been an almost conspicuous lack of comments from the parties involved in the DoJ and class action lawsuits still pending against Apple and some of the Big Six publishers.

Though at the time of the announcement, the offer was restricted to the United States, and only one or two of the big five publishers had signed up, it still attracted considerable attention both inside and outside the industry.

The Big 5 Publishers still have 75 % of the «Books People Want to Read».

There are still writers who sit sheepishly on the fence, throwing wisps of hope into the air that some big publisher will throw them a bone.

Despite all the excitement about self - publishing these days — and I'm a big proponent — many writers still dream of being published by a big house like St. Martin's Press or a prestigious literary publisher like Algonquin or Bloomsbury.

I'm sure the big publishers will always be there and will always earn the lion's share of book revenue, and the mainstream path is still the best choice for certain authors and certain books.