Sentences with phrase «standard book publishers»

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Three things happened to the TEKS and all - science education standard that called for teaching the strength and weaknesses of theories, which had, back in the last time biology text books were adopted in the mid»90s, had been used as a club to beat publishers over whether or not they included weaknesses of evolution; by which they may enlist creationists and their claims, was taken out by the writing committees and attempted to be put back on several occasions actually by the school board members.

In order to sell their books nationally, U.S. publishers typically have to cover the wide range of topics that state standards emphasize.

Several recent analyses have found that while many academic publishers slap a «Common Core aligned» label on their books and teaching materials, few actually follow the new standards.

Publisher / line Year (or projected year) of release Which book it is of yours / for that publisher (1st, 5th, etc.) Advance per book (if any) Standard royalty percentage (for regular print sales AND for ebook sales) Total earnout to date (INCLUDING advance) Title acronym with month / year of release (Publisher / line Year (or projected year) of release Which book it is of yours / for that publisher (1st, 5th, etc.) Advance per book (if any) Standard royalty percentage (for regular print sales AND for ebook sales) Total earnout to date (INCLUDING advance) Title acronym with month / year of release (publisher (1st, 5th, etc.) Advance per book (if any) Standard royalty percentage (for regular print sales AND for ebook sales) Total earnout to date (INCLUDING advance) Title acronym with month / year of release (if known)

The rationale is that book retailers need standard discounts before they will stock a book, and also that newbie publishers don't understand industry discounting and often screw up their choice.

You know, the companies that authors paid to print books that, presumably, didn't measure up to «legitimate» publishers» standards?

UP combines the best of both worlds: the speed and economy of POD book publishing, paired with the selectivity and standards of a traditional book publisher.

UP's goal is to combine the high standards of traditional publishers with the economic (and environmental) advantages of the latest POD book publishing technologies.

Books from authors and publishers who choose the 70 percent royalty option will have access to all the same features and be subject to all the same requirements as books receiving the standard royalty Books from authors and publishers who choose the 70 percent royalty option will have access to all the same features and be subject to all the same requirements as books receiving the standard royalty books receiving the standard royalty rate.

The Kindle can only download books from Amazon's store, while Sony's Readers can display texts sold in the «epub» format - an open standard supported by the International Digital Publishing Forum that numerous publishers use to make e-books.

Reporting for Kenya's Standard Digital News, Lee Mwiti writes that local publishers «have renewed their appeal to the government to scrap the 16 - percent value - added tax (VAT) charged on books.»

«Becoming a Benjamin Franklin Award finalist showcases a publisher's commitment to professional standards and high - quality book content and production,» said Angela Bole, IBPA's Chief Executive Officer.

«Publishers can now take advantage of OverDrive's EPUB3 support to create enhanced eBooks using open standards that display children's picture books as the author and publisher intended, as well as to add interactive elements within the page to further engage the reader,» said Alexis Petric - Black, OverDrive's Director of Publisher publisher intended, as well as to add interactive elements within the page to further engage the reader,» said Alexis Petric - Black, OverDrive's Director of Publisher Publisher Services.

And, of course there's plenty of tripe that comes from NY publishers, but at least the books that make it through meet some sort of minimum standard.

Quality control: a traditional publisher will set standards for the quality of your book, which means that your book will only get published if they think it's good.

To engage our editorial and design team to turn your words into a work of art, we're offering this one - stop, all - in, comprehensive book publishing package for author - publishers for standard books as large as 50,000 words at the incredible price of just $ 5,500!

(Never mind that book publishers abandoned high standards years ago in previous cost - cutting initiatives.)

While ISBNs will remain the standard for print books, ASIN and Amazon's large amount of data clearly benefits publishers through increasing their visibility.

1106 Design is a Phoenix - based company that works with authors, publishers, business pros, coaches, consultants, speakers... anyone who wants a beautiful book, meticulously prepared to industry standards.

This text is fairly standard across books and publishers but you can tweak it as you would like to.

Once comics started being sold almost entirely in dedicated comic book stores in the late 70s / early 80s — as opposed to the newsstand model that had been the standard for the first 40 or so years of the industry — the comic book publishers found themselves somewhat handcuffed when it came to what they could do.

The standard agency commission doesn't just pertain to domestic book sales, but any and all of the book's subsidiary rights sales, whether sold by the agent, author, or publisher.

And as for proofreading... well, my Proofreading Secrets of Best - Selling Authors is the culmination of almost twenty years of studying the publishing industry's standard reference books for punctuation, usage, grammar, and spelling (and doing proofreading for a number of traditional and subsidy publishers).

While none of us are likely to deny that bad books are published by traditional publishers all the time, there's usually a certain standard of quality attached to a traditionally published book.

«Textbooks in higher - education are moving beyond the static dimension of the printed page and the book - under - glass e-books people are accustomed to,» said Kent Freeman, Chief Operating Officer, VitalSource Technologies, Inc. «As publishers create rich interactive learning experiences for institutions and students, they should be taking advantage of EPUB and the flexibility and benefits that the open industry standard affords.

Unlike vanity publishers, we take great pride in ensuring that every book we bring to market is well polished and representative of the high standards of our imprint.

Likewise, book publishers are told that the emerging e-Book industry standard EPUB format is a kind of silver bullet.

Special book club editions of books may have a different binding or size from standard issue books from the same publisher.

Discount (short discount, deep discount, industry - standard discount) Reduced book price offered by self - publishers to authors who prepay for copies in bulk.

Unlimited Publishing provides truly professional book design and typesetting as part of our standard service for authors and publishers.

With IngramSpark, you can achieve a physical product (whether print book or ebook) with the same quality standards that the publishing industry expects, meaning your print book has the same binding, trim sizes, paper weights, return status, wholesale discount, and beyond as books created by traditional publishers.

And readers will still hold your book to the same standards that they hold books that come from traditional publishers.

Readers have a growing number of tools to customize what they consider literary fiction selections — these are books that meet their standards, interests and literary definitions, not a publisher's or even an author's.

If you look at the standard hardcover book, it normally retails for around $ 27.99 and gives a $ 5.67 profit to the publisher and $ 4.20 royalty to author.

I've also learned that while I can write a book quite fast if I have an outline, it takes a lot longer than I anticipated to edit one to get it to a high enough standard to submit to a publisher or self - publish.

You are not assured success as a self - publisher, even if you have a great story, spend money to make your book meet all those standards that people talk about, and can market your ass off.

Instead, I'm going to weigh in on this ongoing hooplah about Amazon.com making a business decision that no small or self - publisher wants to hear: that print - on - demand books sold through Amazon must use Amazon's subsidiary, BookSurge, rather than relying on the industry standard, Lightening Source.

You are not assured success in traditional publishing, even if you have a great story, find yourself an agent who sells your book to a publisher and meet all those standards people talk about.

So just by doing the standard, an indie publisher basically gets to 21 major outlets for electronic books.

The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a 13 - digit number that uniquely identifies your book as a specific title from a specific publisher (you, as self - publishBook Number (ISBN) is a 13 - digit number that uniquely identifies your book as a specific title from a specific publisher (you, as self - publishbook as a specific title from a specific publisher (you, as self - publisher).

I published my novel in the most standard way possible: I wrote a whole book, I sent it to literary agents and signed with one, and eventually she sold it to a publisher on my behalf.

Many academic authors tell us they were afraid to request changes to the standard agreements for fear that the publisher would pull the plug on their books.

The Library Journal, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus and ForeWord Reviews are the gold standard in book reviews.

With IngramSpark, you can achieve a physical product (whether print book or ebook) with the same quality standards that the publishing industry expects and that are utilized by traditional publishers, meaning your print book has the same binding, trim sizes, paper weights, return status, wholesale discount, and beyond as books created by traditional publishers.

But I think my biggest reservation about these books is that they don't have standards for editing and grammar the way that mainstream publishers do.

Failure to promote Print on Demand books to publishers detracts from the authors ability to prove that they have the potential to be part of the publishers standard clientel.

For the longest time offset printing was the standard process for printing books for the marketplace and still used by traditional publishers for mass print runs, producing mass market paperbacks and hardcovers.

Any publisher, whether they are a self - publisher, vanity publisher, or traditional publisher, have to buy ISBNs (International Standard Book Number) in blocks of ten.

If there is any doubt in your mind, ask your prospective publisher if 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 is a standard illustrated children's book size.

At the present time, traditionally published authors still only receive the standard 15 % royalty, identical to what they would earn on hardcover sales; the chairman explained the historical rationale for the 15 % paid out to authors, which was based on the assumption that the cost of producing the physical book was about 70 % of the sales price and the remaining 30 % was to be split equally between the author and the publisher.