Ashleigh Gardner, Head of
Writer and Publisher Partnerships at Wattpad, helps publishers and writers seize new engagement opportunities on Wattpad.
Not exact matches
The
publishers skills
and relationships are, as you say, potentially valuable to the
writer and therefore worth a
partnership.
As in many of these posts, I know I am dreaming of a new world where
writers know business, stand up
and believe in their own art
and work,
and play an equal
partnership with
publishers.
Here in my home town of Los Gatos, California, Smashwords (my company) has been working in
partnership with the Los Gatos Public Library over the last six months to develop
and roll out a pilot program designed to help local
writers learn to become professional
publishers.
«This
partnership will greatly benefit
writers and publishers who've been sitting on their back catalogs simply because the idea of digitizing the books themselves by hand was overwhelming,»
Twilight Zone — the original science fiction phenomenon — hurls humanity's fragile sanity deeper into the unknown courtesy of Dynamite's talented roster of comic book
writers and artists...
and thanks to the
publisher's
partnership with Groupees, you have a front row seat to the weirdness!
Writers» conferences provide ideal environments for learning about the various modes of publishing: the traditional model of the big publishing house, self publishing, independent presses, vanity presses, and the new «hybrid» author - publisher partnership model, which offers much higher royalties and transparency about the process for w
Writers» conferences provide ideal environments for learning about the various modes of publishing: the traditional model of the big publishing house, self publishing, independent presses, vanity presses,
and the new «hybrid» author -
publisher partnership model, which offers much higher royalties
and transparency about the process for
writerswriters.
«This
partnership will greatly benefit
writers and publishers who've been sitting on their back catalogs simply because the idea of digitizing the books themselves by hand was overwhelming,» says Felsen.
Writers fortunate enough to sign with Koehler Books experience a true
partnership between between
writer and editors,
and writer and publisher.»
In our opinion, this
partnership presents a rare opportunity for direct intersection between
writers, readers, a
publisher and an ebook distributor, all of whom are deeply invested in the same particular area of publishing.
We developed wonderful new
partnerships with companies like Wiley, Harvard Business Press, Ellora's Cave — the largest romance
publisher in the world,
Writer's Coffee Shop (the original
publishers of Fifty Shades of Grey)
and many other talented clients.
He went on to elaborate that, «This
partnership will greatly benefit
writers and publishers who've been sitting on their back catalogs simply because the idea of digitizing the books themselves by hand was overwhelming,» says Felsen.
Ultimately, the excitement over this
partnership will rest on the
writers and publishers of online content.
In the statement, Byliner
publisher John Tayman said «we increasingly hear from our readers
and writers that they would like our stories available in print as well as digital form,»
and he believes the
partnership with Ingram will provide «the expertise
and unmatched distribution channel to deliver our
writers» stories to all of the great neighborhood brick -
and - mortar bookstores.»
Honestly, so do I. I'd love to see traditional
publishers continue — with good author contracts
and with an acknowledgement that they work in
partnership with authors rather than believing that
writers are necessary idiots.
I think
publisher and literary
writer relationships will evolve into much more of a
partnership, much less hierarchical, to reflect this shift.
Lifted the historical justification for publishing houses existence (fronting the massive costs of print, promotion, distribution), the transition from «
writers as providers of goods for
publishers» to «publishing as a service for (or
partnership with) authors» seems natural, at least where digital books are concerned, as the interests of
writers, editors
and readership can be more closely aligned in the latter model (depending on terms).