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Right now, I think if you look at the major publishers who are involved in the publication of what the industry refers to as trade book, bestselling fiction and non-fiction works, they have very different positions with respect to e-book borrowing from libraries.

Not exact matches

In the film, Hanks plays the Post's editor Ben Bradlee, while Streep plays the newspaper's publisher Katharine Graham, who was also the first woman to hold that title at a major national newspaper.

Compared to the major record labels (who are analogous to big publishers) who push junk to top 40 radio stations (analogous to bookstores), big publishers do a remarkable job at introducing high quality products to the market.

Authors at all stages of development and success (everyone from beginners to previously published authors who have a dozen books in print with major publishers)

All of the major publishers we spoke to at this event were basically local sales people who had no idea on what their companies were doing in the digital space.

Major publishing houses do not want to take on, or even look at, manuscripts by authors who are not already published (and they do not count Indi publishers as published).

A New York literary agent can spend more time with editors and publishers at major New York publishing houses (the people who buy most books).

So, today we're really fortunate to have with us Lauren Charles, who is the National Account Manager at Ingram, to talk about what she does in helping authors and even publishers get their books onto these major chain store shelves.

And isn't it really the publishers who will be affected by a major retailer's inability to sell ebooks at comparable prices, effectively hurting the authors as well?

In most cases a major Hollywood adaptation all but automatically puts a book in the NYT bestseller list for at least a couple weeks and it's relatively cheap for publishers to put out a new edition featuring the film actors / poster as a cover to draw in even more people who would otherwise have not read the book, especially since a popular film adaptation means the books will be shown face up on tables or in special displays all over the place.

Many of the same professionals who work for major publishers also freelance for self - publishers, and I know of more than one bestselling author who's moved to self - publishing and found professional editors and cover designers and formatters who are better than the ones they worked with at their publishers.

Major publishers are going to begin dispensing refunds to people who purchased eBooks from Apples iBookstore at agency level prices.

I think the hybrid contract is going to become more prominent — you look at authors such as Hugh Howey and James Oswald who have retained their eBook rights and have sold paperback rights to major publishers.

I have updated my Ebook Publishing Quick Reference Card (PDF) over at PublishYourOwnEbooks.com This is an excellent resource for indie authors and ebook publishers who would like to be able to see at a glance: The Main Ebook Formats The Major Ebook Stores Ebook Royalties Chart for Each Store Ebook Aggregator Comparison Chart (including 6 major aggregators) Ebook Revenue ChaMajor Ebook Stores Ebook Royalties Chart for Each Store Ebook Aggregator Comparison Chart (including 6 major aggregators) Ebook Revenue Chamajor aggregators) Ebook Revenue Chart...

At least during this stage of major disruption, the «good publishers» who are available and ready to do the work of content strategy are going to be at a premiuAt least during this stage of major disruption, the «good publishers» who are available and ready to do the work of content strategy are going to be at a premiuat a premium.

Sara is an attorney who has worked as an associate at a major New York law firm as well as acted as in - house counsel both for book publishers and at nationally distributed magazine.

You write in a vacuum or for a professor who frowns on genre; you workshop with other writers; you craft a query letter; you appeal to the tastes of an intern at a literary agency; you claw your way out of the slush pile; you hope to win over an editor at a major publishing house; your book comes out a year later and sits spine - out on a bookshelf for six months; it gets returned to the publisher and goes out of print; you start over.

So let's get one thing out of the way first; my respect for major Third Party Publishers, and their developers, who I will call out of disrespect «Thirds» is at an all - time low.

What i don't understand is why such a huge organisation is afraid of dealing with independent media or individuals who don't praise them at the drop of a hat my personal view is that until a few of us started publishing online a few years ago — and opening some of the doors that illustrate how all the major legal publishers operate..