Sentences with phrase «author or publisher chooses»

Dubbed KDP Select, the fund aims to let indie authors and publishers «make money in a whole new way»... [When] a KDP author or publisher chooses to make any of their books exclusive to the Kindle Store for at least 90 days, those books are eligible to be included in the Kindle Owners» Lending Library and can earn a share of the KDP Select fund.

If an author or publisher chooses to put a book on sale or make it available for free — that's great.

Not exact matches

This would be far more understandable a concern if most consumers knew how much an author's work is stripped away in the editorial process by major publishers, and then understood that self - published authors often chose to pursue indie authorship because random gatekeepers had deemed their book wasn't fit or worthy enough for mass market publication.

The Big 5 or any traditional publisher will give the author no say and choose an illustrator who can imagine what no one else could possibly imagine from the words, and they might draw a child bouncing on a bed with crumpled sheets as waves, and the pet dog, representing the shark, jumping in the bed as well — creating a far more rewarding reading and visual literacy experience for the reader.

Authors know that when they work with a publisher, they're partnering with a company that has years, decades or even centuries of experience choosing, editing, designing, marketing and selling books.

Publishers (authors, musicians, and filmmakers) can choose on what format they like their materials would be delivered to the customers: either electronically (eBook, MP3, video) or traditionally (print, CD, DVD).

Yesterday, I heard from yet another frustrated author whose publisher is promoting books in the same way as books were promoted 5 years ago: sending out books and media kits to the conventional media, following up, and trying to persuade journalists, reporters, producers, and hosts to choose their story, review their book, or set up an interview with their author.

But I'm not interested in seeing publishers, agents, or authors who choose a different path as The Enemy, either.

Too often, IBPA has noticed a bias against self - published authors, independent publishers, and hybrid presses when it comes to choosing titles or authors for book review consideration, book award contests, association memberships, and inclusion on independent bookstore shelves.

Traditional publishers have limited slots they can use for merchandising, and they choose to use them for authors who are taking off, or who they think should be taking off.

There are other reasons publishers may choose to make a book free, such as for a promotion or because the author / publisher just wants to get the information in front of an audience.

Each author (or publisher) can find the sweet spot for each book that maximizes its individual earnings... or choose a spread across different books that maximizes their portfolio earnings.

PubSmartCon, a writers» conference held in Charleston, SC, next month, has shifted the focus away from desperately seeking an agent or publisher and chosen to focus instead of building in time for authors to network, both with big names in the industry and with their fellow in - the - trenches writers to uncover their keys to success.

First, more publishers than ever before signed authors who had previously self - published their books, a far cry from the days only a few years ago when choosing to self - publish was an all - or - nothing choice.

IMO, you and the other authors could have chosen other publishers or to publish your own books.

When this became popular, some authors wanted to be able to pick and choose which services the subsidy publisher would perform and which they could do themselves (or hire someone to do).

Where additional royaties paid to the illustrator may occur, is in the event of the author or self publisher choosing to create new products such as merchandising items like t - shirts, for the purpose of financial gain and profit.

Given that truth, and given that many authors choose to self - publish or that some publishers have cut back on the editing stage of the process, we might need to pay freelance editors for some (or all) of the editing our story requires.

This is common knowledge, of course, but I just wanted to reiterate that as an author, you've chosen to publish your work (either through self - publishing or a traditional publisher).

However publishers choose to price their ebooks, there are also different acceptable prices for different genres or different types of content, as well as different priority prices for different authors and their work.

We know this movement is great for all writers, whether or not they choose to self - publish and ALLi members are proud of our indie status and carry that pride into all our ventures, negotiations and collaborations, with publishers, services and other authors.

Using Blio, readers can sample and purchase Smashwords books, create digital libraries for purchased and sampled titles, publish text or YouTube video book reviews, and «favorite» their chosen authors, publishers, and titles.

Smaller independent publishers or self published authors may also choose a name other than their own or that of their businesses to promote their book publishing work.

Many authors are choosing to self - publish their books instead of waiting around for a literary agent or publisher to publish their books.

If you choose to blog an ebook, before you upload a manuscript to Amazon's Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook or even Apple's iBook, you become an author and publisher of an ebook in the process of writing and publishing it.

Our editors choose the best of the books that authors and publishers submit to us so you won't have to deal with poorly - formatted books, books with excessive typos, or annoying plot lines.

We offer deals on all retailers, but sometimes authors or publishers have chosen only to list their books on certain retailers.

The author or publisher can then choose to enroll the Kindle edition in the MatchBook program.

«Not too far in the future, the author comes to the Pubslush site,» Ioannou says, «gets a checklist of the steps that the book needs; gets to choose an editor who has lots of experience with that kind of book or a young editor just starting out who will do the work more cheaply; sees samples of the work of a lot of cover designers and picks one; sees an array of publishers who might be interested in publishing the book — or gets various options to self - publish; and gets help to pay for it all» with crowdfunding «or can just pay for it all on the spot if that option appeals more.»

If a traditional author chooses to put zero (or minimal) sweat equity into marketing, relying on the publisher's salesforce to sell the book to booksellers, they may still have great sales.

«Too often, IBPA has noticed a bias against self - published authors, independent publishers, and hybrid presses when it comes to choosing titles or authors for review consideration, book award contests, association memberships, and inclusion on independent bookstore shelves,» said IBPA CEO Angela Bole.

That's nice for the «universe of authors,» but yet again it does not mean that individual authors can not do equally well at $ 14.99 (or any other price point above $ 9.99) than they would at that $ 9.99 price point, nor should that assertion mean that publisher should be required to sell their wares at that price point if they choose not to.

An author, publisher, agent, or other related entity («promoting entity») may choose to offer readers the opportunity to join an external, dedicated promotional email list for the purpose of providing those readers with information relevant to their reading interests.

Thank you to each and every Author & / or Publisher who chooses to send an entry for this special program.

With options for publishers and authors, choosing Bookmasters as your global print book distributor (and / or eBook distributor) means your titles will be available to wholesalers, retailers, independent bookstores, libraries, and ultimately, the readers you're trying to reach.

«Too often, IBPA has noticed a bias against self - published authors, independent publishers, and hybrid presses when it comes to choosing titles or authors for review consideration, book award contests, association memberships, and inclusion on independent bookstore shelves.

This suggests, said Cornford and Lewis, that «traditional publishers are decent arbiters of quality» and that «the reading public finds, in these authors» work, the same high standard (or marketable writing, at least) that led publishers to choose them in the first place».

For producers of legal information, be they publishers, authors, or libraries, moving up the pyramid would facilitate the creation of more compelling products that focus more on attributes like design, reducing anxiety, and potentially even belonging, but without the end users getting to choose what tools they use these things are not valued in the way they could be.