Sentences with phrase «authors and publishers over»

Authors and publishers over the decades have shown that dastardly deeds entertain in all the genres.

Although the scanning program has faced complaints from authors and publishers over copyright, Google Editions will cover only books submitted and approved by the copyright holders when it launches next year.

It is important to note that the majority of Amazon users said they rely on ratings and reviews of books on Amazon's website, which speaks to the current firestorm of anger from authors and publishers over the so - called corruption in Amazon reviews, given that reviews apparently do matter a great deal to consumers.

For the past ten years, Google has battled authors and publishers over the right to make snippets of books searchable on its massive search engine.

The main thing I've learned about independent authors and publishers over the years is that they tell the truth.

Not exact matches

I think it was Jack Canfield (author of all the Chicken Soup for the Soul books who got turned down 100's of times before getting a small publisher and then going on to sell over 112 million books) who said it's not what people say about you but what you say to yourself when they say things about you.

I recieved this book from the publisher and while I'll be skipping over the author's nutritional recommendations, the recipes look really tasty to me; it's also beautifully photographed and I am a sucker for pretty cookbooks.

Pantley, the author / publisher of the newsletter Parent Tips, presents an alphabetical «dictionary» of over 200 issues («Hitting,» «Nose - Picking,» «Baby - Sitters,» «Spitting») using questions and answers.

For over ten years she has been helping authors and independent publishers produce books that win awards and, more importantly, stand tall to compete in a rapidly changing book market.

Over the summer, she gained experience in marketing and public relations at Square One Book Publishers, composing interview questions for authors and performing sales research.

«There are over 100 ways to gain an upper hand in the online dating industry,» says Joe Tracy, publisher of Online Dating Magazine and author of the book Web Marketing Applied.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

Hi, I learnt my lesson with Xibris who is under the wing of Penguin House they were over the top with praises but got nothing right they didn't follow any of my instructions for my artwork or cover the did nt edit my manuscript as I paid $ 3500 for and received delay after delay after 8 months which they promised 6 weeks and my book would be in my hand and on shelves, I pulled the plug and cancelled payments through my bank and received all my money back I sent all 9 consultants emails on my termination of our contract due to their unprofessional ism and prying on new authors Plus I sent 9 written termination letters as stated in their contract I now have learnt research every publisher outlet in legitimacy saves on the heartache

Publisher Hachette and Amazon ended Thursday an acrimonious feud over online book sales that highlighted Amazon's market dominance and fuelled protests from leading authors like John Grisham and Stephen King.

By Ron Pramschufer, President, Self Publishing, Inc. - Helping Authors Become Publishers since 1995 Over the years, I have probably written about ISBNs and the importance of the ownership of the ISBN for your book more than any other subject.

Over the course of her dynamic career she has sold over seven hundred titles to every major publisher, and has built a client list of more than forty authors spanning the commercial fiction genres, primarily in the areas of fantasy, science fiction, romance, mystery, suspense and erotOver the course of her dynamic career she has sold over seven hundred titles to every major publisher, and has built a client list of more than forty authors spanning the commercial fiction genres, primarily in the areas of fantasy, science fiction, romance, mystery, suspense and erotover seven hundred titles to every major publisher, and has built a client list of more than forty authors spanning the commercial fiction genres, primarily in the areas of fantasy, science fiction, romance, mystery, suspense and erotica.

Walter John Williams — Well yes, Hachette is mean to authors, if by mean you mean that Hachette, and other publishers, try to get authors to sign contracts that favor the publisher over the writer.

And getting your panties in a twist over calling a publisher a legacy publisher is like getting them in wad over calling someone an author instead of a writer.

An author fortunate enough to have a book acquired and published by a large traditional publisher will usually be required to sign an agreement that gives the publisher final say over a wide variety of issues include title, format, cover design, word count, price, release date, marketing, sales, distribution, etc..

We deliver essential book development, book printing and binding services with one aim: to help first - time and veteran self - publishers get to market while retaining their authors» rights and full control over their work.

In over thirty years of watching the publishing industry, I've never come across a big publisher whose self - publishing companies weren't author predators with over-priced costs, poor service, and egregious contracts.

During the past 25 years I've helped authors and publishers sell over a billion books.

It was old - fashioned horse - trading, sure, but it often proved salutary for the authors, for over time, if they truly had the stuff (and some of them did; if not, the whole house of cards would have collapsed long ago), their international stature would gradually mature, and their readership would inevitably spread like their publishers» waistlines.

These authors have grown tired of the query game and the contract negotiations involved in turning over their book rights to a publisher, and often highlight... [Read more...]

And I don't see where you get the idea that it is easier to make money going indie than it is traditional, -LCB- to join these organizations you have to earn «x» amount of money over a single calendar year, where the specified amount for indie publishers is a * multiple * of the requirement for traditionally - published authors minimum income, because it is easier to make money by going indie, -RCB- because it is actually harder.

I agree that traditional publishers have stifled creativity and passed over too many excellent authors for the sake of the bottom line.

Authors carve the creative control over their work, and they've come to realize that self - publishing affords them an almost equal chance for income potential as a traditional publishing deal, as evidenced largely by the fact that 24.8 % of those who responded said they'd published through a traditional publisher who offered a royalty split, but who did not pay them an advance.

It's been years since the first debates over protecting the interests of authors and publishers, with solutions — albeit often pathetic ones — proposed so long ago... [Read more...]

Publishing industry events have been debating the ins and outs of reaching readers directly for several years, and companies have been exhibiting at these events for that same amount of time, promising both publishers and authors they could reach out to book audiences and seamlessly sell content, wiping out the need to pay fees or argue over how much a book should cost.

These publishers have no control over what metadata a vendor chooses to display, and as such are in the same boat as indie authors.

The monopolist publishers get what they deserve when the took over all the passion publishers and made authors into slaves.

No longer are talented and qualified authors at the «mercy» of traditional publishers to be passed over and shunned by an editor who is looking for a safe bet or the «old tried and true».

Privately held Smashwords operates the world's leading eBook publishing and distribution platform serving over 40,000 authors, publishers and literary agents who distribute over 125,000 eBooks with Smashwords.

This growth indicates a forward movement in the format, giving even more credence to the disputes currently taking place between retailers and publishers regarding sales agreements, and between publishers and their authors over royalties.

RWA (Romance Writers of America) is an organization that supports and advances the careers of romance authors, and the RWA conference is a four - day gathering of publishers, writers and supporters with over 2,100 attendees.

As e-reader sales begin to increase this holiday season — an estimated 24.5 million units sold according to IMS Research, which is expected to double eBook sales year over year according to the Association of American Publishers — authors have a great opportunity to capitalize on current reader trends and increase visibility for their works to new audiences.

«Authors and publishers have been selling books on Facebook for over six years now by setting up shops with 3rd - party services, and now Facebook wants to get into the act.»

In a Digital Book World 2014 full report, titled What Advantages Do Traditional Publishers Offer Authors, by Dana Beth Weinberg and Jeremy Greenfield, a survey is included of over 9,200 aspiring self - published, traditionally published, and hybrid authors that sought to answer the golden question of the hour: traditional publishing vs. self - publAuthors, by Dana Beth Weinberg and Jeremy Greenfield, a survey is included of over 9,200 aspiring self - published, traditionally published, and hybrid authors that sought to answer the golden question of the hour: traditional publishing vs. self - publauthors that sought to answer the golden question of the hour: traditional publishing vs. self - publishing?

Authors, writers, publishers of eBooks, audiobooks and short texts can... A) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii - without author contract - in real - time, without technical skills - with an own authorpage and online shop - enter all information such as description, tags, cover, price... - upload an eBook in one or multiple formats: PDF, ePub, mobi, doc, xls... - high royalties per download - consolidated real - time sales reports - keeping full editorial and copyright control or B) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii and additionally on major eBook retailers - we convert eBooks to the ePub and mobi format for free - we distribute to the leading eBook - shops all over the world for free - we provide consolidated sales reports Readers have... - the opportunity to discover new titles in all categories and genres - an easy access to a huge variety of content - can instantly download after purchase - have the opportunity to rate and comment on eBooks

Book Buddy offers a full range of publisher services including the most affordable professional audiobook production in the U.S. Book Buddy produced over 1,000 market - ready audiobooks in 2016 for a variety of authors and publishers.

I've gleaned a lot of information on author behavior over the years and especially with the free 30 - day book marketing challenge I started on a year ago last February (if you missed out, you can purchase the book which has all the tips in one place — available now from my publisher, ShadowTeamsNYC).

-- Over 42 per cent of authors are working with one publisher and one - third work with more than one publisher.

-- 59.4 per cent of self - publishing authors do so to have creative and financial control over their work, followed by just over one - third who were unable to interest a traditional publisher in their work.

News has broken since yesterday that Ellora's Cave has sued Dear Author, specifically over the post DA did here, talking about the publisher's history and how they appear to be imploding now, and basically asking WTF.

I bring to the table over 10 years of experience working both in - house and freelancing for a major North American publisher, as well as indie authors.

Hachette Book Group USA, where authors include Stephenie Meyer and Malcolm Gladwell, announced Thursday its support for the agency model, which gives publishers more control over pricing.

Seriously, if you work at a publisher, you need to know this: authors are lectured over and over again about not being lazy and being proactive and doing our marketing.

The one thing I found myself saying over and over again this last week is this: I believe that a diverse, vibrant ecosystem in publishing benefits all healthy players: authors, publishers, booksellers, and agents.

Authors and publishers can easily create their own Booktrack by choreographing their stories to Booktrack's extensive library of over 20,000 free - to - use music and ambient audio tracks.