Nancy is helping to bring
back out of print books, and that will be good for readers.
Not exact matches
Unfortunately, most
of their lists were filled with
out -
of -
print books, which
back then, meant many
of them were largely unobtainable.
As Elizabeth Eisenstein says in her
book on the role
of the
printing press, Protestant clergy «viewed
printing as a providential device which ended forever a priestly monopoly
of learning, overcame ignorance and superstition, pushed
back the evil forces commanded by Italian popes, and, in general, brought Western Europe
out of the dark ages.»
Kind
of like the «what
books are you reading» post from a few months
back — which I
printed out and am slowly and luxuriously making my way through, on the theory that people who read and appreciate your recipes, like me, probably also read
books I'd like!
Very useful to stick in the front
of pupils»
books /
print out back to
back and laminate for use in class.
A longtime advocate
of print on - demand, e-
books, blogs, podcasting and social media, Danny established Unlimited Publishing, LLC in March 2000 to bring
out -
of -
print books back to market and publish new
books by professional writers.
Some contracts go on and on about how an author can jump through a ton
of hoops to get their rights
back if the
book goes
out of print.
Unlimited Publishing LLC uses a unique hybrid
of new POD technologies and proven professional
book publishing practices to bring
back out -
of -
print books, and to publish new
books by professional writers at a fraction
of the cost
of traditional
book publishing methods.
When my traditionally published
books went
out of print, the rights reverted
back to me.
Friends trying to go hybrid or get rights
back for thier backlist or
books that are
out -
of -
print that they don't want to take a 25 % net ebook deal on and the big 5 is not letting them
out.
Fill
out EVERY available space on your
book profiles (including summaries,
back cover, cover image, page number, type
of print, publisher, etc)
«I was very interested in the information on authors going
back to their publishers and getting the rights» to their
out of print books in order to pursue publishing them electronically.
You'll see this sort
of thing when there is a time line on the «
out of print» meaning no sales can happen for a year before you can ask for your
book back.
What works for JA there is that these are
out of print back catalog
books that the publisher has already gotten their cut on and no longer get a piece
of the action.
Digital Manga published Osamu Tezuka's Swallowing the Earth
back in 2009, and once the initial run was sold, the
book went
out of print.
If the publishing rights to your
book recently reverted
back to you, you might be considering the indie publishing route for your title rather than trying to find a new publisher, or simply allowing your
book to be
out -
of -
print.
Once in a great while, a publisher brings an
out -
of -
print book back into publication.
In fact, when the
books were
out of print (
back in now, thankfully) I found a used copy at an antique mall so now I can reread it whenever I like.
Lower level factors cited by
printed book advocates were they didn't run
out of power, it was easier to skip
back and forward, habit and
print books filled bookshelves.»
Unlimited Publishing LLC specializes in bringing
back out -
of -
print books originally released by traditional publishers, and in publishing new
books by professional writers.
I was with a Big 5 and it was a bad experience; my
books went
out of print and I got the rights
back.
«Using our integrated physical
book sales,
print, and distribution services, Open Road can now provide consumers with the flexibility to experience their E-riginals and many beloved
out of print books that they are bringing
back to life, in multiple formats.»
It's a ubiquitous device and people are discovering comic
books on the iPad in a way that they probably haven't before. Maybe we're talking about lapsed readers, people who fell
out of the habit
of going to comic
book stores for whatever reason, and they've stumbled upon the comiXology app and got
back into the habit
of reading comics. And some
of those people who were lapsed readers have migrated
back to the
print versions as well.»
During one
of the last big kerfuffles, wherein Amazon tried to push around a number
of small POD publishers into making them use their own in - house
print service (Angela Hoy and Booklocker fought
back on that one and won) many
of the other indy authors that I was hanging
out with as part
of our on - line support group) tried to put more
of our efforts into marketing our
books through Barnes & Noble, and to Borders.
Self - publishing also includes a large number
of books that were originally published by the publishing houses long ago, but went
out of print; when authors are able to get
back the copyrights to their old,
out -
of -
print books, they often republish the
books themselves.
When it comes to
back catalogs, digital is a boon for readers, as it eliminates the problem
of scouring comics shops and bookstores for older
out -
of -
print or hard - to - find
books and issues.
My client was not amused and is now wondering if they need to go
back and buy
print versions — and digital —
of their
books already
out to check them.
It's really interesting when you think about it,
back in the dark ages
of print publishing, publishers controlled the
printing press, they decided which
books were published, they decided which
books went
out of print, and most
books went
out of print very quickly.
Some contracts now define «in
print» as being related to a certain amount
of revenue per year rather than just availability from the publisher: «that if the
book goes
out of print then the copyright does go
back to the author immediately under the current system.»
And now I am nine months down the road and I am not worrying that my window
of opportunity is closing and that bookstores will be sending unbought copies
of my
book back, and
Books Scan is going to label me a failure because my sell - through rate wasn't high enough, and my publisher is going to drop me (or let my
book go
out of print) because I didn't make
back my advance.
«help fellow authors get their
out -
of -
print books and short works
back into readers» hands, and to publish high - quality new releases.»
(
Back in February 2016, we weren't at all surprised to find
out that 11
of the top 35 best - selling
print books in the Amazon US store were coloring
books.
We prefer to bring
back previously published
books that have gone
out of print, and new
books by previously published writers.
And if I want to go
back and read the author's earlier works because I liked it so much, I don't want to have to worry about the
book being
out of print or on weeks
of back - order at the local
book store.
I explored this notion
back in 1992, in «Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast» — my first
book on global warming (long since
out of print).
The early concern about global warming by officials in the Maldives was visible as far
back as 1988, as shown in this vignette from my first (and long
out of print)
book on climate, «Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast»:
Matthew Moeller: Well, I think the big thing was just trying to move away from the bundles and bundles
of paper and I'm not saying that you should be a 100 % paperless, I mean, it's still today I often
print things
out to look at I have smaller
books that maybe do not have material that's easy to navigate online on a bookshelf that I can just grab, but the days
of the big file cabinets in the
back of the office and the unlimited number
of redwells falling
out everywhere, that was something when I went
out on my own that I certainly envisioned was not going to be a part
of kind
of how we do things, and I think in moving away from that you're able to better control your operating costs, you're able to keep overhead to a lower level, and ultimately, I think you're able to deliver more value to the client and running a much more streamlined process.