Sentences with phrase «between authors and readers»

Book launch parties seemed to be the ideal events to observe the relationship between authors and readers.

The lack of division between authors and readers can be an advantage in personal communications.

My feeling is that the connectivity between authors and readers is improving (just by my «recommended for you» list)-- which means that those without much connection... which is not a small number (both indy and probably moreso, trad pub) will be «disposable» — but those who make connection with readers — not publishers — will not be.

Some voiced the opinion that traditionally published writers should be given training in social media and networking, as direct communication between authors and readers continues to become an increasingly important part of the publicity campaign for a book.

By combining my extensive experience in both publishing and art & design, I can provide new and established writers with visual strategies for promoting their work, as well as help develop web and social media strategies for building richer relationships between authors and readers.

I see app developers, in the publishing ecosystem, not as service industries operating in the space between publishers and readers but as publishers in between authors and readers.

While indie authors, and the companies that serve them, are a growing presence and power in publishing, large corporate intermediaries such as Amazon still stand between authors and their readers and dominate the self - publishing marketplace.

«We are delighted the investment community understands how we are facilitating these new interactions between authors and readers.»

You have to keep in mind that this is not a battle between authors and readers.

The ebook explosion has promised a new relationship between authors and their readers — one that is more immediate and personal.

In the grand scheme of things, publishers are curators — the links between authors and readers.

Next Week's Guest — John Mitchinson, founder and CEO of Unbound, an experiment in crowdsourcing the connection between authors and readers.

I feel that I am in a unique position as both an author and a blogger who writes honest reviews (obviously — check my Goodreads) that has put me somewhere in the middle, but regardless if you review books on a regular basis or not, I think bridging the gap between authors and readers is pretty simple.

The New Author Platform requires a focus on developing an unobstructed back and forth between authors and their readers, with the authors — not the publishers — controlling the flow.

This content will only be available on JManga, and the distance between the authors and the readers «will be zero,» according to Miyata.

Much like the 2011 Spreecast event that Good e-Reader hosted with author HP Mallory for more than one hundred of her fans, this platform basically charges a pittance fee for charity and allows a unique engagement experience between authors and their readers.

Book publishers did not plan to have e-books, to have a direct access between authors and readers so that every author has to have his own website now, and their own blog and their own self - marketing plan.

That means that the middlemen standing between authors and readers need to get more efficient, and they need to pass those savings along.

There are way too many publishing services acting as middlemen on their own behalf creating a chokehold between authors and readers.

Interview (Starts at 26:24)-- Jeff Belle, Vice President of Amazon Publishing, reports the sale of 10,000 Kindle Serials during the first week since the program was launched and describes what he hopes will take place between authors and readers in «virtual - watercooler» discussions as the serials unfold.

This has always been and always will be a sore point between authors and readers, and the sales slump we are seeing now could very well be a sign that the market is self - correcting: weeding out the «bad apples» so the good ones can thrive.

Aesthetic texts, so went the claim, present an experience which is shared between an author and a reader in the communicative act of reading.

The only thing between an author and their reader now is a screen.

Read more here: http://writersweekly.com/books/4814.html The Art and Craft of Writing and Editing Writing is a constant dialogue between author and reader.

It's going to further shrink that distance between the author and the reader.

However, sometimes Amazon and other sites will take down reader reviews if they believe there's too close of a connection between the author and the reader.

Modern self - publishing is about removing the middleman between author and reader.

Open Road, as a digital publisher of ebooks with a focus on the vast number of backlist titles, is perfectly poised to deliver value to its authors, as its marketing approach uniquely focuses on authors as brands and systematically creates authentic connections between the authors and the reader.

«The breadth of Amazon's opportunities creates a dynamic bridge between the author and reader that can move the content conversation to a growing global audience,» said Harold Smith, President and CEO of Christianity Today.

Everything between the author and his readers is either a means to that end, or an obstacle.

The Seven Book Marketing Mistakes That Authors Make (Part 4 of 8) A book is essentially a conversation between the author and the reader (with the author doing most of the talking.)

Is he just «an intermediary between the author and the reader»?

One of a bookseller's greatest joys is ensuring that those customers walk away with something great to read, and if you can help them discover a book or an author they might not have stumbled upon, and created a great connection between author and reader, that's what a bookseller lives for.»

Someone involved in «the production end of content» is a middleman by definition, if the middle you're talking about is between author and reader.

I personally think that if it's handled professionally, a really good dialogue can open up between an author and a reader, but not if there's any kind of whining over the review itself.

In internet - savvy circles [Amanda Hocking] has been embraced as a figurehead of the digital publishing revolution that is seen as blowing up the traditional book world — or «legacy publishing» as its detractors call it — and replacing it with the ebook, where direct contact between author and reader, free of the mediation of agent and publishing house, is but a few clicks away.

What I imagine Jones is partly responding to here is the common fear that as the structure of traditional publishing crumbles further there will no one to gate - keep, no one to curate the experience and help shape novels through the editing process, no one to perform all the very vital functions that happen between author and reader.

We help our authors build their platforms by giving readers a place to connect, deepening the emotional bond between author and reader.

It is another example of how automation tools can be used to reduce the costs and steps between author and reader.

Publishers need to find some value to add in between author and reader — and this isn't as clear as it once was.

These are a great way to support direct sales, they facilitate the direct relationship between author and reader that publishers are in a prime position to nurture, they can be a profitable additional source of revenue as well as helping upsell books themselves, and they're so versatile — from festivals to workshops, readings to conferences, there's something to suit every type of publisher.

Too often the large eBook stores create a wall between the author and reader, preventing direct interaction.

This is frustrating, because independent publishing is all about breaking down the barriers between author and reader.

This had many unintended consequences that improved the literary world such as a closer relationship between an author and their readers.

And this immense size gives Amazon unprecedented power to manipulate the flow of books — hence of information and ideas — between author and reader.

Now you tell me which one wants to dominate the market, which one actually controls all the key segments of the market and which one wants to dominate the flow of information and ideas between author and reader.

Improved engagement between the author and reader can help the author keep writing stories that his / her audience likes and makes the reader more inclined to read that author's work.

Below, John Green, accepting the Indie Prize given by the American Booksellers Association to writers who best represent commitment to independent book stores, calls «bullshit» to the concept that authors like him, who speak directly to their readers via social media, don't «need the value - sucking middlemen of bookstores and publishers and in the future... no one will stand between author and reader except possibly an e-commerce site that takes just a tiny little percentage of each transaction.»

Traditional publisher acts like a firewall between author and the reader even if they all (reader, publisher and author) are in the same country.

Getting to know the «story behind the story,» if you will, helps to create a more personal connection between the author and the reader and this is something that can't be found in the traditional marketplace.