Sentences with phrase «big publishers»

Since then, we've seen much more discussion about the place of big publishers in the publishing ecosystem.

Except the books from big publishers often look like crap in digital and utterly mundane in print — no better than a well made self - published book.

You'll be competing with big publishers with powerful sales teams who pay money to have their books featured in window and table displays.

That's more than some AAA + titles by big publishers reaches!

Traditionally published authors have no intention of changing: About 90 % of authors who publish their books with big publishers don't see themselves ever publishing their own books.

Big publishers who gave me a quarter - million bucks in advance for a couple of books that barely made it off the runway before crashing and burning.

If the shift in consumption is toward mobile devices, then author - entrepreneurs can compete just as well as big publishers.

Sometimes, I wonder if big publishers DO know, but just don't care.

I wonder how long before the other big publishers start doing the same thing.

For many big publishers, that's still one time too many.

I don't think we'll ever go back to a time when big publishers give marketing help to more than a handful of authors.

But don't count big publishers out of the game.

This is becoming easier as many editors and designers who work at big publishers offer their work privately as well.

Big publishers want novels because they are more economically viable.

The news comes at a time when most big publishers have restricted library access to their e-books.

You may think that only big publishers need these.

This is still how big publishers work and this is one reason why many authors choose to remain indie; to maintain creative control over their work.

Big publishers use their networks and connections to solicit reviews from newspapers, or ask other authors they work with to give a favorable blurb.

I don't think big publishers understand how most readers have been accustomed to passing books to family and friends, borrowing from the library and buying used books.

We have a team in the same way big publishers do.

While big publishers have larger budgets and more influence with bookstores, indie authors get to keep all their profits.

Smaller publishers will continue to grow into the areas left behind and become big publishers over the years.

No, the one thing that's always defeated self - publishers going up against big publishers is lack of distribution.

But to think that only big publishers put out good covers or that you have to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for a cover is flat wrong.

It's a direct attack on who big publishers feel threatened by: Internet platforms and web startups, as well as smaller, more innovative competitors.

It's an intriguing idea but it's never really hit the big - time, partly because big publishers never bought into it.

And to your other point about big publishers selling direct, I'm not expecting them to be very effective at it.

What I truly love about being an indie author is sharing my stories with a freedom that doesn't make my books any less than those who go through big publishers.

Maybe big publishers are actually a real estate play?

A quick turnaround on a promotional author for one of the world's biggest publishers sets the stage for a movie premier... and a great working relationship.

Big publishers still control a lot of what is advertised and promoted, and a lot of it is crap.

Also, big publishers hold royalties over their authors and this can cut into the possible additional income of the authors and they may want to become indie publishers instead because of it.

Big publishers typically take two or three years to get a book from signed to published.

This system is made to benefit BIG publishers and big indie authors that are already making a killing.

Unlike big publishers our authors can get to know our staff, they are able to communicate with everyone from the MD to the publicity assistant.

I don't think the old big publisher have the platform to make this happen.

You have to respect the publisher for bringing so many brand new experiences, something that other big publishers fail to do.

With big publishers increasingly avoiding risks and therefore pumping out more sequels, it's up to the smaller developers to continue moving the art form forward.

Will a «services model» for agents, analogous to big publishers distributing small publishers, grow up to enable smaller players to continue?

I've heard figures from big publishers stating that many new releases sell more ebooks than print books.