Sentences with phrase «big publishing»

If you're an indie author who's competing in your genre, on your own, with best - selling authors who have the resources of big publishing houses behind them.

Good books are put out by big publishing companies.

The high pricing strategies of big publishing in response to this dominance appear to be reducing mainstream ebook sales.

These writers lack the marketing resources of those working with big publishing houses, making it difficult to get their works on the shelves of bookstores and libraries.

A good number of vanity publishers are now owned by big publishing houses.

I have encountered shockingly bad writing coming from big publishing houses.

If the book looks like it might have a slot in big publishing, get it to editors.

Even at big publishing houses, chances that a few errors will slip through are high.

An industry that was once solely dependent on big publishing houses and agents has today become an industry anyone can participate in.

Now that writers are sharing so much, the contracts from big publishing do not look as attractive as they used to.

A lot of people question why big publishing doesn't or didn't innovate their own e-book technology and that can be answered simply.

Some indie games are fun, but the lack the kind of enjoyment and longevity that big published games provide.

In order to get published by a traditional big publishing house, you must gain representation from an agent.

Why do you think big publishing houses are signing self - published authors with fantastic sales records?

But what worries me is big publishing seems to be relaxing their quality standards (or they never had them, as in the case of ebook production).

I have BIG publishing plans for 2013, but more information on that will have to wait for future posts.

I know a lot of writers who are taking those contracts, and expecting big publishing promotion, without ever asking themselves how that promotion will occur.

We don't have to kill big publishing, nor do we have to hold them accountable.

The Russian book market has seen a couple of troublesome years recently with sales decreasing and big publishing chains closing down.

The explosion of self - publishing has made room for top - quality editors — even some from big publishing companies — to work independently and directly with authors.

In today's publishing marketplace, writers (even authors with big publishing houses behind them) need to find smart ways to promote their books.

There are books that have been promoted heavily and taken on by big publishing houses simply because the author had «money» and «connections».

Since the publishers raised the price of ebooks, I have purchased far fewer books from big publishing and I am borrowing more from my library.

This isn't a magazine that's pushed out every month by big publishing houses.

They have big publishing deals that mandate X amount of books being sent out.

«The best editors, designers, and marketers no longer work for big publishing companies.

So much for Big Publishing as a bastion of literary quality.

A few of those presses have structured themselves to avoid long - standing problems that got big publishing into this mess: high advances, long author lists and spiraling costs.

Showcase your book at one of the year's biggest publishing industry events.

Virginie Clayssen, digital manager of Editis, France's 2nd biggest publishing group, survey's the Euro e-book scene and says each country «has its own rhythm.»

The challenge: Finding growth in the digital - books arena at a time when big publishing houses are muscling in.

Last week's big publishing news was that Amazon purchased Goodreads, which is a very smart investment on their part.

Now let's see if big publishing — in the form of the Oxbridge textbook mafia sends their goon squad to come shoot me full of holes.

Big Publishing wants to keep the prices of ebooks high — ... Continue reading →

Since we last talked to Vita Lounge we've grown the company at Curve quite a bit, we're making more games on more formats than ever, and we've got a much bigger publishing team now helping to manage and run things.

Regarding today's big publishing story (every day it seems like there's another one) in which Apple and Big 6 publishers are potentially getting slapped with a Department of Justice lawsuit, Mark Coker comments on Tech Crunch:

That's not to say big publishing is bad: if you can get a deal (a real deal — not one you pay for), then you might want to consider it.

BOMB Magazine organizes this yearly affair, which has only grown in size while Big Publishing has been on the wane — great freaking news for small presses.

In the old days (and by «old days» I mean as recently as a couple of years ago), moving at the speed of Big Publishing America, taking months (or years) to make updates, never really knowing what worked to sell books, and being completely resistant to starting over with a new approach.

Meanwhile, BookExpo might be America's biggest publishing trade show, but it's getting smaller fast, and making changes along the way.