Sentences with phrase «big publishing houses»

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.

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

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

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

However, it is even more important for independently published authors to promote their work as they do not have big publishing houses behind them.

Big publishing houses offer nice benefits, but they tend to think in terms of quarters and fiscal years.

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

Our little design company was stepping into shoes that seemed several sizes too big, since businesses operating in the magazine - sector tend to be big publishing houses responsible for dozens of magazines.

Big publishing houses change covers all the time and have multiple covers on the market at the same time.

Big publishing houses invest big dollars in the high - stakes game of creating the next blockbuster hit.

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

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.

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

Since the five biggest publishing houses in the world are now responsible for 80 % of the books on the bestseller list... more is required of writers hoping to make a living as authors.

Spokespersons for big publishing houses often refuse to comment when asked about the possibility that their houses might be changing their contract boilerplates.

You know, the one we hit to find the greatest story ever written, most savvy agent, or big publishing house editor who is floored by our writing.

Rumor has it that Apple is hard at work roping in big publishing houses like McGraw Hill and Overlin Press into this project, that of moving textbooks to iTunes.

Indie authors depend on reviews to promote our books since we don't have big publishing houses backing us.

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

All of my self - published books are designed to embarrass big publishing houses.

It will be interesting to see what the other big publishing houses decide to do, I have a feeling your going to see the companies who do nt push for equivalent ebook to physical book pricing will have higher sales and in the end make more money off of ebooks AND «dead tree» books as well thanks to word of mouth from ebook readers.

Now big publishing house understand Author Branding all too well.

Great job, Larissa, outlining the differences are between big publishing houses and small presses.

Indie publishers who go through Smashwords have dropped their prices, but, under agency, big publishing houses upped their prices from $ 3 - 5 / book overnight.

And if big publishing houses allow these companies to get a foothold — which is already happening — authors won't see the benefit of going through a larger publisher.

He also regularly works with some of the world's biggest publishing houses including Random House, Publishers Weekly and Writers Digest.

Indie self - publishers who feel shut out should consider the cost of entry that big publishing houses pay — and consider the risk you ask them to take on your first novel.

As budgets continue to swell for large - scale video game projects from the likes of big publishing houses such as EA and Activision, and as the technology continues to rapidly raise the bar for new gaming experiences, creative teams are using many more resources to try and make their games bigger,...

A lot of big publishing houses, such as Penguin House, use them as well.

I've edited on both sides of the desk, and I assure you there are mindlessly destructive editors at big publishing houses - and brilliant freelance editors as well.

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

I have other writer friends (for instance, Michael J. Sullivan and Hugh Howey) who have achieved super-success first by self - publishing, but who then shrewdly parlayed their fame into select, carefully tailored deals with big publishing houses, which allowed them to expand their fan base to include bookstore customers, while still retaining most of their other rights.

At Smith Publicity, we've implemented many book promotion campaigns for big publishing houses and small publishers.

I especially appreciated, «Big publishing houses offer nice benefits, but they tend to think in terms of quarters and fiscal years.

Sometimes they lure authors away from big publishing houses and in other cases they elevate authors from Kindle Direct Publishing.

And yes, the ability to effectively self - publish emphasizes the value of gatekeepers — though that's not to say that traditional big publishing houses are the most effective gatekeepers.

Meanwhile, the big publishing houses continued their march towards consolidation — most recently, Random House and Penguin announced a merger in October, and rumors have circulated over a potential HarperCollins - Simon & Schuster pairing — all in an effort to give Amazon (amzn) a run for its money.

The big publishing houses have not proven immune to digital disruption, either.

The agent submitted my book to many of the big publishing houses and smaller ones.

Magazines and books provide the most varied fare, but electronically - based conglomerates own the biggest publishing houses.

-LSB-...] do if he ran one of the big publishing houses.

And if you win, this signals that your work is of the same caliber as a book published by the big publishing houses.

Recently, I participated in an online conversation touching on self - publishing, in which a self - published writer commented on how happy she is that her books are truly her own — published exactly as she intended them, not mutilated or adulterated by some big publishing house editor whose main goal is to turn out cookie - cutter authors... (Keep reading)