Sentences with phrase «big traditional book publishers»

When I write that the traditional book publishing industry sometimes «appears to be operated by 5 big traditional book publishers in New York for their sole benefit, the rest of the industry be damned» I thought it would be clear that I not in the stands cheering for that side of the industry.

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And even if you're successful in finding a traditional publisher for your book, there is no guarantee you'll be offered big money (or any money) as an advance (up front payment) on your book's sales.

Of course, it's important to note that most published books are not error - free, whether they are from big name traditional publishers or small indie micro-publishers.

The problem is indeed that traditional authors expect to have their book published, get a big advance, and if it doesnâ $ ™ t earn out hard luck for the publisher - they have to take risks.

Modern authors often choose the present tense to add edginess and immediacy to a story, but the more traditional use of past tense is generally better loved by big publishing companies, who are increasingly risk averse for financial reasons.Tales abound of authors instructed by commercial publishers to rewrite an entire book to change the tense from present to past, before thy'll consider publishing it.

One of the biggest advantages of having your book published by a leading traditional publisher is the sales and distribution infrastructure that will get your book into hundreds if not thousands of stores upon release.

Traditional press gives more of a name brand backing to your novels, but often even the big five publishers depend on the authors to market their own books.

He says he has faith that his new book is good enough to sell big, even without a traditional publisher.

Reblogged this on Dale Furse and commented: As indie authors, we need to market our books, but we don't have the big budgets Traditional publishers do.

And the biggest myth to hit indie writers (because traditional publishers repeat this over and over) is that indie writers can't get their books into bookstores.

A Note about the Brand Name: If you see a big name traditional publisher tied to a vanity press, here's what you need to know: it's still a vanity press if you're paying for their services or their books or to be published.

And since readers don't buy for publisher, but for author, any indie book was suddenly sitting beside any traditional book in the big discount catalogs.

With all the self - publishing and small - press publishing going on these days, it seems there's a plethora of books out there that aren't as well edited as what the big traditional publishers have put out in years past.

And as Kris pointed out in her blog, with traditional big publishers switching over to electronic books and more print - on - demand books, they get out from under shipping and printing and warehousing costs, and that ugly return system gets cut down.

I wanted to clue - in my non-writer friends and followers to an epic soap opera - like battle between bookseller Amazon and publisher Hachette Book Group, one of the Big 5 remaining traditional publishers.

If getting published traditionally doesn't especially help you to get your books on the shelves of stores (unless you are talented, awesome, hard - working, and lucky enough to be a Jim Butcher), then you've got a legitimate reason to question whether you want to roll the dice with traditional publishers (who absolutely offer many great advantages), or get 70 % royalties on your indie ebooks and get paid 80 % of your print book's list price (minus the cost of POD printing) with your print - on - demand book via Lightning Source and their 20 % short discount option — which gets you right into Amazon.com and other online bookstores, just like the big boys do.

Of course, the irony of this is that getting your books into bookstores is one of the traditional BIG pluses of conventional publishers — making this one more talking point in the case against conventional publishing.

While it's owned by Penguin Group, a traditional publisher and one of the «Big Five,» Book Country is truly an independent entity that helps authors looking for traditional paths to publish their work, as well as indie authors.

While the publishing climate is certainly changing, I think as long as sales are tracked through traditional outlets and publishers continue to put the most emphasis using Bookscan as a primary sales reference point — versus an author's statement that the book has sold 3,000 copies in back - of - the - room sales or as ebooks — big publishers are going to be wary of publishing authors that are showing, say, 100 copies sold.

These points are valid enough, but honestly, when it comes to promotion, most traditional large publishers focus their time only on a handful of books that they think will go big (or have started that way and will go bigger).

Traditional publishers - no matter if they are big or small - do not want to publish poetry books because simply put they will not generate a lot of money and that is what they are really after when they decide to publish a book.

Or perhaps they'll publish a particular series through traditional publishers and then self - publish other material «for fun» in different genres, or at different lengths and with different approaches, either as experiments or to fill in the gaps between big books with their traditional house.

There's stories online of authors being published by a traditional big house publisher who feel their covers didn't represent their book well, but had no say in the matter.

Like many new writers, I was convinced my first book was «The Next Big Thing», and only a huge deal with a big traditional publisher would Big Thing», and only a huge deal with a big traditional publisher would big traditional publisher would do.

When somebody from a big publisher said to us: «well, wouldn't you rather be with a traditional publisher and have your books in the shops?»

If business is being conducted as it usually is, then traditional publishers sell their books to Amazon at the discount they use for all of the other big accounts (Wal - Mart, Costco, and so on).

Right now, it's a catch - all that includes everything from sizeable - but - not - Big - 5 traditional publishers such as Kensington to newer digital publishers like Open Road Media to authors who also publish a couple friends under an LLC first created for their own books.

While reprint publishers have been the biggest contributors by introducing hundreds of thousands of recycled works to the market, traditional publishers have also contributed as many, if not more, books than indie authors.

There are some books that would benefit from the expertise and experience of a traditional publisher, just like some movies need the resources of a big studio to make the project come to life.

As for the future, I think traditional publishers will publish fewer books, but they will be bigger books.

I had always believed that if a big traditional publisher put out a story, it was like the book was sent from some publishing god to the readers with some special secret stamp of approval.

As I described in a recent post, Eisler said that what made the decision to go with Amazon easy was that the web giant promised to not only get his books to market faster — both in print and electronic form — but also offered to sell them at a lower price than the traditional publisher, and apparently (although the terms of his deal weren't released) gave him a bigger share in the proceeds to boot.

The biggest advantage of traditional publishers is distribution, and with so many people buying books through Amazon and Kindle, that is becoming less important.

Book promotion is the other area once covered by traditional publishers and now left largely to book authors, even when you publish with the bigger and more reputable houBook promotion is the other area once covered by traditional publishers and now left largely to book authors, even when you publish with the bigger and more reputable houbook authors, even when you publish with the bigger and more reputable houses.

Eisler made big news not too long ago by turning down a $ 500,000 two - book deal from his traditional publisher, saying he was going to publish the books himself.

The reality is that even traditional publishers only go so far to promo your book, unless you're a big name.

Publishing a book; whether you self - publish, independently publish or publish through a big traditional publisher, you the author are responsible for the majority, if not all, the promotional efforts.

While a big traditional publisher could get your books onto the shelves of Wal - Mart or Target, a huge percentage of books on shelves in brick and mortar retailers end up pulped.

There are books from traditional publishers as well — no big - 5 publishers — but Abrams, Algonquin, Workman, Open Road and Bloomsbury, among others.

Traditional publishers rely very much on the sale of books by big authors.

The other big difference between traditional and indie published picture books is that self - publishers often try to control what the illustrator draws, which is mostly a big mistake if the author wants a truly wonderful and acclaimed book that will sell by recommendation.

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New York Times - bestselling author Barry Eisler recently turned down a $ 500,000 advance from «Big 6» traditional (or «legacy») publisher St. Martin's Press for a two - book deal.

You do avoid agent submissions and rejections and all of the tiny control details with a «traditional» publisher if you are fortunate to have your agent find one and yes, some POD books «make it big», but so does the chance of winning the lottery!

This is a big opportunity you can not miss and we will bring your book to the fair and take it directly to where the book right buyers, traditional publishers, agents, producers, directors, movie producers, media, and others can see your book.

Certainly, Amazon has issues too, however, the big traditional publishers, Barnes and Noble, and the group of literary agents connected to this model have made a very good living from working with a relatively small number of authors that sell a lot of books.

When they can't get into Bookbub (50 % of the slots are sold to the Big 5 traditional publishers, so it's a pretty fierce competition), we stack and stagger the second - tier promo sites like E-Reader News Today (ENT), One Hundred Free Books (OHFB), The Midlist and Free Kindle Books and Tips (FKBT).

A big reason for this is the quality control that goes into a book being published with a traditional publisher.

This is the big advantage that traditional publishers have over self - publishers, they have marketing departments and money to promote a book.

Of course, if you do seek a traditional book contract with a major publisher, you'll learn there are bars to entry, and you'll have to make some business trade - offs — but most publishing pros think the Big Five route is worth the effort if you have what it takes to get there.