Sentences with phrase «by big publishers such»

We are the most successful publishing service for eBooks and PoD in Scandinavia, where our services are used by big publishers such as Bonnier and Norstedts and around 200 small publishers.

Not exact matches

These days, big name publishers are playing it safe by banking on low risk sequels or reboots and this has allowed smaller, more independent developers to step up to the plate and offer up some truly original gaming such Chair's Shadow Complex and Runic Game's Torchlight.

Or is it you publishers are just too cheap to invest some of that money you've scammed from authors over the years to build some infrastructure to sell direct to customers because you know that without a middleman such as Amazon and Apple, you will no longer be able to shield exactly how much you've scammed from authors by claiming the middleman took a big chunk of it?

This isn't meant as a knock on the individual arts and writers, many of whom have taken the publisher's existing franchises in a number of interesting and often times thought provoking directions — it's just that Marvel is a big company (one now owned by a giant corporation), and as such, risk taking is likely not atop its list of priorities.

I bring this up because in reading one of the Hachette versus Amazon articles the writer pointed out how much gaming is already being done by the Big Publishers, such as buying ebooks themselves to increase the subsequent print order from Amazon.

For those of you who don't know, the IDPF ePub format is an open standard eBook format that is fast being adopted by many big name publishers including Penguin UK and O'Reilly as well as projects such as Feedbooks.com.

They were scooped up by major (yes, one of the big six) publishers even though they lacked all the numbers Rachelle holds in such high regard.

Yes, the company entered the mobile e-book business for IOS and Android devices, being backed up by some of the biggest publishers such as Shueish, Shogakukan and Kodansha, to name a few.

As the Big 6 publishers — now down to 5 — spend more money on one - offs by Snooki than on cultivating mid-list authors such as Mr. Sepinwall, the onus is on self - pubbed authors to produce interesting, thought - provoking, quality books — of which we're hoping The New York Times and other mainstream publications will continue to take note.

Imagine all the new possibilities for highly trained librarians and family literacy workers in general if we want families to discover, enjoy and absorb books despite such obstacles as e-book price gouges by big publishers.

But now they've also moved into direct competition with the big publishers by opening «Amazon Publishing,» with its own genre imprints, such as Thomas & Mercer for mysteries and thrillers.

The way I see it, publishers are bringing next to nothing to the party and big booksellers, such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble are simply trying to hog the profits for themselves by trapping the work of authors in their proprietary formats.

Countering this decline has been an increase in ebook sales by independent publishers (those not linked to the Big Four) and self - published authors, most of which is through Amazon, with small proportions through self - publishing services such as Smashwords.

Even a year or two ago, such a thing would have been unthinkable: back in early 2014, Big Five authors were outearning Small / Medium Publisher authors by a factor of more than 2.5 x, and only a year ago — in September 2015 — total Big Five author earnings in the Kindle store were still 2x those of all Small / Medium publisherPublisher authors by a factor of more than 2.5 x, and only a year ago — in September 2015 — total Big Five author earnings in the Kindle store were still 2x those of all Small / Medium publisherpublisher authors.

It is equally critical to understand the decisions being made by retailers such as Amazon and Apple, and publishers such as the Big 5.

Firstly I would opine that the view that Apple did the big 6 publishers such a favour by enabling them to become Agency Publishers is highly publishers such a favour by enabling them to become Agency Publishers is highly Publishers is highly debatable.

On top of the big - name book publishers is access to the content generally available on Scribd, which is submitted by users, such as reports and self - published pieces.

He added that although Ninja Theory has developed its own titles before, such as Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, it was becoming harder convince publishers to provide backing, particularly given the success experienced by established IPs in the modern industry, and the increased risks involved in developing big - budget titles.

Switch is also less well - served with what are called «third party» games (i.e. games made by other publishers that appear on multiple platforms), including big titles such as Destiny, Grand Theft Auto, Star Wars Battlefront and Call of Duty.

The plan was revealed in a recent earnings report by Activision, one of the biggest game publishers that spawned successful franchises such as Call of Duty.

Rubin said while big studios backed by large publishers such as Infinity and Activision could manage the costs, other developers may not be able to cope.

These days, big name publishers are playing it safe by banking on low risk sequels or reboots and this has allowed smaller, more independent developers to step up to the plate and offer up some truly original gaming such Chair's Shadow Complex and Runic Game's Torchlight.