Sentences with phrase «by indies who»

Joanna: Which is interesting and I know of a start up by some indies who were going direct to libraries, going to be putting eBooks directly into libraries.
Just think about how a great book by an unknown will compete with a brand name author... Yes, life is tough, but again... why doesn't Amazon address the fact that it makes most of its money off of the same old same old, books that are either «built» by big publishers or by indies who often combine formulaic storytelling with full on marketing.

Not exact matches

And the last two promised to be the quickest of all: the Parnelli - Cosworth driven by Foyt, a veteran of 23 Indy 500s, and a Penske with Mears, who was co-Rookie of the Year in 1978.
Despite having enough momentum to roll across the finish line he was passed by Dan Wheldon, who took his second (and tragically last) Indy 500 victory.
Pretty much any racing driver can enter the Indy 500 or Le Mans as a one - off, but these days the only chance anyone has of winning at Monaco is by having an entire F1 career, drastically reducing the pool of people who can realistically go after the Triple Crown, let alone win it.
Indy's stingy defense will be tested by Carson Palmer (left), who leads the NFL in touchdown passes (18).
Paladino's campaign manager Michael Caputo confirmed the Buffalo businessman attended at Fossella's invitation (apparently, the connection between the two is GOP consultant John Haggerty, who is working on Paladino's campaign while fighting charges brought against him in connection with the Mayor Bloomberg / Indy Party scandal by the Manhattan DA's office).
An assistant to Mayor Bloomberg who is paid by both the taxpayers and the billionaire mayor is reportedly a key witness in the case of the missing $ 750,000 that has been bedeviling the Indys.
Vance is investigating a $ 750,000 personal campaign contribution made by Bloomberg to the Indy Party and passed on Haggerty who has yet to fully account for how he spent the cash.
It's too bad that some other folks who have been treated like dirt by Sampson and Co. didn't have the balls to join the Indy conference, too.
Even Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino, who is being counseled by Indy founder Tom Golisano, reached out in hopes of landing the line.
Morano says he was informed by state Indy Party First Vice Chairman Tom Connolly that AG Andrew Cuomo, who accepted the Indy line despite the fact that the party remains embroiled in an investigation by the Manhattan DA's office, wanted Hyer - Spencer to get Row C.
In WNY the clear loser was Steve Pigeon, who, according to The Buffalo News, drove the local Indy picks and saw all his efforts undone by MacKay et al..
Staten Island DA Dan Donovan is looking into the use of Indy Party cash to benefit the firm of state Indy Party Chairman Frank MacKay and $ 10,000 business loan floated to her business by a NYC Council candidate, John Tabacco, who landed the party's nod not long after cutting that check.
The Indy Party's expenditures are already the subject of scrutiny by the Manhattan and Staten Island DAs, with the former probe resulting in the indictment of GOP consultant John Haggerty, who was hired by the party using a more than $ 1 million contribution from Mayor Bloomberg to provide services during the 2009 election.
MacKay also had some harsh words for another of the Democratic AG candidates, Sean Coffey, who has said he wouldn't accept the Indy or WFP lines if they were offered to him because both the subject of investigations by different law enforcement entities.
As a veteran of both huge production and micro-budget indies, leading man Anton Yelchin — who plays a horror buff who's freed from under the thumb of his sexy but controlling girlfriend (Ashely Greene) when she dies, only to find himself still at her mercy when she's revived as one of the walking dead — was impressed by the blend of Dante's vision and efficiency.
Park brought the DP Chung - hoon Chung, his regular cinematographer since Oldboy, but the rest of the talent was provided by the producers, from the stars to ace production designer Thérèse DePrez (wooed by hardcore indies as well as studio executives), including the actor Wentworth Miller, who signs here his first screenplay (and gets a production credit).
US was undertracked for wii u by 5k so european numbers could be undertracked (or overtracked but who knows) mario kart is doing something like iwata said a stream line of games can sell a console and thats whats coming a stream line of games we have hyrule warriors, bayonetta 2, sonic boom, toad, smash bros, yoshi, kirby, devils third, xeno x, zelda u, star fox, mario vs dk, mario maker, mario party 10, wii sports club u retail, watch dogs, project cars, skylanders, disney infinity, lego games, tons of amazing indies like fast racing neo its there its enought games for a secondary console its still being supported thats how nintendo will work they wont give up until wii u owners are satisfied (according to iwata)
From dream - like French - Canadian indies to «Blade Runner 2049,» Villeneuve's films reveal a man who's always been haunted by a single idea.
As poorly - done works by indie authors stagnate in the marketplace, the indies who are serious about their craft will continue to polish their work and grow their brand.
But I hope you can forgive me a smile when I see someone who so easily dismisses all we indies do because we haven't «proven ourselves» by receiving a traditional publishing contract before going out on our own.
Oh, and indies should also throw money at the poor, downtrodden insiders who've been trampled by the indie revolt.
Second, it's a tool used by local bookstores to connect them to one another across the country, and by authors and readers who want to show their dedication to indies.
I've read a few indies that made me want my money back, but there's some really great stuff out there getting stigmatized by the folks who just put any damn thing on paper (or PDF.)
How nice it would be if there were a e-publishing service house whose mission & market was to FIND mid-listers who had proven their writing (by managing to get at least a couple of things published and bought before a trad dropped them) and make it easy for them to make the transition to indy.
Nope, the comment about indies was a slap in the face not only to me but to every author who has taken advantage of the new opportunities provided by Amazon and other e-tailers.
Because the idea of having a herd of turtles (lots of titles available, expanding your digital footprint) is being picked up by trad - pub (from indies, who are proving it a way to boost book sales).
My feeling is that the connectivity between authors and readers is improving (just by my «recommended for you» list)-- which means that those without much connection... which is not a small number (both indy and probably moreso, trad pub) will be «disposable» — but those who make connection with readers — not publishers — will not be.
Compare that to indies, who in general are a happy bunch, as reported by researcher Alison Baverstock.
Despite the fact that the package usually includes the work of big name authors rather than indies, it is up to the reader who decides which distributing channel can broaden the sales revenue and the quality of the content delivered by hardworking authors that will ultimately attract new readers.
Well, Deadfall Adventures introduces James Lee Quatermain, a spiritual twin who unintentionally has half the intelligence and a tenth of the charm as Indy, a sentiment made more humorous by the fact that James is the great - grandson of Allan Quatermain, a character written by English writer H.R. Haggard who acted as the template for the creation of Jones.
He acknowledged that many indies don't like to think about polishing their game's to improve the final quality, believing this to be mainly associated with triple - A development, but posited that devs who think they are «punk» by deliberately avoiding triple - A quality and practices are actually producing games poorly.
Raven Travel Studios is a game development house founded in November 2011 by italian indies artists who worked in the software industry for a decade.
No hockey to watch and the only alternative was the Indy 500 — the pole sitter by the way, a Canadian, Alex Tagliani who crashed on Lap 147.
I've been helping out some out - of - state investors who are interested in Indy by scouting opportunities, taking tons of pics, providing insight into the neighborhoods, etc..
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