Sentences with phrase «by subsidy presses»

But, on the issue of book sales: Griese points out that many important bookstores shy away from books published by subsidy presses because of their perceived inferior quality.

Not exact matches

On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, Assemblymember Kavanagh, Chair of the Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee, held a press conference with Energy Chair Amy Paulin, Corporations Chair Jeffrey Dinowitz, Environmental Conservation Chair Steve Englebright, and other Assemblymembers to question the lack of transparency by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) regarding massive subsidies to a large corporation to operate upstate nuclear power plants that are set to take effect on April 1.

«I'm deeply disappointed that this plan that we believe fundamentally was better for the taxpayers — ended the subsidies of large amounts of luxury housing by the taxpayers, achieved more affordable housing, cut the city's subsidies, just look at the benefits of this plan,» Mr. de Blasio said today at a Brooklyn press conference.

We are instead pressing ahead unilaterally with terrible policies: draining the budgets of families and businesses with excessive green taxes; picking losers by giving the most generous subsidies to the most expensive sources of low carbon energy; and recreating the volatility of the housing market with an emissions trading scheme where the supply of allowances is fixed, so fluctuations in demand lead to wild swings in the price.

At a hastily - called press conference at City Hall, Quinn, who was joined by fellow council members and the head of the retail workers» union, announced plans to introduce a new «living wage» bill that will force developers receiving more than a $ 1 million in city subsidies to pay their workers at least $ 10 an hour, plus benefits, or $ 11.50 without — significantly more than the $ 7.25 minimum wage.

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Our annual literary awards was established to honor writers who self - published or had their books published by a subsidy publisher, small press, university press, or independent book publisher geared for th...

Our annual literary awards was established to honor writers who self - published or had their books published by a subsidy publisher, small press, university press, or independent book publisher geared for the North American reading audience.

The Wall Street Journal mentioned that «In France, newspapers also have had to play catch - up online, given that overall circulation is down by nearly a third in four years and direct government subsidies to the press are projected to slide 29 % by 2015 from their 2010 peak.

I generally feel that «indie author» not only includes all those who self - publish, whether they do it all themselves or hire a subsidy press, but also authors who are published by very small traditional presses.

Well, I have been meaning to update the branding of the book, and since this version is owned completely by me I felt funny using the cover provided by Aventine Press, the subsidy that originally printed my work.

TLH, The stigma is widely perceived by prestigious review publications and by bookstore buyers, who have long associated Vantage with subsidy press books.

Our annual literary awards was established to honor writers who self - published or had their books published by a subsidy publisher, small press, u.... more

Vanity presses, otherwise known as «self - publishing companies» or «subsidy publishers,» will publish any book written by anyone with a large bank account and a spendthrift attitude.

support all authors whether they are self - published, used a subsidy press, or were published by a small, medium, or large traditional publisher - but, please, please, be sure your book is edited professionally (and that doesn't mean spell - check, it means a professional editor)

Vanity or subsidy presses usually require payment by authors, or a minimum purchase of copies.

«Co-invest...» You may be savvy enough to recognize that «subsidy publishing» is usually a whitewashed label for vanity publishing, which publishes anything backed up by a check for tens of thousands of dollars, and inevitably disappoints its authors because vanity press books are hardly ever reviewed or accepted by book distributors.

Because I fear new writers may be duped into staying away from all these legitimate mid-sized, smaller and digital - first publishers and steered toward the subsidy or vanity presses now owned by the Big Five, thinking anything with a Big Five label is somehow more «traditional» or «legitimate».