Sentences with phrase «conventional publishing»

Suddenly, the world of conventional publishing can seem a little stiff, a little slow.

This is a must attend session for any publisher involved in conventional publishing and wants insight on the digital realm.

But indie publishing is a different animal entirely, not just a variation on conventional publishing.

But indie publishing is so much more than a farm system for conventional publishing.

How do you feel about ebooks vs. print books and self vs. conventional publishing?

But I wonder if writers are not on the verge of simply exchanging one slave system (old school conventional publishing) for the new school of digital publishing.

Self publishing is a well - recognized way of avoiding the limitations of conventional publishing.

A lot has been said in recent times in both self and conventional publishing circles with regard to hooking potential readers utilizing Twitter, Facebook and leading E-zines such as Angie's Diary, plus Goodreads which, despite the fact that it was

Spend some time un-learning conventional publishing wisdom and marketing advice and write what you truly love.

This is pretty big news, as Mike Shatzkin points out: this is a significant jolt to conventional publishing economics.

This is a service I provide for authors who are self - pubbing AND those who are submitting to editors at conventional publishing houses.

From the point of view of a writer who has enthusiastically embraced the new way over the almost claustrophobic rigidity of so - called conventional publishing, I for one am happy to be considered an Indie.

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.

As storytellers of all stripes adapt to the exciting new possibilities for sharing their message, the limitations of conventional publishing loom ominous.

I've just done a post re «Pile»em high and let»em Die» in reference to a Lit Agent's comment on conventional publishing practise», and a piece about badly written poorly edited conventional books!

How do you feel about eBooks vs print books and self vs conventional publishing?

It offers a fast and cheap way to publish books and so many authors choose it over conventional publishing approaches.

... but, when it comes to «establishing awareness of the product in the mind of the person who might like to buy it»... we're very much still just stumbling - around with (nothing more than) ideas warmed - over from Conventional Publishing.

Publishing the absolute best book possible — and accepting the outcome when you can't do what it takes to meet conventional publishing standards.

San Francisco's No Starch Press has found success producing «sharable books for geeks,» eschewing DRM and defying conventional publishing wisdom.

In conventional publishing, writers and their publishers form life - long relationships around the books they make together.

The thought that gate - keepers in the editorial offices of conventional publishing houses were locking down so much talent out there.

A lot has been said in recent times in both self and conventional publishing circles with regard to hooking potential readers utilizing Twitter, Facebook and leading E-zines such as Angie's Diary, plus Goodreads which, despite the fact that it was set up to promote books, in effect is yet another social media site.

The effect on conventional publishing with the advent of ebooks had directly effected this segment of the market, and many times with competition, the buyer will actually get more choices, and most times a better product.

Right now the indie path seems much more compelling to me than conventional publishing.

Louise Voss and Mark Edwards failed to get a conventional publishing deal for their two thrillers

But the duo - who as of last week have an agent working on securing a conventional publishing deal - now have no intention of changing the price.

Bookstores and other outlets in the conventional publishing industry expect big discounts, return unsold books, and take months to pay.

This also imitates the process of a conventional publishing process, where the publisher or agent is almost always as equally interested in the author as the manuscript.

Then, he went with a conventional publishing company.

the conventional publishing process just didn't work: your book being obsolete the day it's published.

Our approach jettisons the inefficiencies of conventional publishing to better serve readers, writers and the environment.

But by the time he'd done his second book, he realized a lot of things about how the conventional publishing process just didn't work: your book being obsolete the day it's published.

As we know, the conventional publishing route killed a lot of good writing just because it didn't «ignite» fast enough.

The time is long overdue for all conventional publishing houses to wake up and smell the roses if you want to survive.

Conventional publishing has the novel beginning at 80K words and up.

Self - publishing also comes under fire, he said — but this is «even less of a way of earning money from your writing if you're any good than conventional publishing».

I'm really not prepared to engage in some of the games the conventional publishing world indulges in - especially some agents - largely because I've come to this after years of banging my head aginst other career doors and getting nowhere.

If budget, effort, and conventional publishing are main concerns, then skip the website.

Reading Group Guide Discussion Questions — Whether you are self - publishing or going with a conventional publishing house, a reading group guide and / or book club discussion questions are great ways to initiate meaningful conversations about your book.

Which was that conventional publishing is (how can I put this delicately?)

But generally these are authors who have already achieved a certain amount of recognition by taking the conventional publishing path - authors like Stephen King, J. K. Rowling, Barry Eisler, and J. A. Konrath.