Sentences with phrase «deal with a publisher who»

While I've certainly held dreams of being traditionally published for many years, as an author, I wouldn't be thrilled if I were signed to a long - term deal with a publisher who was trying to kill e-books and giving me lower and lower e-book royalties, while indie authors are about to get 70 %.

My experience with authors emailing to hire illustrators has only been because either they are self publishing or they are dealing with a publisher who is not willing to financially back the book to any great degree.

Not exact matches

I respect publishers and media executives who'll put out good, true, provocative stories and deal with the blowback.

-- > Dealing with rejection from family, friends, and publishers (A writer who can't deal with rejection is like a surfboard who can't deal with water.)

«Science and technology are embedded in almost every issue that the president deals with,» said Rush Holt, chief executive officer of AAAS and publisher of the Science family of journals, who also spoke at the 14 September event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

As Dickens struggles with his novel and deals with repudiations from his publishers, his thoughts and ideas are manifested on screen by actors who represent the very colorful characters he concocts, visible only to him.

It's a deft depiction, and The Washington Post publisher isn't the only one who has to deal with it.

Finding a cost effective Book Printer who wants to deal with the small publisher is a bit harder.

Now I could go on and on about the illusionary «support» traditional publishers and agents say they give writers, but anyone who has dealt with that system for any length of time knows that's just gotten worse as well in the last ten years.

In the latest sign of this disruption, author John Locke — who earlier this year became the first self - published author to sell a million ebooks — has signed an innovative deal with publisher Simon & Schuster that shows at least some players in the industry are thinking about how to adapt to the shifting balance of power.

Find an Agent — Most traditional publishers would rather deal with a community of trusted agents who know the publishing industry than wade through mountains of submissions, themselves.

We're dealing with the same consumers and the majority of them aren't checking who the publisher is.

Look at her deals on Publishers Marketplace, and then look at the authors she has sold who are now with other agents.

Taking also into consideration most (but not all by any means) manuscripts arrive at a publishers via a literary agency, who deal with an even vaster backlog.

Next Big Book's Alex White spoke to Good e-Reader about what publishers can learn from tracking this kind of online reference, specifically as it relates to their first major customer, Macmillan, who signed a three - year deal with the company.

Scenario 2: You're dealing with a reputable publisher who has some marketing clout and experience.

If Amazon had wanted to go head - to - head with Apple a few years ago — a giant who enjoyed monopoly control over both the online music business and the market for related hardware like the iPod — it might have offered record labels the opportunity to cut a deal that would have guaranteed them higher prices, just as Apple has done with publishers and the agency - pricing model.

I've seen friends literally lose control of their books because an inexperienced agent made a bad publishing deal with a new publisher who went out of business right after the book released.

Finally, on a pure process level, I am wary of a world without agents or publishers: that would mean that you have large booksellers, who have substantial market power, dealing with authors directly, the vast majority of whom do not have any substantial market power, and where there are antitrust issues that may arise from collective action.

If you're work isn't good enough to land an agent, or a deal on your own with a legitimate publisher (and for those who have a problem with the word «legitimate,» The MWA criteria work for me — you can find them on their website), then your work is almost certainly not ready to be published.

Who's to say that the way Amazon has been trying to deal with publishers wouldn't have similar benefits?

Some authors (who've gotten NO positive responses from literary agents and / or hundreds of rejections) have written new Query Letters that Worked... resulting in full manuscript requests, representation offers from top literary agencies, and book deals with major publishers.

But, the people who don't think they can, don't want to or haven't managed to get a deal with a publisher, and don't feel that they can afford and spend the time on self - publishing it, might feel that this is the best way to go.

John Sinn, a librarian at the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries, said bluntly: «Why don't the editors, who are generally faculty, and the reviewers, who are generally faculty, and the authors, who are almost always faculty or government researchers — why don't they just [publish] on their own and not deal with the publishers?»

Writers who haven't been published by The Big 5 assume that once they get a deal with one of these big fish, they'll be able to sit in their living rooms and wait for their publishers to set up their interviews with Ellen and Colbert.

Finally, this term can be applied to authors who continue to self - publish and also deal with an existing publisher, or sell them a series of standalone books.

It's an all - you - can - eat deal with an admittedly limited buffet, because there are only a handful of publishers who participate and most of them have only a handful of books.

Scribd, who has inked deals with a number of publishers and established a very forward - thinking partnership with Smashwords to include indie authors» works, announced that Wiley will be posting its bestselling and DIY manual - improving line of For Dummies books to the subscription catalog.

During the last few months they got Random House as a partner and hope to woo the other publishers who deal with the competition.

One of the biggest deals they signed was with publisher Macmillan, who contributed titles from Lora Leigh, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Lisa Kleypas, Robert Jordan, Orson Scott Card, Robert A. Heinlein and Jonathan Franzen.

Andre, who wrote the Four Weddings and a Fiasco series under the name Lucy Kevin, has become widely recognized for maintaining strict creative and rights control over her work, despite traditional print publishing deals with a major publisher, a move that has allowed her to make decisions such as the Kobo deal.

So, now that we've got those things out of the way, here's what I look for in bloggers who want to get a book deal with a publisher.

The competitive edge for authors with publishing deals today are those who support their publisher's efforts with their own and aggressive book marketing and publicity through a reputable independent firm.

They've had to deal with editors who disagreed with their approaches and wanted them to change their books to fit the template of what the publisher wanted to sell.

But when he states that «many publishers view e-books with a skeptical eye» I know we're dealing with someone who is operating from hearsay rather than relevant experience in the trenches of a large and established publishing company....

Readers sign up to receive a daily email alerting them to deals in categories that match their interests, while authors, publishers, and agents partner with them to reach the millions of book lovers who use their service.

But the way most current contracts work, publishers who fail to do anything with rights such as paperback, audiobook, and foreign edition rights don't have to give those rights back to the author until the agreement ends — another «forever» deal.

Eisler, a former CIA operative turned author, has been one of the most prominent examples of self - publishing, along with fellow writers J.A. Konrath and young - adult author Amanda Hocking — who made more than two million dollars by publishing her own books via the Kindle marketplace (often charging as little as 99 cents for them) before signing a $ 2 - million deal with a traditional publisher earlier this year.

Then the buy feature was disabled, and Yamila Abraham, the publisher of Yaoi Press and someone who knows a great deal about the biz, speculated that was because whoever put the book up on Amazon didn't actually own the rights to it (something that has happened before, most notoriously with George Orwell's 1984).

It's also worth noting that Amanda Hocking, who became famous for making millions by self - publishing her books for young adults on the Kindle, signed a deal with a traditional publisher earlier this year.

It is interesting that Publisher's Weekly's headline is about Amazon promoting Zandri as being a «self - published author,» despite the information in the Amazon post that Zandri had a «big publishing» deal, then went on to sign with a much smaller publisher who put Zandri's original titles out viPublisher's Weekly's headline is about Amazon promoting Zandri as being a «self - published author,» despite the information in the Amazon post that Zandri had a «big publishing» deal, then went on to sign with a much smaller publisher who put Zandri's original titles out vipublisher who put Zandri's original titles out via Kindle.

Apple is also required to hire an outside non-Apple employee who will oversee all of its future deals with publishers in order to avoid anti-trust violations.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Bella Andre spoke to GoodeReader about her recent seven - figure advance book deal with contemporary romance publisher Harlequin MIRA, who will handle the print editions of the eight books in Andre's award - winning Sullivans series.

This deal between Andre and Harlequin marks one of the first times the author has retained the digital rights and the publisher handled the print rights; one other well - known author who managed to publish in both formats with different rights» holders is JK Rowling, who had the foresight to retain her digital rights when she signed the contracts to the Harry Potter series nearly twenty years ago and later self - published the series in digital format.

In some positive news for publishers Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins, who have been dealing with the shift in the ebook market and the litigation settlements in the Apple price fixing case brought on by the Department of Justice, the publishers announced a partnership with Worldreader to bring their titles to... [Read more...]

There are also literary agencies who prefer to deal directly with publishers.

Stores don't carry it and ordering a self - published book online can be troublesome, if Amazon doesn't carry it and you're dealing with a not very professional self - publisher who loses orders, will not ship overseas, does not reply to e-mails etc...

As someone who works with self - publishers every day, the stories of how people get swept into deals with these companies are common.

The benefit of working with a traditional publisher, rather than with an author who's self - published, is to make use of the specialists who deal with books on a daily basis.

If you have dealt with a proofreader paid for by your publisher who thought they could rewrite every sentence, you are laughing your ass off right now.