• An inside look into a book's packaging If you're being published by a traditional publisher, a lot of people are involved in
decisions of your book title, what the jacket looks like, the book's marketing and publicity and everything else about the book's development and publication.
Not exact matches
Broadcast by tweets from influential theologians / pastors such as John Piper bidding «Farewell, Rob Bell,» the article's writer is convinced that Bell can no longer claim the
title of «Christian» because he suspects Bell
of universalism (this
decision being made, it seems, simply by viewing the video above and reading the publisher's summary rather than, you know, reading the
book first).
For as much as Churchill's Secret War seems to zero in on
decisions taken by the war - time prime minister and his adviser Lord Cherwell, the racism and sheer odium
of both
of whom is on stark display in the evidence presented by Mukerjee, this
book is much more
of an indictment
of what colonialism was really about than the
title suggests.
Self - publishing authors have final say in all
decisions about editing, proofreading,
title, cover design, interior page design, marketing and, ultimately,
of their
book's entire publication schedule.
It's the best tool to help you make informed
decisions along your publishing journey — from editing recommendations, to your
book's
title and cover design considerations, to tips on taking advantage
of marketing connections you may not even realize you have.
This includes
decisions on final edits, the
title of the
book, and the
book cover.
It's a tool to help you make informed
decisions along your publishing journey — from tweaking your
book's
title, to cover design considerations, to tips on taking advantage
of connections you may not even realize you have.
But don't make the
decision to change
titles of published
books lightly.
On Mike Shatzkin's blog, he speculated that the publishers»
decision to delay the e-book versions
of some major upcoming
titles isn't «a battle to rescue hardcover
books from price perception issues caused by inexpensive ebooks» so much as it is about «wresting control
of their ebook destinies back from Amazon.»
He is the editor
of three philosophy
books,
titled Why We Fight, Why We Need Love, and Why Our
Decisions Don't Matter.
The anger over the
decision by several retailers to stop carrying self - published
titles continues to rage, as it is even extending to authors whose
books were not even remotely close to the adult nature
of titles that stores like WHSmith and Whitcoulls railed against.
The
decision has been hailed by libraries and their partner organizations, in light
of Google's tireless efforts to establish a searchable
book database through scanning
of millions
of titles, many
of which are housed in secure collections due to their rarity.
For many, those are valuable business
decisions; remember, however, that without the legwork
of contacting independent bookstores and asking them to stock your
title (or having a customer genuinely request it from them), the chances
of them simply browsing the catalog
of hundreds
of thousands
of available
books and deciding to purchase yours aren't very high.
Many
of them would be able to relate to my wife Darlene's
decision this week to buy a Kindle version
of a
book, even though she'd been given a free paperback
of the
title, to read for a
book club.
We made the
decision to use the original cover
of Pentecost, and to keep the English version
of the
title, as it is quite common for German
books to use a foreign word as the
title.
Random House reached a similar deal back in March for the English - language Bond backlist outside
of Canada and the U.S. Barnes & Noble, which has vowed never to stock
titles published by Amazon, is going to have an interesting
decision to make once the physical Bond
books are published by Amazon, since Barnes & Noble stores currently stock Fleming's novels.
For the past five years in my role at Author Solutions, I have been working with our team to build relationships and partnerships in Hollywood and help create events like the
Book - to - Screen Pitchfest to expose entertainment executives to self - published
titles and give our authors unique opportunities to put their
books in front
of people who are making
decisions about what makes it to the screen.
Although I could have pitched some
of my
books to traditional publishers, I didn't want a gatekeeper making a
decision about whether readers would or would not be interested.For example, my Vanquish Writer's Block (originally
titled The Visual Writer)
book is fairly short but packed with tips on using images when you're stuck.
They figure out perceived quality based on
title, description, front cover, back cover, total number
of reviews, number
of positive reviews, number
of negative reviews and then make a final
decision after making a qualitative analysis
of the negative reviews (i.e. they ask themselves why a particular reviewer has reviewed the
book poorly and if the reviewer is justified.)
With millions
of books available in your genre alone, people will make
decisions based on your cover design, your description and your
title.
Harlequin is one publisher who I see is really taking advantage
of the digital opportunities with its epublished only fiction, it's
decision to digitize its entire front list
of over 120
titles every month while digitizing its backlist at the same time, by offering all series
books a month in advance, by pushing its content onto devices through partnerships with Daily Lit, providing its content for cellphone users.
In a saturated and non-consolidated field, Recorded
Books hopes to distinguish itself with a platform that will allow publishers to set their ebook licensing terms for libraries on a
title - by -
title and market - by - market basis, and then analyze the impact
of those
decisions by comparing circ and consumer sales at the zip code level.
In a saturated and non-consolidated field, Recorded
Books hopes to distinguish itself with an ebook sales platform that will allow publishers to set their licensing terms for libraries on a
title - by -
title and market - by - market basis, and then analyze the impact
of those
decisions by comparing library circ and consumer sales at the zip code level.
By putting your print
titles in front
of the industry's most important
book buyers and
decision - makers, we open doors to new sales opportunities and can broaden the reach and visibility
of your
titles.
Mike Shatzkin this morning said that one
of the
decisions that took the most time in planning Digital
Book World's sixth annual conference was what order to put the options in the
title of this panel.