Sentences with phrase «established publishers did»

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The publishers didn't like this because they felt that Amazon would establish a psychologically low price level in the minds of consumers.

Not surprisingly, Wylie's venture has angered affected publishers, and Random House has said it will do no new business with Wylie because, said a spokesperson, Odyssey «undermines our longstanding commitments to and investments in our authors, and it establishes this Agency as our direct competitor.»

If you are prepared for this to, say, establish yourself with a publisher, though I don't know why you would want to, at least review it on a book by book basis.

Established literary agents also have the ability to pitch books face - to - face (sometimes with the author present), submit books to publishers simultaneously, hold auctions, and get deals done faster.

Unlike traditional publishers — who only take on a book if it has a chance of doing really well, either because the author has an established platform or because the book is in a very popular genre — I work on a lot of projects that probably won't be as successful.

Established book agents don't have to make cold calls to the Publishers, Vice-Presidents, and Senior Editors with the most money to buy books.

While established publishers have always been free to set up unlimited giveaways, self publishers were barred from doing that for years.

e-Books are doing quite well in the US, but over in the UK a sustainable model is still trying to be established by the government, libraries and major publishers.

I've done proofreading, editing, critiquing, mentoring, and coauthoring for new and established authors, aspiring writers, editing networks, magazines, and book publishers.

Though many indie writers do strive to break the stereotype, a majority fall well short of the standards established by trade publishers.

I didn't have an established name, so I couldn't go with a traditional publisher.

The series was originally published by Hakusensha in Japan, a publisher that doesn't have an established relationship with a US publisher.

9.45 - 10.30 Starting Up to Success From ambition to established publisher, how do start - ups get started, and how do they find and publish the best authors?

If someone used to be a successful New York book agent, but now they're living somewhere else (like, oh, let's say Sacramento, CA) they can still do well because they've already established relationships and built rapport and trust with a lot of editors and publishers.

I still believe in the idea of publishing as a community service, though, and there are far more opportunities to do that today, and far more underrepresented communities to serve than there are established publishers interested in doing so.

Established as one of the UK's leading high street booksellers, Waterstones do not currently offer self - publishing authors and small publishers a web - based eBook publishing facility.

In many cases, if you are a first time author or don't have the bankable established name the publishers often mandate authors promote the book themselves.

Add to that the fact that even traditional publishers don't spend nearly the advertising budget on debut authors that they put into their established breadwinners, and the decision becomes even harder.

Overdrive did the smart thing and built their own ecosystem and established relationships directly with publishers.

Warnings to traditionally published authors have even been posted on message boards, encouraging them to contact their publishers as these authors do not upload their own titles or establish their keywords.

You had an established relationship and your publisher seemed to have done a good job.

The real purpose of this list is to allow you to see what established publishers (best - selling publishers) are doing with their trim sizes in your category.

The IDW press release about their succesfully - funded Kickstarter (when did it get normal for established publishers to run kickstarters?)

What would happen if at a later date I determined I did not want to self publish and wanted to go through an established publisher?

«I earn more royalties from my books on Leanpub than I do with well - established publishers or through Amazon (which I publish on thanks to Leanpub's MOBI conversion),» said one person.

I don't know about the others on Konrath's blog who are making money, but Konrath has his mainstream publisher to thank for establishing his platform.

E-publishing is a boon for both established and wannabe writers as it is cost effective and cuts down the time it take for a book to reach markets to about a fourth of what it would have taken had it been left to publishers to do the job.

All of these allegations seem to stem from sales that took place leading up to 2004, well before Harlequin established its ebook imprint, Carina Press, a digital publisher that led the way among publishers for offering unheard of author royalties, doing away with advances in exchange for higher sales payouts, and a radically new output of titles each month.

They don't have all the nervous tics that come from the [established] publishers — they are more open to ideas.

But I think it's absolutely a good move for her to see what an established publisher can do for her and her books.

Earlier this year I answered a post on the numbers of new releases from publishers divided by sex, and looking at «newness» Back then the traditional publishers were skewed marginally female, and if you took out the long established authors and just did the 3 book or less than 10 years in publishing — very skewed to female.

Publishers generally don't work with their authors how they used to in order to establish the author's career.

Could you see a publisher doing something like this as successfully — establishing a collective among its authors — or do you think the power of this group grows out of it being author - managed and author - directed?

If you * do not * have the rights in all countries for your eBook distribution or your publisher has the rights to publish in some countries, you can specify how the eBook will be sold in each of the following 32 established territories where you currently own the rights to sell:

«Real» book publishers who are now doing comics / graphic novels have established review copy procedures.

Sounds like a great business case for more and more small e-pub houses — can do pretty much everything a large publisher will do, at potentially much lower overhead, which creates margin that can be used competitively to attract established authors, do more publicity, etc..

Self - publishing is done by the original author without the direct involvement of an established separate publisher.

They establish such a strong appeal among readers that demand for the book pulls it into the supply chain, and soon enough the author will probably license the book to a larger publisher who is well - placed to exploit that demand, something virtually no small operation can do on its own.

There are other writers I enjoy reading who are also not on Twitter, which seems like a career - damning thing to do, although most of them are established writers with high level platforms in the form of big name publishers or national magazines and papers.

If we don't maintain other avenues for establishing a literary reputation and finding some kind of readership — things like traditional publishers and reviewing, where the writer could just be a writer and not have to wear the flak hat, the salesman hat, the editor hat, the publisher hat — if we don't maintain those, then we hand over the literary world to the personality types who are, I would say, less suited for the kind of work I care about.

AH: Yes, and it seems that in the end it really comes down to dollars and cents and a lot of these successful, established mainstream authors are starting to realise they can earn significantly higher royalties releasing work on their own than they do going through a traditional publisher.

And, although budgets vary, yes, even established midsize publishers are not above trying to shove as much of the illustration cost as they can onto the author, or telling the author to find a coauthor to do the illos and share the royalties with him or her.

But rarely does an author make a preemptive move, and pull his book before a publisher has a chance to publish it, which has «highlighted a growing issue in the business: Are traditional publishers doing enough to support established authors?»

Many of the self - publishers I've encountered are doing so because established publishing houses won't take a risk on them, or on their books.

At least now, established but forgotten (by their publishers) writers are making significant money off of their backlists, which were sitting languishing before because no print publisher would do anything with them.

Why did Kobo establish this new option for Indie publishers and authors?

The author buys an ISBN block, establishes a publisher name, and either does or hires out all the work in publishing the book.

I doubt any established publisher would be as gauche as to pay cash money in return for book reviews but they do have a more subtle, codified model of rewards for reviews, from free books to parties.

The large - scale distribution network guarantees increase in sales: MEDIA DO's massive distribution network based on more than 100 companies including the major mobile carriers, rapidly growing internet companies and established book retail stores will realize increase of content sales for publishers most promptly.

Cheap books from authors who didn't get contracts from established publishers.