Sentences with phrase «from authors or publishers»

We accept no financial donations from authors or publishers in exchange for our services, in order to avoid any conflict of interest issues.

They do not receive money from authors or publishers for reviews.

I can see how this is beneficial from an author or publisher perspective.

In accordance with the current FTC disclosure rules for bloggers and reviewers, the books you see reviewed on the site are either purchased by us or are obtained through NetGalley, Edelweiss, or directly from the author or publisher in an exchange for an honest review.

A front list is the roster of newly published or most recent books from an author or publisher.

I appreciate every inquiry I receive from an author or publisher, and I get in touch with each as quickly as possible — whenever possible.

Reprinting long excerpts requires getting permission from the author or publisher.

In open access publishing, materials are published under a Creative Commons or other non-restrictive licence: authors retain ownership of the copyright to their content, but allow anyone to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute or copy the content as long as the original author and source are credited and there is no commercial purpose to the reuse, and no permission is required from the author or the publisher to do so.

What is evidentially clear is that access to the full article was obtained without colour of right and without permission from the author or publisher.

Not exact matches

The Power of Nice describes an exercise from the authors» seminars, in which attendees are paired off, each playing either the «agent» or the «publisher» in working out a book deal.

The publisher and authors are not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences resulting from the use of the suggestions, products or procedures that appear in this magazine.

Not to be confused with the imaginative book and CD - ROM The Way Things Work (by David Macaulay and Ardley) from the same publisher or 101 Great Science Experiments by the same author and publisher, this will be invaluable on primary teachers, shelves.

The publisher and author are not responsible for any specific health issues or injuries that might occur from inappropriate practice.

The publisher and authors are not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences resulting from the use of the suggestions, products or procedures that appear in this magazine.

As early implementers, these educators have gone both to the «source» of the standards and used other proxies for quality and alignment: They've worked directly with and learned from the standards» authors themselves and / or used tools created by them (e.g., the Publishers» Criteria developed by Student Achievement Partners and several other groups).

I literally meant a symbol that represents the author's brand (something like the Nike swoosh symbol) as separate from their publisher logo, or series logo.

Whether an author gets a book deal from a Big 5 Publisher or a regional press down the block, they oftentimes have no idea what to expect once a contract is in place.

feedback is more in the book preview area, and that is from other authors / publishers, and that is as much or as little as you want.

This might well change over time, differ from author to author, genre to genre or publisher to publisher.

I think one of the biggest problems, to put this in concrete terms, is authors hear this kind of disembodied advice, whether that's from their publisher or somebody else, to get on Twitter, start a blog, or start a Facebook page.

As indie authors continue to knock down the stigma of their products being «lesser than» without the stamp of approval from a Big Five publisher or smaller press, this next hurdle is readying to be toppled by self - publishers, thanks once again to Amazon.

If accepted by the publisher, the author was assigned a publicist who dictated how, when, and to whom the book was marketed with little or no input from the author.

The day was filled with provocative observations from innovative publishers, an author or two, and even retailers — as in Miriam Robinson's announcement that The Bookseller, itself, will work with Foyles in a February workshop to formulate plans for a 40,000 - square - foot «bookshop of the future.»

I disagree with Kozlowski I review books both from Publishers and Indies — and I think he has sour grapes, I do not distinguish between whether the author has paid it all themselves — or whether they have gone the traditional route and been fortunate to be picked up — YES Indie Publishing means that the Author gets the profits faster — BUT THEY HAVE PAID for Editors, Covers etc and had to market the book themselves out their own pauthor has paid it all themselves — or whether they have gone the traditional route and been fortunate to be picked up — YES Indie Publishing means that the Author gets the profits faster — BUT THEY HAVE PAID for Editors, Covers etc and had to market the book themselves out their own pAuthor gets the profits faster — BUT THEY HAVE PAID for Editors, Covers etc and had to market the book themselves out their own pocket!

Their hope is that a small number of people who have read the complete book for the purpose of doing a review, will report any content errors directly to the author, publisher or the website that the advanced reader copy was downloaded from.

Its primary objective is to save authors from having to deal with literary agents or publishers while allowing them to publish their writings directly for consumption by a world audience.

Then the author gets their % from what the publisher gets, for instance, 40 % of the 70 % or 35 % (whatever the contract between publisher and author reads.)

It found that 75 % of responding authors said they have never been asked for feedback from their publisher and 28 % said communication from their publisher before, during, and after publication was inconsistent, confusing or always poor.

A long - standing decree from publishers warned agents (and therefore, authors) against submitting manuscripts with main characters older than 18 or younger than mid-20s.

Published authors have moved in droves away from corporate publishers over the past 20 years or so — it is a feature of neo-liberalism.

Publishers opt into the program and there aren't that many bestsellers on the platform, the vast majority of content is from self - published authors or Amazon's own imprints.

Is he most interested in getting more authors self - publishing, or in organizing authors to demand better terms from publishers?

Whether it's the latest title from a legacy publisher's hottest author, or a graduate - level biochemistry textbook, there is a severe disillusion on the part of the reading public that ebooks should automatically... [Read more...]

Authors typically are paid a percentage (which can be up to 40 %) of the sale from their ebook or agree to a flat fee from the publisher which will remain fixed regardless of the number of books sold.

If an «author» has no readership (as is true for the vast majority of self - publishers), how does their «work» differ from a shopping list, or the rantings of someone's mentally ill (a la Robert Crumbs» tragic notebooks)?

The Big 5 or any traditional publisher will give the author no say and choose an illustrator who can imagine what no one else could possibly imagine from the words, and they might draw a child bouncing on a bed with crumpled sheets as waves, and the pet dog, representing the shark, jumping in the bed as well — creating a far more rewarding reading and visual literacy experience for the reader.

I'd heard stories about ebooks from reputable indie authors or traditional publishers suffering from formatting problems, and I didn't want to run into the same issues.

Independent publishing has changed the way authors look at the industry, with many questioning whether it's worthwhile to play the waiting game and pray for the payoff from a traditional publisher, or instead take their fate into their own hands.

My tentative conclusions are these: 1) ebooks are «leveling» the playing field for female authors since, for the first time in publishing history, authors do not have to wait for the largesse or permission from publishers to get our books into the hands of readers, and traditional publishing has always favored males (to date).

Many publishers require no - compete clauses that prevent an author from working with another publisher (or from indie - publishing) during a certain window of time.

If, as an author, your intent is to create a book that will help you build towards a franchise of books from which you could one day make a living, or to create a book that takes your career to new heights or is a marketing tool for your business, then think about becoming an indie publisher and not an indie author.

Author will not, without written consent of Publisher, write, print, publish or produce, or cause to be written, printed, published or produced, during the continuance of this Agreement, any other edition of said Work, any work derived from the Work, or any other work in any form tending to compete or interfere with or injure the sale of the Work in any manner.

The main issue in this scenario is if you happen to buy any books outside those ecosystems — for example, if you buy any books directly from indie authors, or directly from publishers.

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.

Their publishers are really not «publishers,» at least in the sense that they have the infrastructure to create and support a quality book and its author or that they have their internal team — from editing to some semblance of book design and publishing marketing and publicity and that they are accountable in the critical accountability departments of actual book sales and responsibility.

Yesterday, I heard from yet another frustrated author whose publisher is promoting books in the same way as books were promoted 5 years ago: sending out books and media kits to the conventional media, following up, and trying to persuade journalists, reporters, producers, and hosts to choose their story, review their book, or set up an interview with their author.

Or is it you publishers are just too cheap to invest some of that money you've scammed from authors over the years to build some infrastructure to sell direct to customers because you know that without a middleman such as Amazon and Apple, you will no longer be able to shield exactly how much you've scammed from authors by claiming the middleman took a big chunk of it?

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.

Most of them apply with an extra exclamation point for those who are receiving review copies for free from the publisher or author.

If those authors have clear goals, they'll be better able to judge whether to use the same publisher for their new series, or if they want to diversify with a new genre, or whether their agent is steering them in a different direction from what they want.