Sentences with phrase «from big name publishers»

The Xbox has a lot of support from big name publishers and developers including: Atari, Activision, Lucas Arts, UbiSoft, Vivendi Universal, Rockstar Games, Capcom, Konami, SNK, Sega, Sammy, SNK, Namco, Tecmo, Midway, THQ, and Electronic Arts among many, many others.

It is a great opportunity to explore new authors who don't get the recognition from the big name publishers.

One final tip I'll leave with you today: study the bestsellers of your genre from the big name publishers.

Not exact matches

But what is so bizarre is that they differ so vastly, and they don't all apply to each publisher, yet the world's biggest names in publishing all saw a major blip that in some cases will have been rather concerning from an ad revenue perspective.

Of course, it's important to note that most published books are not error - free, whether they are from big name traditional publishers or small indie micro-publishers.

In any case, those who self - publish successfully are either those who have already made a name in the traditional field, or if they are one of the few who made it big from the start, eventually get signed up by traditional publishers anyhow.

Face it: Your book is competing with millions of other titles — many by Big Name authors from major publishers — for the attention, consideration, and purchasing dollars of your target reader.

PubSmartCon, a writers» conference held in Charleston, SC, next month, has shifted the focus away from desperately seeking an agent or publisher and chosen to focus instead of building in time for authors to network, both with big names in the industry and with their fellow in - the - trenches writers to uncover their keys to success.

At the same time, readers will continue to transition from print to ebooks, making the print distribution to physical bookstores less important, and thus weakening the grip big publishers once had on bigger - name authors.

Surviving big name publishers, if they can get divorced from the bean - counters who are killing them, may do something along those lines as well.

Samhain has had some terrific success getting prequel and mid-series novellas from fairly big - name authors where the rest of the series is in print from a more, shall we say, traditional publisher.

Most big name publishers, the ones that can get you into bookstores, do not accept submissions from writers who don't have agents.

While bigger names from some of the bigger publishers often get some help in the PR department, authors generally have a lot of work to do in order to get their books in front of audiences.

One of the biggest problems plaguing both readers and publishers — from the major household name to the individual self - published author — is discoverability.

Sales for a small tier of mega-bestsellers like Patterson, King, Evanovich, Roberts, etc. skew toward brick & mortar print and away from ebooks and online because of the broad brick - and - mortar visibility you mention in airports, supermarkets, etc., and especially because of paid co-op placement in bookstores, which they benefit from disproportionately (Because publishers concentrate marketing spend disproportionately in their biggest - name tentpole authors).

While bigger names from some of the bigger publishers often get some help in the PR department, authors generally have a lot of work... [Read more...]

Which, of course, is why the entire Establishment — Big Publishers, bookstores, agents, Big Name Authors, distributors, major periodicals (which benefit from publisher advertising), et al. — have aligned themselves loudly against Amazon.

The editor at Penguin Random House who asked to remain anonymous, citing fear of backlash from institutions in the literary world such as the Times and Amazon, termed this dilemma «the problem of continued consolidation,» referring to the increasingly common pattern of publishers relying on only a few big name books a year to achieve commercial success.

For me the key is in what do publishers offer and from some of the points raise in the debate, it's currently «being a big name».

Big - name authors and publishers can sell books without the best blurb, so you can learn more by studying effective blurbs from lesser - known authors.

Some «big name» authors from publishers that do operate in the library space do not make their latest works available until after the title is off the hardcover bestseller list.

While the case names only the big - six publishers as defendants, Amazon places its DRM on nearly all of its ebooks from all publishers.

In October, the big publisher HarperCollins bought it, and Midlist, at least under its old name, apparently has vanished from the web.

From everything I've read, it appears that publishers make the majority of their profits from the «big name» authFrom everything I've read, it appears that publishers make the majority of their profits from the «big name» authfrom the «big name» authors.

To continue to earn royalties, you need people to buy directly from the publisher, whether that's a big - name outfit like St. Martin's Press or your own imprint.

Nor, do I suspect, they know a self - publisher from a traditional publisher (other than the big names).

If the giftee likes to read bestselling titles from big - name authors released by big publishers, the $ 25 gift card will be enough to buy two books.

In other words, if you want to read new books by Liane Moriarty, James Patterson, or John Grisham — the books from big - name authors released by big publishers — you will have to buy them separately because they are not included in Kindle Unlimited.

That said, as a blogger, I don't take many review requests in general, from either indie authors or big name publishers, but I have taken requests from both in the past.

You can use a print book from a big publisher to get your name into the speaking world.

The digital comics publisher Graphicly is not a company that is afraid of change — heck, they changed their name from Graphic.ly a little while ago — and today they announced a big one.

And what it may give you is an incredible discovery that great books don't always come from big publishers and big names.

Our Virtual Console Arcade line - up begins with four favourites from Namco Bandai and Tecmo (Gaplus, Mappy, The Tower of Druaga and STARFORCE) and other big - name publishers will also be bringing their wares to the Wii Shop Channel in the future, so watch this space!

From big - name publishers to independent developers, everyone wants to scratch the classic battleground itch.