Sentences with phrase «given by the publishers»

When Xbox Live Arcade first launched, much of the attention given by publishers and developers was to releasing ports or updates of classic games, and the prices... Read More

When asked which standard the question was supposed to measure, teachers did not know until they looked at an alignment chart given by the publisher.

Being aware of the Google discounting, we automatically adjust the retail price given by the publisher to avoid price matching by Amazon.

Some years ago, I went to a talk given by a publisher.

The majority of the release dates and descriptions are based on press releases given by the publishers.

Not exact matches

As Washington Post publisher Kay Graham, given the job after her husband died, she isn't taken seriously by the men on her paper's board or very well - respected in the newsroom.

By making paid content available through its News app, Apple would give publishers a way to maintain relationships with readers and perhaps attract new subscribers.

The keys are sold by third - party providers such as Humble Bundle (in which a portion of the sale is given back to the publisher or distributor), distributed as part of a physical release to redeem the game, or given to a user as part of promotions, often used to deliver Kickstarter and other crowd funding rewards.

By LAURA LOREK Publisher of Silicon Hills News Dosh, an app that gives consumers cash back for purchases, is disrupting the $ 200 billion advertising technology industry from Austin.

Fearful of having their books omitted from lists of «acceptable» texts, a number of publishers have acquiesced to creationist demands in various ways: by considerably reducing the space given to discussion of evolution, by referring to evolution as «only a theory,» by including creationist materials, or by placing references to evolution in a final chapter which the teacher could conveniently Omit.

Today I am pleased to introduce you to Wendy Grisham, publisher and vice president at Jericho Books, who was inspired by Mutuality Week to give us a glimpse of what it's like to be a woman and leader in a male - dominated industry.

Disclaimer: The book was given to me free of charge as a promotional copy by the Canadian distributor of Chronicle Books, Greens + Grains» publisher.

And from the how NOT to communicate with your kids file: A U.S. publisher released a graphic anti-ISIS colouring book last year that could well give your child nightmares without offering much by way of hope or coping tactics.

[156] As part of his role at the publisher, Crone had served as the News of the World's chief lawyer and gave evidence before parliamentary committees, that he had uncovered no evidence of phone hacking beyond the criminal offences committed by the royal editor Clive Goodman.

Eli Kintisch's book Hack the Planet, published in April, 2010, was given a starred review by Publisher's Weekly, which called it a «fascinating wake - up call... engaged but balanced.»

This arrangement may be cancelled by the Council of the Association or by the publishers of the journal, after one year's notice has been given by either party.

Narrated by Dennis Hopper, Larry Flynt Exposed gives us a 29 - minute and 24 - second synopsis of the publisher's life.

While the film touches upon its various political and cultural issues (In addition to the give - and - take relationships between reporters and politicians, there's a lot about the overt and subtle sexism that Kat receives as the first and, at the time, only woman serving a newspaper publisher), the film plays mostly and best as a race - against - the - clock thriller of sorts, in which the obstacles are as imposing as the might of the U.S. government and as low - key as deadlines or being beaten to a story by a rival paper.

Given the difficulties faced by actor Carlyle and the screenwriters to successfully convey pure, unadulterated evil, much of what we learn about Hitler is conveyed by the observations and reactions of other characters, notably crusading but ineffectual anti-Nazi journalist Fritz Gerlich (Matthew Modine), and especially German publisher Ernst Hanfstaengl (Liev Schreiber) and his wife, Helene (Julianna Margulies).

In what has to be the weirdest release period by any games developer and publisher ever, after giving us both SteamWorld Dig 2 and SteamWorld Heist: Ultimate Edition, the next game in the series to see its release is none other than the game that gave us Rusty in the first place!

The portable's US and European launch will follow a month later in March, but no price details were given by Nintendo for those regions, with the publisher saying these announcements would be made later by the company's overseas branches.

A code to download the game was given to us by the publisher for reviewing purposes.

Nice to see this game will likely have dual audio for those of us who like to hear the games native language, I don't buy games like this if it's only available in English, not after the likes pandoras tower, arc rise fantasia, the last story etc, the voices in those games was make or break for me, I really appreciated Platinum giving us the option in the Wonderful 101, and they'll most likely do it with Bayonetta 2 as well, I don't know why Japanese game developers or publishers (whoever makes the decision) can't just leave them in there as an option, it's not like they lose anything by doing so, fyi, this game looks AMAZING.

It can be no mistake that Edith balks at her publisher's suggestion she add a love story to her manuscript — Crimson Peak is the first time del Toro has tackled romance face on, and the result is stilted, hampered by hammy dialogue and a sped - up timeline that gives the relationship little room to breathe.

That said, the only platform specified by Amazon was PC, so a console version remains unconfirmed for now, though the likelihood is high, with even a Switch port seeming somewhat plausible given the publisher's close working relationship with Nintendo.

The excerpt below gives an indication of how that pressure works to produce self - censorship by publishers:

The award, hosted by the Association of American Publishers, is given annually in recognition of the nation's highest - quality educational products that support teaching and learning.

It was awarded the North American Car of the Year prize at the 2010 Detroit auto show, named Motor Trend's Car of the Year, was one of Car and Driver magazine's «10 Best Cars for 2010» and was given the inaugural Hermance Vehicle Efficiency Award by the publishers of HybridCars.com.

I got a free consultation from a lawyer about a contract I was being offered by a publisher and he gave me two key pieces of advice: an audit clause means they have nothing to hide and allows you as an author to play IRS and look at their books if you think you're being cheated (an expensive process, but a good publisher wouldn't be afraid of you using it) and believe their BBB rating if they have one.

traditional publishers, but with the exceptions of Open Road Integrated Media and, possibly, Ruckus Media Group — both run by major publishing veterans, and have partnerships with a variety of «traditional» publishers — you'd be hard - pressed to name too many others that have had any truly notable impact to match the hype surrounding them at any given moment.

An author fortunate enough to have a book acquired and published by a large traditional publisher will usually be required to sign an agreement that gives the publisher final say over a wide variety of issues include title, format, cover design, word count, price, release date, marketing, sales, distribution, etc..

Each time I attend BookExpo America I'm impressed by the increased floor space and prominence given to independent publishers.

This guide was put together by Five Simple Steps, an independent publisher of web design books that closed in 2014, as a way of giving back to the web community.

Rather, as with products such as Flash, Adobe hopes to profit by giving away Reader Mobile in order to sell its Content Server 4 back - end software to publishers and booksellers.

For recent books, where the publisher is working from a word processor file, I think it's quite reasonable that e-book editions aren't given their own complete word - by - word proofreading if the file has already been proofread for the paper edition of the book.

Major publishers still see libraries as devaluing their digital product by giving it away for free.

Getting published by a traditional press might give a writer a bit more «legitimacy,» but the writer still has to put as much if not more work into the process, especially post-publication when the book is suppose to sell and make the publisher a lot of money.

I won't deny Amazon has pushed the industry to become much more open to indies, and has empowered us by giving power to independent authors and publishers where there was little before, but that doesn't mean we should let Amazon off the hook with nearly anything.

(And by the way, I'm rooting for * any * platform or company that gives authors a fair shake, whether it's Amazon, iTunes, B&N, Kobo, small - to medium - size presses, some new distribution system being dreamed up right now in someone's back bedroom, or even any of the Big 5 publishers willing to significantly change their contract terms and treat authors more equitably.)

In traditional publishing the term is generally used for contractual terms — such as giving a specific publisher exclusive rights to publish all works produced by an author during a given term.

In addition to giving publishers the ability to designate, by line, which of their imprints are «eligible», RWA would also have to let them designate which imprints should fall under the non - vanity / non-subsidy small press designation.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow autGiven all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow autgiven away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

Many of the books published by a «competitive» self publisher, given an author who is motivated and attentive to business, go on to make money.

I've recently self - published a book and one thing I think you've overlooked is that books that are published by traditional publishers are given marketing opportunities that self - published authors are not.

Writers who have been requested by an interested agent or publisher to give the book a polish.

I have never given consideration to the publisher when I choose a book to read — it's almost always by referral, and I think I like that avenue for getting published, too.

The new multi-year agreement, announced in a joint statement by the two companies, will give HBG responsibility for setting consumer prices for its e-books but provide the publisher with «specific financial incentives» to keep that price low.

When writers decide to self - publish eBooks and / or POD (print on demand) books, it quickly becomes clear what they are giving up by not going with a traditional publisher.

Given that the majority of my work is published by DAW and other major publishers, it should come as no surprise that most of my income is from those same sources.

Yes, Italian publishers may well have a lot to learn from what has happened in the US and UK e-books market, and hopefully the «delayed effect» on print books sales, as highlighted by Nielsen's data, will give them some much - needed breathing space to watch, learn and react — because when change comes it will come quickly.