Thanks for making those of us who likely will never see
the imprint of a big house on our publications continue dreaming our dreams.
Not exact matches
The point is it doesn't matter if a book is self published or put out by an
imprint or a
big house it can be good or bad depending on your point
of view.
So we shouldn't have trade publisher, legacy publisher,
big publisher, independent publisher, small publisher, digital - first publisher, publishing
house, publishing
imprint, or any
of the other dozens
of terms for describing publishers either?
Macmillan announced in late April that they would be the first
Big Six
house to routinely deliver a large portion
of their ebook output — all the titles published by Tom Doherty's
imprint, which includes both Tor and Forge — as DRM - free ebooks.
These are books that are represented by agents (most likely) and subsequently published by a major
house - known as the
Big Six - and any
of their
imprints.
Consumers can't keep dozens
of imprint names straight in their heads, but they can learn the names
of six
big houses, particularly if they're starting with names they already know.
Penguin's parent company, Pearson Pic, has already committed to
big plans for their digital
imprint, practically likening it to its print counterpart within the
house in terms
of focus and money.
I know that publishers are beginning to take a second look at some
of their
imprints, but my guess is they won't really work as long as they stay in
house — it's the age - old problem that
big companies need to think like small ones — and if they don't, small ones will take their place.
Authors published by all
of the
Big Five publishers combined (i.e., by all the many
imprints of Penguin Random
House, HarperCollins, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster) have slipped into second place at 35 %.
IMHO, there's a pretty
big difference between Random
House being a minority owner
of a self - pub company and Harlequin including a referral to their own vanity press
imprint in their rejection letters.
Stacia said, IMHO, there's a pretty
big difference between Random
House being a minority owner
of a self - pub company and Harlequin including a referral to their own vanity press
imprint in their rejection letters.
«People talked about the demise
of physical books as if it was only a matter
of time, but even 50 to 100 years from now, print will be a
big chunk
of our business,» said Markus Dohle, the chief executive
of Penguin Random
House, which has nearly 250
imprints globally.
And Touchstone is an
imprint of Simon & Schuster, another
of the
Big Five
houses.)