But I knew I wanted to get my books
in the hands of readers as fast as possible.
Not exact matches
As with Facebook's Instant Articles, however, Medium's offer to publishers brings up many
of the same risks: Number one being that your fate — and the discoverability
of your content, and any relationship you have with your
readers around that content — is essentially
in the
hands of a third - party provider.
For one, Amazon, like other e-book sellers, has used a scheme known
as «digital rights management» (DRM), which limits the types
of devices that can read certain e-book formats.259 Compelling
readers to purchase a Kindle through cheap e-books locks them into future e-book purchases from Amazon.260 Moreover, buying — or even browsing — e-books on Amazon's platform
hands the company information about your reading habits and preferences, data the company uses to tailor recommendations and future deals.261 Replicated across a few more purchases, Amazon's lock -
in becomes strong.
We're not sure what's
in the water
in Pennsylvania, but after one school district
in the Keystone State distributed buckets
of rocks around school to pelt shooters
as a last resort, and another
handed out tiny baseball bats to thwart would - be attackers, we asked
readers what you thought
of these...
The New Testament: A Translation by david bentley hart yale, 616 pages, $ 35 David Bentley Hart's new single -
handed translation
of the New Testament will strike the fair - minded
reader by turns
as startling, incisive, audacious, smug, shrewd, and quirky to the point
of exasperation: everything,
in....
One
of my goals
as a Bolivia Blogger is to remind myself and my
readers that we may be tying our own
hands when we insist that we can't afford to help those
in need.
I'm sure you already know this, but for the benefit
of some
readers, we may
as well point out that multiple errors have been made
in copying, whether by
hand or press over the generations
as well.
Those who bewail the abstractions
of theology teachers will be surprised to know
of these churchly concerns
in systematics classes,
as will the Atlantic
readers who were recently led to believe that «the
hands that shape the souls»
of the next generation
of pastors do not hold hymnals.
This all - too - brief statement concerning interpretation, on the one
hand, that sees its task
as thoroughly grasping historical content, and, on the other, interpretation that hopefully comes to a hearing
of God's Word addressing the interpreter is not intended to lead the
reader to a choice and to prejudice him
in that choice.
On the other
hand, scholars who were sensitive to the differences between the historical Jesus and the Christ
of the gospel tradition tended to see their task
as depicting the historical Jesus
in such a way that they and their
readers might enter into his experience and so share his confidence
in God, (For example, B. Harvie Branscomb, The Teachings
of Jesus [New York: Abingdon Press, 1931], p. 209: «This is the source and ground
of Jesus» confidence and courage....
Lewis warned
readers of the hazards
of relying on intellect — particularly apologetics — over spirituality, writing, «That is why we apologists take our lives
in our
hands and can be saved only by falling back continually from the web
of our own arguments,
as from our intellectual counters, into the Reality — from Christian apologetics into Christ Himself.
Note that this physical conception
of the media is essentially technological, that is, each
of the media is not defined merely
as the end product
in the
hands of the consumer /
reader / viewer.
Counting free and paid downloads alike, «How Campaigns Can Use the Internet to Win
in 2012» has landed
in readers»
hands 5325 times
as of midnight, September 30th, not counting the times the PDF has been circulated via email or other channels.
Shortly afterwards, a
reader sent us a link to cases
of political corruption involving Lally, his questionable campaign disclosures, even a book casting him into history
as the recipient
of one
of the largest penalties ever
handed down from the Federal Elections Commission
in 1998:
Meanwhile, the issue has been a subject
of debate online today,
as readers quickly pointed out perceived Photoshop fails, one featuring Reese Witherspoon and her three legs, and another with Winfrey and three
hands, the latter
of which was featured
in a behind - the - scenes image.
They work along the same lines
as contactless payment cards and are convenient for those who may not always have a
hand free to insert a pass
in a
reader — a vital consideration for teachers carrying lots
of books, paperwork or that all important cup
of tea!
So children are being denied independent and guided reading time with texts
of high interest and potential access and instead are
handed texts that are much too hard (frustration level) all year long without ever being given the chance to grow
as readers in their Zone
of Proximal Development (pardon my reference to those pesky educational researchers like Vygotsky.)
On the other
hand, if you want to keep your options more open and read things
in a format compatible with the highest number
of current mobile devices, you should definitely have Acrobat
Reader around for reading PDFs, and Adobe Digital Editions is probably your next best bet since that'll talk to the Nook
as well
as to the Sony
Reader.
Instead
of trying to target
readers with a «read everything you possibly can get your
hands on
in a month» idea, Rooster is looking at reading
as something that consumers can do
in bite - sized pieces whenever time allows.
«HarperCollins is always keen to experiment with getting our authors» work into the
hands of readers in as many different formats
as possible.
In total, they printed more than 4,000 advanced copies
of the debut novel,
as they knew that getting the book into a lot
of readers»
hands was a key way to help make it a breakout hit.
parenting, school, books reading kids, people... the best gift is the knowledge, when my daughter was
in 3 grade she was an avid
reader, and want to know everything before talk about, so my husband had an stroke she become more obsessed with the subject, she wanted to be a doctor since she was 3 years old, anyways me
as a nurse had my books and she saw me one night refreshing myself about strokes me half ways sleep, lack
of caffeine then we start talking the doctor and me and she was raising her
hand and the doctor ask her, you want to know when daddy is coming home, sweetie?
That
in turn has been helping some good authors, some published by large houses
as well, get works into the
hands of readers who might never have had access to those books because they would not sell
in high enough volumes via traditional print ways.
As a Kindle publisher, the new Kindle Fire HD means your work can be
in the
hands of millions more Kindle
readers.
Your friends, family, and publisher will do everything they can to spread the word about your work, but at the end
of the day, with more books than ever being published and read, authors who think their work is done after the finished manuscript is
in simply won't be read
as widely
as an author who (respectfully) continues to do everything he or she can to get their book into the
hands of readers.»
While some modern
readers would argue that the collection is no longer complete, Eliot's primary goal is still achieved by The Harvard Classics serving aptly
as a jumping off point for education and discussion; imagine what his joy would be, knowing they can all be held
in the palms
of our
hands.
His argument begins by noting the conundrum which pinions the educated
reader: on the one
hand, our universities inculcate
in us the value
of exhaustively knowing a formidable body
of classic literature; on the other
hand, to read exhaustively is so impossible that,
as Bayard phrases it, «reading is first and foremost non-reading.»
With headphone ports and adjustable volume controls,
as well
as the automated page turning feature which will mean the
reader doesn't have to support the device
in one or both
hands, it is easy to overlook the robotic monotone voice and simply return to the days
of enjoying the magic
of words.
Libboo «s Jason Freeman, Minister
of Strategic Growth, was on
hand a Digital Book World to talk about the importance
of a site that speaks to both sides
of the book
in terms
of giving authors an option to aid
in helping new
readers find their titles,
as well
as giving
readers a place to find content that has been vetted by their own social media contacts.
An
in - house video advertisement for an all - you - can - read service was circulated on a Kindle forum this week promising
reader access to popular titles such
as the Man Booker prize winner The Life
of Pi, Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants and the Hunger Games, Harry Potter and Lord
of the Rings, «all
in the palm
of your
hand».
In addition, any profits from sales of the book will be yours (not just a royalty percentage as with either a traditional publisher or a vanity press), and in some cases it may be the only way of getting your book into the hands of reader
In addition, any profits from sales
of the book will be yours (not just a royalty percentage
as with either a traditional publisher or a vanity press), and
in some cases it may be the only way of getting your book into the hands of reader
in some cases it may be the only way
of getting your book into the
hands of readers.
While all
of the essential elements are there, such
as a loved one held hostage to force the main character's
hand, a high - ranking government official with a lot to lose, plus a tribe
of varied bad guys, it would be easy to think you've read this story somewhere before, except for the fact that the author does a great job
of drawing the
reader in through a very readable voice.
Yet unlike the old days, when most prospective
readers were effectively hostage to book reviews
as a means
of learning about new books or even reading tantalizing excerpts, the internet allows you
as an independent author to publish excerpts and sample chapters to your heart's content, demonstrating first -
hand that your work has those qualities that your intended
readers are interested
in.
As of this week, Smith will be the sole UK retailer of the Kobo e-reader and its library of 2.2 million e-books, with the readers retailing from # 89.99 — putting it 99p behind the latest Kindle variant's # 89 — and over a million of the books available free of charge, including some truly astonishing - sounding titles, such as Slow Hands (but not that one), Kiss Me Deadly (but not that one) and Dancing In The Moonlight (but not that on
As of this week, Smith will be the sole UK retailer
of the Kobo e-reader and its library
of 2.2 million e-books, with the
readers retailing from # 89.99 — putting it 99p behind the latest Kindle variant's # 89 — and over a million
of the books available free
of charge, including some truly astonishing - sounding titles, such
as Slow Hands (but not that one), Kiss Me Deadly (but not that one) and Dancing In The Moonlight (but not that on
as Slow
Hands (but not that one), Kiss Me Deadly (but not that one) and Dancing
In The Moonlight (but not that one.
When used
as a simple web browsing device or
as a book
reader, I found it not too heavy (though heavier than the iPad Mini) and it didn't strain my
hands, especially when holding it
in the palm
of my
hand.
Seems to me that a chance to get it into the
hands of someone trained to respond but to respond
as — or «on behalf
of»
readers,
as we tend to think
of it
in professional mainstream criicism — could be incredibly useful for an author community that talks to itself all day and night.
What matters is getting the book they have written into the
hands of as many
readers as possible
in whatever form, print, digital, audio.
«We hope to capture a set
of readers who perhaps don't read on paper,
as well
as a new generation who will grow up reading and writing on computer screens
in school and will have different reading habits,» said Maru de Montserrat, agent at International Editors Co. and president
of ADAL, «It's important to meet that demand, rather than waiting for
readers to take matters into their own
hands and create a black market
of scanned books.»
Breaux brings the
reader into their world, he presents the information
as deeply hidden secrets
in the world
of the otherworldly and emphasizes the dangers
of this information getting out into the
hands of mortal humans.
I don't think there is cause for thinking that «the power is
in the
hands of our opponents» or that «a lot
of readers... see us
as ditherers and cranks.»
But even
as «The Eighth Seal» keeps the power
of the story
in the
readers hands, the political horror thriller is looking to shake them up
as well.
Nathan Bransford (@NathanBransford) explores the possibility
of them
as ebook
readers in Hands - free Books Are Coming.
As Geller joins the CONTEC session talking
of authors needing «a different type
of help to get their message out,» Nelson arrives with a precise list
of hands - on advisories, some
of them particularly well - suited to the social - media leverage that has facilitated the long reach some
of these authors have
in connecting with their
readers.
«So long
as DRM stays part
of the plot, every Kindle
reader sold, every Kindle app installed and every Kindle title purchased will strengthen Amazon's
hand... if you could buy an e-book
in a standard format that, like an MP3 music file, would be playable on current and imaginable future hardware, it wouldn't matter which store sold it.
I still believe,
as I always do, that
readers should not feel pressured to read a story
in a format not
of their choosing, and I'm not trying to force anyone's
hand or purchase here.
«I just don't get the same satisfaction out
of reading
as I do when I have a real book
in my
hands,» says
reader Lisa Hahn.
Booksellers all over Europe fully support the objectives
of the Commission's Digital Single Market Strategy and are very keen to take advantage
of this opportunity to put more e-books
in the
hands of as many
readers as possible, all over Europe.
And then I remembered, I had an agent, a great agent, I wrote great books (so all the rejecting editors told me) and yes, you are right, self pub has given my stories a voice and an ear and the chance to be read, when they otherwise would have still been gathering dust on my hard drive, yet, on the other
hand this is hard, REALLY HARD, it is SO hard to find your way to a readership
as a SP, with limited funds (dwindling)... and the glimmer
of trad pub — with their power to splash your name around established circles
of readers, and their ability to secure a great number
of reviews where,
as a self pub, doors have been slammed
in my face — becomes temptingly shiny again, (it's like childbirth, you forget all the painful stuff with time)... and it all gets very tempting... almost tempting enough to consider sacrificing one work JUST one artistic premise for the trade off
of visibility... and then perhaps, just perhaps THEN, my SP efforts will finally sprout wings... but then I hear you and other say, it wasn't worth it, you'd never do it again, and I sigh... And then I wake up the next morning and think
of packing it all
in, and going to work for Walmart and steady shitty pay... lol And then along comes this blog post.
If so, building an email list
of targeted and engaged
readers is one
of THE MOST important things that you can do right now — even
as a complete novice without a book
in hand — to significantly increase your chances
of «making it»
as a writer.
Anne Womack crystalized this sentiment: «We would love for the Big 5 publishers to recognize libraries
as partners,
as a means to get their books into the
hands of hundreds
of readers who may very well purchase more
of the same book / author
in the future.»