Sentences with phrase «independent of a publishing house»

Every week brought news of an author finding success independent of a publishing house.

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Every autumn, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority [1](IPSA) publishes a detailed breakdown of the House of Commons MPs» expenses for the year, and news outlets rush to publish their analyses of this data.

Gary worked with punk label SST Records in the late - 1980s, ran the independent book publishing house Incommunicado Press during the 1990s, was Vice President of the media website Salon.com in 2000, and started the indie DVD label Plexifilm in 2001.

Rosen Publishing, Inc. is an independent educational publishing house that was established in 1950 to serve the needs of students in grades Pre-K -12 with high interest, curriculum - correlated Publishing, Inc. is an independent educational publishing house that was established in 1950 to serve the needs of students in grades Pre-K -12 with high interest, curriculum - correlated publishing house that was established in 1950 to serve the needs of students in grades Pre-K -12 with high interest, curriculum - correlated materials.

How do you see the laying - off of so many in - house editors in the past couple of years affecting the work you both do, and how these new independents with publishing contacts and skills will play out in the workforce — both as literary agents and as independent editors — in the next few years?

The new generation of publishing houses focus on getting independent authors onto various ebook distribution platforms such as Kindle, iBooks, and Nook.

We Need Diverse Books Short Story Contest is open to emerging diverse writers from all diverse backgrounds (including, but not limited to, LGBTQIA, people of colour, gender diversity, people with disabilities, and ethnic, cultural and religious minorities) who have not been published in a traditional print fiction book format, including self - published, independents, small and medium publishing houses, in all genres whether for the children's or adult market.

In this second generation, the bar has been raised, and independent authors produce products that stand shoulder - to - shoulder with what comes out of publishing houses.

Imagine this: after years of perfecting your craft and building an audience in the independent publishing world you finally land that contract you've always dreamed of with one of the big five publishing houses.

In a recent WBJB Publishing Basics Radio interview with Jan Nathan, the Executive Director of PMA, Jan was asked the question, «What type of publishing (vanity, subsidy, traditional, small press, independent) best describe places like Author House, Xlibris and Publishing Basics Radio interview with Jan Nathan, the Executive Director of PMA, Jan was asked the question, «What type of publishing (vanity, subsidy, traditional, small press, independent) best describe places like Author House, Xlibris and publishing (vanity, subsidy, traditional, small press, independent) best describe places like Author House, Xlibris and IUniverse?

In 2012, I decided to leave the stable of the Publishing House and go independent.

We agree that self - publishing (1) can be a means of getting your words in print, (2) it will let you can control your tome's contents and design, (3) if you can market well, by self - publishing you can sidestep the big - house foot - dragging, (4) when your book is complementary to your greater purpose of displaying your expertise (as, for example, using your book to secure related speaking engagements), or (5) when self - publishing is the best (and perhaps only) way to get your words and ideas past the older, established houses so potential readers and buyers have a chance to see and decide about the merits of your independent offering.

He is the founder of McSweeney's, an independent publishing house in San Francisco that produces books, a quarterly... (more)

By the way Mr editor / author of this ridiculous farce of an article, INDI AUTHORS are INDEPENDENT AUTHORS meaning that instead of handing over the reins to a publishing house who does all the proof reading, editing, organise photography and cover design, and the print and release of a book, indi authors do it or organise it themselves.

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?

The term «authorpreneur» was born out of the need to define authors who run their career like an independent publishing house.

Diamond Book Distributors has extended its agreement with one of independent comics» most respected and innovative publishing houses, Oni Press.

For one thing, independent authors - those who self - publish or who are published by smaller, independent publishing houses - usually rely on blogs and social media for much of their marketing.

Founded in 1977, NeWest Press is one of Canada's first independent literary publishing houses.

About Half Full Publishing is an independent publishing house based out of Aurora, Ontario that provides authors a helping hand in bringing their self - published book to life in both printed and electronic formats, via an easy to navigate, straightforward process aPublishing is an independent publishing house based out of Aurora, Ontario that provides authors a helping hand in bringing their self - published book to life in both printed and electronic formats, via an easy to navigate, straightforward process apublishing house based out of Aurora, Ontario that provides authors a helping hand in bringing their self - published book to life in both printed and electronic formats, via an easy to navigate, straightforward process and design.

And there's the overtake by Big Publishing of smaller and independent houses, of course: Krüger has no love of a house that can put out more books than its publisher can read:

What changed in the last forty years: the enormous appetite of the conglomerates to buy more and more independent publishing houses.

Since Ernest Hemingway got his break when the enlightened owner of a small book shop published his first work, the concept of independent writing as opposed to the preferred method of the large publishing houses the (contract or book deal) has always been with us, as has self - publishing which has been around forever.

This includes publishing house acquisitions staff, independent or small imprint staff, literary agents, literary managers, film and television producers, game producers, online content providers, and anyone else who can offer authors either representation or a contract for some or all of a given book's content rights.»

Last year, in 2013, I've made the ranks of the Top 100 Best Seller Authors in Science Fiction a few times and I've been contacted by two Independent publishing houses to feature my work.

Writers» conferences provide ideal environments for learning about the various modes of publishing: the traditional model of the big publishing house, self publishing, independent presses, vanity presses, and the new «hybrid» author - publisher partnership model, which offers much higher royalties and transparency about the process for writers.

Publishers from three of America's leading independent literary publishers chat with Jeffrey Lependorf, Executive Director of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses about their moves from larger houses and how they've shaped their current small presses into tiny publishing giants.

Riverfeet Press is a publishing house that focuses on bringing the work of independent authors to print.

Indie authors were once the authors who'd been published by independent publishing houses; by some definitions, that would be any publisher who wasn't one of the Big Five, meaning the powerhouse game changer Sourcebooks and even Amazon Ppublishing houses; by some definitions, that would be any publisher who wasn't one of the Big Five, meaning the powerhouse game changer Sourcebooks and even Amazon PublishingPublishing.

Authors looking into independent publishing know the challenges of finding the right resources to produce a book that can compete with the traditional publishing houses.

Netgalley have an extensive selection of digital galleys from major publishing houses as well as a large selection of titles from independent publishers.

As part of the Infinity Publishing / Combined Book Exhibit partnership, you save all the money associated with attending yourself, while being a part of a collective located in a prime location and alongside other small independent presses, and in many cases larger reputable publishers like Random House Harper Collins and others.

As a writer, you are confronted with a dizzying array of publishing and self - publishing alternatives, including: commercial houses; specialty / independent houses; print - on - demand (POD) companies; and e-book companies.

Gibbs Smith, the co-founder of the Utah - based independent publishing house that bears his name, died October 28.

The independent publicist is often extending the efforts of the publishing house.

If the publishing houses are / were so concerned about the plight of independent bookstores, why didn't they take this fight to Borders and Barnes & Noble when those behemoths began discounting in such a way it was destroying the independents?

GoodEReader has posted several very informative articles that seek to educate authors of every ilk, whether they are traditionally published through a major publishing house with a four - book deal, self - published through an independent press, or have recently converted a manuscript to electronic format and uploaded it to an online site guided only by their own ability.

Paul Dukach is heir apparent at Purcell & Stern, one of the last independent publishing houses in New York, whose shabby offices on Union Square belie the treasures on its list.

Ingram: Introducing IngramSpark ™ — big house publishing services specifically designed to meet the needs of independent publishers at an affordable cost.

Black Lyon Publishing, LLC is a small, independent publishing house operating in the beautiful state Publishing, LLC is a small, independent publishing house operating in the beautiful state publishing house operating in the beautiful state of Oregon.

Finch Publishing is an independent Australian publishing house specialising in non-fiction titles in the areas of parenting and childcare, men's health, education, relationships, social ecology and sociPublishing is an independent Australian publishing house specialising in non-fiction titles in the areas of parenting and childcare, men's health, education, relationships, social ecology and socipublishing house specialising in non-fiction titles in the areas of parenting and childcare, men's health, education, relationships, social ecology and social issues.

Shatzkin's main purpose here is to encourage publishing houses to help authors create and maintain the most effective web sites they can, and he's coincidentally getting at one of the ironies of independent publishing: most self - publishing authors are probably better at understanding the importance of a good site because they direct their own marketing.

Then there are those who began their authorship career as independent authors who gained enough of a following that they were approached and signed by a publishing house (Hugh Howey is one of the most well - known examples of the latter.)

Emma Barnes is co-founder of publishing software house Onix Central and UK indie publisher Snowbooks, which has won a number of awards including Small Publisher of the Year, Independent Trade Publisher of the Year and the Innovation of the Year for creating XML / XSL workflows.

GoodEReader has posted several very informative articles that seek to educate authors of every ilk, whether they are traditionally published through a major publishing house with a four - book deal, self - published through an independent press, or have recently converted a manuscript to electronic format and uploaded it... [Read more...]

Some of these so - called independent publishers, not to be confused with the current concept of indie publisher or indie author in terms of self - publishing, are long - standing publishing houses with major bestselling titles whose authors are household names.

They are independent in the fact, they're not under the control (we hope) of any publishing house.

We talk about the differences between publicity for traditionally published and self - published authors, as well as the pros and cons of the in - house publicity team at a publisher and the publicity team at an independent agency.

However, this does show that many authors are making money through independent means without having to succumb to the slow, arduous process of a publishing house.

Tidal Press is an independent publishing house with the following mission: To offer readers beautifully crafted works of fiction and non-fiction from writers who use authentic and unique voices to weave the elemental themes of our mode...