Sentences with phrase «industry by gatekeepers»

``... for those countless midlist authors stuck with unconscionable contracts because they had no choice, and the multitude of authors kept out of the industry by gatekeepers such as yourself, it didn't work.

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Especially in business - to - business industries, the buyer is usually guarded by layers and layers of people who I like to call gatekeepers (e.g. receptionists, assistants, and clerks).

It's a critical issue when a handful of companies in a single industry can play gatekeeper to the Mobile Age - and shut out millions and millions of Americans,» Legere said, ending the blog post by stating that there is more to come from T - Mobile to grant mobile Internet access to all Americans.

For recent insight from Powers and Kornfeld, see ««Gatekeeper» Actions by the SEC and Investors Against Administrators Challenge Private Fund Industry» (Sep. 8, 2016); and «A New Look at an Old Standard: The Power of Minority Bondholders Under the Trust Indenture Act» (Mar. 5, 2015).

Book bloggers, aided by reader - centric Internet sites like Goodreads, have brought indie books into the mainstream, creating a new populist class of industry gatekeepers: readers.

While still taking submissions of manuscripts — often unagented submissions, which has been attractive to authors who've been rejected by the first level of gatekeeper to the industry — the numbers of rejected manuscripts from these new publishers are surprisingly low.

So many talented men and women were ground down by the traditional label structure — it had little to do about talent and more to do with «connections» to the gatekeepers in the industry.

One of the most common raps against self - publishing — put forward militantly by the publishing industry — is that any truly good writer will not only be discovered eventually by a reputable publisher (a «gatekeeper of literary quality»), but also benefit from the kind of sophisticated marketing efforts that only the publishing industry can provide.

He and other industry professionals of the old publishing paradigm are still holding onto that gate with both hands (and white knuckles)-- but readers like mine (who, granted, aren't into LIT - tra - chure, but just want to escape into a good read that gets them to think and maybe even changes their outlook on life) aren't particularly flooding to read the books that were deemed acceptable reading material by the old - fashioned gatekeepers who tend to be looking for this year's bestseller to put out in multiple re-iterations in 2 - 3 years.

The beauty industry is one of the most centralized systems, ruled by gatekeepers such as fashion magazine, women's media outlets and corporate brands.