Sentences with phrase «known publishers such»

Both systems offer a wealth of third - party titles from well - known publishers such as Ubisoft, Activision, Electronic Arts and Bethesda to name a few.

Not exact matches

There's no way the video game publisher Ubisoft could've known that its latest blockbuster game, «Far Cry 5,» would arrive at such a contentious moment in the ongoing US debate over guns.

CB Media's new chair, Michael de Pencier, chairman of Key Publishers, was well known for turning around such magazines as Toronto Life, Quill & Quire and Owl.

Tencent has overtaken even better known U.S. names such as Activision and Blizzard to become the world's largest game publisher by revenue.

Broadcast by tweets from influential theologians / pastors such as John Piper bidding «Farewell, Rob Bell,» the article's writer is convinced that Bell can no longer claim the title of «Christian» because he suspects Bell of universalism (this decision being made, it seems, simply by viewing the video above and reading the publisher's summary rather than, you know, reading the book first).

Zuckerberg's apparent operating idea is that Facebook is a de facto publisher, and as such should take steps to make publish accurately — at least labeling information known to be false.

Earlier this year, a group of concerned scientists and journal publishers signed an open letter known as the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) to encourage review boards and tenure committees to «eliminate the use of journal - based metrics, such as Journal Impact Factors, in funding, appointment, and promotion considerations,» and to encourage the development of alternative metrics (altmetrics) to measure a scientist's research contributions.

Relevant to authorship are several issues: the initiation of the project («my idea»), innovative contributions («let's do it this way»), time in the lab («I did all of the work»), time spent writing («I wrote most of the article»), the tedium of the work, connections with the publisher («I know the journal editor»), seniority in the department, and specific needs, such as those in this case.

The publisher's prices are too high, said university Rector Ulrich Rüdiger in a statement, and the institution «will no longer keep up with this aggressive pricing policy and will not support such an approach.»

BDC is part of Bridgepoint, one of Europe's largest private equity investors which has invested in a range of companies in different sectors over the last 25 years including well - known names such as Cruise.co.uk, Fat Face and Prêt A Manger, Cambridge Education Group and Infinitas Learning, publisher of content and e-learning materials for primary and secondary schools and FE colleges across Europe.

No, custom publications are not assigned ISBNs unless such assignment is necessary for a publisher's back office systems, such as finance, since there is only one customer in such arrangements.

We know lots of paid review sources that are fully legit, such as Kirkus, City Book Review, and Publisher's Weekly for indie authors.

As we wrote at the time, this example makes the point that authors already have a lot of the tools for marketing their work, and in some cases — as with Hocking, Locke and other self - publishers such as J.A. Konrath — this can make them so self - sufficient that they no longer need the support of a traditional publishing deal.

I know that my own such ventures have really brought home an appreciation of the role that my print publishers play.

Or is it you publishers are just too cheap to invest some of that money you've scammed from authors over the years to build some infrastructure to sell direct to customers because you know that without a middleman such as Amazon and Apple, you will no longer be able to shield exactly how much you've scammed from authors by claiming the middleman took a big chunk of it?

I would never sign with another publisher unless they offered either a huge advance or something I wouldn't have access to as an indie, such as a promotional budget or shelf space in big bookstores, translation deal or a film deal, etc (I know film isn't handled via the publisher, but that's the kind of thing I mean — something I can't do on my own).

But apparently it's perfectly OK for * you * to make such sweeping generalizations as: «Seems to me she's going in knowing that most of the authors can't possibly get a damn thing out of this because they will never make the crucial sales figure to ping the publishers» radar.

Yes, «greedy publishers» are one of my favorite memes, because you know, Amazon, Apple, et al, are such wonderful non-profit organizations!

Not someone who has ever worked in publishing, who knows what publishers do behind the scenes, or what the issues are, or how the distribution works, or what the boots - on - the - ground challenges are, or how the industry is changing, or what publishers do to help authors build long term careers, or the differences between large and small presses, or the history of returnable books or what it's like to work with major distributors such as Amazon... a sociologist, armed with some numbers.»

Hudson during his address focused on the relevance of traditional publishers, arguing even well - known self - published authors such as Joe Konrath and Stephen Leather needed to use editors.

I created a Word table (have never mastered Excel) that includes some of your points as well as columns to note how long a publisher has been in business (worth knowing, if not make - or - break) and such logistical considerations as do they accept simultaneous submissions, do they have a reading period (and what it is), what do they say their response time is?

For those of you who don't know, the IDPF ePub format is an open standard eBook format that is fast being adopted by many big name publishers including Penguin UK and O'Reilly as well as projects such as Feedbooks.com.

Bloggers and online self - publishers of articles (using platforms such as Hub Pages and / or Slant News) know that self - publishing is an awesome, yet challenging, phenomenon of our time that turns writers / authors into publishers.

These publishers such as Authorhouse and iUniverse often attract authors who don't understand or have the knowledge to know what they're getting into.

The publisher's bio says that «Tim Davys is the pseudonym for a well - known Swedish public figure,» but at least one critic has speculated that Davys is actually Walter Moers, a German best known for highbrow fantasy fare such as The City of Dreaming Books (2007).

That book has now received such acclaim and support that its first and second volumes are combined into a far more industry standard version released by a traditional publisher; it's even more economical now, as it's no longer being produced in - house at the request of people who didn't want to make dietary decisions for their allergy - stricken kids by booting up the computer and trying to connect to the internet via dial - up modem.

A book deal posted yesterday in Publisher's Marketplace caught my eye — Farrar, Straus will publish the memoir of 73 - year - old Kenyan conservationist Dame Daphne Sheldrick, who is known for raising and rehabilitating wild animals such as elephants and rhinos.

I've had no difficulty downloading ePub books from All Romance eBooks or Smashwords or other etailers (publisher sites such as Samhain for example) but I don't know if they were ePub3 or not.

ANN reports that Eiji Han Shimizu, executive producer of Japanese publisher Emotional Content, known for biographical manga such as The 14th Dalai Lama and Che Guevara), has been

The complaint claims that the five publishing houses forced Amazon to abandon its discount pricing and adhere to a new agency model, in which publishers set prices and extinguishedcompetition so that retailers such as Amazon could no longer offer lower prices for e-books.

That ebook was the first such title developed with Apple to use the ePub standard while still incorporating all of the interactivity features that the children's ebook publisher is well - known for.

While Redmayne is such a logical choice for the position, given his history as the chief digital officer for HarperCollins UK and after his stunning track record with building the Pottermore company into what it is at present, the appointment clearly points to the publisher's desire to have someone at the helm who has a firm grasp of the digital side of the industry and who knows how to grow a brand based around digital content.

Kickstarter remains the best - known crowd - funding vehicle generally, but perhaps the most prominent variant on the model within the publishing industry comes from Unbound, which outsources the financing of the books it publishes to readers, whilst still providing many of the other activities conventionally associated with publishers, such as editing and marketing.

She had tried shopping such fiction manuscripts among publishers, but found that they «didn't know what to do with them,» Stinson told Publishepublishers, but found that they «didn't know what to do with them,» Stinson told PublishersPublishers Weekly.

With such a well - known and respected publisher I didn't think I stood a chance, but I entered anyway, because I was being proactive about my writing life.

So, no, I won't be picking this book up, at least not in such a way that the publisher will see a penny of my money.

[Seth] Godin, a best - selling author of marketing books such as Tribes and Permission Marketing, felt he no longer needed his traditional publisher.

Furthermore, you want your publisher to know what you'll do to support your book before they start pitching their major accounts, such as Barnes & Noble.

No matter who the publisher hires to write the words for an in - house title, is not the admission that something was developed in - house proof that such works are literally self - published?

With exciting new initiatives such as our Open Publishing APIs, Partner Program, and growing print network, Lulu has an affordable publishing solution for just about everyone — no matter if you're an author looking to become a publisher, or a publisher wanting to monetize your back catalogue.

He also said there are five things to know about unlimited subscriptions, including the fact that startups such as Oyster and Scribd are now on borrowed time to prove their worth (about 18 months), and publishers have options, which means they can help the startups by choosing to enroll their books in those services.

Many of the published authors I know have sought representation elsewhere, such as the US or UK, or have attracted the attention of editors via competitions and only become agented once they have a publisher's interest, and yet several of these have become internationally best - selling authors — though their names continue to be barely recognised in Australia, except by devoted fans.

I don't know what the current terms of their contracts with such publishers are, but it's possible they might still forbid such discounting.

From going on forums such as KindleBoards I know I am far from unique, and many self - publishers have done much better than I have.

But — you probably knew there was a «but» coming — here's the catch: when you register for a free or discounted ISBN through an aggregator such as the ones listed above, you are limited to the retail channels of that publisher alone.

But logistical issues such as terms and catalogues may no longer be relevant moving into 2016, as Amazon expands into bricks - and - mortar stores, possibly bypassing the traditional publisher - distributor - bookseller model.

No matter who the author and publisher are, such readers claim all authors are working «for fun» or to stroke their egos, and do not view editors, graphic artists, or any of the other people involved in producing books as necessary.

We know lots of paid review sources that are fully legit, such as Kirkus and Publisher's Weekly for indie authors.

It was stupid from the start, and I and many other fans I know refused to support such a stupid move from publishers.

They had created TimeSplitters 4 in hopes of avoiding the no - game, no - publisher patch they tended to find themselves in, with the team growing, they ran the risk of closure if such an event were to happen again.