Sentences with phrase «less than the publishers»

This move meant Amazon could no longer sell ebooks for less than the publishers decided.

Not exact matches

As Williams noted, this is «frankly a little less than it used to be,» but «better suited for your medium - sized publishers.»

Internet search experts say the shutdown of Google News in Spain may be greater on smaller, less - well known news publishers than on name - brand news sites who are less reliant on the site to draw in readers.

Google also banned 200 publishers from its AdSense network during a period of less than two months, due to the growth of fake news and misleading content.

At the heart of Google's (GOOG) AMP project is a custom - made version of the ubiquitous HTML code that's cleaner and less bulky than what software publishers typically use, Google executives explained during a press event.

Most publishers see it as nothing less than an existential threat to their way of life, and they view users who do it as traitors and thieves.

I'm on record as predicting the iPad and other e-readers will benefit old - school publishers less than they would like, even as they create vast new opportunities for non-traditional media creators.

Publishers like The New York Times have websites that users spend less than 20 minutes on in the average month, apps that no one wants to pay for, and paywalls whose growth is flattening sharply.

MHEALTH APP PUBLISHERS ARE FALLING INTO OLD TRAPS: Fifty - six percent of publishers and developers looking to take advantage of the rapidly growing mHealth app market are making less than $ 10,000 annually, as they struggle to monetize their apps, according to a new report from ResearchPUBLISHERS ARE FALLING INTO OLD TRAPS: Fifty - six percent of publishers and developers looking to take advantage of the rapidly growing mHealth app market are making less than $ 10,000 annually, as they struggle to monetize their apps, according to a new report from Researchpublishers and developers looking to take advantage of the rapidly growing mHealth app market are making less than $ 10,000 annually, as they struggle to monetize their apps, according to a new report from Research2Guidance.

'' [Gawker] says it has a firm bid from publisher Ziff Davis to buy the entire operation for less than $ 100 million.

Long before the Hogan trial took center stage, Gawker Media invested millions (Denton won't say how much exactly) in building a commenting and reader - blogging system it called Kinja, which Denton described as nothing less than an attempt to turn the publishing world on its head — to put readers on the same level with journalists and publishers.

Kretchmer went to work on the product, social media software for publishers and brands, and when Kalanick thought it had progressed enough, he made 45 introductions to other angel investors in less than a week and agreed to invest in the company himself.

And educational resources can be obtained from dozens of major publishers that may offer materials far slicker and less expensive than denominational lines.

In their way, the publishers and governments of today are probably no less powerful than the guilds and kings of the Middle Ages.

In other words, says Ian Nathan, a senior research analyst with New York City — based Energy Intelligence Group (a publisher of data and information on the global energy industry), it is possible that areas currently off - limits to drilling might actually contain a lot more — or less, for that matter — petroleum than previously believed.

The current method is biased, giving less populous states 3 % to 4 % more seats than they deserve, Young reported here on 17 February at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (publisher of ScienceNOW).

The American Academy of Pediatrics, the leading professional organization for pediatricians and the publisher of Pediatrics, recommends that parents limit all «screen time» (including video and computer games) to less than two hours per day.

my publisher at Morgan James Publishing; and Valerie Allen, my publicist, we were able to create a best - selling book with The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online in less than one year.

Two of the actor's last three films have barely received theatrical release and, in between them, this Ghost Rider sequel became the rare Marvel flop, its indefensible $ 51.8 million domestic pull (less than half of its predecessor's take, though it also had half the budget) ranking it lower than all but four films to spawn from the comics publisher: The Punisher and its sequel, Jennifer Garner's Elektra (a baffling spin - off to Johnson's weak Daredevil), and the notorious Howard the Duck.

Following Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's less than ideal launch back in November, publisher Activision has now announced the first piece of downloadable content...

Attack on Titan 2 from Dynasty Warriors developer Omega Force and publisher Koei Tecmo is less than 24 hours away from its official release.

In many cases publishers release so - called «ultimate» editions of slightly older games that bundle together the base game and all DLC at a discounted price — usually substantially less than what the original game cost when it was brand new and lacked any add - ons.

After the huge success of Grand Theft Auto III, many other publishers wanted in on the open - world action genre, and True Crime: Streets of LA was Activision's less - than - stellar 2003 attempt.

Anniversaries, TV shows, movies, documentaries and even little old publishers with good intentions and limited funds can draw people's attention to the wealth of truly classic literature available in individual slices for less than a cup of coffee, but it takes a co-ordinated and sustained effort, based on nothing more or less than a belief in the inherent worth, to individuals, to society and, especially, to children and young people, of great books and of the power of reading.

Less than two years ago, when the retired publisher Walter H. Annenberg announced his plans to give $ 500 million to America's public schools, one of his hopes was that other foundations, corporations, and wealthy individuals would join his philanthropic crusade for education.

For example, the publisher of the SAT10, used in the current Policy, says that for student promotion decisions, test scores «should be just one of the many factors considered and probably should receive less weight than factors such as teacher observation, day - to - day classroom performance, maturity level, and attitude.

With its emphasis on ease of use in a reasonably powerful editing environment, it's likely to be a good option for publishers who want more control than a fully - automated service offers, but with a less «techie» approach than first - generation desktop conversion and editing tools like Calibre, Sigil or Amazon's KindleGen.

Yes, you can get the attention of an agent and publisher with 60,000 book sales — especially since the traditional publishing averages LESS than 5,000.

Less than 30 days later I had three major publishers making offers: Penguin, Harper Collins, and Random House.

Because writers have the tools and the readership, they're relying less on traditional publishers — and they can make much more money than they ever could have through traditional publishers.

As if that story you labored over for several years to get written, edited, accepted by a publisher, and then edited some more until it was fit to ship is somehow less worthy, less real, than books manifested in paper and ink.

Publishers Marketplace is a great resource, but less than half of all literary agents have listings there.

As indie authors continue to knock down the stigma of their products being «lesser than» without the stamp of approval from a Big Five publisher or smaller press, this next hurdle is readying to be toppled by self - publishers, thanks once again to Amazon.

It took less than three months — far less time than when I worked with a publisher.

Exhibit A is a recent report on The Passive Voice by David Gaughran concluding that self - publishers have commandeered no less than 25 percent of the US e-book market and that's a conservative estimate.

Today «high discount» clauses, calling for a royalty of something less that 15 % of retail (and sometimes a lot less than 15 % of retail) will often apply to more than half of the sales the publisher makes.

Barnes and Noble and Kobo also deliver samples to you and normally comprise of less than 10 % of the book and most publishers actually have a say in how many pages of a book can be available in a chapter.

Of course its about money... publishers are the book world's record labels... they could give less than two shits how much harder they are making it for you to get ahold of a book you want to read.

And that's why indie writers are making more money in the field than major publishers, because not only are they offering more books that hit more specific tastes, but Internet - savvy writers also charge far less.

Animals — Less than 1 % Less than 1/5 Concepts — 8 % 5 % Holidays / festivals / religion — 9 % 3 % History / sports / people / places — 10 % 5 % Education / reference / language — 15 % 10 % Games / activities / hobbies — 20 % 18 % Biographies / autobiographies — 28 % 12 % Social situation / family / health — 22 % 65 % Does this mean that the sales go to traditional publishers because their books are better illustrated and published?

This was a reducibly foolish argument: publishers are paying less for books, therefore the agent deserves a bigger piece of the smaller pie than the author of the book.

With more than 90 % of the same core titles offered by major print publishers, the company's eTextbooks can be purchased for up to 60 % less than the cost of new print textbooks.

Some publishers selling 30,000 copies per year are comfortable receiving less than $ 1.00 per book in compensation.

Less than a month before the trial was scheduled to begin, Apple has reached an out - of - court agreement to close an antitrust lawsuit alleging the company conspired with publishers to raise ebook prices.

In fact, lowering sales so much that the publishers are making less money than they made before.

Using a vanity publisher, my book took less than six months to become a reality after I sent it willingly away, trusting the chosen company to provide the best service for a pricey fee.

You can afford to sell for a bit less than a trade publisher because you control the costs.

Stephanie Bond: «If I had any qualms about leaving traditional publishing, they were settled last fall: the royalty check I received from my publisher representing six months of sales for over 40 projects was less than I'd made the previous day in KDP royalties for about 12 books.»

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

I have less and less patience with people who claim that Amazon has or is striving for some kind of evil monopoly that will subjugate authors and readers when all the evidence to date is that they will treat authors better than any publisher and provide readers with cheaper books, a bigger selection, and a better customer experience than any other retailer.