Sentences with phrase «like harlequin»

These facts are well known in the publishing industry which has responded readily with such visual magazines as Playboy and books that are more story and plot - based like Harlequin Romances and 50 Shades of Grey.

From the pelagics like manta rays, sun fish and sharks to small creatures like harlequin shrimps, octopus and sea horses.

New York Times will have a separate ebook bestseller list beginning in 2011 which means that authors like the Harlequin Presents authors who are routinely showing up on the USA Today list and the self published authors that are ranked high on Kindle might show up instead of others.

We also doubled our e-Book titles, adding content from 1,000 + publishers — including Big 5 publishers Harper Collins and Simon & Schuster — along with industry leaders like Harlequin, Houghton Mifflin, Lonely Planet, Perseus and Wiley,» said Trip Adler, co-founder and CEO of Scribd.

Just like Harlequin does.

For a company like Harlequin they are solely vested in publishing (not Zappos shoes, or used books, or electronics).

What is the difference between a vanity publisher and a self publisher like Harlequin Horizons?

It's big business, and it is extremely lucrative, and that's why commercial publishers like Harlequin and Thomas Nelson have gotten involved — not from any desire to open their doors to writers.

Overseas, it appears to be a company that (to me, which means little in the scheme of things) looks a lot like Harlequin - Mills & Boon.

Over a year ago, traditional publishers like Harlequin made headlines and raised eyebrows by announcing the formation of imprints... [Read more...]

Over a year ago, traditional publishers like Harlequin made headlines and raised eyebrows by announcing the formation of imprints within their publishing houses that were dedicated to ebook - only works; the benefit to these imprints was twofold.

But that doesn't answer the question of «Why shouldn't commercial publishers like Harlequin have an ASP press like DellArte?»

While other critics were still arguing over whether or not people would actually read on a tiny little screen, publishers like Harlequin were forging industry - changing imprints like Carina Press, which offered unheard of royalties and a turnaround time of only a matter of weeks.

While other critics were still arguing over whether or not people would actually read on a tiny little screen, publishers like Harlequin were forging industry - changing imprints like Carina Press, which offered... [Read more...]

In fact entire houses like Harlequin are devoted to vomiting up crap.

Cindy Dees, who wrote Light This Candle in honor of my charity, Patches of Light, described it so well when she said, «joining a women's fiction publisher like Harlequin and a program like Patches of Light makes for a perfect marriage.

We're already seeing traditional print publishers (like Harlequin) put out e-book originals, and «e-publishers» put out print books with wide distribution (EC / Samhain).

Which, frankly, I would be surprised if people go looking for a publisher first, then scroll down to see what they're offering — unless that publisher is already branded (like Harlequin).

But unbeknownst to Maria, she hadn't signed with a commercial trade publisher, like Harlequin or Dorchester.

Called Mary: The Queen of the House of David and Mother of Jesus, it reads like a Harlequin romance of Mary's life: a paeon of praise to motherhood, with a highly fictionalized account of Mary as the chief exemplar.

Not exact matches

You could satiate your inner flapper with more overt references, like the sapphire linear - beaded slip dress with heavy fringe dancing around its hem or a cocktail dress covered in harlequin - like tiers of silver and gold fringe.

It's a pretty pairing I like to rock all year round so when I first spotted this darling 1950's - inspired, harlequin swing skirt in black and pink on Top Vintage I just knew I had to have it in my wardrobe, like yesterday.

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Beautiful skirt... Harlequin's is a dance store in California which offers dance wear like skirts, jazz pants, leggings and many more.

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When «The Room» opened in June 2003, audiences had no idea what to make of its star, a narcissistic homunculus whose hulking physique and long black hair suggest a Harlequin Romance cover gone horribly wrong, and who sounds like he might have been raised in Transylvania.

Hyperactive and unmoored from anything like context, either externally or internally, the picture is a bombastic vacuum; only a vision of Depp, cheeks streaked with blood like a perverse harlequin, transcends the fast fashion of the whole exercise, providing an enduring image for the piece along with a pithy comment on an onanistic experiment that is, ultimately, unwatchable.

Aware of the brand loyalty to genre - specific publishers like Orbit, Tor, and Harlequin, we're going to replicate that in - house.

Asking Harlequin to break up it's lines is like asking Proctor and Gamble to individually sell all of its products.

I like your ideas a lot, but I do wonder whether Harlequin will be able to adhere to the «we won't refer rejected authors to X lines to DellArte» part of the equation, as I have a strong suspicion that including that language in their standard rejection letters is part of their contractual agreement with Author Solutions.

And if you want full - blown developmental editing for plot, pace and content, like the kind authors get for free when they're published through the real Harlequin, that's $ 0.077 cents per word.

But by giving its name to Horizons, it sounds like Horizons authors are really Harlequin authors.

But more importantly, well crafted romance titles that speak to a broad audience of readers also sells, as evidenced by imprints like Carina Press (Harlequin) and Ellora's Cave being digital - first pioneers while still maintaining standards of authorship.

Harlequin saves money on their digital only eBooks for their various splinter companies, like Karina Press.

I like the image the word ASP conjures up, but after thinking about it a bit, I think it lets Harlequin, AuthorSource, etc, off the hook because it lets them get away with redefining the terms.

I believe that outfits like AuthorSolutions (which, among other things, partnered with Harlequin to form DellArte) rake authors over the coals while shredding authors» dreams.

Sure, the Bold Touch sounds like it could be the name of a porno movie or a Harlequin romance, but it would make my life soooo much easier and less annoying on a daily basis, and I'm sure most consumers would appreciate having a distinct name for their new Bold over a distinct number.

Wow, almost sounds like Bobby Fletcher has been seeking refuge at Harlequin with this critique fee thing.

I know that you don't like to represent category romance, but in your opinion, if a writer has just completed a manuscript targeted at a specific harlequin line, should they mention it in the query letter (in light of what's happening)?

While many ebook - first and ebook - only publishers like Ellora's or Carina — the digital imprint of romance genre mainstay Harlequin — accept unagented authors» submissions, they are also pushing a higher volume of titles; in the case of Ellora's, they are releasing eight to twelve titles each week and signing authors like Laurann Dohner to 75 - book deals.

Historically, the name Harlequin has been so closely tied to romance publishing that it's almost like «kleenex» or «coke»: the brand is virtually synonymous with the product in the minds of the public.

Like at Harlequin?

Then again, I don't expect much nuance from someone who writes books that makes bad Harlequin novels seem like Nobel Prize winners.

Some key relationships include; e-book distribution for 7 of the 10 largest US trade publishers, provider of electronic replica editions for The New York Times, e-book fulfillment for partners like Baker & Taylor / Blio and Harlequin, and book, magazine, and newspaper distribution to more than 50 digital retail marketplaces including Amazon, Google, Apple, Barnes & Noble and Sony.

Redeem your HMR points for free books and other exclusive gifts, like advanced copies of upcoming books, gift cards, even autographed titles from your favorite Harlequin authors!

Some digital divisions, like romance leader Harlequin's new e-book only Carina Press, are even offering never - before - seen royalties to authors — sometimes as high as 30 % of the cover price — if they will forgo advances in order to speed up the amount of time it takes to get a book to market.

And Nora Roberts — who I worked on at Harlequin — is one of those rare authors (like James Patterson) who has a page - turning style of story - telling that does seem to work across different genres... though her sales do vary depending on what genre she is writing in.

Between the packages and the press release, Harlequin is painting a vivid picture of what it will be like for those who go this route.

Kind of like how you would find the Harlequin romance displays in stores, but nothing like that for guys.

I thought I'd take the opportunity to see what their Harlequin offerings (manga adaptations of romance novels) looked like.