Sentences with phrase «like traditional publishing companies»

«Hybrid publishing companies behave just like traditional publishing companies in all respects, except that they publish books using an author - subsidized business model, as opposed to financing all costs themselves, and in exchange return a higher - than - industry - standard share of sales proceeds to the author.

Hybrid publishing companies behave just like traditional publishing companies in all respects, except that they publish books using an author - subsidized business model, as opposed to financing all costs themselves, and in exchange return a higher - than - industry - standard share of sales proceeds to the author.

Not exact matches

As desktop use, traditional ads and virtual payments on apps and games like those published by Zynga slow down, many analysts say the company's mobile business, commerce features and new external ad network will more than make up for it.

Through its rapacious little - to - no profit strategy, it has not only challenged the supremacy of traditional retailers like Walmart, but has also put downward price pressure on companies across the economy, most notably in book publishing, where Amazon got its start.

All of that is to say it might be premature to suggest that Konami is getting out of the business of publishing traditional console games, and the company's portfolio still includes beloved series like Castlevania and Pro Evolution Soccer in addition to Silent Hill and Metal Gear.

While most self - published authors would probably welcome the opportunity to get a contract from a traditional publisher, self - publishing companies like Infinity afford us the alternative.

Instead of waiting for traditional gatekeepers (like an agent or publishing company to send you a contract, hybrid authors can -LSB-...]

Note: Some self - publishing companies are structured like traditional publishers where they do all the work for you and pay you a small percentage of sales.

«Amazon is a Trojan Horse, offering low prices today — while Wall Street is willing to float a company that doesn't make a profit — at the cost of destroying the [traditional] publishing ecosystem that is indispensable to authors... Amazon actually prevents competition by locking its customers in through devices like Prime and DRM, which means Amazon customers can't read books sold by Apple or Google Play on their Kindles.»

Your finished book will look just like a book published by a traditional big five publishing company.

Like a lot of traditional publishing companies, it has struggled in its transition to the Internet era.

That's the premise behind the hybrid model of crowdfunding in which companies like Inkshares — whose platform is currently hosting the book campaign for Gary Whitta's first self - published novel — allow the public to fund a book's production through pre-orders before sending it on to a traditional publishing house.

Traditional publishing, being slow and fairly short - sighted in their monopoly, let other companies like Amazon and Apple and Sony develop and own the devices instead of having traditional publishers owning and controTraditional publishing, being slow and fairly short - sighted in their monopoly, let other companies like Amazon and Apple and Sony develop and own the devices instead of having traditional publishers owning and controtraditional publishers owning and controlling them.

The success of the Fifty Shades of Gray trilogy shows how a self - published series that originally came out from the self - publishing imprint Writer's Coffee Shop in Australia can be converted to a traditional company like Random House / Vintage.

As traditional publishers look to prune their booklists and rely increasingly on blockbuster best sellers, self - publishing companies are ramping up their title counts and making money on books that sell as few as five copies, in part because the author, rather than the publisher, pays for things like cover design and printing costs.

I'll admit I'm trying to go to a traditional publisher, mainly because it has the resources to get to those wider audiences I'd like, but I'll never tell a person not so self - publish — especially when there are companies such as Lulu and Createspace where you don't pay for anything but a copy of your book.

Cons: This company functions like a traditional publishing house, and if a pitch is successful, an author would sign away many of the creative and executive freedoms associated with self - publishing.