Sentences with phrase «major name authors»

There are some major name authors like Stephen King whose works would now be available for return to him, assuming he follows the confusing guidelines that the copyright act spells out concerning timelines for notifying the publisher and such.

But one prediction that may come as a much longed for surprise is his belief that more and more major name authors are going to at least experiment with self - publishing, if not reject the traditional industry altogether.

Not exact matches

2) name usage statistics do not guarantee the miraculous — but they certainly place an author in that immediate context (or at the very least, with direct access to someone who was from that immediate context), which is a MAJOR contingency that has been much debated in the question of authorship... which IS the topic you raised.

If the question were expanded to include novelists — the most sociological of major art forms — a well - informed literary critic might offer a few names such as Ron Hansen or Alice McDermott, authors whose subject matter is often overtly Catholic.

Surprisingly enough, Jack's motive for hating Christian and Ana is not that Ana became a fiction editor at a publisher and her major contributions, as seen in this film, are finding an author named «Boyce Fox» (could've sworn my accountant worked at Boyce Fox) and increasing a font size by two points.

Major names highlighted the winners for Cannes 2017's Directors» Fortnight prizes with Chloe Zhao's The Rider, which was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics, grabbing the Art Cinema Award and French directing legend Claire Denis tying with Philippe Garrel for the Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize with their films Let the Sunshine In (with Juliette Binoche) and Lover For a Day, respectively.

Be ready to go head to head with the big - name authors and the major houses, because «success» is soon going to mean something completely different from what it means today, and once we get there, the genie will never go back in the bottle.

The company already counts among its clients such names as Melissa Marr (writer of Wicked Lovely and Graveminder) and Shiloh Walker (author of Fragile and If You Hear Her), as well as major publishing companies such as Meulenhoff and INscribe Digital who rely on MUSO to tackle piracy.

As Hachette, Amazon, and the laundry list of household name authors who make up the faux - power group Authors United continue to battle and make headlines over the contract dispute, there's another major player who's caught in the crossfire of the whole mess: the rauthors who make up the faux - power group Authors United continue to battle and make headlines over the contract dispute, there's another major player who's caught in the crossfire of the whole mess: the rAuthors United continue to battle and make headlines over the contract dispute, there's another major player who's caught in the crossfire of the whole mess: the readers.

This fun volume has compiled over one thousand quotes from major players in the writing and publishing industries and, while fun to peruse, actually contains cited words of wisdom from names that many would - be authors... [Read more...]

ANDY WEIR is a New York Times bestselling author whose debut novel, The Martian, was later adapted into a major motion picture of the same name directed by Ridley Scott.

Face it: Your book is competing with millions of other titles — many by Big Name authors from major publishers — for the attention, consideration, and purchasing dollars of your target reader.

Simon & Schuster isn't the only major publisher to sign up with Oyster and Scribd, but it is still a major «get» for both services thanks to the number of big name books and authors in the publisher's catalog.

What is truly important in the publishing sphere is the fact that authors who were once shunned, who were once told they would never be able to put food on the table, are now matching traditionally published authors with major - name companies behind them.

I would venture to say that those self - published authors who are doing exceptionally well and are able to reach those outlets are probably able to do so because they built their name and reputation with a major or indie publisher first.

Questions about being picked up by a major traditional publishing house, leaving those professionals without their royalties, have been raised, along with veiled concerns that this is nothing more than a carefully screened list of names that the author must still hire up front.

Vook became a turnkey solution for digital publishing that allowed users — from major name companies down to self - published authors — create and market ebooks without having to have the technological know - how to create a new digital product; this translates into a greater savings across the board, but especially for companies who are not interested in investing in new manpower just to create ebooks.

One of the biggest problems plaguing both readers and publishers — from the major household name to the individual self - published author — is discoverability.

Besides seeing two Self - Published books win major awards the first year self - pubbed books were eligible for nomination, I also spoke to at least 20 authors who were making over 6 figures a year, and I didn't recognize any of their names.

Some of these so - called independent publishers, not to be confused with the current concept of indie publisher or indie author in terms of self - publishing, are long - standing publishing houses with major bestselling titles whose authors are household names.

This fun volume has compiled over one thousand quotes from major players in the writing and publishing industries and, while fun to peruse, actually contains cited words of wisdom from names that many would - be authors will recognize.

Which, of course, is why the entire Establishment — Big Publishers, bookstores, agents, Big Name Authors, distributors, major periodicals (which benefit from publisher advertising), et al. — have aligned themselves loudly against Amazon.

My name is Beau, the author of this book, and 4 years ago I decided to make some major changes in my life.

But Author Solutions» cooperative connections also run deep with traditional publishers, including major names like Simon & Schuster (with which it operates Archway Publishing), Thomas Nelson (WestBow Press), and Reader's Digest (LifeRich Publishing).

One of the major reasons for using pen names is when an author publishes books in other niches that he / she is not known for.

One other friend of mine left he was in the real estate space wrote a book with with a major publishing house and then a few years later stopped he left real estate and went into a really strong personal development business and the publisher went up well you're not promoting this book anymore and they took his book word - for - word and put somebody else's name on the cover of it and just put a new introduction on it no credit to anybody he had worked because he had two co-authors help him with it because he's dyslexic so they essentially were the ones that wrote it and he provided a lot of the content and the publisher gave those other authors no credit took his name off and put somebody else's name on the front and then the publisher was 100 % within their rights to do it so you know there's a lot of things that I challenge people to kind of think about what's important and if you're putting all your expertise into this book you want to make sure that somebody's negotiated a heck out of it giving you a contract that actually makes sense for you and your business.

As an aside, I want to give you a bit of good news: following my coverage (OK, my carping) on Monday in my EXTRA ETHER: DBW's Best - Seller List [12], Digital Book World and Dan Lubart's [13] Iobyte Solutions [14], I'm told, will begin crediting authors by name for the best - sellers listed, as is done on other major best - seller lists.

The ability for both self - published and traditionally published authors to share serialized stories for free, as well as interact directly with a highly engaged audience has made Wattpad a major force in the publishing industry and created a demand for Wattpad Stars and bestselling authors, such as Alys Arden, Anna Todd, and Beth Reekles (to name just a few).

As fast as major publishers yank their name - brand authors out of digital libraries, 10 new indies cram into that virtual shelf space.

The answer to this problem, which is a real one, since many reporters are newbies or don't know the science they are reporting on and are just looking for a few good quotes to bolster their reportagel, is this: scientists who understand the issue of global warming and climate change need to write more oped commentaries for major newspapers like the NY Times and the LA Times and the Guardian, with their names attached as author, and get the truth out that way.