New York City is headquarters for the Big Five
major publishing houses along with scores of others publishers, large and small.
As a publisher, my biggest concern is the clutter of the books being put out by
the major publishing houses along with those that are just put up directly by authors.
Not exact matches
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.
Once the province of highly prized art departments and staffers in
major publishing houses, book cover art and design now is being «democratized» right
along with digital
publishing.
Along with literary agents, editors, and publishers from
major publishing houses, you will connect with leaders in self -
publishing and experts on book promotion, platform building, social media, and author websites.
The Justice Department has warned Apple,
along with five
major publishing houses, that it plans to sue them for joining forces to raise the price of ebooks, according to the Wall Street Journal.
It allows for self -
published authors to rise
along with those minted by
major houses, and it frees customers to stock up on the genre fiction that they might have otherwise been embarrassed to bring up to the counter at an indie bookstore.
Because of the existing relationship that Amazon has with
major book
publishing houses around the world from its bookstore business,
along with its leverage in the industry that allows the company to make the best deals for them with publishers, authors and retailers, Amazon is expected to find great success amid the current competition.