Sentences with phrase «making deals with publishers»

For English - speaking countries such as the UK and Australia, it meant making deals with publishers in those countries as well.

The agency, it turned out, had made a deal with the publisher.

Normally its, we made a deal with publisher X or we just released this new infograph, etc..

Not exact matches

They were negotiating with Warner Music over the rights to publish and annotate the company's lyrics on their site, having already made similar deals with all the other key publishers, and thereby dodging a serious legal threat to the site's business model.

Making games for cellphones was the worst place to be, he says, since they had to deal not just with demanding publishers, but also with wireless carriers that knew nothing about games.

No book deal or contract yet — it's still just a proposal with a few chapters, making the rounds of publishers, at this stage of the process.

I made the very difficult decision to leave working in my dream job with Jamie and branch out on my own to tell my story in food so I quit my job, went freelance as a food stylist and recipe writer and within a year I was fortunate enough to have been spotted by my amazing publisher Louise Haines and was offered a book deal and from there my blog, newspaper and magazine columns all organically followed on.

With her death, the book deal she had made with a major publisher disappeared, and sex ratio theory stayed mainly in the obscure recesses of various academic specialtWith her death, the book deal she had made with a major publisher disappeared, and sex ratio theory stayed mainly in the obscure recesses of various academic specialtwith a major publisher disappeared, and sex ratio theory stayed mainly in the obscure recesses of various academic specialties.

My research for my book, «Eastwood: Evolution of a Filmmaker,» due in November from Greenwood Publishers, has taught me that he made deals with the studios: one for them (a Dirty Hary sequel or some silly action flick that would make them a fortune), and then in return they had to agree to finance one for him (a personal project such as «Breezy» or «The Outlaw Josey Wales»).

Well I think this happening for the 50th time make it painfully obvious the Microsoft and / or Sony have deals with these publishers that aren't just for what they call «parity».

Games publisher EA had until recently had an exclusivity deal with the brand which had meant Porsche hadn't made its way into proper racing sims for a while.

Kia's also making a big deal of its new ambient lighting system: 64 colors are available, but seven unique hues have been designed in conjunction with Pantone, the color experts familiar to every graphic artist and publisher on earth.

I always thought an author made more money with a creditable publisher providing they worked out the «right» deal.

Authors, book publishers, newspaper and magazine publishers are all making their deals with Apple, Amazon and Vook.

B&N said it is following company policy for dealing with publishers that release digital versions of titles without making them available to... Read More

Kindle Countdown Deals is not a new program but an extension of the KDP Select program, the exclusive sales commitment publishers make with Amazon in return for certain promotional benefits.

As we wrote at the time, this example makes the point that authors already have a lot of the tools for marketing their work, and in some cases — as with Hocking, Locke and other self - publishers such as J.A. Konrath — this can make them so self - sufficient that they no longer need the support of a traditional publishing deal.

If the publishers would agree a deal with Tom Kabinet, they would get a share for every sold e-book, even when that was an illegal one, they did get some money to compensate that which they would never got if people only download them from usenet, but they didn't even react on that offer made by Tom Kabinet.

Is it possible to make a good deal with publishers for an unlimited style subscription?

It is obvious that Scribd made bad deals with the publishers.

This made it difficult for e-book publishers to properly deal with an unauthorized digital publication, which led to the proliferation of pirated content.

I've seen friends literally lose control of their books because an inexperienced agent made a bad publishing deal with a new publisher who went out of business right after the book released.

Apple has made deals with five publishers to have books available, but do you really think those deals are going to be in the user's interest?

This makes it much less attractive for Amazon to deal with publishers rather than cutting them out of the equation and dealing directly with authors or even with agents.

Eric has been making a nuisance of himself with every publisher we've dealt with, constantly ringing the «digital comics» bell.

Printed books have to be moved around on pallets in trucks, and since micromanaging physical distribution in the UK would be hard and expensive for a publisher in the US, it make a lot of sense for the US publisher to cut a deal with a UK counterpart: I give you the right to some content, you print the books and distribute them, and we share the profits.

On February 2, Random House, the only one of the «Big 6» publishers to provide ebooks to libraries without restrictions, made an announcement that they would continue their generous policy, but that there would be a price hike to deal with some of the issues surrounding permanent access to ebooks.

Andre, who wrote the Four Weddings and a Fiasco series under the name Lucy Kevin, has become widely recognized for maintaining strict creative and rights control over her work, despite traditional print publishing deals with a major publisher, a move that has allowed her to make decisions such as the Kobo deal.

If only I could make everyone see what I saw... the fact that getting a book deal with a major publisher really isn't that hard, once you know how the system works (and you decide you're willing to do the work).

They offer unique opportunities for publishers to interact with each other, talk shop and make deals.

Prices for Kindle e-books can now be set at 12.99 or 14.99 in deals similar to those that Apple has with publishers providing digital works for iPad devices that make their US debut on Saturday.

Getting rid of in - app purchases «is a very big deal,» Conway wrote, «because it strikes to the heart of what made Comixology's app a near - perfect venue for discovering and falling in love with new comics, a venue creators and publishers have been searching for since the collapse of mainstream newsstand distribution in the late 1970s - early»80s: it destroys the casual reader's easy access to an impulse purchase.

Heavyweight publishers came out swinging against a bid by the US Department of Justice to rein in deals Apple can make with e-book providers.

Major Publishers like HarperCollins, Hatchette and S&S have made new deals with Amazon and other retailers to allow them to set the prices.

Once your book is out in the wild, it is impossible to make any money on it and some authors have even lost their book deals with major publishers.

Eisler, a former CIA operative turned author, has been one of the most prominent examples of self - publishing, along with fellow writers J.A. Konrath and young - adult author Amanda Hocking — who made more than two million dollars by publishing her own books via the Kindle marketplace (often charging as little as 99 cents for them) before signing a $ 2 - million deal with a traditional publisher earlier this year.

In her piece in Forbes announcing the news, Suw Charman - Anderson states that «Most reviewers don't want to deal with self - published authors directly because they don't really want to deal with any authors directly...» (emphasis mine)... and that «reviewers depend on publishers acting as winnowers, sorting out the wheat from the chaff, and at least attempting to make sure that they are sent books they are actually interested in.»

It's also worth noting that Amanda Hocking, who became famous for making millions by self - publishing her books for young adults on the Kindle, signed a deal with a traditional publisher earlier this year.

I'd already decided I wanted to self - publish the Lady Raven books, so I made the follow - up decision that I would also work on an all - new series that I could use to find an agent and a deal with a larger publisher, or one at least closer to home.

As I described in a recent post, Eisler said that what made the decision to go with Amazon easy was that the web giant promised to not only get his books to market faster — both in print and electronic form — but also offered to sell them at a lower price than the traditional publisher, and apparently (although the terms of his deal weren't released) gave him a bigger share in the proceeds to boot.

She has now signed deals with traditional publishers in both the U.S. and U.K. and made millions selling her books.

Rather then form publisher relationships and deal directly with 1st party companies it simply made an agreement with Barnes and Noble.

After making similar book deals with Harlequin, Penguin, Penguin UK, and a few other publishers for various titles, Day's most recent deal comes for a new series, «Blacklist.»

It doesn't make sense that the DOJ is accusing Apple & c of colluding in secret, but won't release the terms of the deal with those Publishers that settle.

Occasionally your publisher may make a deal with a particular book chain to do a special printing of one or more of your books as an «introductory offer», or other specially priced deal to increase your sales.

Also, large traditional publishers made deals with distributors to only distribute the larger company books, basically freezing out any smaller publishers and all self - publishers.

According to the NYT, the deal is similar to those which Apple has made with other major publishers:

Coupled with their reputation for as an indie comics publisher, they deal in a currency of cool that makes the Big Two look like senior citizens.

Amazon's made deals with Disney, Nickeloden, PBS, Marvel, and many other publishers, so there's plenty of content for every kid; we checked immediately for Curious George and Thomas the Tank Engine, and luckily both are present.

The benefit of working with a traditional publisher, rather than with an author who's self - published, is to make use of the specialists who deal with books on a daily basis.