Sentences with phrase «n't deal with a publisher»

Findaway powers the vast majority of audiobook stores that do not deal with publishers directly.

Since you, the fiction writer, are not dealing with the publisher directly as you can do these days, your royalty statement and any money with it FIRST goes to an agent in the country of the publisher.

John Sinn, a librarian at the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries, said bluntly: «Why don't the editors, who are generally faculty, and the reviewers, who are generally faculty, and the authors, who are almost always faculty or government researchers — why don't they just [publish] on their own and not deal with the publishers?»

Not exact matches

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.

-- > Dealing with rejection from family, friends, and publishers (A writer who can't deal with rejection is like a surfboard who can't deal with water.)

1) This is not a particularly hospitable place for agnostics 2) Nothing would crush my parents more than learning that their daughter has walked away from the faith 3) I have a book deal with a Christian publisher 4) I want to keep my Christian friends 5) My doubts come and go, so there's no reason to unnecessarily drag the people I love through my drama 6) If I fake it maybe I can convince myself that everything's okay

Insiders tell us a deal with a publisher hadn't been reached by the time the agency backed away from the Weiner book.

When I announced my new book deal for How Not to Die with Macmillan Publishers, I expressed concern that I'd have to pull back on the NutritionFacts.org new video schedule.

Instead of calling his credit - card company, Finkel is busying lining up an exclusive interview with his admirer Longo, and a book deal with a publisher not much concerned with Finkel's credibility.

It's a deft depiction, and The Washington Post publisher isn't the only one who has to deal with it.

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.

I'm sure if I had a deal with a publisher (or even an agent) all the sample passages and alternative drafts I've been publishing would not be allowed.

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As for big authors staying with big publishers, I am confident they are not only laid well, but get a far better deal than any of us will ever see.

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.

We're dealing with the same consumers and the majority of them aren't checking who the publisher is.

With a traditional publishing deal, you won't have to pay for editing, cover design, formatting or distribution — the publisher handles it all.

Not because the ads were bad or poorly designed, but the brick - and - mortar bookseller audience that reads them are predisposed against self - published books, especially POD like mine, due to the inability to return unsold copies and the inconvenience of dealing with an individual publisher.

Tom dispelled some of these rumors and said, «Us not dealing with Amazon has never come up in conversations, publishers never say «YAY!

Publishers don't like the fact that Overdrive deals with Amazon and allows their books to be borrowed on the entire range of Kindle devices, which is why they missed out on the Penguin trial that was announced last June.

I'm an active TPL digital borrower, and was not aware that the library deals directly with publishers on ebook purchases — the website list of digital services shows only intermediary services like OverDrive, Hoopla, etc..

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.

Taking also into consideration most (but not all by any means) manuscripts arrive at a publishers via a literary agency, who deal with an even vaster backlog.

It does not matter whether you are dealing with a publisher, a bookstore, a newsstand, a paper manufacturer, a bookseller, an author, or a printmaker, because what matters to immunity is the object, not the person.»

Maybe if you still want to get a deal with a publisher but definitely not if you want to sell independently online.

Not only do I want the editing services and help with publicity that could come with a publisher deal, but I want the validation that my book is good enough to be published.

Finally, on a pure process level, I am wary of a world without agents or publishers: that would mean that you have large booksellers, who have substantial market power, dealing with authors directly, the vast majority of whom do not have any substantial market power, and where there are antitrust issues that may arise from collective action.

If you're work isn't good enough to land an agent, or a deal on your own with a legitimate publisher (and for those who have a problem with the word «legitimate,» The MWA criteria work for me — you can find them on their website), then your work is almost certainly not ready to be published.

Who's to say that the way Amazon has been trying to deal with publishers wouldn't have similar benefits?

Successful Query Letters — The only thing stopping you from getting a top literary agent (and book deal with a major publisher) might not be your book — it could be your query letter.

I would never sign with another publisher unless they offered either a huge advance or something I wouldn't have access to as an indie, such as a promotional budget or shelf space in big bookstores, translation deal or a film deal, etc (I know film isn't handled via the publisher, but that's the kind of thing I mean — something I can't do on my own).

Experienced authors will not sign a contract with a non-compete clause, and publishers aren't going to promise not to publish books that compete directly with the author's, so it's just a bad deal.

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But, the people who don't think they can, don't want to or haven't managed to get a deal with a publisher, and don't feel that they can afford and spend the time on self - publishing it, might feel that this is the best way to go.

Says Neeta Gupta, publisher of Yatra Books, a Hindi imprint, «Eight years back, when we set up Yatra and I was acquiring translation rights for several European language books, we didn't even have a clause in our contract to deal with this situation!

not my forte... I have had other publishers offering deals etc. but if i had money to begin with i would have gone to a traditional publishing house.

If the web has changed anything (I DO think it has — and I don't think I'm a digevangelist for the sake of it, but because I perceive a change), it's the ability to reach and distribute to an author's niche with minimal outlay — if an author truly accepts that lack of bookshops sales are part of their business model (I think they should — specific deals with Indie stores aside — and for that reason I think self - publishing is wrong for most self - publishers), then the age - old obstacle of distribution has been removed from the equation.

Of course, it's also nice to have the staff at your publisher doing all of the following for you as well (so you don't have to): editing, formatting, cover design, production, distribution, sales, marketing, publicity, licensing, and dealing with any legal issues that might come up.

It will be interesting to see if Ingram starts cutting similar deals with other hot - selling indies, offering them terms and royalty arrangements that publishers can't touch.

NOTE: The lack of ISBN and printing file ownership is the number one problem in dealing with pretty much any of the Vanity Publishers (Included in this group are Subsidy Publishers, POD Publishers, Supported Self Publisher or any other name they call themselves where you do not have full ownership of your ISBN and printing files)

Writers who haven't been published by The Big 5 assume that once they get a deal with one of these big fish, they'll be able to sit in their living rooms and wait for their publishers to set up their interviews with Ellen and Colbert.

While not impossible for authors to market and sell their own titles outside of their home countries, many authors have negotiated deals with publishers strictly for these international rights.

While no one suggests Hachette cave to whatever terms Amazon is demanding while holding its titles ransom, the industry would be wise to remember that not dealing with Amazon is what publishers have been after for some time.

Some of the recipes are short enough that I can transcribe it by typing it in again to the computer, but I feel offended that I can not deal with this in an efficient manner rather than a work around, working around the paranoia of publishers.

I hadn't looked too closely into the «countdown deals,» instead dismissing it as another nifty Amazon strategy to suck authors and publishers into exclusivity with KDP (via KDP Select).

This volume of Chihayafuru brings in someone Chihaya's not ready to deal with, along with highlighting Taichi and the team's growth as players.Title: Chihayafuru Genre: Sports, Drama, Romance Publisher: Kodansha (JP), Kodansha Comics (US) Creator:...

While there's nothing inherently wrong with this if they're transparent about their operations — and not trying to deceive you about the type of deal you're getting — realize that such publishers may have less motivation to acquire books that have a good sales outlook; they may accept nearly any book where the author is willing to subsidize its publication.

While there are subscription services like Oyster Books and Kindle Unlimited, a lot of these services haven't signed deals with the major publishers.

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).