Sentences with phrase «name publishers»

Is it easy to approach big name publishers with your passion project?

At the same time, it's working to become a big - name publisher in its own right.

Before the big - name publishers took a gamble on the new platform they took a step back and watched how things progressed.

It could be argued that most, if not all, of the big - name publishers played it safe at E3 by sticking to their franchises and annual outings.

If big - name publishers make these mistakes, then self - publishers are more at risk.

Because, of course, only the big name publishers know what readers want.

Fact is that it doesn't make any sense, that's why most big - name publishers don't.

For $ 9.99 you can download two books a month and lots of big name publishers are supporting the efforts.

I've honestly never considered myself to be an indie gamer, but the quality of some of the releases that didn't come from big - name publishers in 2017 is astounding.

It won't be competing with big name publishers like Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard.

In 2004, he was named publisher of Kansas City Star Books, the newspaper's book - publishing division that resulted.

That means you won't be competing with Big Name publishers for SmashWords» attention.

This national best selling, critically acclaimed author's debut novel NO ONE HEARD HER SCREAM was named Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2008.

This has piqued the curiosity of many big name publishers leading to the development of Battle Royale alternatives for them.

With multiple big - name publishers coming out of the woodwork to shift support of many console exclusives to the PC in the last year or so, the golden age of PC gaming is yet upon us.

In many cases, if you are a first time author or don't have the bankable established name the publishers often mandate authors promote the book themselves.

It's vanity if you go the traditional way for the prestige of being able to say (insert name publisher) published me.

So one day, an author asked me about a self publishing program that said they would connect her with such - and - such Big Name Publisher about her self published book if she used their services.

HarperCollins and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt are two other big - name publishers onboard with Oyster.

After all, when you buy a Stephen King or J.K. Rowling or Dan Brown book, you're buying the book for the author, not the publisher (quick: who can even name the publishers for those 3 authors without looking it up?).

I strongly prefer ePub files, but I've had so many big name publishers send me the crappiest PDF files that have chaotic paragraph breaks, repeated content, and disjointed headers that ruin the reading experience.

Her pseudonymously authored twelve novels sold only moderately well before her big - name publisher dropped her, giving back her book rights.

Several companies have started offering ebook subscription services, such as Oyster, Scribd and Entitle, over the past year; it was only a matter of time before Amazon got onboard with the idea as well — now if only they can convince some big - name publishers too (that's probably what's delaying the announcement).

Like many games journalists yearning for new ideas within today's stagnating games industry, my cold, cynical heart fills to the brim with joy whenever I hear about a big - name publisher supporting the efforts of independent games developers.

Everyone knows video games have to make money somehow, but the question over how games make money became one of the central arguments in 2017, as various big name publishers brought one of the most popular ways to monetize mobile and free - to - play games — loot boxes — into the mainstream.

The company lost support from big name publishers due to Wii U but NX is getting a lot of love.

Like I said in the article, the issue is that big - name publishers thinking ALL games need to do this when they haven't even figured out how to do it well even once.

I won't name the publisher in question, either, but I will point out a couple of books on Amazon that came from a pay - to - publish publisher.

Many of their authors are picked up by big name publishers like Simon & Schuster or McCleland and Stewart.

Image Comics, which has made a strong showing in recent years with such creator - owned titles as The Walking Dead and Saga, was named the Publisher of the Year in the Diamond Gem Awards, sponsored by Diamond Comics Distributors.

With many big - name publishers taking notice that Kojima is back on the market, so to speak, there is a possibility that he may partner with a new company in the future.

In the part one, the authors pivot off Eisler's announcement that he passed on a half - a-million dollar advance from a big name publisher in favor of self publishing, claiming he made the decision for monetary as well as creative reasons, and was inspired in part by Konrath's move away the world of legacy publishing and his proselytizing to other writers to make the same choice.

Also be warned that a number of other big name publishers like Simon and Schuster, Harlequin, Thomas Nelson (owned by Harper Collins), and others have contracted with Author Solutions for their own money - making vanity press operations.

Fast forward to today and you'll find that other big - name publishers — like CNN, The Atlantic, and Wired — have followed suit, looking to online paywalls and subscription - based models to alleviate their financial woes.

I have to say I was pleasantly surprised to finally see a big name publisher have some guts to publish an article about why everyone in the world may be wrong about their beliefs about saturated fat.

These days, big name publishers are playing it safe by banking on low risk sequels or reboots and this has allowed smaller, more independent developers to step up to the plate and offer up some truly original gaming such Chair's Shadow Complex and Runic Game's Torchlight.

(Please note: articles, booklets and training manuals remain the copyright of the named publisher or website.)

As self - publishing matures, as the various distribution media for self - published works evolve, hopefully a way will emerge that helps assure a measure of quality without relying on the lumbering behemoths of big name publishers.

In Tuesday's article about author Kate Wilhelm's decision to start her own publishing company, after 50 years of being published by all the big name publishers, intrigued me.

In at least one case, a new UP book was picked up by a leading publisher... but the big name publisher's version simply wasn't competitive with UP's top quality first edition.

Getting signed by a big name publisher is the publishing dream of many writers, but what most people don't realise is that it's the opinion of your readers that really matters.

Facebook has announced that starting this Wednesday big name publishers will have their stories exist solely on the Facebook platform and not link to independent websites.

E.g. «Beatrix Potter started out by self publishing her first book, which was later picked up by a big - name publisher.

One, for the biggest - name publishers, the ones most likely to be operating under agency pricing, you're most likely to find that ebook price will be roughly tied to the price of the corresponding print edition.