Sentences with phrase «number of publishers like»

If that wasn't enough, a growing number of publishers like DC Comics have decided to release some if not all of their titles in digital format on the same day they are made available at comic shops.

Not exact matches

In fact, having a telecom company like Verizon (VZ) running a publisher like the Huffington Post doesn't just seem unlikely — it seems like a terrible fit for a number of reasons, and there are probably many journalists at both HuffPo and TechCrunch who are fervently hoping that Verizon sees it that way as well.

It has signed up a number of big publishers, including HarperCollins and Houghton Mifflin, as well as smaller ones like Workman Publishing and Perseus.

Okay, so the Illumination thing is probably one of those meaningless words publishers like to stick on the end of a game in lieu of a sequential number.

«I couldn't get a publisher, so I «had» to self - publish,» are words that a number of dedicated, successful authors have had to carry like a yoke around their necks for far too long, and just as some of that public sentiment is beginning to shift, Yiannopoulos has moved forward with plans to self - publish Dangerous next month.

What I like about it is, smaller publishers with both a fee - based service and a commercial imprint might not be eligible because the number of vanity - published titles would be too large.

These days, it seems harder and harder to land an agent and a traditional publisher, while on the other hand, many of the growing number of self - published books on sites like Amazon have difficulty finding an audience.

Publishers, like other areas of entertainment, have catalogs of titles that they will release based on a number of metrics and factors, with these releases being organized into seasons.

Not someone who has ever worked in publishing, who knows what publishers do behind the scenes, or what the issues are, or how the distribution works, or what the boots - on - the - ground challenges are, or how the industry is changing, or what publishers do to help authors build long term careers, or the differences between large and small presses, or the history of returnable books or what it's like to work with major distributors such as Amazon... a sociologist, armed with some numbers.»

Rather than describing a situation in which publishers withheld great books from consumers (which is what it sounds like on the surface of his argument), Byng feels that publishers should cut their titles — and therefore the number of authors they work with — and instead focus all of their efforts and attention on a few titles that they deem worthy.

In many cases, the content the riidr makes available is the same ebook that a North American customer might purchase from any number of branded retailers, like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Kobo, but in the case of the Danish translation of those works, for example, the publisher who owns those foreign rights can sell the ebooks directly to the consumers.

Platforms like OverDrive, 3M, Smashwords, and Bilbary are working diligently to provide digital content for libraries until the publishers» concerns — namely pricing, number of patron checkouts per ebook purchase, and piracy — are addressed.

Last month, ComiXology launched its own subscription service, comiXology Unlimited, that features thousands of comics from publishers like Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics and a number of other small and midtier publishers.

It seems that more and more people have access to creating a book these days, whether it is through the large number of publishers both big and small, a print - on - demand service like CreateSpace or Lightning Source, or any of the independent presses that are springing up to meet the needs of authors who are tired of... [Read more...]

It seems that more and more people have access to creating a book these days, whether it is through the large number of publishers both big and small, a print - on - demand service like CreateSpace or Lightning Source, or any of the independent presses that are springing up to meet the needs of authors who are tired of playing the publishing game.

Pushed by numbers of writers who had gotten tired of being treated like children by traditional publishers, Indie Publishing has become a real possible alternate route for writers to deliver books to readers.

This seems like a no - brainer but I'm surprised by the number of times I've learned about a new book through Publishers Weekly, Publishers Marketplace, or publishing professionals, googled the author's name and found... nothing.

(count the number of submissions folks who look in the mirror each morning and scream «F**K!!!!» and that should give a pretty close estimate) It seems like publishers would do better by giving the «winners» they've picked a fighting chance, by promoting the heck out of them and taking the grunt work off the authors so they can focus on providing a better MSS next time around.

In addition to the specific terms the author and publisher have agreed upon for things like the type of book, the advance against royalty amount and the delivery date, the standard book contract encompasses a lengthy number of clauses covering important points in a book's life cycle and an author's livelihood.

Like other independent publishers you will have to make a number of decisions ranging from the size of the book to designing its cover page to the platform to be used for the publishing of your book, which is not easy for an unprofessional publisher.

This was the kind of tweet in which I like to mention a new release from an author; its sales page; the fine publisher behind it (unless it's self - published, no discrimination here); and the number of print copies that Publishers Weekly tells us the publisher plans for the launch.

[pullquote cite =» Philip Jones on the number of book awards in the UK» type =» right»]» I just think we're great writers and publishers over here» in the UK «and we like to award ourselves prizes... It's highly consistent with our greatness.»

Like you, I've been with a number of small publishers.

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.

Now, with a number of publisher - specific applications, there's a new subset: comics one might like to read, assuming they didn't have to kill a tree to do it, which can be purchased for less than the cost of a physical copy.

But if there's a publisher who would like to license titles on a basis of number of uses, we are open to it or to any other solution.»

Having only a fraction of the number of employees giant publishers like EA or Activision have allows Gamecock to take bigger risks, Hesse said.

«This generation it seems like there are about a third of the number of triple - A titles in development across the industry as there was last time around — his generation it seems like there are about a third of the number of triple - A titles in development across the industry as there was last time around» Its because publishers had little faith in next gen consoles before they were announced and hit the shelves.

On a relatively small portfolio — essentially just Clash of Clans and Hay Day — the company has managed to hold on to the number - one games publisher position between February 2013 and August 2013 in indexes from analysts like App Annie.

[Though developers and publishers like Blizzard are reporting record numbers of online players in China, in a new China Angle column, Frank Yu says the actual number of game players is drastically under - reported, and investigates the populations going unaccounted for.]

Since then games which follow Descent's formula are very few in number, but now developers Sigtrap Games along with publishers Mastertronic have revitalized the Descent gameplay style with their Rouge - like 6 degrees of freedom action shooter: Sublevel Zero.

Within certain niches certain publishers have it mostly nailed (like EA and sports titles for example) but there are still a huge number of shots being fired in the dark, a huge number of great games completely failing to turn a profit, and a huge number of projects simply being cancelled after millions of dollars of investment.

In PC Gaming they have a huge number of Internal IP's and Partner IP's like League of Legends, Crossfire and Dungeon Fighter Online that do well in China making them the number 1 PC publisher there.

Some suggested topics for future dissertations that I would like to see include a study of looseleaf publications — could their decline into disrepute have been avoided or delayed if the publishers had not decided to increase the number of looseleaf releases to compensate for declining subscription lists?