Sentences with phrase «of publishers who»

There's a lot of publishers who would rather do anything than miss the launch date.

Splinter Cell: Conviction occupies a unique place in a gaming hall of shame already full of the greed, shortsightedness and incompetence of publishers who seem to hold the PC gamer in contempt; unique because whereas many of these other games are second - rate console ports, converted to PC to make a quick buck at the customer's expense, Splinter Cell: Conviction is a genuinely good game, but with its needlessly restrictive and ill - conceived DRM all but compromises both the accomplishments of its designers and the good will that would otherwise be flowing from a grateful PC gaming public.

Breakdown By PublisherFirst, all of the publishers who've solely had one cowl.

With Brutal Legend «s fate still unclear and the game apparently without a publisher, speculation has been running amuck with people throwing names like MTV, EA, and even Gamecock into the list of publishers who might take the game on.

They're one of a handful of publishers who are privately owned — Valve is in the same boat — which means they're not required to say anything in public about their financials.

Nowadays puzzle games are much rarer, which is why TRI is such a welcome addition to a genre which is becoming cast aside because of publishers who want to aim their games at casuals, who will just like their game to shoot here press x there and congratulations you finished it.

Add Blask Mask to the list of publishers who will be available on both ComiXology and Amazon's Kindle Store.

Over the last couple of years we've seen the emergence of a new generation of publishers who place the reader relationship at the heart of everything they do — step on up Unbound, And Other Stories, UnGlue.it.

«There are plenty of publishers who ask you to pay to publish your work,» I said.

It is unclear if Konrath's numbers represent a common experience among the majority of publishers who have embraced digital distribution through both portals.

The Guild also argues that some of the publishers who have signed up for Amazon's Lending Library might themselves be in breach of contract by offering their books to be lent — according to the authors» organization, lending rights are supposed to be negotiated separately, and authors should be getting compensation for participating in those programs.

Leaving aside the fact that none of the publishers who settled admitted guilt, nor did the courts find for either side in the dispute, your new point is immaterial to your original assertion regarding Hachette authors.

Although there are plenty of publishers who haven't learned from the recent history of the music industry and are afraid of lifting DRM from their Kindle editions, a growing number of authors and publishers are taking a more forward - looking approach.

I queried a couple of publishers who publish that sort of books but they didn't give me the encouragement, although I did get some helpful advice from one.

Into the mix comes Hugh Howey, the newest indie hero, about to start his US hardcover and paperback book tour after securing a landmark deal — after turning down dozens of publishers who wanted his digital rights, he signed a paper - only deal with Simon and Schuster.

He rests the fault for this at the door of publishers who have flubbed the transition to a new format.

«Not too far in the future, the author comes to the Pubslush site,» Ioannou says, «gets a checklist of the steps that the book needs; gets to choose an editor who has lots of experience with that kind of book or a young editor just starting out who will do the work more cheaply; sees samples of the work of a lot of cover designers and picks one; sees an array of publishers who might be interested in publishing the book — or gets various options to self - publish; and gets help to pay for it all» with crowdfunding «or can just pay for it all on the spot if that option appeals more.»

Phil Ollila, Ingram Content Officer said in a statement: «We welcome Amazon Publishing's New York adult group to the growing list of publishers who use our service.»

In fact, there are many popular stories of publishers who have turned down books that later turned out to be amazingly successful.

It's easy to see that Apple will save a huge amount of overhead only having to do business with these 8 companies rather than all the hundreds or thousands of publishers who will supply the content to the aggregators.

A little over 50 % of publishers who responded to the census anticipate significant transformation in the next five years.

«Amazon's decision means that any of those publishers who want their books sold on the giant Web site will have to use BookSurge.

«We welcome Amazon Publishing's New York adult group to the growing list of publishers who use our service,» said Phil Ollila, Ingram Content Group's chief content officer.

Of the large numbers of publishers who are participating in the fall pilot, McGraw - Hill, who has proven itself to be an educational publisher who stays at the forefront of digital textbook innovation, will once again be on board.

Later an Amazon PR manager confirmed to the web site that the program is «an opportunity for publishers to test compelling pricing coupled with on - site merchandising» (adding «We're excited about the number of publishers who are participating.»

They bring ideas, best practices, and innovations back to the user community, and we benefit tremendously from the experiences of the wide variety of publishers who use their tools and services.

Namely: 1) Are e-book sales as a whole dropping, or just the sales of the publishers who are members of the AAP?

Maybe, in the interest of publishers who have more of a stake in printed comics than DC & Marvel, Independent publishers might float around a possibility of forming a union.

Some of the surprising numbers included the number of publishers who have no plans to produce ebooks at any time in the future, the very slight differences in total sales among the various top - name ebook distribution channels, and the startlingly high number of publishers who plan to release the majority of their titles in both print and digital editions.

According to Erin Griffith of PandoDaily, Macmillan is one of those publishers who is bridging its own digital divide, but the publisher is going about it in an interesting way.

We met with a lot of publishers who are now on board with the idea of releasing their titles to our catalog for immediate sale to customers,» says Neller of On Demand's presence at BookExpo.

Many of the publishers who agreed to have their digital content take part in the Amazon service are all experimenting with the platform.

In praise of publishers who move readers and units) and they raise some interesting points in praise of the profession.

What's worse, a lot of publishers who are reasonable, useful, and valuable to other groups of writers are ruthless and exploitative to this group, e.g. Penguin Random House's Author Solutions and similar services as well as some of the ebook - only lines that many publishers have.

I find it very interesting that there are many new types of publishers who — for one reason or another — are calling themselves «hybrid publishers» and still attempt to charge authors some kind of «package» of services.

What that allows us to do is additionally support some of the publishers who are interested in the market, but are skeptical.

When this whole event - race started there was a noticeable arrogance in the attitude of the publishers who were presenters.

For those who'd prefer statistical proof, the number of publishers who have released a Kindle app has shown a steep rise from 24 percent in 2011 to 67 percent in 2012.

It's an all - you - can - eat deal with an admittedly limited buffet, because there are only a handful of publishers who participate and most of them have only a handful of books.

Sure, I get that Amazon and Macmillan — one of the publishers who signed onto Apple's iBook, which allows publishers to set their own prices — are negotiating ebook prices.

To address the needs of publishers who want to embed fonts into eBooks, Monotype Imaging is introducing a simple and low - cost font licensing model for eBooks.

Within the non-traditional realm, you have a whole slew of different types of publishers who boast different ways they can help you.

Beware, Beware, Beware of publishers who lump books together and register all their books with a master ISBN for sales to outlets such as Amazon.

Even if I agree for the sake of argument that books are precious snowflakes, it doesn't follow that Amazon is therefore obliged to sell them at all, much less sell them on equal terms to the books of Publishers who do have a contract.That this argument gets any coverage at all underscores the desperate need for improved media literacy in this country.

But she also refuses to name the * kinds * of publishers who are interested in this - are they big NY companies, small pressses, Publish America, or what?

HarperCollins is one of the publishers who initially tried to take some power over online sales of e-books, even launching its own online store to sell books — including the widely beloved Narnia series by C.S. Lewis — directly to readers in 2013.

I only imply that what is best for the rather small number of publishers who sell the majority of textbooks [1], is not likely to be good for the consumer.

December 13, 2013 • Martha Woodroof looks at the process of acquiring a first novel from the point of view of publishers who both employ their own taste and then take care of the deal.

Is it time to ask serious questions of publishers who release books by people claiming to have gone to heaven and come back?

What the social network has to offer is unquestionably going to help any of those publishers who sign up (and that in turn will create an incentive for others to do so).