You get all the freedom of being self published, but you get a backing
of a publishing house behind you and all the networking and resources that comes with.
Traditional publishing I think offers a more immediate satisfaction that comes with the validation
of a publishing house behind you.
Not exact matches
The supernatural plot in the LaHaye - Jenkins novels,
published by Tyndale
House, has true believers taken from the earth in a «rapture» that precedes seven years
of suffering — the great tribulation — for those left
behind.
Published on her website, goop, the dessert consists
of chocolate wafers and whipped cream — and brings to mind 73 - year - old Stewart's 2004 stint
behind bars (and then under
house arrest) for insider trading.
Sue is the co-author
of Wrightslaw: No Child Left
Behind (ISBN: 978 -1-892320-12-4) that is
published by Harbor
House Law Press.
If you're an indie author who's competing in your genre, on your own, with best - selling authors who have the resources
of big
publishing houses behind them.
Once the long arm
of the bureaucracy gets
behind e-books, the
publishing houses will have no choice but to cave.
So, Sharon went to iUniverse where the then - head
of this
publishing house, Susan Driscoll, who came from traditional
publishing, was savvy enough to see what a talent Sharon was and put some muscle
behind this book.
While Barnes and Noble knows that refusing to stock any
of the potential bestsellers that should come from the Amazon
publishing house would be financial suicide, given the extensive reach
of the online trendsetter, it does have the power
of the physical bookstore
behind it, something that Amazon lacks for now.
Building and using a platform is vital if you don't have the weight
of a traditional
publishing house behind you promoting your work.
This is never more true than in the indie
publishing world because we don't have big promo budgets or the reputations
of solid and well - known
publishing houses behind us.
Upstairs at the White
House By J.B. West Open Road Media • $ 16.99 • ISBN 9781504038676 A bestseller when it was first
published in 1973, this entertaining account
of life in the White
House by a former chief usher — who directed activities at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for six consecutive presidents — gives a rare
behind - the - scenes look at first ladies from Eleanor Roosevelt to Pat Nixon.
And I also weighed all the wonderful pluses that came with being traditionally
published by a Big 5
house — including having a «team»
behind me every step
of the way, having the «clout» and prestige
of having finally «made it,» being able to reach a wider audience through print distribution.
We all know how every book ever
published by traditional
publishing houses has months
of work
behind it by editors
of different responsibilities, designers and illustrators.
That's the premise
behind the hybrid model
of crowdfunding in which companies like Inkshares — whose platform is currently hosting the book campaign for Gary Whitta's first self -
published novel — allow the public to fund a book's production through pre-orders before sending it on to a traditional
publishing house.
Authors, especially indie authors who don't have the legal clout
of a major
publishing house behind them, have been forced to overlook the theft
of their work for so long that it's finally come home to roost in our political arena.
I read good books by large
publishing houses all the time, books that take my breath away, make me laugh and cry and wonder at the brilliance
of humanity... I want a reputable
publishing house standing
behind my book; I want them to tell you it's good so that I don't have to.
Third, although traditional
publishing houses have editors and you have already paid for one, the prestige
of being accepted by them, with the orchestra
of copyeditors, cover artists, and marketing experts
behind them to help you, will relieve you
of a lot
of the work for your next big project.
If you are not lucky enough to have one
of the big
publishing houses behind you and the help
of a literary agent, then you need to do all
of the hard work yourself in promoting your book and getting it out there.
The resources
of the
publishing house are
behind the creation
of the cover, which means (usually) a professional, high quality result.
Getting
behind the gates
of a traditional
publishing house is even harder as costs rise and profits decline.
So, Sharon went to iUniverse where the then head
of this
publishing house, Susan Driscoll, who came from traditional
publishing, was savvy enough to see what a talent Sharon was and put some muscle
behind this book.
And a self -
published author, without the marketing and PR engine
of a large
publishing house behind her, or the funds to take out TV advertising time, desperately needs her readers to find her book amid these millions
of others.
Now, the listing has since been pulled from Amazon, but thanks to PCGamesN we know it'll be
published by Random
House, and will be «a peek
behind the curtain
of Rockstar Games and its intensely guarded approach to the creation
of the lush, Old West open - world gameplay».
Behind the scenes, the SPARKTHEMARCH initiative came together at a small dinner bringing together Winston
House founder, Corey McGuire, Universal Music
Publishing chief Evan Lamberg, as well as Amanda Groves
of Plus Capital, Andrew Gertler
of AG Artists, Beka Tischker
of Wide Eyed Entertainment, Jake Udell
of Th3rd Brain, Milana Rabkin
of Stem and Matt Graham
of Winston
House.