I don't think
the old big publisher have the platform to make this happen.
Not exact matches
The 8 - year -
old San Francisco startup Brightroll helps leading brands target their video ads for the web's
biggest video
publishers.
Gamers are conditioned to be a cynical bunch, especially when it comes to
big publishers and console makers peeling off digital copies of
older games, but this year held strong value for PlayStation Plus subscribers, particularly those looking for new experiences.
I didn't say all
publishers are headed for extinction: I said the
old paradigm of the
Big 6 /
Big Nasty store is crumbling.
Meanwhile, the
old - school business model of the
Big Five
publishers is dying still.
Traditional publishing, at least the
big publishers (and their smaller group of
older medium - sized
publishers) have decided that the only way to come out ahead in this is to make sure the
old way of doing things remains.
One of my early novels was bought by an
old but good UK
publisher but published — badly — by the
bigger fish that had just swallowed it, mid publication.
So, to summarize — we are traditional
publishers, by strict definition, and trad
publishers come in small, medium and
big sizes, and some are young, and others are very
old.
Interesting for self - published books is the tendency for
older works to rise in earnings, something that's flat for
Big - 5
publishers.
The
big publishers may rage against the dying of the
old business models.
I don't see the new shape of things as many do: the twilight of the dinosaurs, the
old - thinking
Big Five print
publishers staggering, falling to their knees -LSB-...]
After Wylie announced that he would bypass the
Big Six
publisher by selling his author's digital work directly to consumers through Amazon.com's Kindle store, new and
old media debates raged.
And two of them rue the day — only two years ago — that they signed to re-issue some other
old titles with a
big 5
publisher.
It's a great idea, although the key is getting
bigger publishers to participate, since j - comi mostly carries
old OOP manga and the Digital Manga Guild seems to only have the rights to some obscure yaoi manga from smaller
publishers.
Everyone is trying to jump on this —
publishers & agents alike — and hope that some authors will think there's value in the same
old same
old, but I'm concerned for the aspiring author who does nt have the experience who thinks the
big named agent is repping them, when not everything is disclosed.
I know that
publishers are beginning to take a second look at some of their imprints, but my guess is they won't really work as long as they stay in house — it's the age -
old problem that
big companies need to think like small ones — and if they don't, small ones will take their place.
Publishers (be they
big or small), who can hook the Mimis of the world (be they young or
old) will do A-OK.
In October, the
big publisher HarperCollins bought it, and Midlist, at least under its
old name, apparently has vanished from the web.
Besides, this whole story ignores the fact that if Amazon is such a bad company why doesn't Hachette and the other
big old fashion
publishers sell their books somewhere else and pull all their products from Amazon?
While it hasn't happened yet, eventually some of the
old world's
biggest - name authors might sign a deal with Amazon to be their
publisher.
I don't see the new shape of things as many do: the twilight of the dinosaurs, the
old - thinking
Big Five print
publishers staggering, falling to their knees and heading for extinction as they're overwhelmed by a nimble army of small, warm - blooded mammals whose claws are the sharp, smart, flexible tools of electronic publishing.
Just think about how a great book by an unknown will compete with a brand name author... Yes, life is tough, but again... why doesn't Amazon address the fact that it makes most of its money off of the same
old same
old, books that are either «built» by
big publishers or by indies who often combine formulaic storytelling with full on marketing.
It may be that recreating the sport of Rugby is a tough
old job, or perhaps
publishers would rather put their money into the next
big footy title, but... [Read full story]
It's the cynical design sensibilities of a
big publisher playing it safe, paired with a 13 - year -
old boy's idea of edgy — a cross-eyed 13 - year -
old, judging by the camera.