Lightning Source (LSI)
only deals with publishers and not authors directly, but grants you access to Ingram, the world's largest book distributor
Not exact matches
As Dickens struggles
with his novel and
deals with repudiations from his
publishers, his thoughts and ideas are manifested on screen by actors who represent the very colorful characters he concocts, visible
only to him.
It's a deft depiction, and The Washington Post
publisher isn't the
only one who has to
deal with it.
As for big authors staying
with big
publishers, I am confident they are not
only laid well, but get a far better
deal than any of us will ever see.
I'm an active TPL digital borrower, and was not aware that the library
deals directly
with publishers on ebook purchases — the website list of digital services shows
only intermediary services like OverDrive, Hoopla, etc..
If the
publishers would agree a
deal with Tom Kabinet, they would get a share for every sold e-book, even when that was an illegal one, they did get some money to compensate that which they would never got if people
only download them from usenet, but they didn't even react on that offer made by Tom Kabinet.
Not
only do I want the editing services and help
with publicity that could come
with a
publisher deal, but I want the validation that my book is good enough to be published.
Successful Query Letters — The
only thing stopping you from getting a top literary agent (and book
deal with a major
publisher) might not be your book — it could be your query letter.
An example of this would be a literary agency that
only deals with domestic rights, teaming up
with an international literary agency to help sell translation rights for your book to
publishers in other countries.
On February 2, Random House, the
only one of the «Big 6»
publishers to provide ebooks to libraries without restrictions, made an announcement that they would continue their generous policy, but that there would be a price hike to
deal with some of the issues surrounding permanent access to ebooks.
Maybe you could blog about the changes to our eco-system since the high point in 2011 when self - published authors could suddenly find
deals with big
publishers like Amanda Hocking... If
only I'd read this article in the UK Guardian in 2012, I might never have self - published at all, here's the link: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/may/24/self-published-author-earnings
After writing dozens of query letters, getting rejections from agents, and
only being offered a
deal with a
publisher if I put a few thousand dollars upfront, I was frustrated and thought I'd never get these books into print.
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.
After rejecting a dozen
publishers, Simon & Schuster approached Howey
with the
deal he had been told was impossible: print -
only, while he retained digital rights.
If
only I could make everyone see what I saw... the fact that getting a book
deal with a major
publisher really isn't that hard, once you know how the system works (and you decide you're willing to do the work).
Interesting to discover that Scott Merideth had a similar sort of
deal (along
with the reading fees scam)
with some early B - and C - list paperback
publishers: you could
only sell to them if you were represented by Merideth.
Now keep in mind that not everyone can sign a distribution -
only deal with a major
publisher.
I did sign
with an agent and I am anxious to sign that first
deal with a traditional
publisher that he is working to line up for me because I see value in getting hard copies into bookstores and gaining access to the international markets that would be difficult to penetrate as an indie -
only writer.
Like many new writers, I was convinced my first book was «The Next Big Thing», and
only a huge
deal with a big traditional
publisher would do.
The
only comic
publishers that Barnes and Noble
deals with for single issues are Titan, Bongo, Alterna, and Archie.
So far
only a handful of smaller comics
publishers, such as Arcana and Seven Seas Manga, have signed on formally, but Elder told LJ that iVerse has «handshake
deals»
with several larger names which it hopes to finalize and announce in the next few weeks.
Once upon a time the
only way for an author to get their books into the hands of readers was to land a
deal with a
publisher and allow them to distribute your title.
As I described in a recent post, Eisler said that what made the decision to go
with Amazon easy was that the web giant promised to not
only get his books to market faster — both in print and electronic form — but also offered to sell them at a lower price than the traditional
publisher, and apparently (although the terms of his
deal weren't released) gave him a bigger share in the proceeds to boot.
Entitle is the
only eBook subscription company to secure content
deals with more than one of the major corporate
publishers, and has titles such as Doctor Sleep, Life of Pi, Duck Dynasty's Si - ology 101, Beautiful Ruins, Miracles and Massacres, The Perks of Being A Wallflower, The Storyteller, The Bully Pulpit, Happy, Happy, Happy, Remy, Beautiful Beginning, The Light Between Oceans, A House in the Sky, Hero, Brain on Fire, Hyperbole and a Half and City of Bones.
Many e-book subscription sites
only have content
deals with a few
publishers when they launch or elect to showcase titles by indie authors.
It's a printer that will
deal only with publishers.
With so much discussion in the industry about reasons for authors to choose indie publishing over traditional, many authors and readers alike tend to overlook the fact that the end result of a traditional publishing
deal only comes about after a
publisher has signed the author's book.
Also, large traditional
publishers made
deals with distributors to
only distribute the larger company books, basically freezing out any smaller
publishers and all self -
publishers.
Many distributors
deal with the larger
publishers only, and some require the
publisher to produce five books or more per year.
Publishers Lunch notes that Howey «had already made a traditional publishing deal in the U.K. (with Century) and agent Kristin Nelson and her sub-agents have already licensed the book in over 18 territories» and also lists some other print - only deals publishers have made in recent months — including Simon & Schuster's print - only deal last year with bestselling self - published author J
Publishers Lunch notes that Howey «had already made a traditional publishing
deal in the U.K. (
with Century) and agent Kristin Nelson and her sub-agents have already licensed the book in over 18 territories» and also lists some other print -
only deals publishers have made in recent months — including Simon & Schuster's print - only deal last year with bestselling self - published author J
publishers have made in recent months — including Simon & Schuster's print -
only deal last year
with bestselling self - published author John Locke.
With only a few, very rare, exceptions, traditional publishing
deals involve a unidirectional flow of money: from the
publisher to the author.
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.
The question becomes, how far down the foodchain does it still make economic sense for
publishers to do print -
only deals with successful indie authors?
For those interested in her full bio, you can read her Amazon author page, but the short version is that she's sold over 3 million books, is a force to be reckoned
with in the industry, and is one of
only three folks I know of who have done paper -
only deals with trad
publishers.
Not too long ago, authors attempting to secure a book
deal with traditional
publishers had to compose a pitch letter, find a literary agent who would submit a paper manuscript,
only to endure the endless time lags associated
with a lengthy review process.
Bear in mind it's entirely possible that Amazon sells 1.74 times as many books at $ 9.99 than at $ 14.99, but then Amazon
deals with gross numbers of product, while
publishers deal with somewhat smaller numbers, and the author, of course,
deals with only her own list of books.
The first
publisher, and they don't have to be big, to start signing indie authors on print
only deals with decent terms and clauses is going to be the last
publisher standing.
My experience
with authors emailing to hire illustrators has
only been because either they are self publishing or they are
dealing with a
publisher who is not willing to financially back the book to any great degree.
When
dealing with the public library market, the biggest challenge for EBSCO is diversification into popular content, particularly from the Big Six
publishers (
only two of which actually make their new ebooks available to public libraries).
• The statistics on the fall in ebooks sales
only relate to those sold by members of the
Publishers Association (PA), and the cause is well known: the increase in ebook prices as a result of the publishers» deal wi
Publishers Association (PA), and the cause is well known: the increase in ebook prices as a result of the
publishers» deal wi
publishers»
deal with Amazon.
Receiving and considering
only work presented and pre-screened by Worthy Citizens (agents) means that
publishers are building their business on the labor of folks that they refuse to
deal with directly.
Rumors has it that internet ePublishing phenom Amanda Hocking might be on the verge of accepting a 7 - figure
deal with a major traditional
publisher and traditionally published Barry Eisler is foregoing SMP
deal and moving to digital
only.
The
only way MS shocks is if they announce their next gen console or they reveal they're buying a big
publisher or entering into a long - term exclusivity
deal with one of them.
Stat based
publishers can be the worst to
deal with as they will
only surrender their review copies to sites that obtain large amounts of visits per month, a good example being Capcom or Sega who ask for nothing less than 250,000 hits to your site per month.
Sony isn't the
only publisher who's gotten clumsy
with their material and had to
deal with the inevitable.
Maybe Microsoft are focusing their efforts on marketing their first - party productions or maybe the American console manufacturer is finding it difficult to strike
deals with publishers given the gulf in install bases between the 2 consoles —
Only Microsoft will know this — but this strategy might hurt them in the long term.
The Praxis
publisher's web site claims he has published over 100 articles in international journals, but I looked over ALL the M. Leroux's that Science Citation Index could find and these are the
only articles that
deal with climate or meteorology:
If
only we'd seen one press release this year or last from any of the major
publishers even vaguely alluding to the fact that they have to work within various strictures and that there is a desire, however minimal, over time to develop a dialogue
with China's authorities to talk about legal issues such as human rights environmental rights issues and a myriad of other social rights concerns, as well as other issues in the PRC, from housing law to
dealing with the fallout of local government mismanagement after disasters such as the earthquake in Sichuan.