Sentences with phrase «published as a physical book»

It is an extensive work, initially published as a physical book, available in e-book form, and with plans to develop into other forms of media.

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In many ways, Pinker's book The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window Into Human Nature, which will be published this month, may be his most ambitious yet — an attempt to show that the entire range of human thought is built on the «scaffolding» of a few core concepts that shape our understanding of the physical and social worlds and form the basis for the way we interpret reality.

The physical design of Citadel's star books has become more attractive recently, a little more dynamic and stylish than in the past (the cluttered layout of The Cinema of Edward G. Robinson, published by A.S. Barnes, shows that this important aspect of movie book production is not as easily achieved as one might expect).

And as an author trying to get a book published, my biggest goal is to have my books available in a physical format.

While these review sites were geared more towards physical products other than books, such as gadgets that vendors might sell through the Amazon Marketplace, some of the first complaints from the internet community about Amazon reviews centered on self - published authors who were accused of buying reviews of their books.

Dohle's letter made clear the company's position that «the vast majority of [its] backlist contracts grant [Random House] the exclusive right to publish books in electronic formats, as well as more traditional physical formats.»

With IngramSpark, you can achieve a physical product (whether print book or ebook) with the same quality standards that the publishing industry expects, meaning your print book has the same binding, trim sizes, paper weights, return status, wholesale discount, and beyond as books created by traditional publishers.

I do remember the bad old days of self publishing, as you called it, when I had to purchase large quantities of physical books for my product user manuals in my business.

The criteria listed above define the publishing and distribution obstacles I need to overcome in order to deliver my content as a physical book.

Much as we love our physical books (and let's face it, the majority of those working in publishing NOW, are there because of a love of paper books) we can not let that love blind us to the realities of change and the shift that digital is imposing upon us.

It will be interesting to see what the other big publishing houses decide to do, I have a feeling your going to see the companies who do nt push for equivalent ebook to physical book pricing will have higher sales and in the end make more money off of ebooks AND «dead tree» books as well thanks to word of mouth from ebook readers.

As much as I embrace the digital revolution that's transforming the publishing world seemingly by the day, I feel sad for authors of the future whose books may never appear in physical forAs much as I embrace the digital revolution that's transforming the publishing world seemingly by the day, I feel sad for authors of the future whose books may never appear in physical foras I embrace the digital revolution that's transforming the publishing world seemingly by the day, I feel sad for authors of the future whose books may never appear in physical form.

With IngramSpark, you can achieve a physical product (whether print book or ebook) with the same quality standards that the publishing industry expects and that are utilized by traditional publishers, meaning your print book has the same binding, trim sizes, paper weights, return status, wholesale discount, and beyond as books created by traditional publishers.

As for physical books, I believe they will remain but I believe that self - publishing will make the route to a best - seller more circuitous than it's ever been because there may not be agents / publishers willing to represent / publish an author unless the self - published product has sold more than «x» number of books.

As the parent company over two distinctly different methods of independent publishing — CreateSpace for print - on - demand physical books and Kindle Direct Publishing for ebooks — the opportunities for book development are more available publishing — CreateSpace for print - on - demand physical books and Kindle Direct Publishing for ebooks — the opportunities for book development are more available Publishing for ebooks — the opportunities for book development are more available than ever.

If you choose to publish through a different service, such as IngramSpark, your chances of getting a book into physical stores might be slightly better, but now it'll have to jump through hoops on Amazon, which is still the biggest bookseller and generates the highest royalties income of all other retailers for most authors.

Instead, self - published writers often see expenses as worthwhile or necessary because they fund the physical production of a book: money gets spent and a book — your book!

From authors who want to have their work available once the physical edition has gone out of print and the rights have reverted, to those whose books we believe in and feel passionately about but couldn't sell — oftentimes, after approaching 20 or more houses — we realized that part of our job as agents in this new publishing milieu is to facilitate these works being made available as e-books and through POD and other editions,» from the DGLM blog.

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If you're self - publishing a physical book, make sure you put your title, author's name, and a mini-cover on the spine as well.

1) Give away ebooks: As a self - published author, I can't afford to send physical books everywhere.

Thinking about this over the weekend, it seems to me that even as the internet is the instigator of many of publishing's woes, it's also a relief valve of sorts in that it allows publishers to connect readers with content, while at the same time being more (appropriately) selective about which content is turned into physical books.

I have thought about the digital publishing option long and hard — should I review options like Kindle and Smashwords, but, as things stand, most authors who look at self - publishing and the services available, want a physical book, and the digital version becomes an aside to what they are doing and what they want,

I am just at that stage — published by a tiny New Zealand publisher, about to release my fantasy novel as an ebook and dreaming about being «discovered» so that my physical book will be available worldwide and everyone will know about it!

The company got its start in 1964 as a textbook depository and has since grown and transformed into a comprehensive publishing industry services company that offers numerous solutions, including physical book distribution, print - on - demand and digital services.

I have many print books via CreateSpace by different authors (some have self - published and some are from small publishers), and they are ALL numbered this way as well as have headers on pages that don't appear in other print books that you buy at a physical bookstore.

Geuppert says that in Germany — in offering print and POD (print on demand) as well as ebook production — epubli, neobooks, and other platforms offer physical retail presence for self - published books, as IngramSpark does.

It does not, and for 8 out of 10 authors who do secure a traditional publishing contract, their joy will be short - lived as their book, which may take up to two years to make it onto physical bookshelves (not including years in the query process), is relegated to the back lists to gather dust.

This is a significant development for self - published writers because it represents an opportunity for books to have an in - store, on - shelf, physical presence — the same as a book from a traditional publisher.

Overall, APE holds good food for thought on physical books and ebooks, on writing, publishing and reading, on books as artistic expression and as a saleable commodity.

The book has so far sold more as a self - published title, but Edwards said the physical version allows them to reach a wider audience through bookshops.

Similarly, most publishing experts predict that paper - and - ink books — as well as physical newspapers and magazines — will ultimately go the way of the dodo.

The author has the best of both worlds, with physical books to sign, sell, and give away as a marketing tool as well as digitally published electronic books for readers who are passionate about their ereaders.

It sounds like the focus would mainly be on selling the various Kindle products as well as associated accessories, as well as physical Amazon Exclusive books published through the company's self - publishing service.

It has helped revive the print book market, with titles such as The Miniaturist and H is for Hawk published as beautifully rendered physical editions to be held, read and kept.

In 2006, before Amazon supercharged electronic publishing with the Kindle, 51,237 self - published titles appeared as physical books, according to the data company Bowker.

As they are overwhelmed with requests to review books or interview authors of books that will appear in print and in physical, terrestrial bookstores, why would they pay attention to me despite the three published novels?

As for where booksellers place your print book in the physical bookstore — even traditional publishing houses struggle with this.

Many authors want to get their self - published books into physical bookstores and libraries as well as being allowed into literary organizations.

His book Inside the White Cube, first published in 1976 as a series of essays in this magazine, is a foundational critical text, an analysis not so much of art as of its physical environment — the white - walled modern gallery — and of the sociological and ideological networks invisibly embedded there.