Sentences with phrase «published by other publishers»

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1975: Pelican, a small publishing house, publishes Ziglar's first book, See You at the Top after it had been rejected by 30 other publishers.

Although not specifically intended for pastors, bloggers and other «famous» Christians, the book — written by a Christian and published by faith - based publisher Thomas Nelson — details an almost mechanical method to get noticed in an age of self - promotion.

For the story I'm writing, well - known published writers in our critique group, who were getting their stuff published in paper by CBA publishers commented, among other things: - «The scene where Tammy throws her bikini up into the tree would never get published by a CBA publisher.»

Full marks to Gollancz for publishing this collection of stories by one of Britain's consistently finest science fiction writers — but it, and other book publishers, would be doing themselves, writers and readers a favour by providing more outlets for short fiction.

Some other papers, published in traditional subscription - based journals, are made freely available on an author's website or through an institutional or government archive, often after a 6 - or 12 - month «embargo» imposed by the publisher to protect subscription revenue.

In other words, anyone who downloads their free textbooks will have a more accurate textbook than one published by the mainstream commercial publishers - and the process of updating the textbooks took only one day!

If the designated publisher shares his / her write access with other individuals or units, the designated publisher accepts responsibility for anything published by those others.

traditional publishers, but with the exceptions of Open Road Integrated Media and, possibly, Ruckus Media Group — both run by major publishing veterans, and have partnerships with a variety of «traditional» publishers — you'd be hard - pressed to name too many others that have had any truly notable impact to match the hype surrounding them at any given moment.

By Ron Pramschufer, President, Self Publishing, Inc. - Helping Authors Become Publishers since 1995 Over the years, I have probably written about ISBNs and the importance of the ownership of the ISBN for your book more than any other subject.

By putting this stuff out there, you insult all writers, all publishers — big and small, agents, and all others who strive to make the publishing industry an inviting business to work.

It's proved to be the other way around for some authors like Amish Tripathi, who chose to self - publish his first book, The Immortals of Meluha, after having being rejected by nearly 20 publishers.

Here's more from Rowling: «Although I've enjoyed writing it every bit as much, my next book will be very different to the Harry Potter series, which has been published so brilliantly by Bloomsbury and my other publishers around the world.

If they choose to look only at «large publisher» books, it's because they've bought (or are required by their publishers to follow) the «books by other publishers are no good» line, even when a commentator whose review is right there on view on a book's cover obviously knows more about literature than half the editorial staff (even good ones) at most large publishing houses.

I became intrigued by this topic when as an author with two dozen e-books on Smashwords I read founder Mark Coker's «2013 Book Publishing Industry Predictions — Indie Ebook Authors Take Charge,» Among other things, Coker noted that «If Amazon could invent a system to replace the author from the equation, they'd do that,» and went on to describe how one innovative publisher, ICON Group International has already patented a system that automatically generates non-fiction books, and he worries that as the field of artificial intelligence increases, «how long until novelists are disinter - mediated by machines.»

Just to add spice to what I have outlined above, we have been mentioned by a number of commentators in this, and other sites, as being traditional publishers, and have been included in statements of criticism about traditional publishing — which is, by the way, the discussion topic of this article.

Plenty of authors publish themselves and are then picked up by a literary agent or traditional publisher, and others have left their traditional publisher to publish their own work.

In another new twist, PLC organizers and recognized publishing thought leaders Mike Shatzkin and Michael Cader will be joined by analysts and executives from both inside the industry and out to discuss the most political and fraught subjects facing publishing today: the future of Amazon and B&N, what to look for from a Random House and Penguin merger, what might work as a strategy for the other general publishers, and what to expect from illustrated books in digital and the various publishing start - ups, and much more...

Given that the majority of my work is published by DAW and other major publishers, it should come as no surprise that most of my income is from those same sources.

What they don't understand is: people who prefer ebooks are going to KEEP buying ebooks, but they aren't going to pay $ 15, they'll just read other authors published by publishers who bought a clue.

From # 8 Crux of matter, quoting Zoe: What they donâ $ ™ t understand is: people who prefer ebooks are going to KEEP buying ebooks, but they arenâ $ ™ t going to pay $ 15, theyâ $ ™ ll just read other authors published by publishers who bought a clue.

Readers deserve and expect quality printed books that are indistinguishable from those published by Random House, HarperCollins, and the other big publishers.

traditional publishers, but with the exceptions of Open Road Integrated Media and, possibly, Ruckus Media Group — notably, both are run by major publishing veterans and have partnerships with a variety of «traditional» publishers — you'd be hard - pressed to name too many others that have had any truly notable impact to match the hype surrounding them.

Other industry watchers speculated that although the publishers and bookstores can not slow down Amazon, the large technology companies, such as IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, and Google, who may be threatened by dominant Amazon's Web Services unit, might enter the book publishing market as competitive counter measures.

New copies of Hilary Mantel's «Wolf Hall,» Andrew Young's «The Politician» and other books published by Macmillan were unavailable Saturday on Amazon.com, after the retailer pulled the titles in a surprising reaction to the publisher's new pricing model for e-books.

I worked the Association's booth on Saturday afternoon, ready to answer questions for the many publishers, authors, freelance editors, and occasional artists or other publishing professionals that stopped by the booth.

Like many other authors who are discarded or ignored by mainstream publishers for one reason or another, I had found a voice in the writing community and had discovered the confidence to self - publish, which up until that point, would have found it difficult to do so.

And while some consider digital publishers the «farm team» for the pro leagues, a place where writers can cut their teeth and prove themselves worthy of being widely published by the majors, others are skipping the middlemen and defining success on their own terms.

Simplify your publishing process, amplify your success as an author and get inspired by other publishers using Pressbooks.

I fully agree with you that Kobo (and others), should create a system to separate books by indie authors or otherwise self - published books from books published by traditional publishers.

Authors who are attached to major publishers are on the publishers» side, while self - published authors, many of whom have been rejected by the traditional publishers, are siding with Amazon and other digital publishers.

And although the PPB costs are eliminated, there are still various costs associated with publishing an ebook, such as cover design, layout & formatting, editing (professional), marketing and other miscellaneous costs (legal, distribution, author assistant etc) all which will be shouldered by the author (or publisher).

I believe — know — that attitudes toward self - and indie - publishers has become more accepted over the decades when any author who was published by anything other than university presses and New York's Big Five were derisively called «vanity publishers.»

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer BewareThe other day, I received this email: Dear Writer Beware, A couple of years ago, I published my mystery novel with [insert name of well - known deadbeat publisher here].

By Hannah Johnson The best of social media and the blogosphere... Publishing industry consultant Mike Shatzkin of the Idea Logical company blogged about how the digital transition is different for trade publishers vs. other types of publishers.

While some designers will be employed full - time by publishers and won't do freelance work, some will be freelancers and might take on self - published titles, especially if the work is in line with other projects they've undertaken.

A few books we recommend: Dan Poynter's Self - Publishing Manual by Dan Poynter, The Complete Guide to Self - Publishing by Marilyn Ross, The Well - Fed Self - Publisher by Peter Bowerman, and last but definitely not least The Indie Author Revolution by none other than our very own self - publishing star insider, DaPublishing Manual by Dan Poynter, The Complete Guide to Self - Publishing by Marilyn Ross, The Well - Fed Self - Publisher by Peter Bowerman, and last but definitely not least The Indie Author Revolution by none other than our very own self - publishing star insider, DaPublishing by Marilyn Ross, The Well - Fed Self - Publisher by Peter Bowerman, and last but definitely not least The Indie Author Revolution by none other than our very own self - publishing star insider, Dapublishing star insider, Dara Beevas!

-- but it matters not whether published authors take advantage of marketing services offered by their respective publishers, or seek award entry independently; the important point is that authors do it, one way or the other.

His excitement over having found the keys to the publishing kingdom «was tempered with the recognition that the trust I had placed in the very lists endorsed by reputable publications like The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Publisher's Weekly, and others, might not represent the institution I had assumed it was.»

So we will have our digital publishing, or agent - assisted publishing arm called IPSO, and we will obviously promote IPSO books, but we will also promote other books by other publishers, even in print and in foreign language.

What I've seen with indie - published e-books is that they've taken the place of traditional «vanity» publishers, and as with the typical output of vanity publishers they're filled with typos, grammatical errors, logical inconsistencies, and other things that would have been caught by the editorial chain at a traditional publisher.

But by the entry rules» own guidelines, there is no requirement — unlike some other well - known and allegedly prestigious awards — that the book be traditionally published, nor that the publisher submit the book for entry.

By many accounts, Watchman was actually written first, even though it falls later in Scout Finch's life; if the author had wanted this published, she had plenty of opportunity, a willing audience, and publishers who would have fought each other to death in the arena to get their hands on it.

By definition, self - publishing is an individualistic pursuit in which each writer is both publisher and market adventurer, with every other writer a potential competitor and the reader reduced to the status of consumer.

What is definitely true is that the share of the reading market held by commercially - minded publishers (not just commercial «for profits», but also university presses) will diminish as both successful self - published authors and hundreds of thousands of others who don't succeed (and maybe don't even care) take their content to market on their own.

On July 17, 2009, Amazon withdrew from sale two e-books by George Orwell, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty - Four, refunding the purchase price to those who had bought them, and remotely deleted these titles from purchasers» devices without warning after discovering the publisher lacked rights to publish the titles in question; in the U.S. they were copyrighted while being part of the public domain in some other countries.

Led by ALA President Sari Feldman and DCWG Cochairs Carolyn Anthony and Erika Linke, representatives meet with major publishers and other publishing stakeholders to highlight the library community's valuable role in the publishing and reading ecosystem and to urge improved terms for library ebook access.

Everyone knows the superstars of self - publishing, but many others are earning a living, selling foreign rights, and being courted by traditional publishers.

Black, Moschovakis, and other publishers hope that the free - PDF approach will help make poetry more widely available, particularly to readers in geographically isolated locations, and grant more freedom to writers and publishers by working outside the traditional publishing system.

On the other hand, you have trad published books being reviewed by trad media because the publishers — via ad dollars — support them.

Early in his career he was asked by such an author how much he had paid to have his books published, and in response began a campaign of educating other writers about the problems of vanity publishers.