Sentences with phrase «publisher harlequin»

Publishing Romance publisher Harlequin Enterprises has announced plans to distribute digital versions of its manga titles in Korea.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Bella Andre spoke to GoodeReader about her recent seven - figure advance book deal with contemporary romance publisher Harlequin MIRA, who will handle the print editions of the eight books in Andre's award - winning Sullivans series.

Romance and erotica publisher Harlequin has just announced the formation of a new audiobook unit and will begin pushing out new content this June.

News Corp is continuing this trend with its recent acquisition of Romance publisher Harlequin.

And another with romance publisher Harlequin Books «self - publishing venture, DellArte Press, formerly called Harlequin Horizons in an arrangement that fueled an uproar among writers and traditional publishers.

The world's leading romance publisher Harlequin allowed users to participate in its annual contest, So You Think You Can Write, by submitting their work via the platform.

There is also a discussion on romance publisher Harlequin and what this move means to readers and writers.

Weiss also addresses protests lodged by writer's guilds in response to last month's announcement of a publishing partnership with women's fiction publisher Harlequin Enterprises Limited.

Prior to joining the IDPF Mr. Smith was employed by Toronto based romance publisher Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. where he managed eBook and book production servicing North America, UK and Australian markets.

A note about the often - overlooked and misunderstood subgenre of category romances: These quick reads are most closely associated with pioneering romance publisher Harlequin, and come in dozens of subgenres from historical to inspirational.

Not exact matches

At Torstar, I was responsible for Harlequin Enterprises, Canada's largest book publisher.

Torstar Corp. (TSX: TS) has agreed to sell Harlequin Enterprises Ltd., a publisher of romance novels, to News Corp. (Nasdaq: NWSA) for C$ 455 million in cash. www.harlequin.com

eHarmony reports a 20 % increase in monthly registrations from September 2008 to January 2009, and even Harlequin Enterprises, the world's leading publisher of romance fiction, reported that fourth - quarter earnings were up 32 % over the same period the year before.

But unbeknownst to Maria, she hadn't signed with a commercial trade publisher, like Harlequin or Dorchester.

Earlier this year, Author Solutions acquired another one of its competitors, Xlibris; entered partnerships with traditional publishers Thomas Nelson and Harlequin to create self - publishing imprints; and partnered with Sony to make all of their books available as eBooks.

Which, frankly, I would be surprised if people go looking for a publisher first, then scroll down to see what they're offering — unless that publisher is already branded (like Harlequin).

So Harlequin is no longer an RWA - approved publisher.

The reason for this is that if Harlequin actually pulls off doing this imprint of theirs, it's highly likely that other big NY - based publishers will follow suit.

Mr Paul Singh is currently the IT Manager of Harlequin Mills & Boon Australia, the world's largest romance book publisher.

When I spoke to an editorial director from Harlequin last week, the editor mentioned that «several other publishers were doing it.»

I am really struggling to understand the in loco parentis attitude of RWA and MWA, who will ban Harlequin from their list of accepted publishers if H. doens» t do just as MWA demands (no co-advertising, warning labels, etc).

Horizons will make it possible for thousands of authors, whose manuscripts Harlequin or other traditional publisher can not publish, to see their books in print.

Basically, Harlequin Enterprises has opened a vanity publishing division called Harlequin Horizons, and RWA has taken away Harlequin Enterprise's eligibility as an RWA - approved publisher.

We're already seeing traditional print publishers (like Harlequin) put out e-book originals, and «e-publishers» put out print books with wide distribution (EC / Samhain).

Two weeks ago, I praised Harlequin for their new digital - only imprint, Carina Press, noting that its business model, while not «new» by any stretch, was a great leap into the future for a traditional publisher to make, especially a well - established leader in its niche.

Aware of the brand loyalty to genre - specific publishers like Orbit, Tor, and Harlequin, we're going to replicate that in - house.

Today, Thomas Nelson Publishers joins the Harlequin hoopla in a ridiculous blog post.

Historically Harlequin, and other publishers, acted as a gateway for aspiring authors.

Harlequin My Rewards is the first program of this type setup by a well known publisher.

Over 100 publishers are now using their API for their own e-book library, including Harlequin, which uses the code for free romance novels from their new loyalty program.

Cindy Dees, who wrote Light This Candle in honor of my charity, Patches of Light, described it so well when she said, «joining a women's fiction publisher like Harlequin and a program like Patches of Light makes for a perfect marriage.

They are offering a 30 % discount on audio editions from major publishers such as Harlequin, Bloomsbury, HarperCollins and Open Road.

In 2016 look for more publishers to follow the lead of Harper Audio and Harlequin Audio and reform their audiobook units.

-LSB-...] Manga Publishing, which despite its name is primarily a print publisher, revamped its eManga webcomics site and recently added a new feature: Harlequin manga (Japanese adaptations -LSB-...]

OverDrive currently hosts more than 1 million premium digital titles from more than 1,000 publishers, including Random House, HarperCollins, AudioGO, Harlequin, and Bloomsbury.

Which major publishers will follow in Harlequin's footsteps?

Until Harlequin makes Dellarte a separate division, with its own staff of editors, and severs the connection with the Harlequin editors, I don't see how RWA can carve out exceptions for specific Harlequin imprints when those editors are serving two masters, and one's a fee - based publisher.

If I understand it, your argument is that by downgrading Harlequin Enterprises from eligible publisher status, RWA has interfered with HQN's right to form a contract that provides competition (i.e., another forum for publication) in the marketplace.

There's an easy answer to that question: None of the Harlequin lines have applied for eligibility as a publisher.

Under the bylaws, I see nothing that says that Harlequin Presents, Harlequin American, Harlequin Historicals, and so forth can't apply as separate publishers in their own right.

This would require that every publisher's divisions and / or imprints be certified, not just Harlequin's.

If RWA does breakdown for Harlequin, every publisher that they «approve» would need to «approved» under the same criteria unless Harlequin is granted «special» status.

Harlequin should be excluded if Carina does not meet the criteria for the publisher eligibility list.

If HQN said it wasn't going to do that, then there's really no link to Harlequin as a publisher of romances, so HQN could argue: Yes, we own half of DellArte, but DellArte is now just a generic vanity publisher, so it's sufficiently «separate» from Harlequin.

My point was that if RWA goes too far towards trying to punish Harlequin in the future, it might actually end up engaging in actual price - fixing (not any wussy interference with contract): specifically, insisting upon price points and punishing publishers (or authors with publishers) that don't comply.

For example, authors of color had their books segregated under a separate imprint at Harlequin until just the past year or two, and publishers still make excuses for why they don't know how to sell stories with diverse elements (although many self - published authors manage to sell them just fine).

Conclusion: During Harlequin's risk assessment phrase «publisher eligibility lists» were determined to have no significant impact on Harlequin's business.

What happens if Harlequin or any publisher imprint failed to live up to criteria?

Why was Harlequin declared an ineligible publisher by RWA and SFWA (with MWA poised to do the same in December)?

This follows news that broke in May that HarperCollins (another Big Five publisher) will buy Harlequin (most known for its series romance, but which also publishes fiction and nonfiction for women) from Torstar, the Canadian media company.