Sentences with phrase «publisher of the kinds of books»

Random House, the world's largest publisher of the kinds of books you and I read, has made some adjustments to the way it sells e-books to libraries.

Not exact matches

if the right kind of book gets written, a publisher should try a more aggressive marketing campaign.

This kind of exchange went on so often — about once a week since the book released in August — that this month Hatmaker decided to orchestrate a campaign around it, in partnership with her publisher, Thomas Nelson, and the charity retail site Givingtons.

At the same time, the Frankfurt book fair continued to be a popular meeting place for publishers and book agents of all kinds, Catholic and Protestant alike, a notable case of capitalism trumping theology.

I received a review copy of Close Encounters of the Third Grade Kind from the publisher as part of the Silicon Valley Moms Group book club.

@bjjcaveman I understand your passion about this, but in a mainstream book with a publisher they would want some kind of proof of claims.

The aim is to highlight the attention and commitment that many publishers around the world have placed in this kind of book.

Our goal is achieve the best of both worlds: the speed and economy of POD, combined with the kind of quality and public exposure of books more typical of larger, mainstream publishers.

The Center of Artificial Imagination, Inc., a leading publisher based in San Francisco, is running a kindle ebook promotion that is the first of its kind — they are giving everyone who purchases the Kindle edition of the Amazon memoir Inside the Giant Machine: An Amazon.com Story the print version of the book for free.

He has produced cinematic book trailers for all kinds of clients, from large publishing houses like Penguin to self publishers.

It's nearly impossible to start from ground zero with a book and sell enough copies to make it worth your while financially (and emotionally) if you don't have some kind of following in place already, whether you refer to it as your fans, followers, or tribe (publishers refer to it as your «platform «-RRB-.

Next Big Book's Alex White spoke to Good e-Reader about what publishers can learn from tracking this kind of online reference, specifically as it relates to their first major customer, Macmillan, who signed a three - year deal with the company.

First, the publishers simply are not making the same kind of up - front investment for digital books as was required for paper books.

According to the data at the time of the respondent's participation, 2,188 people answered the question, «What kind of publisher has published your books?»

A very different kind of publisher, Baen Books, also decided years ago to experiment with making some titles available free in electronic format.

Based on what you've written with regard to ebook publishers, you seem to be under the misapprehension it's some kind of payment for the rights to publish a book.

I have less and less patience with people who claim that Amazon has or is striving for some kind of evil monopoly that will subjugate authors and readers when all the evidence to date is that they will treat authors better than any publisher and provide readers with cheaper books, a bigger selection, and a better customer experience than any other retailer.

I've produced wonderful books for both kinds of self - publishers.

What kind of comic book publisher is Dog Star Comics?

«We started the company to help publishers of all kinds distribute and monetize books,» says Adler.

These are the kinds of books being created today by the industry's most progressive designers and publishers.

Likewise, book publishers are told that the emerging e-Book industry standard EPUB format is a kind of silver bullet.

Research publishers and agents, and consider which ones might be right for you and the kind of book you're writing.

Also, use your time to see what kinds of keywords and categories the publishers used to get people to buy their books.

Amazon has used its monopsony power, and its ability to threaten punishment, to extract an ever greater share of the total price of a book from publishers, which has resulted in less revenue to support midlist authors and certain kinds of books, effectively silencing many voices.

So, I thought it would be helpful to share a few key questions that you should ask when considering what kind of publisher is right for you or when negotiating a book contract, especially if you've been approached by a publisher already.

If you have books or stories of any kind, regardless of publisher, that are available on Amazon, then I would recommend you go through the exercise of setting up your Author Central Account and tying in all your available works back to that account.

And just as importantly, how hard it is for anyone on the outside — especially writers and bloggers new to the publishing world — to figure out what kind of publisher might be right for them and their book idea.

Shelley, understandably, had to defend his corner, observing: «Large publishers are very well equipped to handle all kinds of rights, to look at 360 - degree exploitation of IP beyond books.

With book sales slumping and publishers cutting back on their acquisitions, authors need to take a long, hard look at the kinds of books they write.

That exact scenario happened to one of my authors — she had been approached by a smaller publisher who wanted a certain kind of book from her.

These publishers almost always specialize in a certain kind of book.

«Publishers are still trying to come to grips with the ebook tornado that has swept through them in the past three years — they are seeing falling sales of some kinds of print books and experience difficulty achieving profitable distribution of ebooks.

Much of this kind of success may have a lot to do with Sourcebooks» pioneering spirit, an attitude which has seen the publisher participate in a number of experimental and mildly controversial initiatives to put ebooks in the hands of readers, put titles in public libraries, and put children's books in the hands of shoppers.

This isn't the first time Amazon has taken this kind of boycott - action against a publisher for not agreeing to its terms, but it's also not the first time any book retailer — online or otherwise — has refused to stock, discount, sell, or promote a specific publisher's works.

The pair were taken up by Penguin for contract writing after the Fifty Shades phenomenon made big publishers realise there was money in that kind of book.

You'll meet all kinds of people at a writers» conference who can help you get to the next step on your writing journey — including fellow writers, freelance editors, agents, and representatives from magazine and book publishers.

Until now, readers could visit the Kindle Singles store online or browse through Apple's selection of iBooks on their iPad or iPhone, but Polskin hopes to put information about works across platforms under one roof and provide the kind of reviews and context for these books that you might find in a literary publication like Publisher's Weekly.

When you're playing that kind of game, the Big Five publishers have a huge advantage — their sales teams pitch books for placement at bookstore accounts, big - box stores, specialty retailers, and so on.

But other books may only be read thanks to the different kind of support, of enabling, that comes with the traditional publishing infrastructure; if someone other than the author is able to produce them, which might mean needing the existence of a publisher able to back the book's production

Keep in mind the publisher's publicity team is working for the publisher, not you, and while you may have all kinds of great ideas about your marketing and publicity campaign, they'll first focus on their goals for the book rather than your own.

ARCs should be sent to someone in your public library system, to media such as Publishers Weekly and Booklist, and certain other media who are likely to review the kind of book you've written.

McPherson is not only a small press, it's tiny; a one - man operation, with an owner that is, as the NYT puts it, ``... the kind of publisher who sometimes seems more concerned with how his books look than how they sell.

I'm sure we'll also see publishers experimenting with more electronic only titles in an effort to get some titles out more quickly, expand the kinds of books they can acquire, and to give their biggest authors an alternative to self - publishing.

Bright Wing Books developed this kind of digital publication because we wanted our authors and publishers to have the full - control over their book.

Readers want all kinds of books from all kinds of sources, not just the bestsellers that come from the big publishers.

She knows the kind of books Christian publishers are looking for today and understands the dramatic change the industry has undergone in recent years — and continues to undergo.

If you wish to be traditionally published by a Big Six publisher (who put out the kinds of books you see in airports, libraries, and those thingies that sell books... right, book stores), you must have an agent.

Also key is finding a publisher who publishes the kind of book you have written.

I also don't think Andy had a real sense of the kind of deal (and publisher) I was talking about, so when Julian Pavia over at Random House was as excited about the book as I thought he'd be, and when I presented the terms to Andy, he was thrilled to take it.