Sentences with phrase «publishing contract which»

So it should be worth your while to, first, familiarise yourself with those different terms used in a traditional publishing contract which you can easily find on Kristine's blog.

This is not a traditional publishing contract which is pretty much carved in stone.

In traditional terminology, this is part of a publishing contract which binds the author solely to one publisher.

I've heard stories of authors who have gotten sucked into self publishing contracts which robbed them of their copyrights and / or their ability to publish their work elsewhere.

Not exact matches

Other documents published by the committee today include a contract between Aggregate IQ — a Canadian data company which Wylie described in his evidence session on Tuesday as «CA Canada» (aka yet another affiliate of CA / SCL), although AIQ disputes this.

Last week, The New Yorker magazine published an interview with McDougal in which she claimed the contract with America Media «took my rights away.»

It's an Ethereum smart contract which was created for developers so that they can publish their own Golem applications.

Holtzman took the idea to Henry Regnery Co., a Chicago publishing house, which gave him a cash advance and a contract for $ 12,000 on delivery of a book.

Football Ghana published a photo on their Twitter account which appears to show the defender signing the contract with Schalke.

The group, which is often described as a «conservative think tank,» broke new ground with SeeThroughNY which publishes online government payrolls, pensions, contracts, and now, the budget.

Hammond will publish a defence procurement white paper outlining how the savings can be achieved from the contracts which are not put out to tender.

In addition to scrutinizing the awarding of contracts, we've taken a close look at SolarCity's shaky finances, including this initial report in October 2014 and a recent update published in February in which I concluded:

The arrangement has come under scrutiny, with a report in the International Business Times that says Cuomo signed legislation favorable to Newscorp, which owns the publishing house that published Cuomo's book, as well as Fox News, shortly before he signed the book contract.

The success of a postdoc's appointment, which can only last 5 or 6 years, is evaluated by «the number of papers published, the authorship rank, the renewal of [the postdoc's annual] contracts, and other factions that fall entirely within the discretion of the [principal investigator (PI)-RSB-.

Receipt of a product, solicited or unsolicited, does not mean that we have entered into a contract in which publishing an editorial review is mandatory.

They just have a publishing contract and fund the game, which will keep the second installment exclusive to the Wii U. Any games beyond that, is up to Platinum.

It's the quality of the state's Common Core - aligned exams, which were developed by education - publishing giant Pearson under a five - year, $ 32 million contract.

I'd love to have an agent if they were able to address the changes in the industry as they occur, rather than turning only to older models of publishing, e.g. arranging eBook contracts in which the eBooks are overpriced and the author receives a small royalty — ugh, who would want that?

Reports and payments are habitually late, which breaches the publishing contract.

The benefit to signing a contract can be a nice advance, but self - publishing allows you the freedom to remain in total control of your content, which sometimes can be more attractive than the payout from that initial inked deal.

I signed with Don Fehr at Trident and, a short time later I had a publishing contract with Berkley Books, which recently published my book in hardcover.

Which is why lots of authors end up doing both, self - publishing and publishing under a contract.

The prize comes with a publishing contract and a $ 25,000 cash prize — which was also the amount of Kingsolver's first book advance, an amount of money that allowed her to quit her day job and concentrate on writing.

It was a small publishing house with which I'd signed a seven - book contract years ago (among the worst decisions of my professional life) and shortly after I signed, the company began to specialize in comic books and graphic novels and ignored the novel line.

All are covered in more detail in the publishing contract, which we suggest you thoroughly read before building your publishing plan.

With respect to the latter, do you still have to pay an agent commission on any sales of a self - published backlist title which was the subject of an agent contract?

I have seen online contracts with self - publishing service companies in which the writer grants the company an exclusive license in every format for the life of the copyright.

As an example, I'm working with one agent (in a particular country) and we've signed a contract with two publishing companies which equates to $ 7,000.

Since Ernest Hemingway got his break when the enlightened owner of a small book shop published his first work, the concept of independent writing as opposed to the preferred method of the large publishing houses the (contract or book deal) has always been with us, as has self - publishing which has been around forever.

After complaints about the improper royalty payments, Ellora's Cave attempted to modify its publishing contracts with its authors, including Josephson, by unilaterally informing the authors that Ellora's Cave would begin paying an increased royalty rate (45 % or 40 %) but pay the royalty rate based on the sales price, which was often substantially lower than the cover price.

They would also have to offer contracts to directly compete with what writers can make self - publishing, which also means less power.

Nonexclusive Contract Legal agreement in which the publisher does not exercise exclusive rights over the materials published in the author's book.

But in public, I mostly see people advocating for the traditional publishing world who come across as mired in 20th thinking about publishing and selling books, ignorant of the self - publishing world, making sweeping assertions which they can't support, making the mistaken assumption that the writer's best interests are identical to the publisher's best interests, clearly unaware of how many traditionally - published writers (including bestsellers) are engaging in self - publishing (and comparing the experiences and numbers with their under - contract books), and / or contemptuous of writers and dismissive of readers.

The rules which most writers within the traditional publishing scene have to agree to when signing that contract, in effect means they are nothing more than poorly paid slaves, dependent on the whim of their publisher.

This week's topics included reality competition shows for writers, the level playing field for self - publishers, the recent layoffs at Kobo, the scenarios in which a publishing contract make sense and selling directly to your readers.

For example, as Helen Sedwick's and Orna Ross's recent book How Authors Sell Publishing Rights says, «Within most trade - publishing contracts -LSB-...] the publishing house will request [rights in] perpetuity, unless the book goes out of print, which rarely occurs in the POD / e-book ePublishing Rights says, «Within most trade - publishing contracts -LSB-...] the publishing house will request [rights in] perpetuity, unless the book goes out of print, which rarely occurs in the POD / e-book epublishing contracts -LSB-...] the publishing house will request [rights in] perpetuity, unless the book goes out of print, which rarely occurs in the POD / e-book epublishing house will request [rights in] perpetuity, unless the book goes out of print, which rarely occurs in the POD / e-book era.»

Even self - publishing platforms like CreateSpace require you to warrant that you have the unencumbered right to publish — which, as long as there may be a contract still in force, is an open question.

The problem with self - publishing a book when a publisher still holds your rights isn't just that the publisher might make trouble for you, but that any self - publishing platform will require you to warrant that you have the right to publish — which you don't, as long as an exclusive contract with another publisher is in effect.

Selfpublished authors can now get an author profile (which was previously only possible if you had a publishing contract) and can book advertisement options like banner ads, newsletter placements and individual campaigns.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware I've seen a slew of bad publishing contracts lately, which makes this guest blog post by author Kfir Luzatto especially resonant for me.

These new reversion clauses are one of the major reasons I won't sign a traditional publishing contract at the moment unless it is a media or work - for - hire, which I don't expect to ever own.

This Section V.F shall not prohibit a Settling Defendant from communicating (a) in a manner and through media consistent with common and reasonable industry practice, the cover prices or wholesale or retail prices of books sold in any format to potential purchasers of those books; or (b) information the Settling Defendant needs to communicate in connection with (i) its enforcement or assignment of its intellectual property or contract rights, (ii) a contemplated merger, acquisition, or purchase or sale of assets, (iii) its distribution of another E-book Publisher's E-books, or (iv) a business arrangement under which E-book Publishers agree to co-publish, or an E-book Publisher agrees to license to another E-book Publisher the publishing rights to, one or more specifically identified E-book titles or a particular author's E-books.

Of course, those contracts come with an advance, which Kindle Worlds (like all self - published Kindle books) doesn't offer.

Putnam's has rewarded me with a two book contract and I've already completed the draft of my second Jesse Stone novel, FOOL ME TWICE, which will be published in 2012.

I told them about the Kindle Scout contest, which had resulted in my publishing contract.

Amazon and major publisher Hachette were locked in a six month long contract dispute which polarized the entire publishing industry.

Finalists will be chosen in each category — all of which will receive publishing contracts from Amazon Publishing — and then Amazon.com customers will choose the Grand Prize winnpublishing contracts from Amazon Publishing — and then Amazon.com customers will choose the Grand Prize winnPublishing — and then Amazon.com customers will choose the Grand Prize winner.»

As I am sure you know, for a new, previously undiscovered author, in exchange for this great privilege of carrying the imprint of one of the publishing houses, the author, if deemed «talented» enough, gets to sign the rights of their work away, and be locked into a contract from which there is no escape.

Keep in mind that the «deep discount» clause usually kicks in at 51 % for books contracted prior to 2011 or so... and that trade nonfiction (which actually drives this whole conversation — trade fiction is the flea on the tail of the dog, at least insofar as the money in book publishing goes, and is the source of every default in publishing) has been much slower to raise that trigger point.

It is actually reactionary, a contracted version of the traditional publishing model in which companies, who produce for a wide range of tastes and preferences, are replaced by individual producers each catering to very narrow range.