Sentences with phrase «publishing is a last resort»

The argument that self publishing is the last resort of people who weren't good enough to get a publishing deal shows an embarrassing lack of both research and understanding, both of publishing companies, ebook publishers and the authors themselves.

Any author who can rightfully claim bestseller status does himself — and consumers — a great disservice by stating that self - publishing was his last resort.

Not only is it insulting to remind readers and authors alike that self - publishing is a last resort, it's not true.

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Just a few years ago, self - publishing (a.k.a. «vanity publishing») was an embarrassing last resort for writers unable to secure a «real» book deal.

In a paper published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases in November 2015, Chinese researchers at South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, reported finding resistance to colistin, which is often the antibiotic of last resort.

In a study published Thursday in the journal Cell, the researchers shed light on the evolutionary history of these pathogens, which are fast developing resistance to even the so - called last - resort antibiotics, due to their high consumption among humans.

In a study published Thursday in the journal Cell, a team of researchers has shed light on the evolutionary history of enterococci, which are fast developing resistance to even the so - called last - resort antibiotics.

This option should be a last resort, as news outlets prefer to publish stories right away and may forget about your eLearning press release by the time the embargo date rolls around.

Basically, Amazon is just providing a last resort for authors who wouldn't otherwise get their books published.

Now, the book is moving forward via the long - time avenue of last resort: self - publishing.

Self - publishing used to be the option of last resort for frustrated authors, but more and more authors are abandoning the frustrations of the traditional publishing industry in favor of the immediacy and creative control of self - publishing.

I see it has being the last resort of peoples books who weren't good enough to get a publishing deal.

I shared how when we launched Smashwords five years ago, self - publishing was seen as the option of last resort, and today it has becoming the option of first choice for many writers.

I am neither for nor against any type of publishing arrangement that's honest and transparent but non-traditional routes are hardly last resort choices.

I'm not ruling out self - publishing, but I see it as sort of a last resort.

Self - publishing - paying a printer to run off a few hundred copies - has long been available as a last resort to frustrated amateur authors.

Although my goal is to have my manuscript published the traditional way for all the reasons that Rachelle (and Kei) mentioned, I'm holding out self - publishing as a last resort.

«At the time, there was a real snobbery about self - publishing - a feeling that it was a last resort when no - one else was interested.

Publishing your work is the first recourse, not a «last resort».

Self - publishing is no longer considered «second best» or the choice of last resort — it is fast becoming a major force in the publishing industry.

It shouldn't be assumed that they self - published as a matter of last resort.

Rather than turning to self - publishing as a last resort, authors are now choosing the DIY approach for the freedom and flexibility it allows.

That's why it was so easy for me to completely dismiss self - publishing as an absolute last resort: I didn't really know that many self - published authors.

Ironman1992 - That's where I'm at right now; self publishing being considered a last resort.

Self - publishing was seen as the option of last resort.

Self - publishing was the very last resort.

There was a time when self - publishing produced little to no revenue, and doing so was often the last resort for a project that had been rejected by everyone it had been put in front of.

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You may consider self - publishing to be your last resort, but why not look at it as a great opportunity?

People were having success self - publishing, taking pride in their decision rather than doing it as a last resort.

So for those people indie publishing may be a last resort, or it may be a «second resort» (like not something they are totally sad and desperate about, but not their first choice).

I think it's important that people understand that indie publishing is not something many of us do as a «last resort» or because we had a hard time finding a publisher.

You're so right, that self - publishing is no longer the last resort.

Despite how far self publishing has come, these people still believe it's a last resort.

My point is self - publishing these days is no longer seen as a «last resort» or some «vanity» exercise.

Perhaps some self - published authors went that route as a last resort, after failing to get past the gatekeepers because their books weren't good enough.

It's popularly believed that (1) publishing houses serve as gatekeepers, maintaining publishing quality standards; (2) self - publishing has a lower barrier to entry, allowing people to publish junk; (3) authors self - publish as a last resort, when they fail to get past the publishing house gate - keepers, because their books aren't good enough; and (4) books published outside the publishing houses don't go through a team of book experts to be proofread, formatted, designed, etc., and so are terribly flawed by amateurish production values.

There are authors, of course, who choose not to do the door - to - door knocking tour at all, and many of them don't see leveraging the digital capabilities of self - publishing as an effort of last resort at all — they see it as an outright choice, a first choice, no regrets.

For Kloos, traditional publishing is still the desirable pathway for the production and dissemination of the literary object; self - publishing comes as a last resort.

However, the mantra is still there, with the idea that indie publishing should be a last resort or no resort option.

Self - publishing as a last resort doesn't necessarily mean the book is no good.

If I self publish, it will be because I decided it was the right thing to do for a story or my career, not because it was the last resort.

Five years ago when we launched Smashwords, self - publishing was viewed as the option of last resort for writers.