Not exact matches
Entrepreneurs tend to be an action - oriented, onwards - and - upwards lot — a longitudinal study
published by the Journal of Economic Psychology in 2014 associated successful entrepreneurs with higher - than - normal levels of hardiness, resourcefulness and optimism — meaning that
when their
venture fails, there's a pretty good chance they'll be able to rebound quickly, with a nifty second - act tale of adversity to slot into their narrative.
What else could persuade us to
venture into independent
publishing when the world is currently flooded with independently -
published material?)
So
when I read in October 2014 that Amazon
Publishing was about to open up a brand - new
venture called Kindle Scout, I paid close attention.
No matter what level you're at,
when you self -
publish you are beginning a business
venture.
When Amazon
Publishing first got its feet wet in the industry in May of this year with the announcement that it was stocking the executive staff of its new publishing house with some of the most respected names in the business, it still wasn't enough to keep the wheels of the rumor mill from declaring that the book giant's new venture would n
Publishing first got its feet wet in the industry in May of this year with the announcement that it was stocking the executive staff of its new
publishing house with some of the most respected names in the business, it still wasn't enough to keep the wheels of the rumor mill from declaring that the book giant's new venture would n
publishing house with some of the most respected names in the business, it still wasn't enough to keep the wheels of the rumor mill from declaring that the book giant's new
venture would never work.
When her goals came to include writing and
publishing her books, the Press subsidiary of her company helped her keep her well - known brand and lend it to this new
venture.
When Penguin announced last week that it was disabling library ebook lending on the Kindle and pulling its latest ebook titles from all library lending platforms, libraries and readers took the hit, but to some observers they were collateral damage in a fight between publishers and Amazon about the control of publishers» titles... Indeed, Penguin's move suggests that the
publishing industry's long - simmering concern over Amazon's dominant position and its aggressive new
ventures in the ebook market are coming to a boil.
I'm now wondering if GCU Press is Mike's own self
publishing venture, because
when you search on it only books by him come up (had to search GCU Press KOBO to find even that).
Plus, you can NEVER have enough books written on self
publishing when you start out in this new
venture!
Similar to the self -
publishing platforms of Smashwords displacing the need for traditional or legacy publishers, crowdfunding platforms replace traditional intermediaries such as
venture capitalists and banks,
when authors seek to raise funds for the marketing and distribution of their books.
I paid even more attention a few months later
when Amazon offered Lorello a nice contract with their first
publishing venture, Amazon Encore.
When he is not doing freelance writing, he is developing a career as a travel writer; looking for an agent and a
publishing deal for a travel book he is writing; and aiming to set up his own travel - related business
venture.