Sentences with phrase «records of books sales»

There are records of books sales and successes that literary agencies are responsible for.

Not exact matches

The U.S. Justice Department filed criminal charges against a unit of Panasonic for falsifying financial books and records to conceal payments to sales agents.

Specialprosecutor Kenneth Starr, you may recall, subpoenaed the sales records of three D.C. bookstores from which Lewinskyallegedly bought books, including Nicholson Baker's steamy tome Vox: A Novel, for her White House pal.

The hotshot «dealaholic» selling machine, who got his first taste of sales success at the age of seven selling a record - breaking number of books and Christmas calendars door to door in his native Stockholm, returned to the City That Never Sleeps at 25 determined to make it big.

The profit that Tesla Motors booked for the third quarter was boosted by the company's record sales of its existing electric vehicles, along with the cost reductions and the sale of pollution tax credits to other car manufacturers.

Cash revenue differs from total bookings, as disclosed elsewhere in this prospectus, due to secondary domain sales being recorded as gross sales for cash revenue purposes with the offsetting commissions recorded in cost of cash revenue while total bookings recorded net sales (gross cash receipts less commissions).

Carefully itemizing mercantile bills of sale, inventories of militia and volunteer detachments, the evidence that there was a lack of gun - smiths, records of importation of guns from Europe, the incidence of duels (three in the entire South in the 1760s, none fatal), children's books and toys, comments by eyewitnesses about the abysmal shooting ability of settlers (lacking both the weapons and the gunpowder to practice), court records, and a wide variety of other historiographical resources, the author assembles an overwhelming mass of data to show that military prowess was not, in fact, characteristic of early Americans.

Each of the seven books by author J.K. Rowling has broken sales records, with the series to date having sold over 450 million copies worldwide and translated into more than 70 languages.

Each of the seven books by author J.K. Rowling has broken sales records, with the series to date having sold over 450 million copies worldwide and translated into 77 languages.

If it's decided that sales are to be input taxed, the entity must keep records containing details about that decision, such as the passing of a resolution at a duly constituted meeting and recording such decision in the minute book of the entity, but doesn't need to notify the ATO of its decision.

Resources include speakers, articles, books, journals, and audio and video recordings, some of which are available for sale.

Other major publishers may be content to reap record profits off the growth of ebook sales while paying authors practically nothing for digital books with far lower production and distribution costs, but we wouldn't feel right doing that.

Publishing expert Alan Rinzler explained in an interview at Forbes, «By definition, the old model of the author platform was the writer's public visibility and reputation that the publisher's publicity department used to promote and sell the book... We insisted on a stellar track record in book sales and appearances on radio and TV.

But as Emerald Ice learned, even with a track record of sales, books about monster sex are hard to place with an established imprint.

I disagree, and I think that the long - term trend is clear to anyone who follows the development of technology: despite the recent rebound of paper book sales, traditional books will all but disappear in 20 years, taking a niche position similar to vinyl records, celluloid film, waxed cotton jackets, and veteran cars.

The CEO of Westland, Gautam Padmanabhan, said, «We made the deal based on Amish's sales record... It's a pre-emptive bid of Rs 5 crore for the book, audio, and e-publishing rights to his next series for the south - Asian region.

Published under a pen name, Wolf Totem was a phenomenon in China, breaking all sales records there and earning the distinction of being the second most read book after Mao's little red book.

Given the high costs, thin margins, and low sales expectations for book products, be skeptical of anyone who wants to «invest» in your book unless they have a proven track record.

What I'd be looking for is a publisher with a very good record of excellent sales on their books.

«If the book is unique and meaningful, the debut author doesn't yet have a bad sales track record so we can look at their book with all of the rosiness of potential rather than reality» Good... [Read more...]

So, showing such a book to a reader when it doesn't have a good track record of sales has a low incentive for Amazon because it has a high risk.

During the holiday season, Kobo saw record sales in terms of books and peddling devices such as the Kobo Vox and Kobo Touch.

But here you quote agents saying that what matters is the book's sales record, not the quality of the content.

Sales of printed romance books have fallen for the first time since records began at a time when e-book sales have more than douSales of printed romance books have fallen for the first time since records began at a time when e-book sales have more than dousales have more than doubled.

But more importantly, bundles usually record most of their sales in the first few weeks (as do most single books); box sets are more about aggregating existing readerships than finding new ones, unless you hit a list or special ranking or get exceptional PR — which all bring immediate results anyway.

In addition to her book publishing background, Staflund has a substantial sales and sales management history that includes new business development, both inside and outside account management of all types and sizes of companies, and personnel management and leadership experience within unionized and non-unionized environments Add her firsthand knowledge of records management, process management, and project management into the mix, and you have everything that is required in a professional book publisher to help authors succeed.

According to Yano, the Japanese e-book market recorded sales of ¥ 72.3 bn in 2011 — which represented just 3 % of the entire Japanese book trade revenues.

With record Kindle sales worldwide, and the recent expansion of the lending library to Europe, we expect the number of books borrowed this holiday season to increase significantly,» said Russ Grandinetti, Vice President of Kindle Content.

Kindle adoption is at record highs, 84 % of all book sales from Publio.pl and 73 % of Virtualo.pl are sold in MOBI, which is the main Kindle book format.

I would say Apple would sing a different song with i - Books and it looks like Apple has already pre-sold more iPads then Amazon sold Kindles in all of December leading up to their biggest sales record.

I would say Apple would sign a different song with i - Books and it looks like Apple has already pre-sold more iPads then Amazon sold Kindles in all of December leading up to their biggest sales record.

A recent fad has meant a huge boom for the book industry, with publishers and booksellers alike sharing the joyous news of record quarterly sales increases.

To mitigate risk and maximize odds of financial return, it's probably best to focus first on books where you've already proven a solid sales track record.

Record your book sales over the previous month and then try a new set of seven keywords.

ACX manages the process of recording your book and moving it over to Amazon for sale.

On Wednesday, ABA CEO Oren Teicher told Digital Book World attendees that «not only are indie booksellers surviving in extraordinarily turbulent times, but many... are thriving, even recording record sales numbers for the fourth quarter of last year.»

It's more important that you find the most established agent with the best track record of sales who believes in you and your book and shares your vision for your writing.

Simply put, it's a perfect match,» said Jim Schmidt, SVP of Sales and Marketing for Recorded Books.

So what would prompt a publisher to simply buy the rights to print editions of books that are already written and already have a proven sales record?

(UPDATED: The top - end version of the two Asus Transformer Book T300 Chi with 2560 x 1440 resolution, Intel Core M 5Y10 processor, 8 GB of RAM, and 128 GB of storage is now on sale too at record low prices and with Windows 10 if you like.)

Data Guy has just offered for sale, to anyone who walks in the door, both current and future records of essentially every book sale (but why be limited to books?

Most of what's being produced at the publishing houses currently either celebrity books, franchises or established authors with sales records.

When media products — books, records, movies — were expensive to produce and distribute, it was a safe bet that sales volume was a predictor of quality, and therefore worthy of purchase or attention because so many other people had paid «good money» for it.

Publishers will consider a self - published book provided you can show a great track record of sales.

A program designed by Audible.com to allow writers, publishers, agents (whoever holds the rights) the opportunity to match their work with an actor, reader, producer of their choosing who will record the book, upload it to the Audible.com site, and Audible will make it available for sale on Audible.com, Amazon, and iTunes (and others depending on the distribution deal you select).

If you're going the royalty share it will help if your book has a track record of sales and positive reviews in order to get a narrator to agree on a royalty share.

As a traditional and well - established cookbook author (nay, a Julia Child 1st Book Nominee) with track record and solid book sales, I don't see myself represented in these discussions and yet I am part of a silent majority — the mid-list cookbook autBook Nominee) with track record and solid book sales, I don't see myself represented in these discussions and yet I am part of a silent majority — the mid-list cookbook autbook sales, I don't see myself represented in these discussions and yet I am part of a silent majority — the mid-list cookbook author.

I would encourage you to at least test the waters by indie publishing at least one of your ms.. The experience will help you gain an appreciation for the publishing experience, and if your book does well may help you prove a track record of sales to get you in the door with traditional publication.

They figure out in concert with the publisher how many copies they think the book should sell (big authors with long track records are somewhat more predictable than the rest of the universe, which is one more reason their books are so desirable to the publishers) and get an advance that is equal to a startlingly high percentage of the revenue that sales level would produce.

The author of the # 1 LibraryReads title for September, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes And Other Lessons from the Crematory, Caitlin Doughty, (Norton; Recorded Books) was interviewed on NPR's Fresh Air yesterday, sending the book up Amazon's sales rankings.