I don't see how anyone could just upload an ebook that was formatted as an ebook (i.e., no blank pages or more than 3 double - spaces between chapters) and have it print all
right as a paperback.
Not exact matches
The book became a surprise hit
as a hardcover and caught the attention of Penguin, who purchased the
paperback rights from Savas Beatie.
I love a good
paperback as much
as anyone, but the convenience of downloading a new book
right from your phone can't be beat.
Strictly speaking, I have no
right to feel anything at all about the way the Church is going, and no
right either to remember
as much ecclesiastical history
as I do or to buy and read
paperbacks on theology.
Peachpit Press bills Aether Madness
as «a radical challenge to the publishing industry», and they are
right: the publishers have put the entire text of this 300 - page
paperback on the World Wide Web, where anyone with Internet access can read the book for free.
Since he hates wasting time, the result is an absurd tableau:
As the stuntmen scuffle
right in front of him, he sits cross-legged in a canvas folding chair, calmly sips coffee, and reads not one but two different
paperbacks at once — a Jackson Pollock biography and Toni Morrison's Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination.
It's tempting to buy new books
right as they come out, but you'll probably save a good deal of money if you wait for the
paperback version to be released.
CreateSpace is owned by Amazon which means your
paperback version will show
as an option
right next to the Kindle copy on your Amazon book page.
That's nice, but even for an author I really like, I'd rather wait another year for the
paperback than spend twice
as much on the hardcover
right now anyway.
Enter Sourcebooks which bought the
rights to the book, Escape to Witch Mountain, and will launch a
paperback version of the book at the same time
as Disney releases its «Race to Witch Mountain» DVD.
But the way most current contracts work, publishers who fail to do anything with
rights such
as paperback, audiobook, and foreign edition
rights don't have to give those
rights back to the author until the agreement ends — another «forever» deal.
Pocket Books, a well - known
paperback division of publishing mainstay Simon & Schuster, operated
as two separate imprints for years, Pocket Books and Pocket Star, in order to avail itself of the opportunity to place more authors» works in front of the
right audiences.
One of my readers does legal contracts for a living — she reads the books
as soon
as they come out and earns her next
paperback right away.
And
as if that wasn't enough, she just inked a deal with Simon & Schuster for the
paperback rights to Hopeless — retaining all ebook
rights, which is only the third time I've heard of that happening (Bella Andre with Harlequin, and Hugh Howey with Wool).
I hope they get the kinks worked out for their own publishing service,
as they're on the
right track with streamlining the service so ebooks and
paperbacks can all be done from the same dashboard.
I think the hybrid contract is going to become more prominent — you look at authors such
as Hugh Howey and James Oswald who have retained their eBook
rights and have sold
paperback rights to major publishers.
See,
right now I'm reading a Star Trek novel on my Kindle — which is super-weird, because I'd also read these
as paperback books when I was a teenager in the 1970s.
Slim: Just over 1/3 of an inch,
as thin
as most magazines Lightweight: At 10.2 ounces, lighter than a typical
paperback Wireless: 3G wireless lets you download books
right from your Kindle, anytime, anywhere; no monthly fees, service plans, or hunting for Wi - Fi hotspots Books in Under 60 Seconds: Get books delivered in less than 60 seconds; no PC required Improved Display: Reads like real paper; now boasts 16 shades of gray for clear text and even crisper images Longer Battery Life: 25 % longer battery life; read for days without recharging More Storage: Take your library with you; holds over 1,500 books Faster Page Turns: 20 % faster page turns Read - to - Me: With the new Text - to - Speech feature, Kindle can read every book, blog, magazine, and newspaper out loud to you Large Selection: Over 230,000 books plus U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, and blogs available Low Book Prices: New York Times Best Sellers and New Releases $ 9.99, unless marked otherwise
We're publishing new titles and
rights - reverted backlist books, and releasing them
as eBooks, print - on - demand
paperbacks, and even hardcover.»
With my Kindle that stack is
right there with me all in a package
as small, light, and much thinner than a mass market
paperback.