Let's say you get
signed by a large publisher because it thinks your book will be profitable (not «good» — big difference).
Not exact matches
An author fortunate enough to have a book acquired and published
by a
large traditional
publisher will usually be required to
sign an agreement that gives the
publisher final say over a wide variety of issues include title, format, cover design, word count, price, release date, marketing, sales, distribution, etc..
Every
publisher not owned
by a
large media group and every author not
signed to them is technically an «indie».
She wrote a brilliant book, and was
signed by a relatively
large publisher.
If you've written a book that's getting buzz
by word of mouth and strangers are recommending it to other strangers, that's a good
sign that a fresh package and new marketing / publicity effort
by a
publisher could help you find a much
larger audience.
Both are among the five
largest publishers in the world, all of which are
signing new contracts with Amazon following an antitrust case won
by the booksellers in which they were found to have colluded with Apple to set the price of e-books.
For
larger publishers, this means they can watch the spike in sales
by region if one of their authors is on a book tour, for example, allowing them to track the effectiveness of the
signing events.
largest publisher to promote the launch of the iPad in France on 28th May was considered
by booksellers «as a
sign of great disdain».
As for where I'm getting my information, I am acquainted with many mainstream - published and self - published authors and have myself just
signed over one of my self - pubbed books to be republished in an updated and revised edition
by a
large, mainstream
publisher.