Sentences with phrase «signing deals with publishers»

There I talked with a children's book publisher who was signing deals with publishers in Korea, China, Russia, Spain, etc. who would translate his books into their native language and republish under their own imprint in that market.

Not exact matches

According to a recent report from Reuters, the tech giant is signing deals with companies like BuzzFeed, Vox, and Group Nine (the publisher behind brands like NowThis and The Dodo) for more TV - style video, both short clips of about 10 minutes in length and longer shows of 20 minutes or more.

As Fortune noted today, Facebook has reportedly signed deals with companies like BuzzFeed and Vox to create longer - form, TV - style video content for the social network's video service, though some publishers may have reservations about whether it would be worth it for them to do so.

But there is a lot of controversy amongst news publishers in signing a deal with Facebook (also described in my previous post).

A noticeable trend found throughout is that after finding success with self - publishing, these authors were approached by a traditional publisher, signing several million dollar deals in cases.

In the latest sign of this disruption, author John Locke — who earlier this year became the first self - published author to sell a million ebooks — has signed an innovative deal with publisher Simon & Schuster that shows at least some players in the industry are thinking about how to adapt to the shifting balance of power.

Some of the publishers that signed on to deal with Shelfie, include Blackstone Audio, Gildan Media, Hachette Audio, HarperAudio, Scholastic Audio and Naxos Audiobooks.

Next Big Book's Alex White spoke to Good e-Reader about what publishers can learn from tracking this kind of online reference, specifically as it relates to their first major customer, Macmillan, who signed a three - year deal with the company.

In March, OverDrive hired Steve Rosato to sign deals with Spanish language publishers, which will help OverDrive start doing business with libraries in Central and South America.

What are some signs you're dealing with a vanity publisher?

I would never sign with another publisher unless they offered either a huge advance or something I wouldn't have access to as an indie, such as a promotional budget or shelf space in big bookstores, translation deal or a film deal, etc (I know film isn't handled via the publisher, but that's the kind of thing I mean — something I can't do on my own).

Taking matters into his own hands, he signed a deal with Amazon to publish the e-books of several of his most notable backlist titles — including Invisible Man, Midnight's Children, and Lolita — without consulting their traditional print publishers.

Experienced authors will not sign a contract with a non-compete clause, and publishers aren't going to promise not to publish books that compete directly with the author's, so it's just a bad deal.

My end goal is to hopefully sign a lucrative book deal with a publisher to carry my whole series and any other books that come afterwards.

A negotiated and signed contract with a publisher is a big deal.

In America, Amanda Hocking has gone from selling more than a million self - published vampire and zombie ebooks to signing a $ 2 million deal with a leading publisher.

Naruto comes to China: The Chinese internet portal Tencent Games has signed a deal with the Japanese publisher Shueisha for the digital rights to 11 different comics, including Naruto, One Piece, and Dragon Ball.

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One of the biggest deals they signed was with publisher Macmillan, who contributed titles from Lora Leigh, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Lisa Kleypas, Robert Jordan, Orson Scott Card, Robert A. Heinlein and Jonathan Franzen.

While there are subscription services like Oyster Books and Kindle Unlimited, a lot of these services haven't signed deals with the major publishers.

While their digital shelves technically hold fewer ebooks than Amazon's if the KU Test's 638,434 count is accurate, Oyster and Scribd have already signed deals with several publishers, including HarperCollins and Simon & Shuster.

Now keep in mind that not everyone can sign a distribution - only deal with a major publisher.

I did sign with an agent and I am anxious to sign that first deal with a traditional publisher that he is working to line up for me because I see value in getting hard copies into bookstores and gaining access to the international markets that would be difficult to penetrate as an indie - only writer.

Readers sign up to receive a daily email alerting them to deals in categories that match their interests, while authors, publishers, and agents partner with them to reach the millions of book lovers who use their service.

Again, no deal in the works yet, but it looks like Scribd, which has been signing its own deals with publishers lately for its online store, is working on it.

Scribd will be continuously adding new magazines in the coming months and will be signing deals with new publishers.

Major publishers have all signed new deals with Amazon, giving them the power to set their own prices.

This morning I was psyched to see an unexpected deal on Publisher's Marketplace — Colin Meloy, the lead singer / songwriter for Portland - based indie rock band The Decemberists, has signed a three - book deal with HarperCollins.

So far only a handful of smaller comics publishers, such as Arcana and Seven Seas Manga, have signed on formally, but Elder told LJ that iVerse has «handshake deals» with several larger names which it hopes to finalize and announce in the next few weeks.

Eisler, a former CIA operative turned author, has been one of the most prominent examples of self - publishing, along with fellow writers J.A. Konrath and young - adult author Amanda Hocking — who made more than two million dollars by publishing her own books via the Kindle marketplace (often charging as little as 99 cents for them) before signing a $ 2 - million deal with a traditional publisher earlier this year.

NEW YORK (TheStreet)-- Amazon (AMZN) has signed a new deal with book publisher Hachette, ending a months - long standoff that resulted in sharply decreased sales for the publisher and a public relations mess for the world's largest bookseller.

It's also worth noting that Amanda Hocking, who became famous for making millions by self - publishing her books for young adults on the Kindle, signed a deal with a traditional publisher earlier this year.

I signed a two book deal with that NY publisher.

This spring, I signed another two - book deal with this same publisher.

She has now signed deals with traditional publishers in both the U.S. and U.K. and made millions selling her books.

It is interesting that Publisher's Weekly's headline is about Amazon promoting Zandri as being a «self - published author,» despite the information in the Amazon post that Zandri had a «big publishing» deal, then went on to sign with a much smaller publisher who put Zandri's original titles out viPublisher's Weekly's headline is about Amazon promoting Zandri as being a «self - published author,» despite the information in the Amazon post that Zandri had a «big publishing» deal, then went on to sign with a much smaller publisher who put Zandri's original titles out vipublisher who put Zandri's original titles out via Kindle.

This deal between Andre and Harlequin marks one of the first times the author has retained the digital rights and the publisher handled the print rights; one other well - known author who managed to publish in both formats with different rights» holders is JK Rowling, who had the foresight to retain her digital rights when she signed the contracts to the Harry Potter series nearly twenty years ago and later self - published the series in digital format.

This expands on their previous newspaper offerings and they seemed to have signed some deals with major publishers.

Copia, part ebook distributor, part social reading platform, has signed a deal with the Australian Publishers Association to be an official supplier to Australian bookstores, bringing ebooks, print books, and even e-reader devices to the shops in order to help them assist their customers with the growing demand for digital reading.

Three of the publishers named in the case have already signed deals with those states.

With so much discussion in the industry about reasons for authors to choose indie publishing over traditional, many authors and readers alike tend to overlook the fact that the end result of a traditional publishing deal only comes about after a publisher has signed the author's book.

The estate of James Bond author Ian Fleming has signed a deal with a new publisher, Random House, for the back list of the James Bond titles.

A major independent publisher, Perseus Books Group, has signed a deal with Apple to provide ebooks for the iPad.

Sony Electronics has signed a deal with publishing platform Smashwords, which will enable self - published authors and small publishers worldwide to «go straight from finished manuscript...

If anything seems «odd» or «not quite right» about the publisher, remember: you're better off with no publishing deal than signing a deal you later regret.

Publishers HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster have signed a deal with Amazon to follow the agency pricing model for their books — the same deal publishers have with Apple for the iBookstore — allowing the two publishers to set their own booPublishers HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster have signed a deal with Amazon to follow the agency pricing model for their books — the same deal publishers have with Apple for the iBookstore — allowing the two publishers to set their own boopublishers have with Apple for the iBookstore — allowing the two publishers to set their own boopublishers to set their own books prices.

The deal you sign with your publisher will determine your control over the cover design and book formatting.

* August 27, 2015: I signed a deal with Festa Verlag publishers in Germany for the German language publishing rights to HUNTER.

There was also recent news about Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath signing deals with the new publisher on the block - Amazon.

Literary agencies have refused to sign e-rights deals for countless backlist books with traditional publishers, even though they and their clients, no doubt, see real benefits in having a single publisher handle the print and electronic rights to a book.