Sentences with phrase «situation than publishers»

Libraries have two fundamental problems here: they have less control over the situation than publishers do, and they are about to get some serious competition from the private sector.

Not exact matches

South Park: The Fractured but Whole, a direct sequel to last year's beloved installment, seems to thankfully be in a far better situation than the original ever was, with a new development team and more reliable publisher.

Animals — Less than 1 % Less than 1/5 Concepts — 8 % 5 % Holidays / festivals / religion — 9 % 3 % History / sports / people / places — 10 % 5 % Education / reference / language — 15 % 10 % Games / activities / hobbies — 20 % 18 % Biographies / autobiographies — 28 % 12 % Social situation / family / health — 22 % 65 % Does this mean that the sales go to traditional publishers because their books are better illustrated and published?

This creates a situation where it's actually more profitable for the publisher to sell books at the deep discount than just above it, since the reduction in the author's royalty more than offsets the amount of the reduction in the selling price.

E-publishing is a sphere that's barely recognized by Polish publishers, and this situation will probably stay the same for as long as it doesn't gain more than 3 percent of the market.

Rather than describing a situation in which publishers withheld great books from consumers (which is what it sounds like on the surface of his argument), Byng feels that publishers should cut their titles — and therefore the number of authors they work with — and instead focus all of their efforts and attention on a few titles that they deem worthy.

The psychology of the situation really matters, as does the fact that the publisher looks rapacious and immoral for selling e-books at a higher price than hard copies.

But publishers want more money than they are getting from the new world of declining hardcover sales and they are pushing the Agency plan rather than being creative, making special editions and charging more for those, in a win - win situation.

• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, «The setting often feels more like a thinly disguised version of medieval Europe than a truly original world, but Williams excels at setting up conflicts and other entanglements, skillfully maneuvering Quillifer across the landscape and into increasingly engrossing situations.»

This whole sorry situation is one of the reasons why independent, direct - to - the - reader distribution that's made possible by the internet has appealed so strongly to self - publishers and book readers who are looking for more than what's offered to the largest possible audience.

Which is a completely different situation than a game like this where SE is the current publisher and PG is the developer.

Add that to the ever - growing checklist for a successful game launch — localization, app store featuring, monetization, IP licensing and live ops to name just a few — and developers are in a situation where they can benefit from publishers more than ever, but committed publishers are hard to find.

(Offshoring also describes the situation that exists where some legal publishers offer online access to legal information using platforms based in the United States, believing it to be more efficient and cost effective than using a platform located in Canada or the United Kingdom.)