Sentences with phrase «taking risks on unknown»

The days of royalty presses taking risks on unknown authors have changed dramatically, so indie authors have opted to take their own chances.

Because the industry is in such turmoil, very few are going to want to take a risk on an unknown and unproven author.

This only makes sense since book publishers must use their diminishing budgets on «sure things» rather than taking a risk on an unknown author.

If The Hunger Games and the latest Tom Clancy thriller are available at $ 7.99 (or less) how many readers will continue to take risks on unknown authors for $ 4.99?

So many people fear taking a risk on an unknown author when they can just as easily plunk down their cash for a known one that it makes it quacking hard for an insane duck lady to bridge the great divide between known and unknown.

The editors liked the story and the writing, but felt the market was too saturated for them to take the risk on an unknown author.

Not exact matches

They know how to grow a company, have savvy business minds, never fear the unknown and have a wonderful ability to take on what others may see as a risk.

«We will never have an opportunity like this again,» Dadey said, adding the courts are «an unknown outcome that I'm not willing to take a risk on, and even if we have fairer maps for 2012 we still don't have long - term structural reform.»

Studios are so afraid to take a risk on a relatively unknown actor that they will just re-use the same people over and over again, even if it might confuse audiences.

You're telling the consumer that you know they are taking a bit of a risk on a new, unknown quantity, so a price break makes it more appealing.

Taking a risk on a previously unknown author may mean gambling a few dollars on an ebook, but there is significantly more money invested in purchasing a print edition, so readers want to know that the book has been carefully screened for quality.

If you come to a traditional publisher as an unknown quantity without a «platform» (I hate that word so much), or in other words without an audience, from their perspective they're taking a huge risk on you.

Both Barnes and Noble and FastPencil have their companies» names at stake and will select books of the highest caliber for physical placement; where taking a risk on a previously unknown author may mean gambling a few dollars on an ebook, there is significantly more money invested in purchasing a print edition, so readers want to know that the book has been carefully screened for quality.

FREE still works great, but it's losing some mojo — Free remains one of the most powerful book marketing tools because it makes it easier for readers to take a risk on an author brand that is unknown or untrusted.

By comparison, taking on an unknown author and a book with unknown market potential is a * huge * financial risk.

If you're ready to take on all the risks of the unknown, then this will be a new and enjoyable experience for you.

THE STAR CITIZEN PROJECT IS IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE After raising over $ 150 million in crowd - funding, plus unknown investor amounts and bank loans, on June 13th, 2017, CIG / RSI took out a high - risk loan secured by all the assets backers had poured money into, over a five year period.

There are only so many investors willing to risk significant amounts of money on unproven technologies that might take many years to turn a profit, particularly when the long - term policy picture is so unsettled and the ultimate market is unknown.

It's still very much kind of an unknown for companies and for a lot of companies that might not be the kind of risk that they are willing to take on.

Since the insurer is taking on an unknown health risk, they will apply a waiting period of two or three years before they will pay the death benefit if you die within that period from natural causes.

It's because the insurer is taking on the risk of extending coverage to an applicant who may have unknown medical problems that have not yet been diagnosed.