Sentences with phrase «thing publishers»

So if that's the kind of thing your publisher will do for you, great!

The only thing a publisher has to offer at that point is a marketing machine, in exchange for a significantly reduced profit per sale on the part of the author.

The other thing the Publisher is good at designing book covers.

When belts begin to tighten, the last thing publishers will do is offer authors more of the pie.

When other resources are in short supply, the one thing all publishers always have more than enough of is content.

In fact, if you look at realities, there's only one thing a publisher does for you — makes it easier to get into a bookstore.

Of course, that's not the only thing publishers are upset about.

In a session immediately following this panel, hybrid author Dana Beth Weinberg, who helped author the resulting report, said one thing publishers need to take away from this data is the need to rethink and restructure their contracts with authors, not just their tangible book contracts, but in a more social realm in terms of how they perceive of and treat their authors.

We're looking for the same thing all publishers want: the price at which we maximize sales without losing revenue.

About This Series Things Publishers Fear is an occasional series about the realities of publishing in the modern era.

You will also have learned something about what you need to do (which is, very briefly, get your book edited, illustrated, designed, promoted, reviewed, and distributed — things a publisher routinely does, but which are difficult and expensive for an individual to do.

This woman's reaction is the kind of thing publishers rely on as they pressure writers of genre fiction to stick to cut - and - dried formulas.

As The Observer says, «If MacGuffin does take off, mining this data for insights into human attention might be one of the smartest things any publisher has done in some time.»

Michael Bhaskar on BookBrunch Four Things Publishers Do Know «Virtually everyone's views on digital publishing exist in a -LSB-...]

I will say one thing publishers think we are stupid as gaming community but most of us know who is doing right and wrong and usually look at the sales number will show what gamers approve and doesn't approve COD aside

For argument's sake, let's believe that Google believes its newest efforts to boost publishers — by promoting subscriptions, news literacy and other things publishers like — will help publishers.

I wrote about this (from a slightly different perspective, but the case holds I feel) in a short series of articles on «Things Publishers Fear ``.

When the contract does list the marketing services, they usually include only things the publisher (or its «marketing arm») can do in - house — and that the writer can do more cheaply for himself or herself — for example, press releases and posts for the author's and publisher's own social media channels.

Hearing that one of the last things Publishers are actually claiming to do, isn't actually being done, just reaffirms me even more.

Of course, no traditional publisher would ever have considered undertaking a project like LibriVox for so many reasons: the lack of quality control, the lack of business model and the lack of belief that so many people would be willing to do for free the kinds of things publishers do for money.

Four things publishers do know about the digital future (yes, people will read from screens.

Three things publishers don't know about the digital future (which platform will win?

This is without even considering the things publishers could be doing to specifically help ebook sales such as creating ebook - optimised covers.

One notable workshop featured editors from major houses presenting the things publishers could do for authors.

You know, things publishers do.

But none of them are things a publisher would do just for the hell of it; they'd have to see a competitive advantage or a competitive necessity.

As The Bookseller's Philip Jones put together a list of publishing innovations at The FutureBook, 10 Things Publishers Have Been Doing We Should Celebrate, his mentions of HarperCollins» activity included an online romance festival; The Chatsfield immersive storytelling venture from Harlequin Mills & Boon (which HarperCollins has acquired); participation in June's FutureBook Hack project in London, and more.

If I didn't self - publish, I'd still be paying attention, but gnashing my teeth at the things my publisher wasn't doing.

Then make a list of the things publishers need to change in order to win back authors.

For one thing the publishers are going to have less money to offer as an advance.

There are things my publishers have done well, and things they've done that I think were poorly conceived and poorly executed.

One thing publishers do now is sort through an incredible amount of dross and publish a small percentage of the submissions they see.

One thing publishers don't have to worry about from Oyster, says Ariha Setalvad, is that its e-book subscription service is no danger to brick and mortar bookstores.

If you look at this bolded list, you'll see all the things publishers regularly complain about.

Finding a Literary Agent: Get a Literary Agent What Your Literary Agent Won't Do Five Things Your Publisher Won't Tell You

For traditional authors who ARE going to a trade show, however, I do think there's an opportunity for the shows to do a bit more — for example, social media training, the things their publishers are trying to help leverage.