Sentences with phrase «thing publishers need»

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.

Not exact matches

«If you take it off company - wide, you're taking off things you need,» says Jeff Olson, 43 - year - old co-founder of Velocity Business Publishing, a book and e-book publisher in Bristol, Vermont.

I had the manager of a publisher's bookstore outlet (amenable to Pentecostal and Charismatic things) who reviewed one of my books tell me «off the record»: «This is great, it is everything we need to hear.

But I think one of the things that scientists and other people concerned about science education in the country need to do is make it clear to publishers that as citizens and voters, wherever they live, whatever state or town that they live [in], they will make sure that their elected officials know that textbook X, Y or Z is not to be used in this district because of its bad science.

Thing is, because it needs to be officially mentioned, Galaga and its publishers Namco Bandai are then listed in the credits of the film.

Now he just needs a publisher to finance the damn thing.

The funny thing was, Howey didn't need a publisher.

The relative low costs of digital enable us to break into writing, build our platforms and do all the things we need to do to hone our craft and develop a following big enough to interest a mainstream publisher with a marketing budget and broad distribution.

A publisher can try to buy in this expertise by outsourcing the whole thing, but then they run the risk of spending a lot of money on something they don't really need, just because their supplier has convinced them of a particular route.

Whether you are a brand new author just trying to figure things out or a veteran self - publisher, one of the most important decisions you will need to make about your books is how to distribute them.

As far as publishing goes, the main thing, I think, self - publishers need to understand after all the other jazz about writing well and using the services of a professional editor, is that being a self - publisher means they've gone into business as publishers — even if just one time for their own book.

The rest of the conference day was comparatively pedestrian and at times given to more listing of what great things data can mean to publishing than most publishers today still need to hear.

The second thing you need to do is take the What Type of Self - Publisher are You test at http://www.selfpublishing.com/type/quiz/. The test only takes a few minutes to take.

These are all things you will need to read up on — in depth — because as an independent publisher, you are responsible for everything you publish, which also makes you the person who will get sued if you do something illegal.

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.

A tool like Pressbooks, that efficiently and consistently outputs the files you need when you need them, takes a major part of waste off the table and allows it to be refocused on the things that really matter.Will Bergkamp, Publisher & General Manager

All we wanted to do was create a long list of the things that writers should consider before publishing a book, things they needed to know if they were going to self - publish or if they were courting a traditional or hybrid publisher.

Schilling highlighted some of the things that publishers need to keep in mind, such as content - based learning tools, the development of new technology for students, and the politics involved in both producing a textbook and in marketing or selling that book.

But yes, self - publishers need to keep those 4 things in mind.

I've been thinking over the break about some of the key things independent authors and publishers will need to do this year to take their author platforms to the next level and make more sales.

We need to acknowledge that consigning small independent presses and self - publishers entirely to Amazon is just not a good thing for our culture or communities.

The really hard part is finding a way to I keep things ticking along while doing everything I need to do to find the right agent / publisher.

Maybe they'll self - publish things that are particular of the moment, while working with traditional publishers on projects that don't need to be out immediately.

Rather the last thing I'd think indie authors would want to do is sneer at publishers when what they need to do is learn from them.

Then they need to work on all the other things that they can to promote Nook Press and make it easy to use, both for publishers and consumers.

American Booksellers Association CEO Oren Teicher said in a statement «I did want to make one thing clear: ABA member bookstores can rest assured that your trade association will continue to remind publishers and other vendors about their obligations under antitrust laws, especially regarding their need to ensure that inventory purchased under one set of terms is not commingled and transferred to another class of business.

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In addition to all the things you pointed out, I think publishers in general (although I know there are some exceptions) need to realize that they need to teach writers like clients instead of commodities.

Things you will probably need help with are things that a publisher would do for you: editing, cover design, and formaThings you will probably need help with are things that a publisher would do for you: editing, cover design, and formathings that a publisher would do for you: editing, cover design, and formatting.

But if Amazon wants to put out high quality books, they need to do all of the production things done now by publishers from copy editing to proofing, to layout, promotion, etc..

I understand the big publishers and booksellers are running a business... needing to turn a profit... and sometimes they do things in that vein that I, as a consumer, don't like.

And that's exactly the kind of thing that we need to be telling publishers, not just whining about the change, like so many seem inclined to do.

If you're interested, you need to select to participate in the «rights» section for each book, and Kobo asks that you be willing to leave your book in for a six month period (they're asking the same thing from traditional publishers), to help them plan for promotions.

It seems the author will still have to do most of the promotional work, and clearly doesn't need help with editing etc, things that used to be the domain of publishers and agents.

I still believe that traditional publishers can survive but they do need to do things differently.

Here you almost always need an agent to represent you, but one of the key things that changed recently is self - published titles are being watched by traditional publishers.

If anyone needs further proof that the castle walls disappeared this week, I point out that Publisher's Weekly, the insider source for all things publishing, titled their article: «Self - publishing Goes Big Time.»

Her publisher killed the Musketeer series — in my opinion — by bringing the books out too close together, with covers that looked too much alike (making it hard for buyers, both on the bookstore corporate level and as an individual buyer to know if it was a new book or not), poor editing (where they changed things that didn't need to be changed).

After all, you will need to think of these things once you meet a publisher.

Regardless of whether you publish your audiobook or want a publisher to do it, the first thing you need to do is ensure you have the audio rights to your book.

If there's one thing that authors really need publisher for it's marketing — with no marketing, no one will be aware of a book's existence, and with no budget it is tough to advertise.

But the point that I want you to see from Shatzkin is this: he sees how unimportant traditional publishers are becoming to the very thing that writers used to need them for — selling books to readers.

But what frustrates me is that publishers aren't telling us this, they're not saying, «This is a tough transition time and we need to do certain things for the next few years and then here's how we see things shaking out.»

(Which, by the way, stands for «Author — Publisher — Entrepreneur» — all the things you need to be to self - publish.)

A good agent will have contacts in the publishing industry, knowledge of the process, and strategies for getting publishers to bid on your manuscript (or at least for telling you what things need to look like in order for that to happen).

If yes, then you need to plan several things and have good knowledge of publishing and renowned publishers for an enhanced promotion of your book.

Publishers are in the business of linking content to markets, but we're hamstrung at searching because we've made context the last thing we think about... We need to start with context and develop and maintain rich, linked, digital content.

Now with e-books, publishers STILL need to make back advances paid to authors, they still need to pay the royalties - but the «old» way of doing things (Initial printing of hardcovers covering the costs of acquisition or the ART / content) may be gone.

What's more, the paper goes into areas it probably doesn't need to tackle — using the unverified estimates of «Data Guy» at Author Earnings — to talk about the importance of a strong brand and consumer connection, things that trade publishers understand well.

No need to entangle that with all the other things publishers traditionally do, at least in principle.