Sentences with phrase «thing publishers rely»

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But I really think that technology is outpacing us — that we've had these traditional means of evaluating information, that we've relied on information gatekeepers like newspaper editors and publishers and we've had some sort of traditional markers of authority that we've relied on like reference lists or professional appearance, things that have served us well in eras before the internet.

As traditional publishers look to prune their booklists and rely increasingly on blockbuster best sellers, self - publishing companies are ramping up their title counts and making money on books that sell as few as five copies, in part because the author, rather than the publisher, pays for things like cover design and printing costs.

I still think authors having a mediator (or a third person within the industry to rely on) is crucial because it helps keeping things balanced, the publishers function should not be overlooked, their job is extremely important.

Given the publishers, aggregators, and professional review sources like SLJ that we've come to rely on, I just can't believe that self - publishing is ever going to be the next big thing for libraries.

Eventually if pre-orders become less and less relevant, these publishers and developers in the AAA side of things JUST might have to rely on, you know, making games that work in a way that at least FEELS complete.

Well, simply put, they feel, like I do in my less forgiving moments, that the success of things like Call of Duty is leading publishers to finance a whole slew of «safe sequels» — games they can rely on to bring in a tidy profit — rather than taking risks with their revenue and funding a wider variety of more interesting or different titles.