Sentences with phrase «think big publishers»

I don't think big publishers understand how most readers have been accustomed to passing books to family and friends, borrowing from the library and buying used books.

But, I don't think the Big Publishers have changed their business model at all.

I think the bigger publishers have blind spots and refuse to publish great books all the time.

THQ has jumped on board with a massive pay - what - you - want sale, and although that might be directly related to their current financial situation, I think any big publisher or studio can learn a lot from what indies are doing in both commercial and creative spaces, just as indies can learn from the big studios.»

Not exact matches

One of Britain's biggest magazine publishers, which owns 57 titles including Marie Claire, Woman's Weekly, NME and Wallpaper, has been sold to Epiris in a deal thought to be worth about # 130m.

Off the back of Jose Gonzalez's «Far Away» playing as I rode into Mexico, or Marston's closing chapters that elegantly explore him running a farm with his family, I thought more big publisher games were going to become this brave in creative direction.

I think Japanese publishers have realized that this type of pricing works with big licenses.

Here's my thinking in a nutshell: Let the big publishers collude to keep ebook prices high all they want.

Also: a quick look at $ 69 Kindle, an eBook price war launched by Amazon, Mike Shatzkin's praise of Amazon and thoughts on eBook pricing, and a big boost for WorldReader from major publishers.

I frigging love the idea of 25 % ebook royalties that work out to be more like an effective 12.5 %, and I literally dance in the streets at the thought that all big publisher ebooks should cost $ 12 - $ 20.

It may sound like a big job but indie and self - published authors need to think more like a publisher and therefore as a business if they want to get their work to a larger audience.

Think of big publishers as mutual fund investors who own bundles of stocks.

For a traditionally published author, yes, the big, blockbuster debut might be necessary to meet the publisher's expectations (because they don't think long - tail sales but just look at debut month numbers).

I don't think we'll ever go back to a time when big publishers give marketing help to more than a handful of authors.

I think one of the biggest problems, to put this in concrete terms, is authors hear this kind of disembodied advice, whether that's from their publisher or somebody else, to get on Twitter, start a blog, or start a Facebook page.

I don't think the old big publisher have the platform to make this happen.

Just because some Big Five publisher thought their shit was gold doesn't mean it is.

Hugh Howey thinks it's the publishers who have gotten too big — and too out of touch — not Amazon.

I think a publisher would have to offer me a very big advance to make me want to publish traditionally.

I'm not a defender of the Big 5 publishers, so I won't even argue with you on those points, but it disgusts me to see how some in the indie community think Amazon can do no wrong.

One might then ask why I jumped ship from the co-publishing agreement to go with the Big Publisher, and my answer is that I thought it would lead to better things.

I think validation is the biggest reason for me, but the others are definitely in the running, especially the fact that publishers are «well connected to various media and marketing opportunities.

Hopefully, the absence of some major authors from eBook stores will be temporary — but in the meantime, you could be forgiven for thinking that publishers really do want to hand all the cards to Amazon — they're the cheapest and, for whatever reason, they are now the ones with the biggest range of books, some of which UK readers can not, right now, buy electronically in a format compatible with their own devices.

OGOREK: I think they are transforming and I think the opportunity is going to continue to exist in traditional publishers just like we saw where film studios continue to exist and big record labels continue to exist.

And I think all those big publishers are finally starting to see it truly affect their bottom line.

That's the thinking behind Free Comic Book Day, an annual event in which retailers around the country provide customers free comics from publishers big and small.

I thought the NYT article was useful in making the broad point — which may not be obvious to all readers — that Amazon is not just a big online store but a publisher in its own right.

This isn't meant as a knock on the individual arts and writers, many of whom have taken the publisher's existing franchises in a number of interesting and often times thought provoking directions — it's just that Marvel is a big company (one now owned by a giant corporation), and as such, risk taking is likely not atop its list of priorities.

Publishers also face pressure from their authors, who are beginning to think they deserve a bigger piece of e-book revenue.

Today, self - publishing has lost its stigma, with agents and big publishers thinking of it as a market test.

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I think folks here are giving the big publishers too much credit for savvy economic thinking.

The biggest news, though, is that we're working with a number of major publishers (and important smaller ones) to provide a storefront that contains deluxe digital graphic novels aimed at the «real mainstream,» the audience for graphic novels that reads Maus or Fun Home or Dotter of Her Father's Eyes but would never think of going into a comic shop guarded by a dodgy life - size statue of She - Hulk... We think the immersive «lean back» experience that tablets provide, along with purchase ease - of - use and the ubiquitous availability that app stores provide, can, if handled right, create a sea change in the consumption of graphic novels — and, if we have our way, the whole thing will have absolutely * nothing * to do with superheroes.

I think one of the big reasons why digital has not cannibalized print is that there are only two major publishers; DC and Marvel.

Think about those golden children of self - publishing who signed with the big name publishers and who have seemed to disappear into obscurity.

I love reading stories that aren't considered commercially marketable by big publishers, and think all of your readers are fortunate you went Indie, Paty.

At the same time, I think mergers (most recently Big 6 to 5) and other market forces are putting extreme pressures on publishers, and they simply are not the sole arbiter of quality.

While the publishing climate is certainly changing, I think as long as sales are tracked through traditional outlets and publishers continue to put the most emphasis using Bookscan as a primary sales reference point — versus an author's statement that the book has sold 3,000 copies in back - of - the - room sales or as ebooks — big publishers are going to be wary of publishing authors that are showing, say, 100 copies sold.

These points are valid enough, but honestly, when it comes to promotion, most traditional large publishers focus their time only on a handful of books that they think will go big (or have started that way and will go bigger).

-LSB-...] gatekeepers of publishing are no longer the Big 6 (or Big 5, as is the case), publishers need to be innovative and forward - thinking in their marketing.

I think the biggest thing to come out of the SDCC was all of the digital content; JManga will be releasing cancelled series from TPop and other publishers (does this mean I can finally read Moyashimon???) which is a huge boon.

I think I may actually try a different tack with each of the two books I'm working on right now... one of them seems like it may be more appealing to big publishers.

Nevertheless, looking up at big house publishers, thinking they hold the magic key to «Bestseller Realm» is misdirected hope, in most cases.

But I think my biggest reservation about these books is that they don't have standards for editing and grammar the way that mainstream publishers do.

You may be thinking, «Hey, I'm not a big publisher.

It's fun to think about getting an agent and one of the big NY publishers, but as you said, when reality kicks in and you realize how huge the pool of writers has become, it's time to find alternative ways to get published.

Here, I think indie authors and small publishers do a much better job than the big publishers.

Some patrons suggest books, but I'm inclined to think that publishers, and among them the Big 5, prescribes their books to librarians.

I think the biggest thing that has made it viable is that the market has finally broken the grip traditional publishers held on their exclusive club.

«I'm inclined to think that publishers, and among them the Big 5, prescribes their books to librarians.