Sentences with phrase «traditional big house»

Another great stop is the Wei Wai Kum House of Treasures which is housed in an impressive contemporary building based on the architectural look of a traditional Big House.

There's stories online of authors being published by a traditional big house publisher who feel their covers didn't represent their book well, but had no say in the matter.

Not exact matches

Elaborating on this premise, Vanderkam interrogates how happy expensive aspects of the traditional American dream like the big house in the «burbs really make us, and concludes that in general we underspend on experiences like learning and travel and overspend on material goods.

But I get out to my friend's house at least once a month (big green egg style smoker, can't think of the brand off the top of my head) and my aunt's a few times a year (electric, i know not traditional, but super easy and consistent for large parties) and I typically man the smoker while at either location.

Whether you are young or old, lead a simple or extravagant lifestyle, are a homemaker or professional, live in a big house or small apartment, a traditional, contemporary, or eclectic style home, the benefits you'll reap from bringing feng shui into your life are many.

With so many races going on, the biggest problem facing candidates for the state house generally is getting noticed at all — national media certainly aren't covering them, and the slow decline of local news outlets doesn't leave much room in traditional public spaces.

Because there's no combustion engine to protrude into the cab, you don't have the traditional «dog house» center console found in contemporary big rigs.

The much bigger Clubman also offers an interior a long way from the old Clubman, with five proper seats and, at least on the Concept, nubuck leather, ash grain decorative strips, Union Jacks embossed on the seats, contrast stitching and piping and MINI's traditional big round dial in the centre, which actually houses a high - res screen.

Writers who self - publish — and even those who contract with traditional publishing houses — often dream of a big ROI (return on investment) for paid book advertising.

And here is where the big traditional houses have the upper hand again.

And as more and more indie authors are picked up by big houses based, not on queries and submissions and the traditional system, but on established sales records, it could be a viable alternative to a frustrating and, at times, broken system.

In a big traditional house there are teams of people making decisions about your book and you get very little say — if any.

The publishing industry is volatile and there are many people involved in it, or are affected by it, from the «Big Six» publishers, down through the hundreds of smaller traditional publishing houses, the thousands of mini presses, and the hundreds of thousands of self publishers.

As the stigma of self - publishing vanishes, more and more self - published books are making it big and getting picked up by traditional publishing houses.

More and more, the indie author market is giving traditional publishers a run for their money and the big New York houses are going to have to innovate even more than they have in the past.

For those who are looking to publish with a big (traditional) publishing house, either while you're self - publishing or instead of self - publishing (it doesn't matter these days), Jacqueline has posted some information about the very important cover and query letters.

Writers» conferences provide ideal environments for learning about the various modes of publishing: the traditional model of the big publishing house, self publishing, independent presses, vanity presses, and the new «hybrid» author - publisher partnership model, which offers much higher royalties and transparency about the process for writers.

I also know another thing: that it's approximately 1000 copies more than I ever would have sold if my friends Jeff and Nathaniel had not been insistent that I not just stop when the traditional Big 6 (5) publishing houses and every literary agent of note turned me down.

It's not going to be Big 6 traditional publishing houses trying to get $ 12.99 for something that is presumably reasonably edited, and may also suck.

Several years ago, the term indie meant going with a publishing house that was independent from the «Big Five» — a smaller traditional press.

Or perhaps they'll publish a particular series through traditional publishers and then self - publish other material «for fun» in different genres, or at different lengths and with different approaches, either as experiments or to fill in the gaps between big books with their traditional house.

And yes, the ability to effectively self - publish emphasizes the value of gatekeepers — though that's not to say that traditional big publishing houses are the most effective gatekeepers.

With the rise of online book selling and of ebooks, large, traditional publishing houses and big chain bookstores have been struggling to survive.

Within traditional, the options were to go with a major publishing house — the New York Big 6 — or a small publishing house.

The better version of self - publishing involves the writer producing top - shelf work, and then using professional designers and editors (striking out on their own after careers in the big publishing houses) to produce a book that rivals or exceeds the work from traditional publishing.

Authors questioned for the survey told Bowker that traditional publishing houses were the biggest obstacle to getting published.

Many authors reject full - service self - pub companies for the same reasons they reject the big traditional houses: they want full control and full financial benefit.

Amazon's substantial (some would say near - monopolistic — the company commands at least 65 % of the ebook market) market share has blocked its access to big name authors and crucial markets and prevented it from running a more traditional publishing house, but that same size has allowed it to create a publishing ecosystem in its own image.

Could it be easier if I'd been accepted by one of the big traditional publishing houses?

Our authors bring their passion to the table, and we fill in the gaps to ensure that their books are better than the books coming out of the big, traditional publishing houses.

However, unlike the «Big Five» traditional publishing houses, these smaller organizations may focus on particular niche markets, genres or author types.

When working with traditional publishing, you will most likely start by pitching your book's synopsis along with one to three chapters to one of the «Big 5» publishing houses.

Query agents and / or editors of publishers to land an traditional pub deal with big publishers like Random House or Harper Collins, or small or indie press or even e-publishers.

All that had an impact on my decision to go indie but what influenced me the most was simply watching traditional publishers, especially the bigger houses, and seeing some of the decisions they made — or didn't make.

Book promotion is the other area once covered by traditional publishers and now left largely to book authors, even when you publish with the bigger and more reputable houses.

Readers checking out the «literary fiction» category in the Kindle store will primarily find books published by the Big 5 traditional houses — Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, MacMillan and Simon & Schuster.

In order to get published by a traditional big publishing house, you must gain representation from an agent.

Most of the big traditional publishing houses are now releasing books in different formats.

Third, although traditional publishing houses have editors and you have already paid for one, the prestige of being accepted by them, with the orchestra of copyeditors, cover artists, and marketing experts behind them to help you, will relieve you of a lot of the work for your next big project.

If traditional publishing declines, will the big corporate houses have the same ability to publish those titles that aren't destined to be commercial successes, but critical successes?

AND, against those who convince newbies that they ARE traditional publishers & that pay for play is how it works with the big houses.

Once upon a time, when a big, traditional house published a book, the author just sat back and relaxed while the publisher did all the marketing and sales promotion.

In traditional publishing, the agent and the editor and entire publishing house have a big say.

It is also remarkable that while the share of the traditional publishing houses (including the Big 5) falls (probably partly due to the publishers

Getting published by a traditional publishing house has a nice ring to it, especially if it's one of the «Big Five» (Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schushouse has a nice ring to it, especially if it's one of the «Big Five» (Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & SchusHouse, and Simon & Schuster).

It is also remarkable that while the share of the traditional publishing houses (including the Big 5) falls (probably partly due to the publishers artificially keeping the prices high), the indie market grows: individual authors sell more ebooks daily on Amazon than the publishers with ISBN put together.

In the interim, competition may have its effects in more traditional ways than we have seen so far, and the behavior of Random House, the largest of the Big Six in U.S. operations, may ultimately say the most about how this drama shakes out.

Frankly, it is time for us, as readers, to understand that the traditional publishers who follow the path of Penguin - Random House and the other Big 5 publishers aren't our friends.

Whether you're new to the idea of becoming a writer or you're a veteran published author, whether you hope to pursue a traditional publishing contract with a big New York publishing house or launch a self - publishing venture, you're sure to find the skills, knowledge, inspiration, motivation, and support you need at Colorado Gold.

Most books from big, traditional publishers, such as Penguin Random House or Macmillan, are not included in Kindle Unlimited.