Sentences with phrase «traditional deals are doing»

It was argued that those chasing traditional deals are doing it out of vanity....

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Even though the two services are very alike, Hunt doesn't see the HBO house of cards — my pun, please excuse it — toppling any time soon since it still makes billions from its traditional cable deals.

Audiences are scattering in a way they [big media] don't know how to deal with on their traditional platforms.

What a difference from the traditional state of affairs that most growing businesses have been forced to deal with: no money at all for start - ups or companies that were too small or too old or too dependent on their founders or even too needy for cash (that is, unless they happened to fit onto the investment community's shortlist of sexy companies du jour).

Traditional publishing is a slog — find an agent, pitch a book and if it's picked up by a publisher, sign away the rights to your work, then spend years doing edits and waiting for the book to slot into a publishing schedule — and the majority of these people don't score a deal, because most entrepreneurs «aren't in a position to be commercially published,» says Sattersten.

One thing that separates the synthetic DRIP from the traditional DRIPs are most self directed / discount brokers I have dealt with can only provide a synthetic DRIP because they do not offer to buy fractional shares.

Offering only numbers is something that traditional brokerage firms do, and a lot of time is leads to deals that end up falling through the floor, because the amount of money a business needs often has little to do with why they need it or the reasons their current financial situation is the way it is.

I wonder if Han will allow that it has been progressivism's penchant for endless critique that has done a great deal to diminish the traditional authority of non-economic relations, preparing them for colonization by the market.

In terms of his natural theology, Mascall does not hesitate to deal with one of the most controversial of traditional doctrines about God, namely the doctrine that God is impassible.

Do you have a way which the books of the New Testament could be chosen, but which deals with the issues I have raised above so that we can maintain the traditional doctrine of inerrancy?

What was striking to the outside observer in these events was that the inevitable interdisciplinary conversations dealt primarily with the transformations of traditional patterns of life — transformations that seem to some so glacially slow that everything should be done to speed them up, and to others so incredibly rapid that people and morality were getting lost in the swirl of change.

The traditional moral code generally undergirds wholeness, freedom, and being, but not always, and when it doesn't, the quest for wholeness has come to take priority for me over the rules of behavior, at least as I deal with the lives of other people.

Of course, I don't want to make any parents feel badly about giving their baby a traditional birthday cake, because one special day isn't going to be a huge deal in the grand scheme of things.

One of the main problems that I was confronted with on - site, and one which many social scientists encounter too, is that «traditional» Western theory and methodology adequately prepare undergraduate and graduate students for carrying out research in their own societies, but neither prepare them for dealing with difficult research circumstances, nor do they train students for conflict areas in post-traumatic societies.Such history (and political science) courses seem to be functional and have roots in European reality.

Being someone who gets bored out of my mind doing traditional cardio, as well as a trainer who deals with cardio exercise issues everyday with clients, I have a unique perspective on this.

Both men and women take part in family life, but men still do more of the «men's job» while girls deal with the things which are more traditional for them.

InMetal Gear Survive, you're mostly dealing with mindless zombies, and the game is more concerned about you picking up materials and crafting things than doing traditional Metal Gear things.

It's also easier for you, as you don't have to deal with the costs and logistics of running a traditional classroom - based training program for tens, hundreds or even thousands of people of all kinds of backgrounds and skill levels.

2) Student - Learning Data Analysis and Decision Making Many groups make a big deal out of teachers using more data to drive better instruction for students, but it's tough to do in the traditional classroom.

Supporters of these virtual charter schools say they're a necessary option for children who don't do well in traditional schools because they need remedial help or advanced learning; have health issues; full extracurricular or athletic schedules; or are dealing with bullying.

Simply put: if you're looking for a used vehicle and are overwhelmed by the thought of dealing with «traditional» dealerships, do yourself a favor and check out Car Web Inc..

Self - publishing does make things a lot easier and more convenient although, as you mentioned, this also requires self - promotion and therefore if you can get a publishing deal down the traditional route then promotion is an advantage.

At the same time, electronic publishing has allowed brilliant authors who are controversial and can't find a traditional deal, or, did not care to wait years to publish, an opportunity to share their work and get paid more equitably for it.

Traditional publishing is alluring, but don't waste time waiting on a lucrative deal.

By the way, it's unlikely a traditional publishing company will allow you to do this unless you manage to negotiate it into your book deal contract (the publisher gets the majority of the rights — a frustrating down side).

In the old days of traditional publishing this really didn't matter too much but since the arrival of ebooks and self - publishing that has all changed; even a writer with a traditional publishing deal is expected to carry his / her weight of the marketing effort.

It is telling that even authors like Anthony Ryan and Michael J. Sullivan who did VERY well with Self Publishing took a Traditional deal once it was offered to them.

How to Secure a Traditional Book Deal by Self - Publishing (Jane Friedman at Writer Unboxed): «It's not any easier to interest an agent or publisher when you're self - published, and since new authors are more likely to put out a low - quality effort (they rush, they don't sufficiently invest, they don't know their audience), chances are even lower their book will get picked up.»

When that's not available, what is the likelihood of that debut author or midlister walking away from a traditional book deal over eRoyalties when the current percentage of sales done electronically is not even 1 % of the total book sales overall?

She gave me a format for a query letter and said she would edit it as part of the deal, but I don't know if I am ready to pursue having it accepted by a traditional publisher.

Even if you get a traditional publishing deal, the days of big advances for first time writers are largely gone (unless you are extremely lucky), and you will still be expected to do a significant amount of marketing work on your own.

The publishing industry is going through very difficult times, and there are many people who argue an author is doing themselves terrible damage by signing a traditional publishing deal.

-LSB-...] How to Smartly Evaluate a Small Publisher (Jane Friedman) or any author interested in a traditional publishing deal, one of the first questions you'll face is: Do you need an agent?

For any author interested in a traditional publishing deal, one of the first questions you'll face is: Do you need an agent?

I would add on the side of traditional publishing that 1) It is easier to get national publicity because producers give more weight to a traditionally published book, particularly from a larger house (though some self - published authors certainly do get national publicity as well — it's just harder, in general and 2) a traditional publisher is generally going to bring a great deal of experience to the table — from improving the cover or title to layout and design.

A good few indy - authors that I know of have since gotten traditional publishing deals based on their success with indy - published books, but unless I were offered an insanely large advance, I don't think I would go for it.

I did sign with an agent and I am anxious to sign that first deal with a traditional publisher that he is working to line up for me because I see value in getting hard copies into bookstores and gaining access to the international markets that would be difficult to penetrate as an indie - only writer.

«Last year I self - published a novella, and all it did was encourage me to get an agent and seek a traditional deal for my full - length novel,» gripes one Rob W. Hart.

Traditional publishers have benefits that authors don't want to deal with — advances (e.g. earn some money while you are writing), copy editing and marketing assistance (though if you think they will market without your effort, you are just lying to yourself).

I don't regret it, really, because it was just so lovely to finally have this public validation through a traditional publishing deal, and the idea to have our books in shops, the advance, etc..

Like many new writers, I was convinced my first book was «The Next Big Thing», and only a huge deal with a big traditional publisher would do.

Traditional publishers simply do not have the sales they once had, so the barriers to getting a contract to publish your book have been set so high that an unknown author has little hope of getting a book deal.

With «out of the box» thinking and a little negotiating, some of these marginal deals can be done if the parties agree on specific terms, but I'm not sure traditional houses are open to such change yet.

Self publishing with good marketing is a means to profit and build credibility and is also a way to get the attention of trade publishers and get a traditional publishing deal as Amanda Hocking and John Locke did.

Dear, Dear Authors... if you are going to do the work of writing a book... you are going to market you book — NO ONE else is — thinking that another publisher — traditional or the pay - to - publish crowd will — it is today's author fantasyland... if you don't land a deal with a traditional publisher..

Being hybrid means grabbing hold of those options that are available to me and using them to my advantage — whether it's going traditional, having print only deals, getting foreign rights, audio rights... doesn't matter — it's seeing beyond the box called «Indie Publishing» and realizing there are no lines for me to cross — as long as I don't see them.

What a traditional deal (and I do mean one with a good advance) will allow me to do is, hopefully, DROP ONE OF MY JOBS, which is the only possible way I can up my production schedule.

«I am eager to do another project under a traditional publishing deal again in the future, but I would have to decide what is the best route for that current project.

Today on the show they discuss how much do authors make and is it better to cut your teeth self - publishing or to go for a traditional book deal right away?

But that's another thing to find and manage that comes with the deal (and the advance check you get to cash) if you do a deal with a traditional publisher (although, admittedly, you would probably have had to find the agent in the first place, and self - publishing could be a way to do that.)