Sentences with phrase «used by book publishers»

Cross-promotion is used by book publishers every day, but despite Amazon's move we are still at the top of the list,» she says.

Not exact matches

Other major publishers continued to use the authority's seal, but the regulator no longer vetted each individual book, instead relying on publishers to abide by the guidelines.

My findings were used in teaching, but eventually I put them together in a book, Concepts of God in Africa, published by the British publisher SPCK (1970).

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Three things happened to the TEKS and all - science education standard that called for teaching the strength and weaknesses of theories, which had, back in the last time biology text books were adopted in the mid»90s, had been used as a club to beat publishers over whether or not they included weaknesses of evolution; by which they may enlist creationists and their claims, was taken out by the writing committees and attempted to be put back on several occasions actually by the school board members.

His name has been used in the game's promotion by its developers and publisher, Microsoft, to trade both on the renown for his classic novel, Ender's Game, as well his 2006 book, Empire, which was based on the same fiction as Shadow Complex: a Right - Wing - vs.

Never Judge a Book by Its Cover — Use Student Achievement Instead Brookings, 3/3/16 «An annual report on the effectiveness of textbooks would transform the market, by providing publishers and software developers with a stronger incentive to compete on quality.

The science classes from Calvary were rejected by the UC with a simple form letter, one apparently sent to all schools that proposed to use Christian high - school science textbooks published by the two biggest Christian publishers, A Beka Book and Bob Jones University.

To kick off the unit, students are shown one book trailer produced by a publisher and two produced by fans, and then work in groups to assess the videos using a rubric.

Some of those schools use textbooks produced by Bob Jones University Press and A Beka Book, a Christian publisher in Pensacola, Florida.

Publishers and authors can submit their content and make it available to Kindle customers by using Amazon's new Digital Text Platform (DTP), a fast and easy self - publishing tool that lets anyone upload and sell their books in the Kindle Store.

I got a free consultation from a lawyer about a contract I was being offered by a publisher and he gave me two key pieces of advice: an audit clause means they have nothing to hide and allows you as an author to play IRS and look at their books if you think you're being cheated (an expensive process, but a good publisher wouldn't be afraid of you using it) and believe their BBB rating if they have one.

But a retailer needs to sell the books that people want, and in January 2010, Amazon ceded to the agency model used by Macmillan and other publishers.

Publishing expert Alan Rinzler explained in an interview at Forbes, «By definition, the old model of the author platform was the writer's public visibility and reputation that the publisher's publicity department used to promote and sell the book... We insisted on a stellar track record in book sales and appearances on radio and TV.

«In this way, Unlimited Publishing functions like a traditional royalty publisher, but by using CreateSpace, we can slash the cost of getting books to print, which benefits our business and our authors.»

Modern authors often choose the present tense to add edginess and immediacy to a story, but the more traditional use of past tense is generally better loved by big publishing companies, who are increasingly risk averse for financial reasons.Tales abound of authors instructed by commercial publishers to rewrite an entire book to change the tense from present to past, before thy'll consider publishing it.

As we've written a number of times at GigaOM, the traditional book - publishing business continues to be disrupted, with some self - published authors such as Amanda Hocking making millions of dollars without using a traditional agent or publisher, by selling their own books through Amazon's (s amzn) Kindle platform.

Kindle Countdown Deals can be used by any publisher on any book that is exclusive to the Kindle Store.

The Kindle Store is the only place to find tens of thousands of books added to the Kindle Store by authors and publishers using Kindle's self - service platform.

The Kindle can only download books from Amazon's store, while Sony's Readers can display texts sold in the «epub» format - an open standard supported by the International Digital Publishing Forum that numerous publishers use to make e-books.

I don't have any sympathy for people who refuse to use the already available tools (all the retailers have search function and filters with which you can single out publishers by name and then filter the books by genre) and prefer to waste their time by whining «The slush pile is indeed my problem as well as it is for any discerning reader» and stating: «published» author and literary scholar have become as diminished as today's Mercedes Benz automobile — cheapened and mass marketed so that everyone can own one.»

These designs are called templates, and by using them, book publishers often churn out hundreds of books that look nearly exactly alike.

Indeed, Stark is so excited by Shelf Media's work in finding a unique publishing solution and the opportunities Lulu.com's self - publishing model provides indie authors and publishers, he plans to use Lulu.com to back his own imprint, GeekVoodoo Books.

As a hot topic at Digital Book World 2014, the use of data analytics is a serious avenue that publishers need to be focusing on to ensure more book discoverability by readers, especially with the current landscape in publishBook World 2014, the use of data analytics is a serious avenue that publishers need to be focusing on to ensure more book discoverability by readers, especially with the current landscape in publishbook discoverability by readers, especially with the current landscape in publishing.

She pointed me to a rant, posted anonymously by someone at a book review site, screaming at DIY authors like me using the term «Indie,» as in Indie author or Indie publisher.

Guy has published a dozen books using both traditional publishers and by self - publishing.

Pressbooks is a simple open - source book production software that is used by small publishers, independent authors, universities, and open access advocates.

There are some very motivated authors published by Independent publishers using digital or POD technology and eBook publishing that have far surpassed the measily 100 books touted as their limit by naysayers.

(By using our own, it tells all buyers that we are the publishers of all of the versions of this book.)

An e-book publisher will take a Word or WordPerfect file, design an electronic cover for it, format it to look like a book on screen, and send it back to you in PDF format, which can be read by anyone with a computer using Adobe Acrobat.

Adobe announced that more than 100 publishers, book retailers and libraries are using Adobe's Content Server 4 software to deliver encryptable e-books via the two formats favored by Adobe: PDF and ePub.

This book gives you a solid background in typography, page layout, and book design while providing you with the latest instruction on the creation of on - demand books for the best providers (print, ePUB, and Kindle) used by the new generation of self - publishers in the 21st century.

Pressbooks is a simple open - source book production software that is used by small publishers, independent

Based on the widely implemented Atom Syndication Format, OPDS Catalogs have been developed since 2009 by a group of ebook developers, publishers, librarians, and booksellers interested in providing a lightweight, simple, and easy to use format for developing catalogs of digital books, magazines, and other content.

HarperCollins had just shocked all publishers when they changed their acquisition ebook terms by limiting the ebooks use to 26 circulations before the books had to be repurchased.

The ISBN (International Sales Book Number) is a 13 - digit product number used by bookstores, publishers, libraries, internet retailers and other supply - chain participants for ordering, listings, sales records, and stock control.

What makes this book exceptional is Sunita's use of mandna, an ancient painting technique used by women in her native Rajasthan, which the publisher elegantly showcases on screen - printed pages.

An ISBN is an industry wide code used by publishers which officially tracks who publishes books.

Printing errors found after Elegant Book Design artwork files are approved and used by author's publisher or printer.

Lower book sales mean fewer books earn out their royalties — not that publishers really want that to happen in most cases — and that, in turn, is used as justification by publishers not to buy their next book.

These aren't usually published by independent authors and publishers, as they are sold via supermarkets and corner stores and used by trade publishers to release long running, top selling books at reduced prices of your typical trade paperback.

Developmental editors (DEs) are most commonly used for nonfiction work, especially by traditional book publishers.

When you search, look for books published by small or medium - sized publishers, because they often use freelance designers who work for a variety of clients, rather than in - house designers who work exclusively for them.

In it, he talked about how publishers used to con their way on to the NY Times bestseller's list by purchasing books at the outlets they knew the NY Times used to gauge their list.

And of course authors and publishers can sell books online through major retailers such as Amazon, both by uploading ebooks and by using print - on - demand or vendor programs to sell to consumers.

A long time ago writers used to have to rely on getting discovered by publishers, agents, or pitching their book to anyone who they thought would buy it and ultimately know someone who might be able to get it published for you.

Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite is not the same thing; it is used more by magazine publishers than book publishers, and by iPad app developers.

Of course, there are many times that a major publisher will also use stock photo images from, say, Getty Images or iStock, but even these are combined and manipulated in so many ways that they are unrecognizable from the original by the time the book goes to print.

For the longest time offset printing was the standard process for printing books for the marketplace and still used by traditional publishers for mass print runs, producing mass market paperbacks and hardcovers.

Virtually all books that are out of copyright are already available for free across the internet at various sites in most formats and you can use several apps to convert them into the Kindle ebook format.I can not support any attempt by Amazon to start charging for books that are already free.I do support the concept of a subscription based ebook service however and encourage all publishers to enter into such an agreement as quickly as possible before they become completely irrelevant.