Sentences with phrase «where authors and publishers»

NoiseTrade is a tribe - building platform where authors and publishers meaningfully connect with readers through the exchange of free ebooks and audiobooks for email addresses and postal codes.

First, unlike ebook markets such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble, where authors and publishers basically decide what gets sold in the store, certain mobile application marketplaces (notably, the Apple App Store) use what could be called a curated model.

It's kind of like BookBub in that it is a paid service where authors and publishers highlight certain titles.

According to the information provided by Hillcrest Publishing Group, Inc., this company provides services through these websites: Published.com is a book directory service where authors and publishers can promote their work to bloggers, reviewers, a...

Ingram is betting on a future where authors and publishers are selling e-books directly to consumers via their websites and blogs.

Audiobook Boom is kind of like BookBub in that it is a paid service where authors and publishers highlight certain titles.

Thanks so much for tuning in to this special spotlight, feature episode, where authors and publishers just like you, share their experience on what's worked for them.

Unique in the market, Voices is an exclusivity free service where authors and publishers keep complete control over content, pricing, and distribution.

Keep in mind that not all Kindle books support text - to - speech, just the ones where authors and publishers have approved it.

With news this week that Amazon has added whole new international markets to its list of places where authors and publishers can earn a 70 % royalty on ebooks, the rumors and misinformed half - truths have begun swirling again as authors set out to decipher the terms.

But what about a third arrangement where the author and publisher share the risks?

Some non-traditional publishing houses openly offer «shared - cost» publishing arrangements, where author and publisher share the costs, control, and income on an equal basis.

It's also an area where authors and publisher can make huge mistakes and adversely affect future book sales.

Not exact matches

Where copyright led to books being priced as luxury goods in the U.K., the threat of piracy forced German publishers to produce cheap editions for the masses alongside their premium - priced editions, resulting in a period that Höffner believes may have been the most lucrative ever for authors — he discovered, for example, that an obscure Berlin chemist earned more in royalties for a tract on how to tan leather than Mary Shelley did for writing Frankenstein — prompting more academics to publish their findings, and encouraging the spread of practical manuals in fields like medicine, engineering and agriculture.

In the Christian publishing industry, where ideals and the bottom line often collide and where rejection is a part of the game, it can be especially tempting for both authors and publishers to cite God's will as a reason for either moving forward with a project or leaving it behind.

That reminds me, I was looking on the Hesperian Foundation website (publishers of «Where There is No Doctor» and other such titles for developing countries, and which illustrious author should they be selling in the store but Ina May, «America's leading midwife» (or something similarly gushy).

It could also help novice writers see how their style compares with bestselling authors, and give publishers an indication of where a manuscript might fit in the market.

This finding comes to prove once again how little we know about the life in caves, where even in the best prospected areas, one can still find incredible animals» says the lead author Pavel Stoev, Pensoft Publishers and National Museum of Natural History, Sofia.

Today marks World Book Day, a day where we celebrate the authors, the illustrators, the publishers and the stories that have brought us all so many fond memories.

The Food Wine Conference is a venue where we can connect with brands, small businesses, authors, publishers, and public relation agencies.

Our community is a place where authors can share, receive tips and tactics for building their books, and support each other on what we all know is the challenging (yet rewarding) path of the self - publisher.

NetGalley provides a place where authors / publishers can upload their ebooks (ARCs or older titles) and reviewers can request a copy for review.

Our job as author / publishers is to ensure our books are where the readers are, and today, the readers have chosen Amazon.

Hybrid models have publishers pay for some, where the author pays for some and gets a higher royalty percentage.

Something where the author retains the eBook rights and the publisher pushes the hardcover and paperback copies.

The worst thing on the planet for me would be where trad publishers start paying 50 % or more to their authors, and lose their battle with Amazon, only to see their books priced in the weeds.

If Book Expo wants to become a trade show where authors big and small can get a chance for their books again, then it has to help publishers make these major shifts.

He once told me a story about an invitation - only event he attended, where the Who's Who of Authors and Publishers had gathered together.

And I don't see where you get the idea that it is easier to make money going indie than it is traditional, -LCB- to join these organizations you have to earn «x» amount of money over a single calendar year, where the specified amount for indie publishers is a * multiple * of the requirement for traditionally - published authors minimum income, because it is easier to make money by going indie, -RCB- because it is actually harder.

I have seen several books where the author and or publisher have decided to make all of their money on selling a tiny amount of expensive e-books.

Goohreads community for vast site where authors, artists and publishers can get the word out about their work.

Mass market goes for like $ 6.99 and the author makes like 6 - 8 % So when suddenly (in the last 5 years) people are taking a third of sales hit because people think they are entitled to your work for free... you have the situation we have where publishers are cutting books they buy.

Because the iPad's and Kindle Fire's full - color touchscreen and advanced ebook capabilities are perfectly suited for the fixed - layout format, Apple's iBookstore and Amazon (for the Kindle Fire) are the only places where authors and independent publishers can sell fixed - layout ebooks.

Be advised, this is about 5 % as efficient a process as using Amazon's API, but I feel it is a good idea that NovelRank continues to offer solutions for authors where other websites and publishers can not provide the information.

I won't deny Amazon has pushed the industry to become much more open to indies, and has empowered us by giving power to independent authors and publishers where there was little before, but that doesn't mean we should let Amazon off the hook with nearly anything.

«We've reached a point where authors and small publishers can make much more revenue by self - publishing through places like Lulu.com and are free to experiment in ways big publishers can't.

Hachette Book Group USA, where authors include Stephenie Meyer and Malcolm Gladwell, announced Thursday its support for the agency model, which gives publishers more control over pricing.

Finally, on a pure process level, I am wary of a world without agents or publishers: that would mean that you have large booksellers, who have substantial market power, dealing with authors directly, the vast majority of whom do not have any substantial market power, and where there are antitrust issues that may arise from collective action.

In 2008, she joined Literary Ventures Fund, where she worked as a marketing, publicity and foreign rights consultant with various authors, agents, and publishers.

We are a traditional publisher, which essentially means that we publish titles where the author does not pay a cent, and where we professionally edit, proofread, format in - block text, have covers created, assign ISBNs, and insert into professional distribution systems.

And covers and how to do them is where things get really spread out in author and indie publisher tastAnd covers and how to do them is where things get really spread out in author and indie publisher tastand how to do them is where things get really spread out in author and indie publisher tastand indie publisher tastes.

Our authors are given everything needed to have a good - looking, well - edited, and formatted book with a guaranteed push at launch with a free set - up and an all - inclusive price that takes off where most publishers stop.

The majority of traditional publishers, small, medium and large, are legitimate concerns and it is up to the author to choose where they want to enter the business.

So where is the quality control which would make this appealing to these publishers, and what incentive is there for the service to make sure it's helping the authors to sell?

Yet overwhelming numbers of authors choose the seemingly easier vanity press model where the author pays all the bills and the publisher makes all the money.

About two - thirds of American adults make stuff using digital social media and other formats, and it's become a world now where anybody can be a publisher and an author if they choose to be.

NetGalley for Authors I started a NetGalley co-op that makes it more affordable for indie authors to participate (NetGalley is a clearinghouse where authors / publisher upload their ebooks (ARCs or older titles) and reviewers can request a copy for Authors I started a NetGalley co-op that makes it more affordable for indie authors to participate (NetGalley is a clearinghouse where authors / publisher upload their ebooks (ARCs or older titles) and reviewers can request a copy for authors to participate (NetGalley is a clearinghouse where authors / publisher upload their ebooks (ARCs or older titles) and reviewers can request a copy for authors / publisher upload their ebooks (ARCs or older titles) and reviewers can request a copy for review.

Alan Rinzler: There was a piece in the New York Times that Perseus has started a self - publishing division, joining Bloomsbury and many other companies in offering authors a self - publishing resource where they get 70 percent of the royalties and the author is the publisher — and they provide some services if you pay for them, just like iUniverse or Exlibris or Author Solutions or Lulu or Aauthor is the publisher — and they provide some services if you pay for them, just like iUniverse or Exlibris or Author Solutions or Lulu or AAuthor Solutions or Lulu or Amazon.

When you mention your book title in a blog post (or anyone's book title) Always hyperlink the title to amazon and Lachesis Publishing or the web site of the author you are writing about, or their publisher's site or any other site where the books you mention are sold.

A good publisher will have blogs and forums where you can interconnect with fellow authors.