Sentences with phrase «which authors or publishers»

As the executive editor at Foreword Reviews, I decide which authors or publishers might be worth considering as a topic for a news story above and beyond a possible review we might run about the book itself.

The title is made available for sale in all geographies for which the author or publisher has rights

Not exact matches

The Power of Nice describes an exercise from the authors» seminars, in which attendees are paired off, each playing either the «agent» or the «publisher» in working out a book deal.

BITCOIN PRICE OUTLOOK, its authors, its publisher and its affiliates (collectively, «BITCOIN PRICE OUTLOOK») is not an investment advisory service, nor a registered investment advisor or brokerdealer and does not purport to tell or suggest which securities customers should buy or sell for themselves.

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).

Most of the sales by POD publishers which are not directly to the author or their family are to Amazon....

Hi, I learnt my lesson with Xibris who is under the wing of Penguin House they were over the top with praises but got nothing right they didn't follow any of my instructions for my artwork or cover the did nt edit my manuscript as I paid $ 3500 for and received delay after delay after 8 months which they promised 6 weeks and my book would be in my hand and on shelves, I pulled the plug and cancelled payments through my bank and received all my money back I sent all 9 consultants emails on my termination of our contract due to their unprofessional ism and prying on new authors Plus I sent 9 written termination letters as stated in their contract I now have learnt research every publisher outlet in legitimacy saves on the heartache

For one thing, Ross argues, if a publisher won't fund the development of a project, «I suspect I couldn't find a successful Kickstarter campaign in which a would - be author received money to write his or her book for the same reason.»

Authors typically are paid a percentage (which can be up to 40 %) of the sale from their ebook or agree to a flat fee from the publisher which will remain fixed regardless of the number of books sold.

I also think most authors are not going to be prepared to license their rights to a publishing service which takes the rewards of an upper - end traditional publisher while taking on obligations similar to a hands - off self - publishing service or vanity press in return.

OnlineComputerBooks contains details about free computer books, free ebooks, free online books and sample chapters related to Information Technology, Computer Science, Internet, Business, Marketing, Maths, Physics and Science which are provided by publishers or authors.

If, as an author, your intent is to create a book that will help you build towards a franchise of books from which you could one day make a living, or to create a book that takes your career to new heights or is a marketing tool for your business, then think about becoming an indie publisher and not an indie author.

Completed reviews run on the BlueInk website, which has special features designed to help publishers and literary agents find promising new material and to help librarians and booksellers discover titles their patrons will be interested in, such as those written by local authors or set in their regions.

The author, or indie publisher, does the research into the book market and the genre in which the book will compete, setting the book up to compete successfully in the marketplace.

The Author will not publish or authorize the publication of any other work which would adversely affect the sale of the Work without the Publisher's prior written consent.

Permission must be granted by the copyright holder, which may be the author or the publisher of the work.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

Publishers also establish a level of changes which they will allow the author to make in the final stages of production, often 10 % or 15 % of the cost of preparing the proofs, above which the author will be charged against royalties.

I just want to hear a publisher either admit it, or try to talk in circles without actually answering it (so authors who either might not know, or are on the fence, will be able to see the truth about which side publisher execs are on).

Hybrid authors get the benefit of a publisher brand, which might come with higher respect, more review opportunities, and wider distribution in print or tricky markets like libraries, etc..

Ebooks have none of those added costs, which is why they should be less regardless of the advance paid to the author or other expenses the publisher incurs in bringing a book to market.

Trade (Mainstream, Traditional Publishing) Traditional way of publishing a book in which an author must find a literary agent or a publisher willing to review the manuscript.

Like many other authors who are discarded or ignored by mainstream publishers for one reason or another, I had found a voice in the writing community and had discovered the confidence to self - publish, which up until that point, would have found it difficult to do so.

At the expected price of $ 50 to $ 100 per book it seems to be priced for a broad range of users, while keeping in mind that it requires the publisher or author to use InDesign first, which can be an option that is out of many self - published, single - title authors» price range.

Any publisher — whether he's from a major publishing house or a room - over-the-garage author who publishes his own writing — can tell you that the most significant expenses involved in creating a book are not in which format to use.

The author (and still rights holder) has no access to the sales data or royalty payments, and instead has to request that information from the publisher in terms of quarterly sales reports and quarterly royalty checks, which often include as much as 55 % of net sales deducted for the publisher.

Their losses today can only be turned into profits tomorrow if they pay publishers and authors less per «read» (which on average is $ 2) or if they substantially increase their monthly fee to their users or they maintain a high number of subscribers who don't use their services much.

Once a manuscript is accepted, publishers work in one of two ways: the traditional royalty model in which the author fronts none of the costs associated with editing, art design, layout, or publication, or the pay - upfront model in which the author pays for his services, and the completed product is his sole property.

I had to laugh at one section in a recent New York Times article about the recent «spat» between Amazon and giant NYC publisher Hachette — which only Hachette writers and the Authors Guild seem to know or care about.

Editing Services: When a publisher accepts a book manuscript for publication, its in - house editor completes a thorough edit, which relieves the author of the expense and / or responsibility of handling this crucial aspect of the publishing process.

We want authors to benefit from the sale of their work, which can't happen when vanity or self publishers make money on every side of a transaction.

Elegant Book Design will convert the layered files into non-layered digital artwork which the author will then upload to the publishing platform or provide to their printer or publisher.

When this became popular, some authors wanted to be able to pick and choose which services the subsidy publisher would perform and which they could do themselves (or hire someone to do).

And although the PPB costs are eliminated, there are still various costs associated with publishing an ebook, such as cover design, layout & formatting, editing (professional), marketing and other miscellaneous costs (legal, distribution, author assistant etc) all which will be shouldered by the author (or publisher).

You must apply and be accepted into the publisher channel, which is reserved for publishers pushing large catalogs (multiple authors, hundreds or thousands of titles per year).

Bloggers should be treated just like us authors would treat an agent or publisher that we're querying, which most definitely includes researching your site and trying to understand your interests.

If the author or self publisher creates additional products outside that of the book product for which the illustrations were originally intended, the contract can state that the illustrator is entitled to a percentage of royalties which is negotiated upfront.

If you've tried to pitch an agent or publisher, you will have been asked about «comps» or comparison authors which is just one part of it.

This Section V.F shall not prohibit a Settling Defendant from communicating (a) in a manner and through media consistent with common and reasonable industry practice, the cover prices or wholesale or retail prices of books sold in any format to potential purchasers of those books; or (b) information the Settling Defendant needs to communicate in connection with (i) its enforcement or assignment of its intellectual property or contract rights, (ii) a contemplated merger, acquisition, or purchase or sale of assets, (iii) its distribution of another E-book Publisher's E-books, or (iv) a business arrangement under which E-book Publishers agree to co-publish, or an E-book Publisher agrees to license to another E-book Publisher the publishing rights to, one or more specifically identified E-book titles or a particular author's E-books.

The income threshold is the same, whether the money is from income earned from an advance - paying publisher, a small press that doesn't pay an advance, or self - publishing (for small press and self - publishing authors, I believe there will be a timeframe in which the income must be earned — I'm thinking it's 12 months, but don't quote me on that).

The notification requirements of this Section IV.C shall not apply to ordinary course business arrangements between a Publisher Defendant and another E-book Publisher (not a Publisher Defendant) that do not relate to the Sale of E-books to consumers, or to business arrangements the primary or predominant purpose or focus of which involves: (i) E-book Publishers co-publishing one or more specifically identified E-book titles or a particular author's E-books; (ii) a Settling Defendant licensing to or from another E-book Publisher the publishing rights to one or more specifically identified E-book titles or a particular author's E-books; (iii) a Settling Defendant providing technology services to or receiving technology services from another E-book Publisher (not a Publisher Defendant) or licensing rights in technology to or from another E-book Publisher; or (iv) a Settling Defendant distributing E-books published by another E-book Publisher (not a Publisher Defendant).

We only make money when an author or publisher sells books through our distribution platform, which means we have a vested interest in every author's success.

Ask ALLi is an umbrella campaign in which we pledge to answer any self - publishing question from anyone - authors, publishers, agents, media, other writing organisations - who needs information or education about fast - changing industry.

That is then coupled with an attitude that can be found on the Kindle author boards, which says that anyone giving a self - published author a bad review is «jealous» — or in extreme cases that bad reviews are obviously the work of the evil publishers, trying to knock the competition, and that the last thing you should do is pay attention to those nit - pickers who point out problems with your work.

This is complicated: Are ebooks cheaper from the consumer's perspective, or do they offer larger profit margins than printed books, which are distributed in some fashion among the distributor, author, and publisher (some of whom may win, and some of whom may lose)?

«Big Pub basically runs its own monopoly over writers,» a commenter on a New York Times article retorted, and I received an email about the Amazon - Hachette clash in which the writer complained of «the impossibility of a non-NYC writer just getting his foot in the door without sleeping with professors, visiting authors, publishers; without an M.F.A.; or without publications in major magazines (100 percent of which are supplied by agents).

Among the many reasons Stallman gives for boycotting Amazon are that the company sells ebooks and digital music that deprives customers of their rights through restrictive licensing, that the Amazon Kindle - or Swindle, as he calls it - uses proprietary software and contains backdoors through which Amazon can delete books and update software, that the company reportedly abuses its employees by making them work in sweatshops, and that it hurts independent bookstores, small publishers, and authors through its near - monopoly power.

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It's not a strategy that will work for every author, which is why legacy publishers will continue to thrive, or at least survive, and will continue to publish the bulk of «quality» books in this country.

(In fact, traditionally published authors might want to consider which types of editing they're receiving before judging whether a publisher's editing is «good» or «bad.»