With the click of a button, one can now get
their work in the hands of readers -LSB-...]
The requirement to seek permission from a Big Publisher before seeing
your work in the hands of readers was quickly expiring.
Not exact matches
For the curious lay
reader who can overlook Isaacson's editorializing (and his repeated insistence that Leonardo's penchant for sodomy went
hand in hand with his creativity), this
work is a serviceable introduction to the major events and artistic developments
in the life
of the genius behind the Last Supper.
The rest
of my colleagues ran away from me, but my dear
readers I do promise that I will always
work hand in hand with them if they ever need me.
They
work along the same lines as contactless payment cards and are convenient for those who may not always have a
hand free to insert a pass
in a
reader — a vital consideration for teachers carrying lots
of books, paperwork or that all important cup
of tea!
For the complete publishing team package, where professionals hold your
hand and even do much
of the
work from concept to putting copies
in readers hands, we have the Platinum Program.
Ingram's Director
of Metadata, Margaret Harrison, lays out the role
of metadata
in book discovery and book sales and some best practices and actionable tips for getting your
work into
readers»
hands.
I have a long way to go, and lots
of hard
work in front
of me, but
in the end I believe the book will be more successful and get into more
readers hands than it would have if I had pursued the traditional publishing route.
Digital publishing made the speed - to - market incredibly fast, and just like other e-short platforms, Byliner was able to get quality non-fiction into the
hands of busy
readers with minimal delay, along with dedicated fiction
works that were written expressly for snippet - like consumption from some
of the top names
in books.
Rather than resting on their laurels
in the years since WPR was written, they've been evolving their once - fledgling business a little bit at a time: expanding to eight publishing imprints, 10 high - profile podcasts, a coordinated staff
working behind the scenes, millions
of words published, and hundreds
of thousands
of books
in the
hands of eager
readers.
«HarperCollins is always keen to experiment with getting our authors»
work into the
hands of readers in as many different formats as possible.
While Lawrence makes things with his
hands in an after - school program at the Utopia Children's House
in Harlem,
readers are treated with glimpses
of his 1930s neighborhood: street vendors hawking wares, men playing chess and checkers, mothers hurrying to
work, and more.
That
in turn has been helping some good authors, some published by large houses as well, get
works into the
hands of readers who might never have had access to those books because they would not sell
in high enough volumes via traditional print ways.
As a Kindle publisher, the new Kindle Fire HD means your
work can be
in the
hands of millions more Kindle
readers.
«A good ebook developer will know that the author has put their heart and soul into writing their book and he or she will be able to take that book
in whatever format the author provides and then lovingly
hand - craft an ebook version for them which will honour their
work and get it to the devices
of readers who will appreciate it too.»
Your friends, family, and publisher will do everything they can to spread the word about your
work, but at the end
of the day, with more books than ever being published and read, authors who think their
work is done after the finished manuscript is
in simply won't be read as widely as an author who (respectfully) continues to do everything he or she can to get their book into the
hands of readers.»
In the past, the only way to get your book into the
hands of readers was by
working with a publisher who could get your book into stores.
This indomitably popular series
works well for new
readers in part because you won't be able to keep it out
of their
hands!
I'm certainly no expert, but pirates typically won't pay for
work anyway, so if your
work is pirated it will end up
in more
reader hands than you would have managed alone, and if a
reader likes your
work they are likely to look for more
of it.
In the ensuing years, high - minded censors in both Britain and America continued to attack Joyce's work, striving to keep his magnum opus, Ulysses, out of the hands of reader
In the ensuing years, high - minded censors
in both Britain and America continued to attack Joyce's work, striving to keep his magnum opus, Ulysses, out of the hands of reader
in both Britain and America continued to attack Joyce's
work, striving to keep his magnum opus, Ulysses, out
of the
hands of readers.
They will also
work on the iPhone and iPad, which puts their books
in the
hands of many avid
readers.
Yet unlike the old days, when most prospective
readers were effectively hostage to book reviews as a means
of learning about new books or even reading tantalizing excerpts, the internet allows you as an independent author to publish excerpts and sample chapters to your heart's content, demonstrating first -
hand that your
work has those qualities that your intended
readers are interested
in.
Piracy, the great and terrifying force that's destroying authors» means to make a living on one
hand, and getting their
work in front
of thousands
of new
readers on the other.
The personal essays
in this book will leave you itching to get your
work into the
hands of readers and experience, first -
hand, all the rewards indie publishing has to offer.
I suppose that's why I find the new direction
in self - publishing to be an exciting opportunity for authors to get
works directly into the
hands of readers.
E-books
in particular can be relatively cost - effective to produce, getting your
work into the
hands of readers and customers faster than if you used traditional publishers.
Kate Tilton presents Five Things You Need To Know About Self - Publishing by Cassie Phillips posted at Kate Tilton, Connecting Authors &
Readers, saying, «The power to create and share
work is firmly
in the
hands of writers with the self - publishing revolution.
And then I remembered, I had an agent, a great agent, I wrote great books (so all the rejecting editors told me) and yes, you are right, self pub has given my stories a voice and an ear and the chance to be read, when they otherwise would have still been gathering dust on my hard drive, yet, on the other
hand this is hard, REALLY HARD, it is SO hard to find your way to a readership as a SP, with limited funds (dwindling)... and the glimmer
of trad pub — with their power to splash your name around established circles
of readers, and their ability to secure a great number
of reviews where, as a self pub, doors have been slammed
in my face — becomes temptingly shiny again, (it's like childbirth, you forget all the painful stuff with time)... and it all gets very tempting... almost tempting enough to consider sacrificing one
work JUST one artistic premise for the trade off
of visibility... and then perhaps, just perhaps THEN, my SP efforts will finally sprout wings... but then I hear you and other say, it wasn't worth it, you'd never do it again, and I sigh... And then I wake up the next morning and think
of packing it all
in, and going to
work for Walmart and steady shitty pay... lol And then along comes this blog post.
Participants at «Great Beginnings» are encouraged to bring the first chapter
of a
work in progress, as this
hands - on class is designed to help writers — new or old
hands — sort through conflicting advice about first chapters, and create compelling opening chapters that draw
readers into the story.
As for «success», right now I would like to place my recent first book
in the
hands of as many
readers as possible, while being remunerated for my
work.
«I chose to participate
in KDP Select because it's an innovative way to get my eBooks
in the
hands of readers who are new to my
work.
It goes beyond the borders
of what is known as storytelling because it challenges the
reader to interact between two books that
work hand in hand in order to provide a deeper understanding
of the abstract, two - dimensional world
of Flatland.
Your interior «reading voice» helps to both reinforce the private nature
of reading, and the one - on - one connection the act creates.Handmade books
in particular ask the
reader to pause and contemplate the physicality
of the book, the particular
hands that have produced the
work, and the time it took them to do so.
2016: Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel / Muttenz; Collaborative exhibition with Douglas Gordon, Taro Nasu, Tokyo (JP); 2015: Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv (IL); Claymation, Museo Carlo Zauli, Faenza (I); All the possible combinations
of twelve lights lighting (one at a time), MACRO Foyer, Rome (I); Many
Hands Make Light
Work (with Rodney Graham), Until Then, Paris (F); Anything by the Smiths, CAN, Neuchâtel; 2014: I ❤ 1984, Lisson Gallery, London (UK); monk > < nannucci (with Maurizio Nanucci), Quartz Studio, Turin (I); I went to school with someone called Jonathon Monk, Casey Kaplan, New York (USA); IMMA Irish Museum
of Modern Art project space, Dublin (IE); Jonathan Monk a Riso, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia, Fondazione Sambuca (I); The
Reader, Taro Nasu, Tokyo (JP); More Than Four Hundred Million Ways, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe (D); Left Foot, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen (DK); 2013: COLOURS SHAPES WORDS (pink, blue, square, circle), CAC Malaga (E); Less Is More Than One Hundred Indian Bicycles (with words from Rirkrit Tiravanija and a Silver Shadow), Kunstraum Dornbirn (AUT);
In Between Exhibitions I, II, III, IV, Yvon Lambert, Paris (F); Senza Titolo, Lisson Gallery, Milan (I); Egg, Centre d'édition contemporaine, Genève; 2012: «They came out
of nowhere «he said, pointing to nowhere (with Ryan Gander), Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo (JP); Who Ate All The Pies?
One
of the workshop participants had significant experience
working for an independent brick - and - mortar bookseller, and she volunteered that many (the majority,
in fact)
of authors who proudly publish their first novels will see those novels get
in the
hands of far fewer
readers than you'd think.
Print citations, on the other
hand, are publically accessible,
work well
in all
of the databases, and are database - neutral such that they do not lock subsequent
readers into using particular database or another.
Customizing your sales resume
in a few key areas requires a bit
of work but will guide the
reader to see how your skills align perfectly with the job at
hand.