Sentences with phrase «years dealing with a publisher»

I have 12 traditionally published books and an agent, but after a couple of frustrating years dealing with a publisher canceling my series because of a power - play among the editors, year - long wait times on submissions (even with an agent), and a market so narrow that I was advised that I probably couldn't sell children's historical fiction set in ancient Egypt unless it involves zombie mummies, I decided to try self - publishing.

Not exact matches

Newspaper publishers across the U.S. already strapped by years of declining revenue say they're dealing with an existential threat: Recently imposed tariffs on Canadian newsprint driving up their business costs.

I made the very difficult decision to leave working in my dream job with Jamie and branch out on my own to tell my story in food so I quit my job, went freelance as a food stylist and recipe writer and within a year I was fortunate enough to have been spotted by my amazing publisher Louise Haines and was offered a book deal and from there my blog, newspaper and magazine columns all organically followed on.

The news is backed up by recent deals with major publishers for first novels, like Mango Bride by Marivi Soliven, an immigrant tale of two women, two cultures, family secrets and the fight to find a new life in America, sold to NAL this year by veteran agent Jill Marsal.

Now I could go on and on about the illusionary «support» traditional publishers and agents say they give writers, but anyone who has dealt with that system for any length of time knows that's just gotten worse as well in the last ten years.

In the latest sign of this disruption, author John Locke — who earlier this year became the first self - published author to sell a million ebooks — has signed an innovative deal with publisher Simon & Schuster that shows at least some players in the industry are thinking about how to adapt to the shifting balance of power.

«In almost 20 years of reviewing books for a newspaper — the Register - Herald of Beckley, WV — and since 2004 for online publications, including Huntington News Network, Basil & Spice and Chronwatch, I've had reason to deal with many publicists for dozens of publishers.

Next Big Book's Alex White spoke to Good e-Reader about what publishers can learn from tracking this kind of online reference, specifically as it relates to their first major customer, Macmillan, who signed a three - year deal with the company.

Over the past few years, OverDrive has been building relationships with education - focused publishers and getting them to offer schools special deals.

If Amazon had wanted to go head - to - head with Apple a few years ago — a giant who enjoyed monopoly control over both the online music business and the market for related hardware like the iPod — it might have offered record labels the opportunity to cut a deal that would have guaranteed them higher prices, just as Apple has done with publishers and the agency - pricing model.

Open - publisher partners with eCommerce platform provider, Elastic Path, for improved customer experience and greater author freedomRaleigh, N.C., March 8th, 2011 — Lulu.com, the leader in open - publishing, has partnered with ecommerce platform provider Elastic Path in a deal that will sculpt the way ecommerce is handled by the publishing industry for years to come.

Says Neeta Gupta, publisher of Yatra Books, a Hindi imprint, «Eight years back, when we set up Yatra and I was acquiring translation rights for several European language books, we didn't even have a clause in our contract to deal with this situation!

When I was talking about Rachelle's post on Twitter, my friend Roni Loren mentioned that she got a book deal with Berkley in the past year and was never asked by her agent or publisher what her numbers were.

Over the course of the last calendar year Kobo has been building a team in Taiwan and securing licensing deals with local publishers in order to launch their digital bookstore with a large portfolio that features local writers.

Eisler, a former CIA operative turned author, has been one of the most prominent examples of self - publishing, along with fellow writers J.A. Konrath and young - adult author Amanda Hocking — who made more than two million dollars by publishing her own books via the Kindle marketplace (often charging as little as 99 cents for them) before signing a $ 2 - million deal with a traditional publisher earlier this year.

Over the last year, groups have formed to evaluate and identify quality books and publishing professionals, once reluctant to deal with self - publishers, have joined forces with indie authors.

It's also worth noting that Amanda Hocking, who became famous for making millions by self - publishing her books for young adults on the Kindle, signed a deal with a traditional publisher earlier this year.

So given the above, and a heaven sent opportunity (via Hugh Howey) to get a better deal for the people he supposedly works for, from the people he fights with for them... Does he blog... 1) Now there is evidence that self - published authors can achieve the same or better status and sales and a far, far higher income, I will point this out to them and to the publishers (that I fight with all the time) and tell them they've had a bumper year of profits, and unless they want to lose their authors, we'd better re-negotiate a much better deal on e-books.

Also, I'm pretty sure many of the very successful self - publishers over the past 100 + years would have had plenty of ethical issues to deal with as they relate to the old publishing world.

This deal between Andre and Harlequin marks one of the first times the author has retained the digital rights and the publisher handled the print rights; one other well - known author who managed to publish in both formats with different rights» holders is JK Rowling, who had the foresight to retain her digital rights when she signed the contracts to the Harry Potter series nearly twenty years ago and later self - published the series in digital format.

And here we are: It took no more than a year or so from first contact with Laurie to a good publishing deal with a respectable US / UK publisher.

To learn more about Read an E-Book Week, and to keep up with the ebook stores, authors, and publishers offering discounts and freebies in this year's event, check out the Deals and Steals section over on the Read an E-Book Week website.

Many distributors deal with the larger publishers only, and some require the publisher to produce five books or more per year.

Kristine has over forty years of experience dealing with both traditional and indie publishers for publishing her books.

Publishers Lunch notes that Howey «had already made a traditional publishing deal in the U.K. (with Century) and agent Kristin Nelson and her sub-agents have already licensed the book in over 18 territories» and also lists some other print - only deals publishers have made in recent months — including Simon & Schuster's print - only deal last year with bestselling self - published author JPublishers Lunch notes that Howey «had already made a traditional publishing deal in the U.K. (with Century) and agent Kristin Nelson and her sub-agents have already licensed the book in over 18 territories» and also lists some other print - only deals publishers have made in recent months — including Simon & Schuster's print - only deal last year with bestselling self - published author Jpublishers have made in recent months — including Simon & Schuster's print - only deal last year with bestselling self - published author John Locke.

At DiggyPOD, we have years of experience dealing with self - publishers book printing requirements.

When I ask them why, after years of no success with agents and publishers, they don't just decide to independently publish their books themselves, they mostly give me answers like, «I've always dreamed of publishing my book traditionally,» or, «A deal with a publishing house would make me feel like I made it.»

«Publishers introducing their new materials from January onwards will have their eyes fixed on May 7th with a great deal of interest this year,» she added.

Wearing the hats of writer and publisher, Roberson is pushing Monkeybrain into its second year with new titles and new deals for print publication while launching creator - owned series like Reign at Image Comics and The Strangers at Oni Press.

While I've certainly held dreams of being traditionally published for many years, as an author, I wouldn't be thrilled if I were signed to a long - term deal with a publisher who was trying to kill e-books and giving me lower and lower e-book royalties, while indie authors are about to get 70 %.

The mutli - year deal with Simon & Schuster, expected to come into effect in early January, allows print and electronic editions from the American publisher to be marketed and retailed by Amazon.

Over the years, we have dealt with many individual authors, publishers, and book publicists.

Smashwords, the largest indie publisher, is also having a year - end sale on ebooks, with deals from 25 % -100 % off.

Last year saw the company further expand its industry domination with distribution deals with the likes of UDON Entertainment, Viz Media Europe, Avatar Press, and 15 French publishers, partnered with eBay, and introduced gift cards.

And in some cases, they have tried to punish authors who try to meet those needs themselves: the NYT piece describes how Hawaiian writer Kiana Davenport, who signed a book deal with Penguin last year, was threatened by the publisher after she packaged some of her short stories into a Kindle e-book.

For the moment, dealing with an aggregator doesn't relieve publishers from a seven - year deal, since it also applies to the aggregators» agreements with ACX.

One way I was able to adjust was thinking back to how much (excuse me) ass - kissing I've had to do over the years while dealing with traditional publishers.

While no official announcement has been made — that I have found — sources in the know say that Amazon and Simon & Schuster have inked a new deal with puts in place a modified version of the agency pricing model.According to Publishers Weekly, the new deal will take effect the beginning of next year.

Like many other publishers, the WaPo app has struggled since the launch of iOS 7 — its first update for the new OS was September 27 of last year, and has had to updated eight times since then to deal with bugs.

While going with a lesser - known e-reader like Kobo may seem like a risky choice, the deal is nonexclusive, and D+Q associate publisher Peggy Burns says more titles on more platforms will be on the way in the next year.

Also there is basically zero chance for Lost Ark to release in the west in 2018 with developer not yet having deals with western publishers and asian launch most likely happening in the second half of the year (if we are lucky).

The local government has also signed a landmark deal with the publisher, and will invest a further quarter of a billion Canadian dollars over the next ten years, holding the belief that grand investment will bring jobs, commerce, and help the Toronto region thrive.

If only we'd seen one press release this year or last from any of the major publishers even vaguely alluding to the fact that they have to work within various strictures and that there is a desire, however minimal, over time to develop a dialogue with China's authorities to talk about legal issues such as human rights environmental rights issues and a myriad of other social rights concerns, as well as other issues in the PRC, from housing law to dealing with the fallout of local government mismanagement after disasters such as the earthquake in Sichuan.

What i don't understand is why such a huge organisation is afraid of dealing with independent media or individuals who don't praise them at the drop of a hat my personal view is that until a few of us started publishing online a few years ago — and opening some of the doors that illustrate how all the major legal publishers operate..

Competition is a reality of the AAA sphere that all publishers have to deal with and it wouldn't have been a new situation for EA who release a high number of AAA games themselves each year.