Sentences with phrase «while traditional agents»

While traditional agents are tethered to physical location and kiosk, cryptocurrency agency is flexible, allowing anyone to become a roaming agent as long as they have a phone and e-float.

Not exact matches

While the business of booking trips through a traditional agency will likely never return to pre-internet levels, there is a growing understanding among travelers that calling an old - school agent could be worthwhile in certain cases.

While these flavoring agents certainly pair well with the traditional pasta and grains, these aren't low - carb meals.

Involvement with another troupe, the New York Youth Theater, provided more traditional stage experience through such productions as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, and it was while performing with that troupe that a talent agent recognized great potential in the burgeoning actress.

The Irish Negga would conform to traditional Bond expectations while opening up the image of the secret agent to more than white men.

If the author has a possible best seller or at least a great novel, and can obtain a stellar agent, all while continuing to produce more of the same quality writing (Pubs love an investment); Traditional publishing is the way to go.

«While writing a great book is the first step, getting it in front of the right people — be they readers or agents or traditional publishers — is also a critical part of making an indie book a success,» Edelman explained in a release on this year's presentation.

«While writing a great book is the first step, getting it in front of the right people — be they readers or agents or traditional publishers — is also a critical part of making an indie book a success.

While these niche topics won't interest traditional publishers or literary agents — it's still possible there's an audience waiting for you to publish that unique book!

These computations usually forget that, while applying to traditional publishers and to agents is a choice, traditional publication is NOT.

An agent can be a source of advice, expertise, comradery, and friendship while navigating the rejection - rife waters of traditional publishing.

These days, it seems harder and harder to land an agent and a traditional publisher, while on the other hand, many of the growing number of self - published books on sites like Amazon have difficulty finding an audience.

And while writing a great book is the first step, getting it in front of the right people — be they readers or agents or traditional publishers — is also a critical part of making an indie book a success.

Literary Agents and the Hybrid Author: A Conversation with Bob Mecoy and Kristin Nelson (Sangeeta Mehta for JaneFriedman.com): Book publishing is changing so quickly, and this is a great look at the hybrid author space, where authors can work with traditional houses while still self - publishing some of their works.

While querying is the traditional method for finding an agent, I found that meeting agents and getting requests for my manuscript was much easier by attending conferences.

While I didn't follow the traditional query process, I did a LOT of research on agents, agencies, publishing contracts, self - publishing — you name it.

It's here the two paths separate, and while a writer intent on a traditional publishing deal can submit her work to potential agents or publishers and take a well - earned siesta, the self - publishing author has to get busy.

This means querying agents and going the traditional route to break into print — while it may not be as lucrative as you imagined — can still be a good way to launch a career.

While many writers of both fiction and non-fiction have been able to enjoy the benefits of the digital world, whether by submitting manuscripts to agents in e-reader-compatible format for consideration for traditional publishing, or establishing themselves as self - published authors with a small - but - growing loyal following of readers, the electronic age has not caught up as readily with the needs of graphic novelists.

While Diversion Books does operate on the more traditional publishing model of accepting manuscripts through agent pitching, Diversion also accepts submissions from authors who are well - positioned and have written great books.

While the publishing traditionalists continued to stress the importance of agent - representation and traditional publishing, they were far out - numbered by modern approaches to publishing, marketing, and publicity (as evidenced by the many presenters who focused largely on marketing platforms such as Facebook, Amazon, and YouTube).

While you may have success going with a traditional publishing house, agent, or small press, you might also want to consider self - publishing if your query responses start to get stagnant.

Publishers have a vested interest in holding on to traditional print publishing models — while agents have a vested interest in the success of their authors.

While I've tried the traditional agent / publisher route, I found it to be incredibly disappointing.

This is just one reason why, while acknowledging that there are valid reasons to choose self - publishing, I always suggest that writers who are really interested in a traditional - style writing career (including a wide readership and professional recognition) try going the commercial publishing route first, by searching for an agent and / or a commercial publisher.

I had two agents in the interim who, while they believed in my work, found it difficult to sell the books to traditional publishers.»

I've already blogged about how unfair it is to look at the number of people self - publishing while ignoring the vast numbers of people submitting to the traditional machine and not even landing an agent (it's the mistake of counting the top 1 % of one pile and comparing that to the totality of another pile).

Which is to say that these writers choose to work with traditional houses / agents on some projects, while self - publishing others, for a variety of reasons.

I agree that while not having business sense in traditional publishing is difficult - to - dangerous, the same weakness in the self - publishing field is even harder because no one's even pretending to have your back the way an agent is supposed to do.

There are no reliable statistics that capture how many authors in total are self - publishing — or for that matter, how many authors in total are submitting manuscripts to agents and publishers while seeking traditional publication.

You get the best of both worlds — a chance at a traditional contract, feedback from agents (I once got a 4 word rejection that was incredibly helpful), time to hone your skills, all while build up the critical mass for the LN book bomb.

Some authors think that the agent bond they create, by paying that 15 %, will make their path to traditional publication easier, while other authors simply don't understand how easy it is to self - publish.

What's significant in relation to Locke hitting the million - seller Kindle ebook mark is that it showcases that while choosing the Kindle Direct Publishing route removes agents and publishers from the equation, Locke makes less money with his 99 - cent gambit than he would selling the same number of books with a traditional publisher.

Those against raised the specter of abuse (there are several questionable agents in Writer Beware's files who soak their clients for billable hours while doing little or nothing to place manuscripts with reputable publishers), the loss of agents» entrepreneurial edge if they got paid no matter what (the fact that the agent profits only when the writer does is at the heart of the traditional author - agent relationship); and, of course, the possibility that only wealthy writers could afford to have agents.

Dean Paley of Burlington, Ont., tried to work around this by calling up local agents and telling them that, while he had no interest in representation, if they had a buyer he would pay them a fee equivalent to «the same commission that they'd make in a traditional two - agent deal.»

While rivals obsess over converting direct online sales, the organisation maintains a more traditional network of agents.

Visually Agents of Mayhem comes across as a traditional Saints Row game while leaning a tad more towards the style of Crackdown, at least in an artistic design.

While marketing for term life insurance to a younger generation would involve highlighting that buying early can save people money in the long run, the emotional impact of discussing final expense insurance coverage, its affordability, its relative ease in terms of comparison to a traditional life insurance policy and the fact that it gives a great deal of peace of mind for someone approaching retirement and beyond are some of the key ways that a final expense agent can assist with this purchase and encourage people to take that final step of obtaining a policy.

Offline term plans are those that are sold through traditional methods such as through an agent or a branch, while online term plans refer to term insurance plans that are sold over the internet.

The first is via insurance aggregators and preferred provider website online while other is through direct agents which is considered as the traditional way to buy motor insurance in India.

When asked why he started CoverHound, Enan said, «While working in the traditional lead generation space, I became frustrated with the consistent negative feedback I received with the way we connected people looking for car insurance with carriers and agents.

While one side, there exists the traditional method of approaching the car insurance agent of a particular company of the locality.

«While traditional real estate is very paper based and involves a lot of third - party players, including brokers, escrow agents and banks, the blockchain allows people to transfer funds, property titles and data in a more peer - to - peer manner that is digital and open source,»

Through stakeholder interviews and an analysis of key documents, Professor Lavoie and A / Professor Wylie found that while the details of reciprocal accountability have yet to be fully articulated, there is a shared understanding between stakeholders of a shift away from a traditional principal - agent contractual arrangement towards a more equitable partnership which paves the way towards health self - governance for First Nations people in Canada.

While experienced agents used to traditional real estate models are often hesitant to make the jump to HomeSmart, Karahan says that newer agents are seeing the advantages and maximizing the opportunity.

«This is a gimmick, and if it creates a few extra deals for traditional agents while also shining a needed spotlight on NAR and the state associations to help drive more business to local real estate agents, then I'm all for it.

While traditional brokerages have limited their role to offering the training and tools enabling agents to do things themselves, some forward - thinking brokerages are taking over responsibility for different aspects of an agent's «must do well» task list, from lead generation to the marketing of listings.

While a balance of various types of traditional and new marketing methods is ideal, agents who spend time developing a solid social media strategy can build top - of - mind awareness for buyers when they start their home search online.

While our company has long maintained a traditional model where the best agent becomes the broker and helps build the company, today, nine of our offices are managed by Gen Xers and millennials.

When it comes to buying, a mere 19 percent believe they are likely to purchase a home online, while 81 percent will use more traditional methods such as working with a real estate agent.