The majority of authors who are
accepted by publishing houses will never make a living at it.
I've had two author clients confirm their request was
accepted by their publishing house.
Once you're
accepted by a publishing house, you will be assigned an editor.
Not exact matches
Even if your manuscript has already been
accepted by a traditional
publishing house, if their in -
house editor has to spend all her time fixing your mistakes, she won't be able to catch the deeper, more subtle nuances of your text.
You had to submit your work to a major
publishing house, hope that it was
accepted by their editors and review boards, and pay exorbitant
publishing fees.
Could it be easier if I'd been
accepted by one of the big traditional
publishing houses?
Because so few books are
accepted, it can be a source of pride to say your book was
published by a big
publishing house.
Third, although traditional
publishing houses have editors and you have already paid for one, the prestige of being
accepted by them, with the orchestra of copyeditors, cover artists, and marketing experts behind them to help you, will relieve you of a lot of the work for your next big project.
Small presses are generally more open to the work offered
by new writers, while large
publishing houses accept only solicited submissions.
The struggle to get your work
accepted by a traditional
publishing house can be overwhelming.
If you were not in the lucky 1 - 3 %
accepted by traditional
publishing houses, and if you wanted to
publish your work, you needed to somehow get your book out there
by self -
publishing whatever way you could.
While plenty of authors successfully
publish and gain a following without first gaining approval or permission, most are rightfully susceptible to the honor and prestige that comes with being anointed or
accepted by a particular
house, editor, agent, prize, review... choose whatever status symbol you like.
Each time you are approached
by influential representatives from
publishing houses to make exclusive deals for your book, give it some thought and dig up the blogosphere what you deserve to get rather than what you must
accept.