Sentences with phrase «agent acquisitions who»

• Malone and Payton, the free - agent acquisitions who were supposed to turn the Lakers into — all together now — the best team ever assembled, each signed a two - year deal, with the second year at the player's option.

Not exact matches

The reason at the top of the list is offseason free agent acquisition Mario Williams, the defensive end who, paired with last year's Top 5 pick Marcell Dareus, is expected to turn Buffalo into one of the more dangerous pass - rushing teams in the league.

This includes publishing house acquisitions staff, independent or small imprint staff, literary agents, literary managers, film and television producers, game producers, online content providers, and anyone else who can offer authors either representation or a contract for some or all of a given book's content rights.»

• Wrote the first version in 2004, found an agent who represented it, book went to acquisition at a BIG 6 publisher because editor loved it, week before acquisition meeting editor leaves and heads to another company.

I also heard stories from authors who self - published their cookbooks and didn't have an agent or acquisitions editor to answer their questions.

If you don't have a networking contact who can introduce you to the acquisition personnel at publishers, then you may want to explore the possibility of hiring an agent to represent you.

On the other hand, as we talk to agents about potential Point acquisitions, we do want Vantage Press to be seen as a high quality self - publishing home for their authors whom they can't place in the trade but who are not right for Point either.

Almost 20 years later, Joylynn has been the content development editor for Triple Crown Publications; she was the acquisitions and developmental editor for Carl Weber's Urban Christian imprint for 10 years; she's agented authors who have book deals with Simon and Schuster, Kensington, and Urban Books; and Joylynn has done ghostwriting, write - behinds, and literary consulting (both freelance and for publishing houses).

She agreed to read my ms based on revision letter comments from a couple of agents and a comment from an editor who'd brought the ms to the acquisitions table where it didn't make the cut.

Cynthia, The self - published books purchased by acquisition editors for traditional book publishers are usually represented by a literary agent who's taken on the project because of a high level of success (i.e. 10,000 sales) and the expectation of continuing self - marketing by an author with a growing platform.

Independent publishing is a great way to get work out into the world without waiting for the chance to maybe get an agent, who will perhaps get your manuscript read by an editor, who will think about possibly presenting the book for acquisition...

Gardner, who is with Santa Rosa - based Books & Such literary agency now, has a background prior to agenting in international rights, editorial and acquisition, marketing and sales.

I'm an author who has self - published and will likely continue to do so, but I hope to become an agent or acquisitions editor, so this insight is really helpful.

Well, before I sent my book out to agents, I hired a «book doctor» who was a former acquisition editor from a major New York publishing house (like most editors he worked at a few different houses).

They also represent lenders in leveraged acquisitions as well as underwriters, placement agents and institutional purchasers in public and private equity and debt transactions, including investment bankers who provide underwriting services for companies making their initial and follow - on public offerings.

We can pair you with a great quote and life insurance agent who will help you get through the complicated process of life insurance acquisition.

An agent who can see the value in working with and for an investor isn't typically an easy find, as the market and Agents compensation structure (s) are designed to go against an Investors acquisition goals.

Several companies against whom the individual has filed ADA compliance claims allege that the man has agents who scope out shopping centers for ADA violations before giving him the green light to visit the center and subsequently file a complaint... Mills Corp.'s acquisition of the Great Mall of the Bay Area in Silicon Valley presented the REIT with a Catch 22.

And many real estate investors find there is a shortage of buyer's agents who truly specialize in working with real estate investors on multifamily property acquisitions.

Since HomeServices was acquired in 1998 by Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary MidAmerican Energy Holdings Corp., the «independent brand» acquisition strategy has helped the company grow from 4,000 agents in three markets to more than 16,000 agents in 21 states who last year handled sales of homes valued at nearly $ 32 billion.

In short, we will continue to acquire and expand our locations through judicious acquisition, and also to attract and support the industry's best agents — career professionals who are happy in their work and who are totally focused on understanding and helping to fulfill the real estate needs of their clients.