Sentences with phrase «agent than a publisher»

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Publishers and agents seem to be more interested in platform than content.

Getting a big following on social media is one of the easiest ways to impress agents and publishers, and it's a lot simpler than most authors realize.

Drawing on university training and journalism experience as a copy editor, as well as more than twenty - five years as a professional writer, editor, photographer, designer and videographer, I can give you the assistance you need to self - publish your book or get your manuscript ready to submit to agents and publishers.

The struggle through agent to publisher to hard copy is becoming almost more than it's worth, and with about as much chance of getting there as winning the lottery.

Yes, you can get the attention of an agent and publisher with 60,000 book sales — especially since the traditional publishing averages LESS than 5,000.

And these days, publishers and agents look for more than a well - written manuscript.

Depending on what your publisher has planned for your book (which an editor often shares with you and your agent 6 months to a year before your book launches), and depending on your budget, a freelance publicist (who usually works on fewer books at any time than an in - house publicist) can supplement or enhance what your in - house publicist will be doing.

And since agents and most publishers don't have the slightest idea what will sell and what won't sell, there is no magic formula for success other than having people read your books.

Agents are slipping faster than traditional publishers and will take a ton of writers» money with them when they go down.

Publishers Marketplace is a great resource, but less than half of all literary agents have listings there.

In response to literary agents who said no major publisher would ever offer a single royalty rate that brought authors more money than the current standard, Rasenberger said that the goal is to get a conversation going.

I don't think agents are disappearing completely, though, any more than publishers are disappearing completely.

A lot of aspiring authors gravitate toward new agents because they think the odds of being accepted by a long - time and / or famous agent are more difficult than sending an unsolicited MS directly to a publisher.

Find an Agent — Most traditional publishers would rather deal with a community of trusted agents who know the publishing industry than wade through mountains of submissions, themselves.

More than a publisher, right now I would like an agent who could advise me about the best moves to make not only for this book, but career-wise.

That's the truth, despite the fear that agents and publishers will avoid a book that falls into more than one genre.

While literary agents and industry watchers are anticipating his memoir being worth more than that of any other President in history, it will be up to the publishers to decide how much the check actually brings.

Most book manuscripts end up unwanted and unread on publishers» and agents» slush piles, and the majority of those that do make it into print sell fewer than 1,000 copies... It's not even as if writing is that glamorous.

Why are agents and publishers better qualified to determine value than actual readers?

I don't need to pay a publisher and agent more than I get, to do something I can do just as well.

A long - standing decree from publishers warned agents (and therefore, authors) against submitting manuscripts with main characters older than 18 or younger than mid-20s.

If you can get this across to the reader and immediately get them interested, you have a higher chance with an agent or publisher reading more than the opening paragraph.

Agents and publishers are proven wrong all the time — probably even more often than they are proven right.

As a literary agent, I've negotiated 200 + contracts with more than 20 publishers, and worked with more than 100 authors to bring their books to publication and build their careers.

This was a reducibly foolish argument: publishers are paying less for books, therefore the agent deserves a bigger piece of the smaller pie than the author of the book.

Which have persuaded some that agents actually work for the publisher rather than their clients.

Almost all publishers only accept submissions through agents, so they are essential gatekeepers for anyone trying to sell a book in the traditional market rather than self - publishing.

That reinforces the idea (in your mind and in the mind of book agents and publishers) that your book is unique (and in some ways better) than «similar» titles in your genre.

Yes, book agents and publishers are certainly more knowledgeable than everyone else I've talked about in this article so far.

Yes, advice from a literary agent or publisher is better than none.

Rather they're deciding that reaching readers is more important than whatever they could get from agents or publishers.

Editors, authors, agents, and publishers may submit more than one book, in the same categories or different ones, but an entry fee is charged for each book entered.

These 12 manuscripts from among all the submissions represents a much larger «statistical likelihood» than an unsolicited manuscript finding success with being sent to a traditional publisher or agent.

It seems some agents are more concerned with pleasing publishers than in protecting their clients» interests.

If a self - published book sells 5,000 copies in its first six months, an agent or publisher is not going to let first rights issues stand in their way (always assuming that the book is well - written [I've known self - pubbed authors who've managed to sell large numbers of really pretty bad books] and the sales suggest a market that could be tapped, rather than one that has been exhausted, as with some niche products).

This makes it much less attractive for Amazon to deal with publishers rather than cutting them out of the equation and dealing directly with authors or even with agents.

Now in its 30th edition, CWIM contains more than 500 listings for children's book markets, including publishers, literary agents, magazines, contests, and more, making it the definitive guide for anyone seeking to write or illustrate for kids and young adults.

We just received a check from our publisher which was less than the stamp it cost to mail, and worse, our agent took 15 %.

The flip side of this argument is that picture book authors often get literary agents and publishers faster than authors of other genres — because picture books are so short!

His own books include JEFF HERMAN»S GUIDE TO PUBLISHERS, EDITORS & LITERARY AGENTS (more than 500,000 copies sold), and WRITE THE PERFECT BOOK PROPOSAL (coauthored with Deborah Herman).

It's harder to get an agent for most writers than it is to find a publisher.

Reach publishers, agents, distributors, printers, booksellers, librarians, book buyers, authors, journalists, rights executives, editors and so much more from a pool larger than any other all in one location.

More than ever, we are talking to writers who are not even going after agents or publishers, because they don't want to spend years being rejected.

If you have more than one book available, make sure you let agents and publishers know!

None of the work is more complicated than tracking submissions, rejections, synopses, agents, publishers, and sales over the months and years that writers on the traditional path have to do.

«A new agent in the market will benefit our authors, translators and publishers alike, and we'll be able to reach the foreign audiences better than before.

Today more than ever before agents and publishers are seriously looking to those who have an established platform or brand and those already selling books and this acts as a huge filter for them when making decisions.

Not only that, but the self - publishing world arguably demands more of writers than any traditional publisher, requiring them to become their own editors, marketers and agents, among other things.

Sure, some publishers and agents are better than others.

Though some agents come to representation from publishing houses, without significant internal reorganization, few agencies could publish efficiently: workflow restraints, small staffs, capital concerns, and the modest revenues generated by most digital properties will prevent most Agent - Publishers from adequately managing and effectively publishing more than a few titles.