Sentences with phrase «agents and publishers give»

When literary agents and publishers give you advice about how to write a query, they can only give you their personal perspective.

Not exact matches

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.

«We were looking for a way to cast a wider net and give authors and agents and publishers opportunities to work directly with us.

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.

Forums for authors with traditional publishing aspirations have long been peppered with threads about the query grind, the rejection letters and emails that pile up from agents and publishers, and the desire to quit and give up on the hopes of ever making it as a writer.

And, Publishers Marketplace only gives literary agents 21 book genres or categories to choose from when specifying areas of interest (in contrast, our Directory of Book Agents gives you 116 book genres or categories to choose agents 21 book genres or categories to choose from when specifying areas of interest (in contrast, our Directory of Book Agents gives you 116 book genres or categories to choose Agents gives you 116 book genres or categories to choose from).

The truth has always been that most trad published books are damp squibs (speaking from experience), but self - publishing has allowed authors to give readers what they want to read instead of what agents and publishers think they want to read.

So has A. G. Riddle's Atlantis Gene books, and so have many, many other self - published works that might never have found that audience if they'd waited on an agent and then on a publisher to give the thumbs up.

In October in Vancouver, I gave a presentation on how to format your manuscript for editors, agents, and publishers at a meeting of the Canadian Authors» Association, BC Branch.

For centuries, agents and publishers have acted as gatekeeper of the printed word that gives authors access to a potential audience of millions.

This session is intended to give all participants — whether you pitch or not — insight into traditional publishing and what agents and publishers are seeking.

When I talk to my friends who are agents and publishers, they all say they give authors advice and documents that walk them through the online marketing opportunities and timelines.

Personally, I would advise paying for a professional edit or two to give your novel a leg up when it reaches potential agents and / or publishers.

For some strange reason, smart writer after smart writer seems intent on wanting and fighting to give away ownership percentages in their work, both with agents, with traditional publishers, with small presses, and with indie publishing «helpers.»

Hell's bells, if we have to make sure we send an edited manuscript to our agents and editors before they «edit» it — and yes, there are a number of authors who pay freelance editors to go over their work before submitting it because they know there will be no real editing done by their editors at certain legacy publishers — and we have to do our own marketing and promotion and do it on our own dime, why are we giving legacy publishers the majority of money earned by our hard work?

Close attention will be given to the opening pages because they know these are crucial to the success of your story — both with agents, publishers, and readers.

That is why I think websites like Wattpad are so important for struggling writers to find their voices amongst the deafening noise of major publishers and literary agents who are so focussed on risk aversion and unwilling to give talented independent authors a chance.

When you are preparing to submit to publishers we recommend you join www.writing.ie as an Emerging Writer Member (only $ 35 per year)-- this gives you a webpage to link to in your submissions, it demonstrates how serious you are about writing and it gives you exposure to the editors and agents who regularly visit the site.

However, I had to experience what it was like coming up through the slush pile (the term publishers and agents give to unsolicited manuscripts, of which they get tons every single day).

Given that many authors now follow the hybrid Reeses Approach, it is a good idea to include a clause in any agreement signed that explicitly states that those books which the author directly e-publishes on their own instead of traditionally publishing through the agent and a publisher who will produce physical copies are exempt.

These events present a good chance to socialist with people and pick up hints on who are the best agents and publishers in your given genre, and generally to network.

And a distinctive narrative voice gives writers a real edge when they're trying to get a literary agent, or their agent is trying to get them a publisher.

My only question is was that anonymous agent feeding Shatzkin a line or is that the excuse publishers are giving agents and whatnot for their declining results?

I haven't given up trying to find an agent to represent my novel to a big name publisher (I have queries and partials out) but when I allow myself to read agent statistics, I tend to question whether I ought to face those facts with my head rather than my heart.

Perhaps one for a magazine who publishes several short stories per issue, one for an agent who just got done working with Madonna on a book of short stories, and one for a publisher who has published short story collections and anthologies in the past, but since we don't know any of those writers, this would be a cold call type of letter so to speak given we don't know the publisher either, but yet we know he publishes short stories.

She felt we were in the unusual position of having both a good understanding of the market and the expertise to help authors write and edit their work to give it the best possible opportunity of attracting an agent then a publisher.

What probably annoys agents and editors is the obvious question which follows: if paper is shrinking, bookstores are closing, and book - buying is transition online, what value is there in giving 52.5 % to a publisher whose USP is print distro?

Inkubate, a new approach to the slush pile, is a website that will give authors an access portal to upload any or all of their manuscripts for free with the knowledge that agents and publishers will be scouring the site's files looking for great literary content; for a fee, that is, as the agents and publishers will be charged a subscription fee to be allowed to peruse the manuscripts.

As GoodEReader reported last week, several groups have lashed out at the lack of an advance and the complete reversal on the typical royalty model; rather, authors were being given what the publisher called a «profit sharing» model that the organizations and many agents and authors felt was shoving too much financial risk on the authors who signed these deals.

Rejection comes at you from all directions — literary agents who won't take you on, editors who reject your manuscript, publishers who give you an insulting advance, anonymous reviewers who write hate speeches, and of course the ultimate rejection — poor sales.

To give you a ballpark estimate, most agents and publishers will tell you that they receive between 1,000 - 2,000 query letters each month, or between 12,000 - 24,000 per year, and there are literally thousands of agents and publishers.

I only hope that other writers and members of the publishing community realize that most of us work very hard and while it can give us some pause to give our books away for free, we have to do whatever we can because at the end of the day we are the writer, publisher and agent of our books.

I have a novel that I will be querying soon, but other people's experiences with agents and publishers don't give me much hope that my book will sell.

I think that's the key for publishers who want to give authors and agents convincing reasons to publish with them in the future.

And because I believe the pie is one hell of a lot bigger than traditional publishers or agents think it is, I will support and encourage you or anyone else who wants to give it a go and not sneer at them because they weren't traditionally publishAnd because I believe the pie is one hell of a lot bigger than traditional publishers or agents think it is, I will support and encourage you or anyone else who wants to give it a go and not sneer at them because they weren't traditionally publishand encourage you or anyone else who wants to give it a go and not sneer at them because they weren't traditionally publishand not sneer at them because they weren't traditionally published.

Every day I read how authors are stupid to give part of their royalties to an agent and publisher.

After getting rejected by numerous agents and publishers, I pretty much gave up my dream of becoming a published author until about three years ago when a friend mentioned I could just self - publish my books on Kindle.

Sort of give you an idea of what agents and publishers think of us, doesn't?)

I will, pretty soon just give up on the big traditional publishers altogether and part, hopefully peacefully, from my agent.

Given this widely - accepted «fact», wouldn't you know that there is an ample supply of publishers and editors and fee - agents who are more than willing to help introduce these people to the wild and wooly world of «alternative» publishing?

One of the first marketing tasks given to authors by agents, publishers, and publicists is: Start an official Facebook page.

My small publisher folded and gave me my rights back, so the novel's back out there as a self - published offering but only because I still wanted a presence while I shopped a second novel with agents.

Part developmental edit and part copy edit, this package examines your query letter, synopsis, and manuscript's beginning to give you the best chance at gaining an agent's or publisher's attention.

Amazon changed the publishing field — a great thing for so many newbie authors who didn't think a New York publisher or an agent would ever give them a moment's notice... and it's also not so good a thing.

But now individuals are taking the initiative and writing, publishing, and marketing their own books without the need for an agent or publisher to give them a chance.

This 180 page ebook gives you all the basics of writing fiction for children, finding a publisher or agent, and marketing your books.

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.»

Agents say that publishers now have to anticipate how well a book will do in brick - and - mortar stores when they are giving book contracts.

Besides the corporate dilemma inherent in punting the wares of a rival e-book manufacturer, this move is particularly interesting on the part of NOOK given that Barnes & Noble previously refused to stock Amazon's self - published print titles, citing Amazon's «continued push for exclusivity with publishers, agents and the authors they represent».

Gives the author's literary agent the right to act on behalf of the author and the work with the publisher.