Not exact matches
I would
LOVE the validation of an
agent and publisher and all they have to offer.
And formulas that consistently produce books that make agents, publishers, and readers fall in love with your sto
And formulas that consistently produce books that make
agents,
publishers,
and readers fall in love with your sto
and readers fall in
love with your story.
Yes, «hard selling» strategies like that can be effective —
and agents /
publishers will
love you for doing it — but that not the only way to sell books.
The publishing Twitterati will be out in force, tweeting, drinking
and networking with fellow
publishers, authors,
agents, journalists
and other book industry folk —
and we'd
love you to join us!
• 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.
For two, three or four days, you gather with other readers, writers, librarians, book dealers, literary
agents, editors, magazine
publishers — all of whom are seriously in
love with the mystery
and crime genre.
Having an
agent say, «Yes, I
love this manuscript
and I believe it is written to a professional standard
and is ready to submit to
publishers» is a huge milestone in my career.
Add to that a pervasive DIY aesthetic in my favored genre (Steam / dieselpunk),
and it all adds up to eschewing
agents and publishers, though I have to admit I'm a fan of print - on - demand simply because I
love the feel of a good book in my hands, as do most of my friends
and family members.
You wrote your novel, typed it up, sent it to an
agent, the
agent loved it
and submitted it to a traditional print
publisher, who bought it
and then published it.
And even though agents and big publishers aren't excited about signing writers over 50, more readers tend to be over 50 and we love to read about something besides high school dramas and 20 - somethings falling in lo
And even though
agents and big publishers aren't excited about signing writers over 50, more readers tend to be over 50 and we love to read about something besides high school dramas and 20 - somethings falling in lo
and big
publishers aren't excited about signing writers over 50, more readers tend to be over 50
and we love to read about something besides high school dramas and 20 - somethings falling in lo
and we
love to read about something besides high school dramas
and 20 - somethings falling in lo
and 20 - somethings falling in
love.
My
agent loved it
and so did my
publisher —
and I hope my readers will too.
Unless her
agent got a cut she very much capitalized on the benefits of self - publishing for that project, which I
loved... The biggest threat to traditional publishing are traditional
publishers... If a gate is slammed in my face, is it my responsibility to come back
and paint it when I've found another gate, or built myself a ladder?
Well, I only got a couple of personalized rejections from
agents — although one of them did so with regret, saying that my book (he had read the whole thing
and loved it) just wasn't «marketable» to the
publishers he knew in New York.
There are so many
agents, authors
and publishers that I'd
love to work with — it's difficult to pick just one!
We all
love to go into excited depth about our story... but in reality, if you're very brief
and sharp about it, the
agent or
publisher may be compelled to request the manuscript
and isn't that what we're going for?
For example, I would
love to know the average number of times debut best - sellers were rejected by
agents and publishers, compared to debuts that flop.
Agents and publishers do reject good writers, for a variety of reasons (for instance, the editor may
love your book but feel it's too similar to one he's already publishing; the
agent may
love your book but feel she couldn't market it effectively).
I'd
love to see a day when writers,
publishers,
agents,
and editors like
and respect each other.
There was an offer to buy the first novel for TV as soon as I found a
publisher,
and there were three
agents that
loved my writing
and sent books out to editors.
I had stacks of rejections from
agents and publishers for books that included Maid for
Love, book 1 in the Gansett series, Treading Water, book 1 in the series of that name, Georgia on My Mind, The Wreck, True North
and The Fall.
developing relationships with record companies,
publishers,
agents,
and the music -
loving public
By creating a listings search experience that consumers,
agents,
and brokers
love, we help
publishers service
and sell to their audiences more effectively.