Sentences with phrase «agents and publishers often»

Outline — As part of a marketing proposal, agents and publishers often need an outline that provides colleagues or sales staff information about your book and its trajectory.

-LSB-...] Ideas come in all shapes and sizes, but agents and publishers often want «high concept» ideas.

Not exact matches

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware I often receive questions from writers who are looking to hire an independent editor to polish their manuscripts, either for self - publication or for submission to agents and publishers, and want to know w... -LSB-...]

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 according to agent Meredith Barnes, some agencies are indeed charging way too much for the service — especially when they pay themselves 15 % to «represent» the client to themselves as «publishers» who get another hefty cut — often over 50 %.

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

She often has a lot to say about the writing business, writers, agents, publishers and everything else regarding the publishing world.

Traditional publishers don't take unsolicited manuscripts, so you're often at the mercy of an agent's preferences and workload.

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!

Then you learn that even if an agent picks you up it's not uncommon for your work to take up to a year to sell to a publisher, if it ever does, and then another year to see it on shelves... all often for a payout that won't come close to replacing your day job.

Agents during this time would support writers with money, often making loans to writers who were in need and waiting for checks from publishers.

These pioneers of publishing, however, often find that without the backing of a traditional publisher - and the agents and publicists that come... [Read more...]

I know there are many fantasy writers in the Writer Unboxed community, and perhaps you wonder how your particular kind of fantasy can capture the interest of publishers and agents in an age when the market often seems flooded with competitors.

Authors are often too close, both literally and emotionally, to their work to see it from a reader's or buyer's (traditional publisher or agent) perspective.

The name of the publisher can be found on the spine and copyright page of books and the agent is often thanked in the author's acknowledgements (if they're any good!)

A query letter is a vital document for writers seeking traditional publishers or literary agents, and one even good authors often get wrong.

In addition to her data base management, Mary has capably worked the Frankfurt Book Fair (see photo) where she meets with many of the foreign publishers and agents with whom she communicates often via email.

When pitching a book project to traditional publishers and literary agents, you are often required to submit a proposal.

· Check websites for agents and publishers which often contain what is expected in a query or submission letter.

Global book fairs are often recognized as a meeting point of authors, publishers, book agents and a large number of readers.

An author, an agent, a publisher, and an editor explore the often difficult path to selling a story collection — when what most publishers want is a novel.

Agent Brian de Fiore insisted, as agents often do, that they should pay more in author royalties — and hire more editors — while Little, Brown Group Publisher David Shelley insisted that any savings would need to be spent fighting piracy.

You've really hit a nerve here, obviously, and have given us a real - life story of success by using the options out there instead of knocking our heads against the often closed doors of the typical agents and publishers and gatekeepers.

«Simon Lipskar, a literary agent with Writers House Literary Agency suggests that when a publisher has paid a modest sum to publish afirst novel, it's foolish, no matter how great one's fantasies, to hopethat the publisher will print 50,000 copies in hardcover, run anexpensive (and often pointless) ad campaign, send the author on anexpensive (and often pointless) author tour, etc.» http://www.scribd.com/doc/24174468/How-Lucky-Can-You-Get-by-M-J-Rose Dennis Hopper: The Wild Ride of a Hollywood Rebel

If you sign with a traditional agent and publisher, you often have to sign away the rights to your work.

It's funny how it's often the execs at large publishers who talk the most about making games more like movies, or at least more successful than them — and yet these are the very entities that are moving further and further away from the Hollywood studio system (which is composed mostly of freelance agents, production houses, and funding groups) and moving more toward a factory - style production model.

Even though publishers and marketing agents often hire freelance writers to create specific, detail - oriented content, the format, type of publication and content goals often vary from assignment to assignment.

Industry watchers say third - party publishers often do a better job meeting consumers» seemingly insatiable demand for information by «mashing up» listing data, public property records, automated home valuations, market intelligence and even user - generated content like agent ratings and advice.