Sentences with phrase «agents and publishers reject»

In «Why Your Memoir Won't Sell», Jane lists seven things that make most agents and publishers reject a memoir.

Here are reasons why literary agents and publishers reject books.

Not exact matches

While I am on the subject of the publishing industry, let me make one little tiny suggestion to publishers and book agents: Please, out of respect and courtesy to the authors who submit books to you, don't you think it would be wise to create a little form letter that you send to authors whose books you reject?

I was rejected by one 300 agents and publishers.

This post is here to help with the main components of submitting to publishers: deciding whether you need a literary agent, how to find the right publishers for you, and what to do if your proposal is rejected.

I saw writers out there struggling to find freelance work and getting rejected over and over again by publishers and agents who saw no potential in their books.

I ended up getting rejected in all categories, including university presses, but accepted by two university presses — making for a hard choice — and had close passes from some trade publishers and agents.

John Grisham was rejected by about 15 publishers and the same number of literary agents.

Even though I wasn't there to experience it, it feels GOOD to think that all the agents and publishers who have smuggly rejected so many are now scrambling to attract authors.

The fact that agents / publishers are rejecting you has less to do with your writing and more to do with the fact that you're not Lauren Conrad, whose built - in audience guarantees bestseller status and a ton of copies sold.

Previously to this, his novel was rejected one hundred and thirty times by traditional publishers and agents.

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.

(Note: While I focus primarily on rejection by literary agents, I do think what follows is worthwhile for those who have been rejected by literary magazines and publishers as well.)

1... Finding a Publisher... Traditional publishing writers spend a ton of time to try to find an agent, find an editor, submit a book and get it rejected a ton of times, not counting the time it takes to learn how to do query letters and so on.

Agents and traditional publishers will likely reject the work; if you self - publish work rife with grammatical or technical errors, you'll open yourself to criticism and heartache.

I decided that time is passing and I can not wait for all the long - winded palaver that goes with trying to send it to agents and publishers only for them to (more than likely) reject it.

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.

Sometime during the 1990s, agents and publishers began rejecting nonfiction book proposals and nonfiction manuscripts when the author lacked a «platform.»

Hard to believe that none of the high - priced editors pointed out the mistake in the last paragraph:» I was rejected by one 300 agents and publishers.»

She eventually landed an agent who submitted her book to over a dozen publishers, they all rejected it for the same reason, so the book of her dreams landed in a drawer and Darcie got on with her life.

I submitted to agents and publishers and all of them rejected me.

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).

Well, thanks to a little publicity courtesy of Apple and a rejected — then accepted — free iPhone app, four and half months after I self - published «Knife Music,» my agent sold it to The Overlook Press, an independent publisher that put the book out in hardcover in July 2010.

Sure, maybe those agents and publishers don't know that they're looking at genius (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was rejected 12 times).

If your manuscript has been rejected by multiple agents and publishers, do you know why?

When he started writing, he was rejected by every single agent and publisher in town.

She was rejected by 40 book agents and 14 traditional publishers so she spent $ 1,500 for editing and formatting and posted the e-book on Amazon.com.