Sentences with phrase «agents and publishers think»

* The most important thing that agents and publishers think about when they're considering your work

I know how authors think, I understand how agents and publishers think.

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

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.

Not exact matches

Ernest Hemingway never codified his insights on writing into a book, but he did share his thinking on the topic in commissioned articles; letters to his agents, publishers, and friends; and through his novels.

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?

Agents and publishers liked the writers» manuscripts, but for whatever reason didn't think they could sell them.

Agents will have to became Writers Scouts, do their own research rather that being the writers search for the right Agent, and Publishers should start thinking as professional football teams, making their authors the best, supporting and coaching them to become even better, and marketing their authors like mad.

He said HBG is willing to continue to talk to the Guild about different proposals and that if HBG «comes up with something that makes sense for both sides» he would talk to agents on a case - by - case basis about the publisher's thinking.

While Weinstein doesn't see corporate publishing going away, ever, he does think the business is at «an enormous transition point» and that the outsourcing major publishers have been doing for years — forcing agents to do more editing, going with outside PR, telling authors they need to take hold of their own marketing — will mean that more agencies, and others, will jump into the publishing fray.

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.

I think the agent and the publisher of the future will have to offer marketing and distribution above and beyond what the author can do for himself, or herself.

Anyone interested in what agents think about social media should read Social Media for Authors — As It Relates to Literary Agents and Publiagents think about social media should read Social Media for Authors — As It Relates to Literary Agents and PubliAgents and Publishers.

I have been writing for 20 years and I always thought that no matter how hard I worked or how good I was, any success was mostly in the hands of publishers and agents.

January 2010 I started blogging and by the end of 2012, so we are talking a good couple of years of blogging here, I built a speaking platform for myself, I had started podcasting, I was blogging a couple times a week, good community of people and then boom, the book offer comes in from a publisher in the U.S. and I didn't go with that initial offer but it made me think very seriously about going back to that goal of someday writing a book and so I was introduced to a literary agent and I obviously went the traditional publishing route with Virtual Freedom but there's nothing wrong with the self publishing route at all.

And if your agent does not want to be involved with initiatives that won't make a lot of money up front, then you should do it yourself and not be limited by what large NY publishers think will sell weAnd if your agent does not want to be involved with initiatives that won't make a lot of money up front, then you should do it yourself and not be limited by what large NY publishers think will sell weand not be limited by what large NY publishers think will sell well.

Think of like this: the agent or publisher is doing you a favor by telling you exactly what they want and how they want it.

I think this week might secretly be listed on agents» and publishers» calendars as National Rejection Week.

So there's been a lot of dinosaur thinking and fear of technology and wanting to do it the old way for publishers and agents and editors and everybody in the business because they're not math and science majors — none of them, for the most part — they're English majors.

Sometimes I mention it in a pitch because I think it will help agents and publishers see more potential to attract media and publicity.

We all think our work is fantastic, but agents and publishers have huge amounts of this «fantastic» work landing on their desks daily in varying degrees of fantastic - ness.

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.

Today, self - publishing has lost its stigma, with agents and big publishers thinking of it as a market test.

After writing dozens of query letters, getting rejections from agents, and only being offered a deal with a publisher if I put a few thousand dollars upfront, I was frustrated and thought I'd never get these books into print.

And here's a swift kick in the pants to those publishers and agents who seem to think we can put the genie back in the bottle and go back to publishing like it was fifty years aAnd here's a swift kick in the pants to those publishers and agents who seem to think we can put the genie back in the bottle and go back to publishing like it was fifty years aand agents who seem to think we can put the genie back in the bottle and go back to publishing like it was fifty years aand go back to publishing like it was fifty years ago.

I definitely see myself as an entrepreneur now that I've gone indie, where as when I was still querying agents and publishers, I thought of myself as applying for a job.

Huge number of myths around indie publishing and going to a traditional publisher, so many that most writers won't think of indie publishing, will just knee - jerk right into the old agent / editor / publisher system without one thought of going another way.

Partly I think it depends on the author's personality and how they're best complemented by the publisher, and maybe even who their agent is.

I've heard the thoughts of using e-books as a proving ground for potential print - worthiness, but I believe that will lead to agents providing less quality material to Print publishers and holding a few promising works for internal e-publication.

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.

My publisher is close to defunct, my agent has not done much for me and I'm thinking of self - publishing on Amazon.

When most writers talk about publishing a book, they are usually thinking about traditional publishing — getting an agent, and then having your book sold to a publisher for an advance.

A long time ago writers used to have to rely on getting discovered by publishers, agents, or pitching their book to anyone who they thought would buy it and ultimately know someone who might be able to get it published for you.

I always thought that, if I checked off everything they wanted, I would be a sure thing for agents and publishers.

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Every time I hear self - publishing wholeheartedly recommended I feel a little dirty, because I think that the best thing about self - publication is that it thins the crowd of newbie writers taking up agents» and publishers» time.

In that case think about trying to get an actual literary agent who will help you get a publisher and all of the points listed above will be done....

But I think maybe the ebook is something that publishers have shied away from a little bit and don't quite know what to do with, so I think that for agents, helping the author with that is a good opportunity.

This is the future of publishing, no matter how much publishers and agents want to make people think otherwise.

It's fun to think about getting an agent and one of the big NY publishers, but as you said, when reality kicks in and you realize how huge the pool of writers has become, it's time to find alternative ways to get published.

Thousands of forward - thinking publishing industry professionals and participants (journalists, bloggers, authors, publishers, literary agents, editors, formatters, cover designers, conference managers, book doctors, publishing consultants, retailers, librarians, educators, readers and more) who went out of their way to open doors for Smashwords and our authors and publishers

Personally I think traditional agents and publishers are a dying breed, but take advantage of them before they're gone if you can!

I sort of get the feeling, from various circles, that I * should * be making decisions about things like getting an agent, querying publishers versus self - publishing and all that malarkey round about now... but it seems way too early for me to even be THINKING about those things while I don't yet have a product I'm anywhere near happy with.

I'm not sure I would agree that SF Is hot right now — I think it is hot for self - published authors But both my agent, two other agents I know, and publisher told me that SF is tough sell in traditional publishing atm.

As always, the dichotomy between what publishers say they are doing for authors and what the authors (through their agents) actually think is being done is still there.

I think a lot of authors (including me) still need to talk to agents and publishers and find out their options each step of the way, because as Amanda Hocking said, many authors just don't want to do it all themselves all the time, but these authors are the definition of agile start - ups.

A forerunner of the modern agent / impresario, he secured Spencer a New York publisher, Appleton and Co.; pressed for - and won - royalties on a par with native authors» at a time when most American houses ignored international copyrights; churned out scores of reviews and notices with publication of each new volume, which he placed in newspapers and magazines across the country; pressed other reviewers into service; helped Spencer organize and popularize his most arcane thoughts; and cultivated literary clubs, college professors, editors, ministers, politicians, tycoons, and labor councils.

(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.)

I can hear some people asking so yes, in the good old days agents and publishers used to serve the function of a developmental editor and would work with an author to further hone a story that wasn't quite ready for prime time, if they thought the story had sufficient promise.

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