Sentences with phrase «agents and publishers want»

If readers, fans, or agents and publishers want to get in touch with you, where should they go?

Agents and publishers want to know what they can compare your story to.

Agents and publishers want as much proof as possible that there are lots of potential readers out there for what you're writing about.

Agents and publishers want a book that they can sell within their parameters of marketing.

But, today, agents and publishers want to know what the potential new author's platform is beforehand.

Agents and publishers want to know your work will be relatable to an American audience, and they want to know you'll be able to promote your work in the United States.

Our experienced fiction and nonfiction editors know what agents and publishers want and will provide a detailed, written critique of your opening, a candid assessment of whether or not your work is ready for the marketplace, and specific suggestions to make your opening more captivating.

But the query Mark helped me put together made agents and publishers want to keep reading.

Not exact matches

You might want to roll up the sleeves to expose a watch (even if it's just a large Swatch)-- that might help convey to any potential agents / publishers there that you are professional), and go with jewelry that is as funky / creative as you're comfortable with.

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-...]

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.

If you want to learn about writing, if you want to meet writers and agents and publishers and have a great time, this is the conference for you.

Author, agents, and publishers can argue all they want while the industry watchers report on it, but at the end of the day, the reader simply does not care how the book was published.

I wanted the stamp of approval that comes with getting an agent and then a publisher.

Established in 2011, Literary Agent Undercover serves: 1) Unpublished authors just getting started, 2) Self - published authors who now want to find a real publisher, and 3) Previously published authors that have lost their agent and / or publisher.

I applaud those who self - publish, but when my book is complete I want to find an agent and publisher.

Be wary of all the businesses that have started up and want to charge you big dollars to self - publish (even some agents and Big 6 publishers are jumping into the newly lucrative area).

As you noted above with publishers, negotiability is going to depend on how badly the parties want the deal (i.e. if an agent or publisher really wants the work and the author has options, then the agent or publisher is likely to be willing to negotiate the terms of the contract).

This includes: 1) Unpublished authors that are just getting started, 2) Self - published authors who now want to find a traditional publisher, and 3) Previously published authors that have lost their agent and / or publisher and want to find a new one.

But if you're planning to publish traditionally, remember your agent will want an edit and so will your publisher, and they may tell you to put back exactly the things the amateurs told you change.

Most agent «publishers» want at least 15 % forever, and they also get control of the work.

Agents and most publishers want to invest in career authors who write multiple books, mostly within the same or similar genre.

However, conversations with literary agents, who are always trying to sniff out what publishers want, turn up a few trends in publishing that may affect our reading in 2004 and beyond.

Agents, publishers and readers want this.

And if an author were a big enough author and a publisher wanted them badly enough and they felt it was an issue, it would be negotiation point... but I have to tell you in the 23 years I've been at Kensington I've never heard of an agent even bringing this point up onAnd if an author were a big enough author and a publisher wanted them badly enough and they felt it was an issue, it would be negotiation point... but I have to tell you in the 23 years I've been at Kensington I've never heard of an agent even bringing this point up onand a publisher wanted them badly enough and they felt it was an issue, it would be negotiation point... but I have to tell you in the 23 years I've been at Kensington I've never heard of an agent even bringing this point up onand they felt it was an issue, it would be negotiation point... but I have to tell you in the 23 years I've been at Kensington I've never heard of an agent even bringing this point up once.

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.

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.»

Some of us want an agent with oodles of contacts among editors and publishers.

Traditional publishing Many authors decide they want to go the traditional route, submitting queries to agents, hoping an agent will accept them, and then hoping the agent finds them a publisher.

So no matter the obstacles, pursuing an agent and publisher will always be the path some writers want to take.

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.

My two favorites are Writer's Digest Guide to Literary Agents (the 2016 issue is now available) and Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors and Literary Agents: Who They Are, What They Want, How to Win Them Over.

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

Third, you have to have a blurb ready when you send the book to an agent — and your elevator pitch, etc. — and some publishers actually want an author's input on such things.

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.

Agents and publishers now want the author to have a marketing plan.

The Contact link is also available to agents, publishers, publicists, journalists and other visitors who want to contact you.

If you want to get a literary agent, publisher, and book deal... you must also know the basics about how literary agents work, and you must know how to write a good book and pitch materials (query letter and book proposal).

The project was a first for Weinstein, who wanted to keep his agent / author relationship with Devlin «clean» and was wary of blurring the lines between the roles of agent and publisher.

Many are also discovering that a quality self - published book can still find its way to traditional publishing (if that's what you want) if it generates a sales track record and is picked up by a publisher or agent.

Implementing the following actions will show literary agents, publishers and industry insiders that you take your work serious and want to forge successful working relationships:

«The ratings let literary agents and publishers know what real readers want to see on the shelves,» notes the WEBook.com PageToFame FAQ page.

Of finding a literary agent and a book editor editor and a publisher who not only want your book but also believe in it.

I somehow suspect that some agents may not want to represent one of my new titles if I don't agree to also include «How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free» as part of a package to major publishers.

And this query is just as important as the query letter you wrote to your agent or publisher because it boils down to someone has something you want.

There are multiple reasons for self - publishing, the first usually being that the author doesn't want to jump through hoops to find an agent, an editor, and then shop around the big name publishers.

At all the writing conferences I've been too, most first time authors want to find an agent and a publisher, because they don't know how to design, publish and market books (and want someone to do it for them).

The concerns go something like this: I've heard that literary agents and commercial publishers don't want to see a book until it's already edited and ready for production.

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Publishers and agents want to know when they'll make back their investment in you and your work.