Sentences with phrase «agents and publishers who»

Well - crafted agreement is necessary too, as courts have ruled against (for example) literary agents and publishers who've pursued action against infringers on content that the publisher manages but does not have any actual ownership in the copyright.

If anything, I know agents and publishers who are looking for ways to become of greater service to authors because they realize that those authors very well may NOT need them to have at least some kinds of success.

Some writers don't want to self - publish, so there will be some agents and some publishers who can assist them for a piece of the pie.

QueryTrackers» new search allows you to search for agents and publishers who handle both forms of genre, putting you one step closer to being published.

Contact information package of targeted literary agents and publishers who have specifically expressed interest in seeing your book.

Or the literary agents and publishers who firmly held the doors shut in order to keep the... [Read more...]

After writing for countless hours, we then shake out our confidence and don it like a voluminous overcoat to protect us from the onslaught of rejections we receive from agents and publishers who tell us «no thanks».

Trotting out many of the same anecdotes Ken Auletta used in his 2010 New Yorker article, writer George Packer cites innumerable unnamed agents and publishers who worry Amazon doesn't really care about books as they do.

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.

This keeps the brand fresh and brings new ideas to the table from local agents and publishers who are feeding Sony books to sell.

«By denying Amazon's authors access to its vast network of consumer stores, Barnes & Noble is sending a signal to future authors, agents and publishers who may now be less tempted to sign such agreements,» the Wall Street Journal wrote.

Within this vast tome lay an introduction to everyone who was anyone in the world of publishing, including agents and publishers who might in time be my stepping - stone to becoming a published author.

When it comes time to pitch the concept of your book - or a full length manuscript - make sure you get it into the hands of the agents and publishers who would be most drawn to and excited about your content.

Well... perhaps... but the agent and publisher who took it on were right.

Given that many authors now follow the hybrid Reeses Approach, it is a good idea to include a clause in any agreement signed that explicitly states that those books which the author directly e-publishes on their own instead of traditionally publishing through the agent and a publisher who will produce physical copies are exempt.

Not exact matches

West points out that while it helped to know that both her agent and publisher are from large, well - known firms, she maintains that if business owners mean what they say, say what they mean and are who they say they are, they can't go wrong striking a deal online.

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?

A special note of gratitude is due to my literary agent, Mark Hamilton of A. M. Heath and Co. Ltd who has looked after me so well since the middle fifties, to the American publisher John McHale who first turned my mind to Luther, and to Boston College, America, who greatly daring allowed me to teach a Luther seminar for an invaluable semester in 1972.

FBI agents who raided the office of Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, were looking for records about payments to two women who claim they had affairs with the president, and information related to the publisher of The National Enquirer's role in silencing one of the women.

And I found a literary agent who found me a mainstream publisher.

An author who finds an agent and a publisher quickly and when her book debuts it hits # 1 on the NY Times Bestseller List and then gets turned into a movie and she becomes an overnight success story.

So, look favorably on agents who: are willing to get on the phone; clearly indicate how they work and what you can expect regarding their communication; and assure you they'll let you know which publishers they've submitted your work to.

Now I could go on and on about the illusionary «support» traditional publishers and agents say they give writers, but anyone who has dealt with that system for any length of time knows that's just gotten worse as well in the last ten years.

And then there were the agents and publishers, who tempted him with some very significant offers — we're talking seven - figure advancAnd then there were the agents and publishers, who tempted him with some very significant offers — we're talking seven - figure advancand publishers, who tempted him with some very significant offers — we're talking seven - figure advances.

Dystel & Goderich Literary Management was founded in 1994 by Jane Dystel, who has been a respected figure in publishing for over 30 years — first as an editor, then as a publisher, and finally as a savvy and successful agent.

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-...]

There are a lot of disillusioned authors who are tired of asking agents and publishers to pick them.

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.

Agents must first be queried by you, and publishers will 99.9 percent of the time not look at an unrepresented manuscript (if you don't have an agent who's sent it to them, they will never read it.)

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 %.

During the interview, Lakshmi also talks about how he worked with former literary agent Mark Malatesta to improve his manuscript and pitch materials, resulting in literary agency representation with his first choice literary agent, who then got offers from three major publishers: Penguin, Harper Collins, and Random House.

Look at her deals on Publishers Marketplace, and then look at the authors she has sold who are now with other agents.

It's fairly well - known that self - publishing once carried a stigma (some would argue it still does), and that it was considered primarily a fall - back plan for authors who couldn't find an agent or traditional publisher to work with them.

By putting this stuff out there, you insult all writers, all publishers — big and small, agents, and all others who strive to make the publishing industry an inviting business to work.

All this talk of paying your dues, being knocked back by agent after agent, publisher after publisher until you finally develop the spine and sensibility required to call yourself an author... It's nice and everything, and it strikes a chord with every aspiring author who grew up with the expectation that this was the only way it was ever going to happen, but it just isn't a necessary rite of passage in the modern day.

There are * some * self - published authors whose books are excellent and who spent years looking for the right «fit» with an agent or publisher before they decided to take their case to the only jury that matters — the readers.

Privately held Smashwords operates the world's leading eBook publishing and distribution platform serving over 40,000 authors, publishers and literary agents who distribute over 125,000 eBooks with Smashwords.

«When one considers the ever - increasing cost and futility of chasing after agents and publishers today, AMC Premium is certainly a worthwhile investment at pennies a day for those who choose to self - publish.

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.

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.

Finally, on a pure process level, I am wary of a world without agents or publishers: that would mean that you have large booksellers, who have substantial market power, dealing with authors directly, the vast majority of whom do not have any substantial market power, and where there are antitrust issues that may arise from collective action.

Profiles of small publishers or agents who are interested in your genre (take them from websites — you don't have to bother the agents and editors)

If you're work isn't good enough to land an agent, or a deal on your own with a legitimate publisher (and for those who have a problem with the word «legitimate,» The MWA criteria work for me — you can find them on their website), then your work is almost certainly not ready to be published.

So do agents, editors, publishers, book reviewers, book sales people — and those all - important people who decide whether to carry your book or not: bookstore buyers.

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

I also met people who were sitting on five or six completed manuscripts and they had been for years — because they were trying to figure out how to hook an agent and sell them to a publisher.

Some authors (who've gotten NO positive responses from literary agents and / or hundreds of rejections) have written new Query Letters that Worked... resulting in full manuscript requests, representation offers from top literary agencies, and book deals with major publishers.

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.

Authors have divided themselves into two camps, the making a living wage by self publishing crowd of which I belong, and the gatekeepers like James Patterson and Scott Turow who have made a shitload of money with traditional publishers who have eleveated them to a position of being «overlords» of the literary world and encouraging greedy publishing houses to bar the door to new aspiring writers who are not represented by agents.