Your best bet is to make sure your ebook sells like hotcakes and then reach out to literary
agents or publishers in those countries yourself.
I sometimes see authors advertising for
agents or publishers in a magazine that I read regularly.
Fortunately, I've never written with
agents or publishers in mind.
-LSB-...] Here are some insights for those trying to interest
an agent or publisher in their works: Jennifer Slattery discusses writing queries that get read, Steve Laube explains what happens in the agency after a writer sends in a proposal or query, and Jacob Warwick explains how to make powerful pitches to large publications.
You were the reason I self - published instead of looking for
an agent or publisher in the first place, and you continue to be a hell of an inspiration.
There will be some good global warming novels soon, in fact, I am sure some young writers are penning The Great American Global Warming Novel right now, maybe with a contract in hand, maybe at night on the side, with
no agent or publisher in sight, but there will lots of new «entertainments» in the form of novels and films about global warming over the next 50 years.
Not exact matches
The Power of Nice describes an exercise from the authors» seminars,
in which attendees are paired off, each playing either the «
agent»
or the «
publisher»
in working out a book deal.
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publisher or The best and don't just arrived.
Perhaps
in a few days
or weeks from now, you'll write to tell me that you just got a top literary
agent,
publisher, and book deal.
Let us explain a brutal reality of the publishing biz
in the 21st century: Like almost every other
agent or publisher out there, we don't want to see your manuscript.
In the traditional publishing world, it could take you six years just to find an
agent or a
publisher.
The bar is quite high
in terms of self - publishing to attract an
agent or publisher.
If the book becomes a big seller
in ebookland, I suppose it's possible an
agent or even a big
publisher might come calling.
He is counted by
Publishers Marketplace the top - selling
agent in the world across all categories with some 55
or more deals recorded
in the US and UK
in the past six months.
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.
Here's the bottom line,
in a nutshell... sorry I just couldn't resist the mixed metaphor: Many first - time authors are frustrated at their inability to get either an
agent or a
publisher.
And,
Publishers Marketplace only gives literary
agents 21 book genres or categories to choose from when specifying areas of interest (in contrast, our Directory of Book Agents gives you 116 book genres or categories to choose
agents 21 book genres
or categories to choose from when specifying areas of interest (
in contrast, our Directory of Book
Agents gives you 116 book genres or categories to choose
Agents gives you 116 book genres
or categories to choose from).
But
in those rejections, there's hope for the indie writer — if you can develop your own platform and show that you've sold a few thousand copies of your self - published book, it's very likely that you will catch an
agent or publisher's attention.
Attending and /
or participating
in trade shows and conferences, etc. (see below) Reading industry newsletters and blogs
Publishers Marketplace
Publishers Weekly Monitoring media World news and trends National news and trends Niche news and trends Reading books / articles about the industry and /
or craft of writing Reading books
in genres the
agent represents, written by authors he
or she doesn't represent
If pitching to a
publisher or agent is on your agenda, being able to deliver a ready - made audience is a great point
in your favor.
You see, a book needs to come to life with its author knowing what audience is expected to read it,
or else most
publishers (and literary
agents) won't be interested
in it.
I will either write the synopsis for you,
or critique your written synopsis to get the best outlook on your story to pull
in agents,
publishers, and of course, the readers.
«While writing a great book is the first step, getting it
in front of the right people — be they readers
or agents or traditional
publishers — is also a critical part of making an indie book a success,» Edelman explained
in a release on this year's presentation.
«While writing a great book is the first step, getting it
in front of the right people — be they readers
or agents or traditional
publishers — is also a critical part of making an indie book a success.
Let's not forget that some of our greatest authors and writers and poets
in the past were self - published before they were accepted by a
publisher or agent.
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.
Or read «Hot Deals»
in Publisher's Weekly magazine to get names of
agents who've brokered recent sales.
If you attempt to pursue getting your work published the same way writers did ten
or more years ago (querying
agents and
publishers), then you're almost certainly going to be frustrated and find it an exercise
in futility.
Completed reviews run on the BlueInk website, which has special features designed to help
publishers and literary
agents find promising new material and to help librarians and booksellers discover titles their patrons will be interested
in, such as those written by local authors
or set
in their regions.
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.
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)
Agents and most
publishers want to invest
in career authors who write multiple books, mostly within the same
or similar genre.
But I'm not interested
in seeing
publishers,
agents,
or authors who choose a different path as The Enemy, either.
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.
If those authors have clear goals, they'll be better able to judge whether to use the same
publisher for their new series,
or if they want to diversify with a new genre,
or whether their
agent is steering them
in a different direction from what they want.
This also imitates the process of a conventional publishing process, where the
publisher or agent is almost always as equally interested
in the author as the manuscript.
These books are overflowing with information to help you
in preparing your manuscript, and finding an
agent or a
publisher.
After months
or years, you find a well - connected
agent to represent you
in the hunt for a
publisher.
Editors, authors,
agents, and
publishers may submit more than one book,
in the same categories
or different ones, but an entry fee is charged for each book entered.
However, if you create a proposal that's divided into the following four sections,
in the following order, every
agent or publisher that you submit fiction book proposal to will be happy.
If a self - published book sells 5,000 copies
in its first six months, an
agent or publisher is not going to let first rights issues stand
in their way (always assuming that the book is well - written [I've known self - pubbed authors who've managed to sell large numbers of really pretty bad books] and the sales suggest a market that could be tapped, rather than one that has been exhausted, as with some niche products).
Trade (Mainstream, Traditional Publishing) Traditional way of publishing a book
in which an author must find a literary
agent or a
publisher willing to review the manuscript.
Workshop leaders work side - by - side with you on your work -
in - progress, and help move it to the next level
in preparation for submission to
agents or publishers.
Not that long ago, there was only one way to get published: find an
agent; hope he
or she would represent you; pray they sell your book proposal to a
publisher; trust the
publisher to get behind the book and believe
in the project; and hope that readers would go to their local bookstore and buy your book.
* Top literary
agents have the ability to navigate any challenges that come up during the pre-publication, publication,
or post-publication process without losing their cool
or damaging relationships: i.e. editors that are difficult, fired, laid - off,
or decide to retire; bad book cover designers; your book being cut from the
publisher's list before it's even published; bad reviews
or publicity; poor book sales; changes
in the industry
or marketplace; etc..
Now
in its 30th edition, CWIM contains more than 500 listings for children's book markets, including
publishers, literary
agents, magazines, contests, and more, making it the definitive guide for anyone seeking to write
or illustrate for kids and young adults.
After you have spent a year
or more writing your book it can take another year
or more to hire an
agent, submit materials to traditional
publishers, and receive limited responses (if any) due
in part to the volume of materials
publishers receive.
Book
agents also sometimes act as authors» representatives for the sale and /
or licensing of books with foreign publishing houses, theatrical producers, film and TV producers, and magazine
publishers (interested
in publishing an excerpt from an author's book).
Some say that this behavior by book
agents in the early 20th century was responsible for the trend of
publishers beginning to print fewer titles and take fewer chances on newer and /
or lesser known authors... another trend that continues today, and continues to be debated.
But
in this case I'm not referring to just «anything,» I'm talking about submitting to an
agent, editor
or publisher.