Sentences with phrase «at a major publishing house»

I've been a developmental and acquisitions editor at major publishing houses for many years.

Through our program indie authors can now receive the same level of editing as traditionally published authors at major publishing houses.

Among the many changes in publishing since we opened our doors in 1980, few are of more consequence than the decline of in - house editing at major publishing houses.

During her tenure at these major publishing houses, she worked in the areas of subsidiary rights, marketing, sales, and editorial.

Yet, few had an uncle who is a literary agent or vice president of something important at a major publishing house.

Probably most of the time, editors at major publishing houses will improve a manuscript.

Karen held various sales and marketing positions at major publishing houses such as Bantam, Random House, Crown and Avon.

Rebecca Lieb Industry Analyst, The Altimeter Group @lieblink I recall getting a call from a junior - level marketing person at a major publishing house.

These are people who have largely written for major publications such as the New York Times, and Washington Post or hold senior - level editorial positions at major publishing houses such as Random House and HarperCollins.

Executives at the major publishing houses see all of this and conclude that Amazon aims to put them out of business.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer BewareAnthologies, once a staple of genre publishing, have become a rarity at major publishing houses over the past couple of decades.Small presses still embrace the anthology format, however, as do genre readers — ... -LSB-...]

One of my clients who was a Senior VP of Digital at a major publishing house is fond of saying, «I'll take one email address for every 10 Facebook likes and every 100 Twitter followers.»

After college she managed a chain of bookstores in the Midwest; learned editing and production with a small LA - based publishing house, and had positions as a marketing manager at major publishing houses.

Students and private clients have gone on to attend graduate school in writing, to self - publish, and to become published authors of acclaimed short stories, novels, and nonfiction at major publishing houses.

Many of the e-rates at major publishing houses were shockingly low — less than 10 % of net receipts — and some were at 50 %.

After graduating from Harvard College with a degree in English literature, I began working in the book business, both as an independent editor with private clients, and as an acquiring and developmental editor at major publishing houses in the industry.

Publicists at major publishing houses sometimes create promotional packages for their most exciting books of the season.

I recently had a conversation with a VP at a major publishing house and he / she said, «We're not interested in direct sales.

PARIS: Luc Audrain is a member of a small club of highly specialized engineers working at major publishing houses who are helping publishing teams move into a digital world.

Nominees include the above mentioned surprising slump in indie sales, the not surprising shrinking revenues at the major publishing houses, the also not surprising continued self immolation of Barnes & Noble, and my winner... The impressive (and frightening) maturation of Amazon as a media conglomerate.

As a Random House editor told me in an e-mail exchange concerning that ill - fated venture, «There are no minor leagues at major publishing houses.»

«I know people at major publishing houses, a lot of people in the industry.

Since an agent's main job is to become familiar with the interests of acquiring editors and executives at the major publishing houses, and sell them books, it makes sense for most agents to live in New York.

A first time author at a major publishing house can reasonably expect an advance of $ 10,000 dollars (although some get waaaay more)-- a payment that's guaranteed no matter how well their book sells.

All are professional writers or editors — many have published in places such as The New York Times and Washington Post or served in high - level positions at major publishing houses, such as Random House.

New literary agents don't have many (or any) connections with editors at major publishing houses; established agents do, but they only have connections in certain areas.

One editor at a major publishing house, who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity for fear of employer sanctions, told me that agents of Barnes & Noble, Borders, and Target are frequent participants in meetings about potential books.

The «gatekeepers» who previously determined what books got to market at the major publishing houses have long ago lost their exclusive status.

After eight months with friend and senior editor at a major publishing house, Parallel Lives has the potential to be the novel I always knew it could be.

Acquisition editors at major publishing houses are hot to find the next big thing, especially that elusive debut author whose manuscript both inspires their personal devotion and appears to have the necessary commercial appeal.

«If you're an editor at a major publishing house, you have to look globally [for new works to translate] and that can be overwhelming.»

You write in a vacuum or for a professor who frowns on genre; you workshop with other writers; you craft a query letter; you appeal to the tastes of an intern at a literary agency; you claw your way out of the slush pile; you hope to win over an editor at a major publishing house; your book comes out a year later and sits spine - out on a bookshelf for six months; it gets returned to the publisher and goes out of print; you start over.