«I'm currently the administrative assistant for a senior editor at
Big Book Publishing House and I basically run his calendar and his office.
Not exact matches
The challenge: Finding growth in the digital -
books arena at a time when
big publishing houses are muscling in.
All of the royalties from sales of this Crown
House Publishing book will go to the
Big i Foundation.
And if you win, this signals that your work is of the same caliber as a
book published by the
big publishing houses.
Writers who self -
publish — and even those who contract with traditional
publishing houses — often dream of a
big ROI (return on investment) for paid
book advertising.
As a publisher, my
biggest concern is the clutter of the
books being put out by the major
publishing houses along with those that are just put up directly by authors.
His new Diversion
Books, which is a separate business from his literary agency, is similar to AmazonEncore, «somewhere in between the
big houses and the lonely road of self -
publishing.»
If you traditionally
publish with the
big publishing houses, at the very least you should get a well designed, well edited
book.
True, some self -
published books do climb the bestseller lists because of the low price; several self - pubbed authors have been snatched up by the
big houses.
We agree that self -
publishing (1) can be a means of getting your words in print, (2) it will let you can control your tome's contents and design, (3) if you can market well, by self -
publishing you can sidestep the
big -
house foot - dragging, (4) when your
book is complementary to your greater purpose of displaying your expertise (as, for example, using your
book to secure related speaking engagements), or (5) when self -
publishing is the best (and perhaps only) way to get your words and ideas past the older, established
houses so potential readers and buyers have a chance to see and decide about the merits of your independent offering.
Personally, I am currently selling short stories through small press, self
publish novellas, and
publish novels through
big houses or small press depending on the
book.
Because the
big 5
publishing houses never put out a
book where they saw dollar signs, and the content was of dubious quality.
Secondly — writing a
book is a
big accomplishment, whether or not a large
publishing house is behind it.
The point is it doesn't matter if a
book is self
published or put out by an imprint or a
big house it can be good or bad depending on your point of view.
India based
publishing house Westland has doled out what can easily be termed the
biggest advance any author in this part of the world has ever received for a
book series that has yet to come into existence.
And it the
book sucked, I'm not going to feel better about having wasted my time and money reading it just because it came from a
big publishing house.
Essentially, the leadership finally expressed that it was fed up with the current upheaval in public library ebook lending, with different members of the
Big Six
publishing houses setting their own rules — from no lending of our new titles, to a
book can only be borrowed a specific number of times, to no lending of any of our titles at all — it was chaos for the libraries and disappointment for their patrons.
All of my self -
published books are designed to embarrass
big publishing houses.
Many readers rely on
big publishing houses to filter out low quality
books — even though trade publishers regularly print celebrity crap with impunity.
Bob's
books were previously
published by the
big publishing houses, but now Bob's focus is on self
publishing.
Compared to a
book published by one of the
big five conventional
publishing houses, its sales were minimal.
And there's the overtake by
Big Publishing of smaller and independent
houses, of course: Krüger has no love of a
house that can put out more
books than its publisher can read:
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book events, critique, Editors, GLAWS, greater los angeles writer society, how to get
published, how to pitch an agent, lit agency, Literary Agents, Paul Levine,
publishing houses, query letters, Steven Hutson, the
big five, writers
I can understand it if you're with a
big publishing house and were given an advance on your
book sales.
As the stigma of self -
publishing vanishes, more and more self -
published books are making it
big and getting picked up by traditional
publishing houses.
Amazon has a potentially industry - changing idea on its hands here with Kindle Scout, as the system provides a way to give
books a stamp of approval that can cut out the noise and sheer volume of self -
published titles out there, and yet it manages to provide a better deal to authors than most
big publishing house deals, including a 5 - year term on
publishing rights granted to Kindle Press, a $ 1,500 advance, 50 % royalties paid on e-book sales, built - in Amazon.com marketing and what Amazon terms «easy rights reversion.»
While a
big publishing house may not be interested in your
book (Techniques for Creating Miniature Vampire Cheese Sculptures) because of its limited market, you can self -
publish and use the Internet to promote your
book to your built - in readership in your niche worldwide.
Let us do the heavy lifting and produce a high - quality
book that looks like it came from a
big New York
publishing house!
If your goal is to be
published by one of «The
Big Five» (The Hachette
Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random
House, Simon & Schuster), yes, you will need agent representation.
Readers deserve and expect quality printed
books that are indistinguishable from those
published by Random
House, HarperCollins, and the other
big publishers.
«I knew I had to research, research, research everything because I knew I wanted total control of my
book and not deal with the time it would take to
publish with a
big publishing house,» Bisram says.
Whether you are self -
publishing your
book or
publishing through a
big publishing house, you will need to do the work.
That means all the stuff a
publishing house would normally do for you — from small things like proofreading and line editing to
bigger things like design, publicity, promotion, and getting your
book on the shelves in brick - and - mortar stores — that's all gonna be on you.
The
big publishing houses are acquiring the necessary skill sets and it is up to you to make sure your
book looks every bit as polished as theirs.
The Martian Started as a Self -
Published Book (All Things Considered, NPR): «Self - published authors often dream of snagging a big contract with a major publishi
Published Book (All Things Considered, NPR): «Self -
published authors often dream of snagging a big contract with a major publishi
published authors often dream of snagging a
big contract with a major
publishing house.
She said that when it was finally rejected (because it was too similar to another
book being
published by a
big name
house), «we realized this was a concern we were likely going to run into elsewhere, so Hoover made the choice, in consultation with me, to go the independent
publishing route and be the first to work with our agency in this capacity.»
Kobo partnered up with Indigo / chapters
books are forming many popular
publishing deals with
big companies such as Random
House.
And at the same time the
big publishing houses are running into the same problem that self -
published authors have had for a long time... how do they get their
books in front of consumers?
The
bigger problem for authors are the
publishing houses themselves because with the decline in paper
books, it simply makes no sense for an author to turn over the majority of her profits to one of these places and * that * costs the author far more than piracy.
As a self -
published author, your
book is your platform, and assembling a quality team can help you create a masterpiece — a
book that will be on par with
books from the
big publishing houses.
Amazon also isn't selling The Checklist Manifesto tonight, which is the only Macmillan
book to make the list (you'd think as one of the «
big six»
publishing houses Macmillan would have a better showing, but maybe they've been focused on things other than
publishing popular
books).
Now, everyone from
big publishing houses to independent authors have the opportunity to create great
books.
I've been losing some auctions for
books I'd like to
publish to
bigger advance offers from Random
House, Simon & Schuster, Penguin and others.
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NYT, with non fiction (even James Altucher didn't get on though he sold more
books than 99 % on the NYT list)-- unless you go with the
big publishing houses.
Or perhaps they'll
publish a particular series through traditional publishers and then self -
publish other material «for fun» in different genres, or at different lengths and with different approaches, either as experiments or to fill in the gaps between
big books with their traditional
house.
There's stories online of authors being
published by a traditional
big house publisher who feel their covers didn't represent their
book well, but had no say in the matter.
Getting
published by one of the
Big 5
book publishers is the goal of many authors, as being
published by a major
publishing house is perceived to have some advantages over smaller presses or self -
publishing.
It will be interesting to see what the other
big publishing houses decide to do, I have a feeling your going to see the companies who do nt push for equivalent ebook to physical
book pricing will have higher sales and in the end make more money off of ebooks AND «dead tree»
books as well thanks to word of mouth from ebook readers.
With the rise of online
book selling and of ebooks, large, traditional
publishing houses and
big chain bookstores have been struggling to survive.