Sentences with phrase «big traditional publishers»

We have years of experience working with big traditional publishers, indie presses and self published authors helping to put all of the pieces together.

Basically it's about how indie authors can publish quick, cheap books and grow their platform quickly, by NOT trying to do everything big traditional publishers do.

I got some offers from big traditional publishers but the time they would take for my book to come out was three years.

Big traditional publishers no longer have the «prestige» they once did It used to be that having a book deal with a big traditional press was akin to earning a coveted place among the literary elite.

One way to really stand out from the huge wave of self - published titles is to make sure your book is as professional as possible, that it can really stand toe to toe with books from big traditional publishers.

Some illustrious writers want the big traditional publishers to do the work.

(Although I'm guessing that if they got a contract with a big traditional publisher whose editor told them to cut out all - ing words at beginnings of sentences or lose the contract, they'd probably accede.)

But I've suspected for nearly three years now that this company (not one of the big traditional publishers, but a smaller [still large] company) has been having serious financial problems.

With all the self - publishing and small - press publishing going on these days, it seems there's a plethora of books out there that aren't as well edited as what the big traditional publishers have put out in years past.

My experience is that Lake Union and the other Amazon Publishing imprints have stepped into this nimble middle ground between indie publishers and the big traditional publishers.

I don't have an agent and I don't have a big traditional publisher and I get some good reviews, but I don't sell millions of copies.

So it is possible to get the big traditional publishers» attention after self - publishing really well.

Then the internet laughs at me and says, «Well, son, that's why you don't have an agent or a big contract with a big traditional publisher.

Like many new writers, I was convinced my first book was «The Next Big Thing», and only a huge deal with a big traditional publisher would do.

But according to the data, the last part is not true, however, you have all those quotes (aka «the adverse reader sentiment, that as documented undeniably does exist» which, of course, represents ALL readers), ergo the data linked above must be wrong, even though in the last financial reports the revenue of four out of five big traditional publishers was up, not down.

So these authors, no longer courted by the big traditional publishers, are having their backlist published by smaller presses.

I had always believed that if a big traditional publisher put out a story, it was like the book was sent from some publishing god to the readers with some special secret stamp of approval.

I'd love the advantages I'd receive by working with a bigger traditional publisher, including a larger reader base, but being a hybrid author has real appeal for me right now.

Readers will not care if a big traditional publisher's small imprint published the book or a small press imprint of an author published the book.

Big traditional publishers have lost their grip on almost all areas.

And we did POD printing for our books, worked with a small bindery, and sold to bookstores just like the big traditional publishers did.

This is where knowledge of what's out there from other authors and the big traditional publishers is critical.

But as an author who was badly treated by a big traditional publisher (HarperCollins), I, so far think there's no one out there who treats authors more fairly than Amazon does.

You're worse off here than you would be with a bigger traditional publisher.

Publishing a book; whether you self - publish, independently publish or publish through a big traditional publisher, you the author are responsible for the majority, if not all, the promotional efforts.

While a big traditional publisher could get your books onto the shelves of Wal - Mart or Target, a huge percentage of books on shelves in brick and mortar retailers end up pulped.

I will, pretty soon just give up on the big traditional publishers altogether and part, hopefully peacefully, from my agent.

As the big book stores chains continue to disappear, there eventually becomes nothing that a big traditional publisher can offer.

Big traditional publishers and other publishers that aren't presently participating in Kindle Unlimited.

Certainly, Amazon has issues too, however, the big traditional publishers, Barnes and Noble, and the group of literary agents connected to this model have made a very good living from working with a relatively small number of authors that sell a lot of books.

There will always be big traditional publishers but their heyday is over.

I'm not anti-publisher, I have revised full with an editor for a big traditional publisher right now.

I'm not anti-publisher, I have a revised full with an editor for a big traditional publisher right now.

The only way to get your manuscript onto the desk of an acquisitions editor at one of the big traditional publishers (unless you have a personal connection or you meet an editor at a writers» conference) is to sign with a literary agent.

I'm a bit surprised to find out a big traditional publisher would allow an author to publish a companion work in the same canon as something they were publishing.

Even the big traditional publishers require their authors to participate in their own marketing through social media and direct interactions with readers, and with book releases becoming more and more like movie releases, if a book doesn't make a big splash its first month, publishers generally move their marketing dollars to the next release on their slate.

And following the trend that started three or four years ago, the big traditional publishers are working to tie down as many writers» books as possible, and control as many rights.

A big traditional publisher won't blink twice at assigning five or six different editors to a book.

Whether it's as generic as the voice of Nora Roberts or as unique as the voice of Stephen King, whether the book is published by one of the big traditional publishers or published by the author, a successful book has a voice that appeals to readers.

Unscrupulous self - publishing companies — Vanity Presses — have been around for decades, but now they have taken a new approach and have found new allies: the big traditional publishers.

The big traditional publishers have steered clear of Kindle Unlimited, although Amazon is paying trad firms the same price for a borrow as they would on a sale, while paying self - publishers out of the monthly KDP Select fund.