Sentences with phrase «books of the major publishing houses»

Not even the books of the major publishing houses.

Not exact matches

But I finished my first book, snagged an agent, then was rejected by all of the major publishing houses.

I then moved on to Rodale Press and then Salem House where I helped bring British books to the US, finally moving up the publishing ladder to Pantheon's Associate Publisher, where I worked with some of the major cultural icons of our time, including Noam Chomsky, Studs Terkel, Matt Groening and Art Spiegelman.

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.

And, to answer the question above about selling hundreds of thousands of books without a major publishing house — check out a post I wrote in August of last year when I hit the 100,000 milestone in crime book sales.

Mark's authors have been published with major publishing houses such as Harper Collins, Thomas Nelson, and Penguin Books, resulting in millions of books Books, resulting in millions of books books sold.

Instead of self - editing, and making my own cover, and throwing it onto KU, I started my own company, and I decided that I was going to release a book that was competitive with and indistinguishable from a release by a major publishing house.

His authors have been published with major publishing houses around the world like Harper Collins, Thomas Nelson, and Penguin Books, resulting in millions of books Books, resulting in millions of books books sold.

It's interesting to note that the chains and major houses who hooked up early on with POD publishing services haven't done much that's noticeable in support of the resulting books.

-- Despite (I'm assuming) no discrimination against self - published books, ALL of these books were published by major houses — Random House; Little, Brown; Free Press etc..

«With their new pricing formula, Penguin Random House is recognizing that libraries are key players in the publishing industry, both as major purchasers of books and e-books, and promoters of literacy.»

The problem is that in the indi market there also it a lot of crap that would be filtered out IF all the books were subjected to the filter major publishing houses usually provide.

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.

And even though I didn't care about it at the time, when I pick out any of those books now, it's not surprise that they were all from the major publishing houses.

That includes authors at all stages of development, everyone from beginners to previously published authors who've published many books with major publishing houses.

I've sold about 25 books (also many short stories, essays, and articles) and have been published by a variety of major houses and small presses.

Your book should look like it just came off the press of a major publishing house, and then you need to be willing to invest in marketing.

They email or call a book publicist and say, «My book was published by [fill in the name of a major publishing house] in 2008, and that publisher failed to promote my book.

A cover I like, that's on a major publishing house book and selling well (can't remember which one), is a blurry picture of some wet leaves, with a girl's hand / arm running through it.

Established in August 2011, Literary Agent Undercover has already helped dozens of authors (in the United States and abroad) get the attention of literary agents and / or get book deal with major publishing houses.

The multimillion - seller author placed an ad last weekend in the New York Times Book Review and in Publishers Weekly (depicted below) advocating for government intervention — the same sort of bailout Goldman got — in order to save an industry besieged by bookstore closings and consolidation of the few remaining major publishing houses.

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.

Her books were published to great acclaim by a major trade publishing house until a couple of years ago when they decided, for reasons best known to themselves, not to continue.

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 publishiPublished Book (All Things Considered, NPR): «Self - published authors often dream of snagging a big contract with a major publishipublished authors often dream of snagging a big contract with a major publishing house.

They say the Gatekeepers (agents, slush readers, and first - line editors) are there for a reason, ensuring that new product is of the highest possible quality, that they've ensured that booksellers aren't loaded down with crap (and said brick and mortar booksellers are in complete agreement, only accepting books from major, established publishing houses), and that they and their staffs produce a truly professional final product, handling editing, design, and marketing so the author only has to worry about the words.

The third major publishing house in two days has decided to delay the electronic - book publication of some titles next year, as the debate over the timing and pricing of e-books heats up.

With all of the buzz — both positive and extremely negative — surrounding the large number of literary agents now exploring ebook - only titles for their author clients, a new level of credibility and respectability has come out in the form of a major publishing house expanding to release the digital rights to out - of - print and author - held rights» books.

New York Book Editors is a premiere affiliation of editors who have spent at least four years at New York's major publishing houses.

A final major benefit of traditional publishing, and what I believe to be the most important, is the fact that, with a publisher, a writer has a team of experts in every aspect of book production — i.e., editing, copy editing, legal review, when necessary, cover design, formatting, marketing, and publicity — who work together with a common, vested interest in making a book the best representation of the author and the publishing house that it can be.

According to a recent article in TechCrunch, such major publishers as Random House, Simon & Schuster, Workman Publishing Co., and Berrett - Koehler have already begun explore the book promotion value of Scribd.

the organization of major book publishing houses based primarily in New York City and owned by a handful of (primarily foreign) media conglomerates....

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.

That then led to a flurry of media interest, which subsequently led to a major New York agent deciding to represent the book and pitch it to all the major publishing houses.

Whether you are an aspiring self publisher or the CEO of a major publishing house, a freelance designer or sales person, this book provides you with the insight, background, statistics, figures, and examples to help you make sense of the business, economic, and marketing concerns of epublishing on its own and in context with print publishing.

These are books that are represented by agents (most likely) and subsequently published by a major house - known as the Big Six - and any of their imprints.

Our first BlueInk Best Book, for example, attracted the attention of three major publishing houses and one very prominent literary agent.

It's a whole lot easier to publish a short story than a novel: there are thousands of literary magazines and contests in the US, but only five major book publishing houses.

A major publishing house was also on the verge of buying the book when their marketing department informed the senior editor that the market was «Afghaned out.»

GoodEReader has posted several very informative articles that seek to educate authors of every ilk, whether they are traditionally published through a major publishing house with a four - book deal, self - published through an independent press, or have recently converted a manuscript to electronic format and uploaded it to an online site guided only by their own ability.

Hopefully, we are headed toward a time when a book is judged by its merits and not the stamp put on it by the publishing house, and the vanity of being in the stable of a major publisher will lose its allure.

Whether a non-fiction print edition from a major publishing house or a genre fiction ebook from a self - published author, contracting the services of a group like MethodApps can easily provide the extra push needed to market a book, especially if the app is sold or distributed in the same sales channel as the book and can therefore be bought at the time of the book purchase.

«Hachette Book Group's six publishing divisions have made major acquisitions all year long from the biggest and best literary agencies, often for less than other houses offered, as well as contract renewals with many of our biggest authors,» says a Hachette representative.

Per the FTC's new disclosure law, I'll also say that, if I do happen to mention a book, unless otherwise noted, it came from publicists and the marketing departments of major publishing houses.

Authors are — Gary McCarthy (3 million books in print, published with New York's major publishing houses), Frank Roderus (Spurs Award from the Western Writers of America — twice), Robert Vaughan (NY Times Bestselling Author 7 times, Spur Award, Pulitzer Prize Nominee, etc. etc.), John Legg, L. J. Martin (his screenplay is optioned by a major NBC approved producer), and Chet Cunningham!

Reviews in major publications are difficult to land on your own, but publicity arms of publishing houses can help get your book in the door.

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.

Once the province of highly prized art departments and staffers in major publishing houses, book cover art and design now is being «democratized» right along with digital publishing.

GoodEReader has posted several very informative articles that seek to educate authors of every ilk, whether they are traditionally published through a major publishing house with a four - book deal, self - published through an independent press, or have recently converted a manuscript to electronic format and uploaded it... [Read more...]

With more and more self - published authors getting «discovered» by the traditional publishing industry and in many cases having their originally self - published books redistributed by a major publishing house, what becomes of those few original copies that readers came to love from the very beginning?

Despite the fact that Amazon pays publishers the same price it would pay if someone bought the book outright, the Authors Guild believes this is a gross misuse of Amazon's power and that Amazon is acting without the consent of most major and minor publishing houses.