Sentences with phrase «books with 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.

You publish a book with a major publishing house... and no one asks you to rate anything.

And while some writers have always been «indie», publishing everything from pamphlets to zines, to blogs, the book world has long been centered on publishing a book with a major publishing house.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

«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.»

Emboldened by whatever prestige their affiliation with a major publishing house my bring, they move on to writing the next book.

Even if you're fortunate enough to find an agent and / or secure a book deal with a major (or minor) publishing house, you'll often still be expected to have had your manuscript edited — at your expense.

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.

But I'd so much like to catch authors before it's too late to get a book publicist really excited about a project: before a major book publishing house has given up on promoting the book (or lost interest in selling the book) or before an author has committed to working with a print - on - demand company whose imprint would make a book about 95 % more difficult to properly promote than it has to be.

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.

It'll playback DRM'd books you can purchase through the Connect Bookstore (more on that later), with titles provided by all the major publishing houses.

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A New York literary agent can spend more time with editors and publishers at major New York publishing houses (the people who buy most books).

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.

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.

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.

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.

Even if your books are published by a major New York house, unless you're Jonathan Franzen or Sue Grafton, chances are no one's going to be buying ads for your book or even helping you with your social media or website.

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.

«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.

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!

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.

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.

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?

Mallory's paranormal romance books have become such a hit that she just signed a three - book deal with a major publishing house.

If your book is with a major publishing house, and your book publicity campaign has stalled before it started, then it might be because your in - house book publicist has James Patterson Syndrome.

If you're serious about creating a book that will compete in the marketplace with books coming out of the major publishing houses, you need a product that is built to the same quality standard.

She has worn many hats — she's published with major New York houses, then broke away and created her own imprint; has successfully published over 20 books and sold in excess of 1,000,000 copies; understands niche publishing and marketing; has created publicity campaigns for her own work that landed her on Oprah, Donahue, CNN and even grabbed a cover story in People magazine; she's penetrated the foreign rights market with her work in 16 countries to date; she has guided and coached many others from creation to completion of their work; she has created and chair several publishing conferences; and she has successfully turned several publishing disasters into successful outcomes for their authors.

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The same holds true now with Kindle books, and the annoying part is that if you bother to learn a little XML, you can make your Kindle book look as nice as anything published by a major print house.

Along with literary agents, editors, and publishers from major publishing houses, you will connect with leaders in self - publishing and experts on book promotion, platform building, social media, and author websites.

One major reason authors used to need to go with major publishing houses is that only through them could they get their books into bookstores.

She provides author, book, blog - to - book, and high - performance coaching services to her clients, some of whom have sold 300,000 + copies of their books, landed deals with major publishing houses and created thriving businesses around their books.

The book surprised everyone by winning a literary prize (the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour) and immediately afterward Fallis secured a high profile agent AND a publishing contract with a major Canadian house.

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Tania Strauss writes for NY Book Editors, a premiere affiliation of editors with extensive experience from New York's major publishing houses.

One other friend of mine left he was in the real estate space wrote a book with with a major publishing house and then a few years later stopped he left real estate and went into a really strong personal development business and the publisher went up well you're not promoting this book anymore and they took his book word - for - word and put somebody else's name on the cover of it and just put a new introduction on it no credit to anybody he had worked because he had two co-authors help him with it because he's dyslexic so they essentially were the ones that wrote it and he provided a lot of the content and the publisher gave those other authors no credit took his name off and put somebody else's name on the front and then the publisher was 100 % within their rights to do it so you know there's a lot of things that I challenge people to kind of think about what's important and if you're putting all your expertise into this book you want to make sure that somebody's negotiated a heck out of it giving you a contract that actually makes sense for you and your business.

I have spent the past three and a half months working as an ebooks assistant for an Oxford based Christian publishing house producing books that aim to illuminate, detail, debate, commodify, beautify, and question the Christian faith in non-fiction and fiction offerings, and with over 300 ebook titles already selling on all major retailer / online portals.

To ensure that your book can compete with the best books published by the major houses, we encourage independent authors to follow the publishers» lead and put your book through at least two full rounds of editing if your budget and time line allow.

Some of her clients have sold 300,000 + copies of their books, landed deals with major publishing houses, and created thriving businesses around their books.

An author willing to gamble on this self - publishing model can make ten times as much per book sold as compared with royalty income from a major trade house.

Our experienced book designers will work with you to develop a unique cover that meets your vision and is designed to stand out in the marketplace — competing with books from major publishing houses.

Issues of collaboration, hybridization (authors who publish traditionally, with a major publishing house, while also publishing their own work themselves), and a growing audience for self - published books are all covered extensively, with quotes from experts such as Dan Blank, Jon Fine, and Diane Mancher.