Sentences with phrase «breakout novels get»

Thus, it feels like only those authors who have breakout novels get constant marketing attention.

Not exact matches

The course contains video discussions with CJ and I on reasons for indie publishing, pros and cons, the mistakes people make, how you get paid as well as an exploration of our sales figures for 2011 — CJ's breakout novel and my own, more modest figures which you will find fascinating.We discuss what happens after your book is live and how to optimize your sales page.

N.K. Jemisin wrote a liberating blog post about how writing exactly what she wanted to write propelled her to success: «I think The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms became my «breakout» novel (i.e., the one that actually got published, as opposed to the ones still sitting in my harddrive) because I stopped caring about what the market wanted... [conclusion] The lesson here is obvious: trying to write what the market wanted didn't work for me.

In total, they printed more than 4,000 advanced copies of the debut novel, as they knew that getting the book into a lot of readers» hands was a key way to help make it a breakout hit.

Who: Amy Adams What: An 8 - episode series based on the creepy 2006 thriller by Gillian Flynn, who later had a breakout hit (and an acclaimed film adaptation) with her third novel Gone Girl When: Filming to begin in March; air date to be announced Where: HBO Why We're Excited: Adams, who's gotten five Oscar nominations, will bring sizzle to the role of a troubled newspaper reporter who returns to her hometown to investigate the grisly murders of two preteen girls.

A friend of mine won the Amazon Breakout Novel Award in YA last year and still has to hawk her book to local stores to get them to carry it — the publisher wouldn't even send them a letter.