Sentences with phrase «by a major publishing house»

Most works published by major publishing houses never pay out.

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.

She is extremely knowledgeable of the intricate details of formatting an ebook so that it looks as if it were produced by a major publishing house.

«We have already seen fewer titles published by the major publishing houses each year,» it notes.

Several authors have found their Wattpad content requested by major publishing houses, and the site even launched a crowdsourcing... [Read more...]

Fierce lobbying by major publishing houses such as Axel Springer is responsible for the EU copyright proposals that are expcted to appear on Wednesday, in which publishers would gain the ability to charge Google and other news aggregators and search engines for indexing their stories and reproducing headlines and snippets of their text.

If you were defining «book» then, you'd also have added that it was published by a major publishing house located in New York or London, after having been accepted and promoted by an established literary agent.

«I was published four times by major publishing houses, and I decided the process was just too grueling.

Without exception the gatekeepers employed by the major publishing houses, whose job it is to weed out the dross when it comes to prospective new manuscripts are guilty of both of these thoroughly undesirable failings.

Characters in this book and many others being released recently — even by major publishing houses — feature some entirely too descriptive sex scenes (including unbelievably detailed and awkward «firsts,» usually for the female main character) involving characters who are under twenty - one years of age.

Her book was published by a major publishing house who didn't seem to care, or pick up errors in subsequent reprints (something many publishing houses do, I know this because I work for a major one, which is not Random House!).

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?

The misguided idea that self - publishing costs ridiculous amounts of cash is one that has been drilled into our skulls through years of dominance by the major publishing houses, and the apparent unattainability of a good publishing deal to all but the most fortunate and godly of writers.

Your print book is created using InDesign, the same software used by all major publishing houses.

A young author, Amanda Hocking, rejected by major publishing houses, has become a millionaire in less than a year, by taking her writing into her own hands.

Brittany Geragotelis is the latest self - published author to be snapped up by a major publishing house after selling a ton of books through WattPad (an online writing community).

The book is completed and has been work - shopped and revised with both a writing group and an agent and was almost purchased by a major publishing house in 2010.

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.

Several authors have found their Wattpad content requested by major publishing houses, and the site even launched a crowdsourcing program to help fund the publishing process for a select number of titles.

There are plenty of stories of popular bloggers getting picked up by major publishing houses to create a full - length book based off of their blog content.

Although Authors United notes it has seen «fewer titles published by the major publishing houses each year» the number of new titles published annually has actually grown twelvefold since 2002, soaring to a whopping three million in 2010.

An indie author who opts to sell an ebook at traditional industry prices may face backlash from consumers who laugh at the nerve of comparing one's work to Big Five titles, while an NYT bestselling author who is published by a major publishing house has no ability to say that his work should be free or cheaper.

They don't appear to visit bookshops, none of which stock PA titles and all of which stock books by first - time authors who have achieved what PA claims to be an almost impossible feat - being published by major publishing houses.

If your book was released by a major publishing house, would your reaction be, «Great!

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.

Once the series was invested in by a major publishing house, the author's work didn't stop.

We have worked with a variety of authors including first - time and self - published authors, authors who have been published by major publishing houses, and New York Times bestselling authors.

I may be preaching to the choir, but every self - published book and even ones published by major publishing houses that I have bought and read has had spelling errors, homonym errors, punctuation faux - pas, and poor sentence structure.

I decided to self - publish when I wrote my epic fantasy, and understood that it meant that my books would not likely ever get picked up by a major publishing house.

My stories have been published by major publishing houses (HarperCollins & Harlequin), yet in 2012 I decided to take complete control of my work and self - publish.

It's always difficult to get published by a major publishing house, that's just the way it is.

I have absolutely no compunctions about giving something published by a major publishing house one star and a scorching review.

Some of her clients have sold 320,000 + copies of their books and been published by major publishing houses.

Ed Mapes authored three books published by major publishing houses, remains an Associate Editor for Sailing magazine, has written several courses for the on - line sailing institution NauticEd, and conducts live webinars for Seven Seas Cruising Association.