Sentences with phrase «by agents or publishers»

Most authors who find success have written several books before they get picked up by an agent or publisher.

When I was talking about Rachelle's post on Twitter, my friend Roni Loren mentioned that she got a book deal with Berkley in the past year and was never asked by her agent or publisher what her numbers were.

The following are authors who have announced either signing a foreign deal, or being approached by an agent or publisher for foreign rights translations: David Dalglish, Shelley Stout, M.G. Scarsbrook, Tina Folsom, Melanie Nilles, Dawn McCullough White, Victorine Lieskie, Imogen Rose, Lucy Kevin, Margaret Lake, Terri Reid, and Beth Orsoff.

Hi Jess, In general, foreign rights sales or translation rights are handled by your agent or publisher.

In traditional publishing an author's subsidiary rights were largely managed by their agent or their publisher.

Some of us are content with being represented by an agent or publisher.

And hey, as an added bonus, if you're not trying to get picked up by an agent or publisher, you don't have to write a book proposal, right?

Not exact matches

Whether you're pitching your proposal to agents, waiting as your agent pitches your proposal to publishers, or standing by as editors and designers and marketing departments work their magic on your manuscript, the process is long and the wait can be frustrating.

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He is counted by Publishers Marketplace the top - selling agent in the world across all categories with some 55 or more deals recorded in the US and UK in the past six months.

One reason for rejection by literary agents and publishers is a lack of commercial appeal or relatability.

As we've written a number of times at GigaOM, the traditional book - publishing business continues to be disrupted, with some self - published authors such as Amanda Hocking making millions of dollars without using a traditional agent or publisher, by selling their own books through Amazon's (s amzn) Kindle platform.

Attending and / or participating in trade shows and conferences, etc. (see below) Reading industry newsletters and blogs Publishers Marketplace Publishers Weekly Monitoring media World news and trends National news and trends Niche news and trends Reading books / articles about the industry and / or craft of writing Reading books in genres the agent represents, written by authors he or she doesn't represent

A lot of aspiring authors gravitate toward new agents because they think the odds of being accepted by a long - time and / or famous agent are more difficult than sending an unsolicited MS directly to a publisher.

A query letter is the only way to get a literary agent to read your completed or partial manuscript (and get published by a traditional publisher like Random House)-- 98 % of the time.

The Big (i.e., irrelevant commercial) Publishers, the Random Houses and HarperCollinses and Simon & Schusters and Hachettes, wheeled and dealt multimillion - dollar con - tracts among themselves, though increasingly the agents were holding on to their authors» foreign rights, stalking the halls and booths like hyenas, or even, egregiously, like the upstart McTaggart, setting up their own stands with spiffy little tables and printed catalogs several inches thick handed out by demure young people, aping the publishers themselves (thPublishers, the Random Houses and HarperCollinses and Simon & Schusters and Hachettes, wheeled and dealt multimillion - dollar con - tracts among themselves, though increasingly the agents were holding on to their authors» foreign rights, stalking the halls and booths like hyenas, or even, egregiously, like the upstart McTaggart, setting up their own stands with spiffy little tables and printed catalogs several inches thick handed out by demure young people, aping the publishers themselves (thpublishers themselves (the nerve!).

Its primary objective is to save authors from having to deal with literary agents or publishers while allowing them to publish their writings directly for consumption by a world audience.

Let's not forget that some of our greatest authors and writers and poets in the past were self - published before they were accepted by a publisher or agent.

Please tell us if the manuscript has been submitted to editors and / or publishers by yourself or another agent.

There are more and more indie authors being picked up by agents and / or publishers.

Completed reviews run on the BlueInk website, which has special features designed to help publishers and literary agents find promising new material and to help librarians and booksellers discover titles their patrons will be interested in, such as those written by local authors or set in their regions.

by Anne R. Allen Good critique groups are the easiest (and cheapest) way for new writers to learn the nuts and bolts of the craft and keep those cringe - making first drafts from gumming up agents» and publishers» desks (or becoming part of Konrath's tsunami of crap.)

The standard agency commission doesn't just pertain to domestic book sales, but any and all of the book's subsidiary rights sales, whether sold by the agent, author, or publisher.

Plenty of authors publish themselves and are then picked up by a literary agent or traditional publisher, and others have left their traditional publisher to publish their own work.

Writers who have been requested by an interested agent or publisher to give the book a polish.

By entering this contest, the author, agent, or publisher assert that he or she agrees with the Statement of Faith on the Christian Editor Connection website.

This means a long, tedious process of sending queries to agents — most likely over a year or two, if not longer — because mainstream publishers, by and large, no longer accept submissions directly from authors.

What is a literary agent, to the author who wants to be published by a traditional publisher like Random House or Simon & Schuster?

Think of like this: the agent or publisher is doing you a favor by telling you exactly what they want and how they want it.

Workshop leaders work side - by - side with you on your work - in - progress, and help move it to the next level in preparation for submission to agents or publishers.

Publishers will only consider your book or manuscript if it's submitted to them by a literary agent.

Do your research, build your platform, write your proposal, and you too can find a credible publisher for your cookbook — either through an agent or by going directly to the publisher yourself.

Some say that this behavior by book agents in the early 20th century was responsible for the trend of publishers beginning to print fewer titles and take fewer chances on newer and / or lesser known authors... another trend that continues today, and continues to be debated.

How to Secure a Traditional Book Deal by Self - Publishing (Jane Friedman at Writer Unboxed): «It's not any easier to interest an agent or publisher when you're self - published, and since new authors are more likely to put out a low - quality effort (they rush, they don't sufficiently invest, they don't know their audience), chances are even lower their book will get picked up.»

Do you think that the self - publishing alternative is taken seriously by the traditional actors (publishers, agents) or still widely seen as vanity publishing?

I also have a series of blog posts that walks you step - by - step through defining your cookbook concept through writing a proposal and finding an agent or publisher.

I had done a ton of research and spoken with several agents who basically laid it bare to me that as an unknown author with zero publishing credentials or record it would be very tough to even get looked at in a serious way by most publishers.

By being an independent author, you will not have the luxury of having a publisher or book agent handle all the nitty gritty on your behalf.

Many are also discovering that a quality self - published book can still find its way to traditional publishing (if that's what you want) if it generates a sales track record and is picked up by a publisher or agent.

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The Five «Insider» Secrets Of Top Fiction Writers by Dr. John Yeoman How do you write a «killer» novel or story that brings you a contract with an agent or publisher?

I can't guarantee that after working with me at this level your novel will be accepted by an agent or by a mainstream publisher or small press — if, indeed, that is your preferred route to publication — but I can guarantee that it will be a better novel.

No agent or publisher is going to reject your book if you missed the count by 1k or 5k or even 10k, especially if the story blows them away.

Not necessarily the queries that get a request for more material, or the ones that are ultimately picked up by an agent and sold to a publisher.

If a literary agent, publisher or big shot movie producer is insane enough to take a flier on romance or erotic romance by a crazy duck lady who publishes as Mary Anne Graham and Olivia Outlaw — I'm easy enough to contact.

Angela, In the long run you will do better if you terminate that contract and start over by self - publishing or going the agent / publisher route.

A long time ago writers used to have to rely on getting discovered by publishers, agents, or pitching their book to anyone who they thought would buy it and ultimately know someone who might be able to get it published for you.

Professional editors, agents, publishers, and readers will get distracted by your unnecessary insertion of en - or em - dashes, overuse of commas, and misplacement of semi-colons.

By the time I contacted Smith Publicity, I was exhausted and stressed from years of researching and writing my book, The Fifth Decade, Is It Just My Life or Is It Perimenopause, from finding a literary agent and then a publisher, and finally choosing a PR firm.

So we will have our digital publishing, or agent - assisted publishing arm called IPSO, and we will obviously promote IPSO books, but we will also promote other books by other publishers, even in print and in foreign language.