Sentences with phrase «even major publishing houses»

Even the major publishing houses are getting in on the action with Hachette and Harpercollins launching their own subscription services.

That's great, if the company can establish a loyal customer base, something that even major publishing houses have not been able to do.

Not exact matches

Major houses do publish fiction — even first novels by unknown writers — but consider the risk involved and the competition for those contracts.

Major publishing houses do not want to take on, or even look at, manuscripts by authors who are not already published (and they do not count Indi publishers as published).

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.

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.

Even though the five major publishing houses have political connections and economic power of their own, they just can't compete.

Not even the books of the major publishing houses.

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

Even though the publisher who asked for my novel - and took four months to reject it - isn't a major publishing house, they do have a presence in bookstores, with libraries and with major review journals.

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 websEven 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 webseven helping you with your social media or website.

The Twitter feeds for major publishers like Simon & Schuster or HarperCollins are always working to promote new titles, and self - published authors and small publishing houses usually work even harder to talk up their books anywhere and everywhere.

Most book descriptions, even books published from major publishing houses, are severely lacking.

Data Conversion Laboratory issued a press release earlier this week that indicates that reading consumers are speaking out against poorly formatted and error - ridden ebooks, sometimes even those works that have been commercially produced through major publishing houses.

Finalists this year include a wide variety of books from publishers large and small, hybrid presses, traditional houses, self - published authors, major national groups like the American Cancer Society and even The White House Historical Association.

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.

If you're being published by a traditional publishing house, there are many people — from editors to sales representatives to marketing managers to publicists to even book buyers at the major booksellers — who will weigh in on the consumer appeal and effectiveness of your book's title.

I am an unknown author publishing my first novel independently of the support and backing provided by a major house or even an agent.

We even find formatting issues with ebooks from major publishing houses.

Even though I worked with Random House and all the other major publishers, I often advise my clients «Let's go that self - publishing route.»

Authors do not have the resources to negotiate like a major publishing house; they must accept the standard contracts offered, and in the case of service to vendor contracts, they do not even know what is in them.

I have met people in charge of publishing and marketing procedures at major houses who don't even know the basics.

And do you think it's worth shopping to a major publishing house (even though it's been selling in retail stores)?

Bargainbooksy even lists some major publishing houses such as Harper Collins, Harlequin, and Penguin Random House as their customers, so your books will be in some excellent company.

Even if you land with a major publishing house, the success of your work will depend on you knowing this business and embracing all the challenges that a self - published author faces.