Cindy Dees, who wrote Light This Candle in honor of my charity, Patches of Light, described it so well when she said, «joining a women's
fiction publisher like Harlequin and a program like Patches of Light makes for a perfect marriage.
Not exact matches
According to the
publisher, Torn will be a science -
fiction mystery game that takes inspiration from similarly dark shows
like Black Mirror and Twilight Zone.
That's a pretty little
fiction publishers would
like readers to believe.
While I «
like» to learn knew things and be very hands on most of the time, my golden nuggets of time that I carve ot of my day are better served trying to write good
fiction rather than trying to learn how to «be» my own
publisher.
Sure, you might
like the works of some niche
fiction publishers, in the same way that many music fans enjoy Domino Records artists, but do you really care whether it's a HarperCollins or a Penguin?
CrossBooks, a
publisher of Christian
Fiction, reaches out to authors and lays out guidelines for writing Christian
Fiction with realistic characters confronting gritty issues
like abuse and alcoholism.
She explained, «The Italian market is still in very early stages for certain genres
like fiction, but some
publishers are already quite advanced in their approach to digital.»
Publishing is changing though, and
publishers like Harmony Ink Press, who specialise in LGBT + YA
fiction are leading the charge.
If you would
like to join our team and write for us and happen to be a lover of original
fiction and ground breaking non-
fiction published by independent
publishers, feel free to contact us here and tell us more about yourself..
This is good news for a
publisher like Rosinante because contemporary Danish
fiction is one of our main interests.
And how do
publishers decide which books — excluding those by famous people, and specifically
fiction (nonfiction seems
like an easier sell)-- will get the larger advances and the subsequent marketing push?
For Angela, writing
fiction is
like coming home — she started her career as a romance novelist with British
publisher Macdonald Futura.
If
publishers resorted to the subscription model, I would jump on it
like the avid reader I am... I read more than three or four books a week and usually more than one book at a time; usually one
fiction and a couple of nonfiction depending on the duration of time I have to read.
It almost makes it seem that if writers can make a big platform, they can go with a small press, but if one wants to sell
fiction (
like most of us), it's still better to go with the big
publishers.
If your genre is considered «niche» —
like crossover
fiction, a personal memoir, or a book designed to promote your business — you may find it harder to attract interest from a
publisher.
«Sourcebooks has experienced double - digit growth for the past 10 years, and that's coming from our historic strongpoints of nonfiction and
fiction, as well as brand - new areas
like our white - hot young adult program,» said Dominque Raccah, CEO and
publisher of Sourcebooks.
I know that in
fiction publishing there are lots of problems with
publishers, and right now picking on them just seems to be
like kicking dirt onto a person who is struggling to even figure out how to stay alive.
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Connor Tomas O'Brien, the founder of Tomely, told Good e-Reader, «We've got some exciting Australian small
publishers like Editia, Xoum, The Lifted Brow, and The Review of Australian
Fiction on the platform, and fairly well - known American indies
like Publishing Genius Press and Dzanc.
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Released this month by Hyperion, The Girls» Guide to Love and Supper Clubs is fresh women's
fiction with a twist on the culinary love story and is receiving much critical praise from the
likes of Kirkus Review [4] s [4] and
Publishers Weekly [5].
If you
like science
fiction, the
publisher Baen also has a set of free ebooks.
Released this month by Hyperion, The Girls» Guide to Love and Supper Clubs is fresh women's
fiction with a twist on the culinary love story and is receiving much critical praise from the
likes of Kirkus Reviews and
Publishers Weekly.
For established hardcover authors and other genres that are hardcover heavy
like thrillers, literature and science
fiction, the inroads made by self
publishers on the low end were not significant.
Even though it was a small
publisher who gave me my first
fiction contract (and all my subsequent contracts until I began writing for Kindle Worlds), it didn't feel
like traditional publishing to me.
But imagine clicking through the sample, and discovering that most of it is devoted to things
like the the title page, the table of contents, the
publisher's information, and even a disclaimer that Winnie - the - Pooh «is a work of
fiction.»
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