Sentences with phrase «figure book deal»

Lisa Genova, self - published author of Still Alice, credits K&H for getting her book noticed by national media, which resulted in a six - figure book deal.

It's hard not to when you hear about the latest seven - figure book deal or read about an indie author hitting the bestseller lists or selling their film rights.

I signed with Stephanie Tade who got me a 6 - figure book deal with Penguin Books, which published my book in hardcover!

A six - figure book deal meant he was able to buy a house, to write for a living and, it seems, to give his own story a happy ending.

The book offers readers rare — and almost startlingly voyeuristic — insight into the mind of 30 - something Brooklynite Nate as he adjusts from being a struggling freelance writer to having a six - figure book deal and as he fickly — and somewhat obliviously — navigates the urban dating scene.

Bill discusses what makes a book a best - seller, what your publisher expects from it's authors and whether or not the six figure book deal is really a good thing for your long - term career as an author.

Yes, a six figure book deal... very unusual for a first time author.

After getting five different offers for representation from top literary agents, I signed with Stephanie Tade who got me a 6 - figure book deal with Penguin Books!»

This time I signed with Stephanie Tade who got me a 6 - figure book deal with Penguin Books!

«The most successful literary agents only want books that can result in a Six Figure Book Deal (or more) and I don't think (or I'm not sure) my book has that potential.»

Though she had a six - figure book deal, she was stuck.

Kristen Roupenian, whose debut story in The New Yorker, «Cat Person,» went uber - viral this month, has reportedly received a seven - figure book deal.

Authors I've worked with have gotten six - figure book deals and been on bestseller lists such as the New York Times.

Mark's authors have been published with houses such as Scholastic, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Penguin Random House; gotten 6 - figure book deals; appeared on the NY Times bestseller list; had their work optioned for TV, stage, and feature film with companies such as Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks; won countless awards; and had their work licensed in more than 40 countries, resulting in millions of books sold.

Mr. Abate oversaw a number of seven - figure book deals during his brief tenure at Endeavor and built up a staff of several literary agents while cementing his reputation in publishing circles as a brash and sometimes sly businessman.

For starters, he's one of those elite book agents who's overseen a number of seven - figure book deals with a client list including Hollywood figures like James Franco, Tina Fey, Law & Order creator Dick Wolf, Mindy Kaling and Homeland producer Howard Gordon.

My authors have gotten 6 - figure book deals with major publishers like Random House, Penguin Books, Simon & Schuster, Scholastic, and Thomas Nelson.

Not exact matches

Written by Peter Schweizer, a regular Fox News guest and author of controversial bestseller Clinton Cash, the book will reportedly «expose vast corruption by top Washington figures who leverage their political power to enrich their family members and friends, often by helping grease deals with foreign entities,» according to Axios.

These outfits have been largely hoisted on their own financial petards and now they can't figure out a way to get their deals out the door and sell their story to the public suckers without the embarrassment of a downward valuation when the underwriters actually start writing the deal book; and (3) They're already a dead dog, living on borrowed time.

His latest book, Raw Deal is A riveting expose that shows with alarming lucidity what Americans stand to lose if we don't figure out how to rein in the technological giants that are threatening the American Dream.

There are dozens of books and articles from the past half century, all arguing that, far from being the Boy Scout of popular imagination who slew Goliath, the David figure who supplants Saul as king in Israel is a devious, double - dealing thug.

He'll probably crawl back to his lord at the end of the year with his faith renewed in the fictional christ / daddy figure, and get a book deal...

HarperStudio, a tech - savvy division of HarperCollins, noticed, and offered Vaynerchuk a seven - figure, 10 - book deal.

We got a book deal with Simon & Schuster six months after we graduated, so we knew we potentially had something big that people were willing to pay us for; it was just a matter of figuring out exactly what path to take.

After an epidemic of the mutant babies takes America by storm, parents, such as Jarvis (Michael Moriarty), have become public figures and gained book deals from their trauma.

According to the deal announcement, the book will take readers «on a romp through history and literature with dignity for few and cookies for all, with comic strips about famous authors, their characters, political and historical figures, all drawn in Kate Beaton's pared - down, excitable style.»

Here's the deal: I have books that are either non-commercial, or they are in genres I won't write in again - and those I figure I might as well self - publish.

In 2012, Hugh signed a deal with Simon and Schuster to distribute Wool to book retailers across the US and Canada, but he turned down seven figure offers and took a mid six figure sum in return for maintaining e-book rights.

Despite having made several publishing deals and agreeing to both film and comic book adaptations, he famously turned down a seven figure deal in favor of mid-six figure sum in order to retain e-book rights to the books, allowing them to be more freely distributed online, considering our current time to be one of the best times for self - publishing in history.

These are the Top Literary Agents in the world based on the most six - figure or better deals since January 2004 for all book genres (fiction, nonfiction, and children's books).

Each book has a different lesson to learn; from making and losing friends, dealing with bullies or struggling at school to figuring out what you want to do in life.

Look, I've been the author who got crapped on by a major publisher, and I've been the author who got book deals in the mid five figures.

In 2012, Hugh signed a deal with Simon and Schuster to distribute «Wool» to book retailers across the US and Canada, but he turned down seven figure offers and took a mid six figure sum in return for maintaining his ebook rights.

So Hoover — «a fabulous self - promoter and a very talented author,» Rennert said — earns back her debt to the agency, and the agency gets 15 percent to cover «the hours and months we devote to editorial; figuring out how to position and package the book to reach the right market; the time spent on quality control; seeking out and dealing with high - caliber vendors providing the above services; and locating and vetting professional photographers and cover designers whose work is every bit as good as those used in traditionally published books.»

I've spent a great deal of time trying to figure out what to do to ameliorate the damage done by the screw up of the Honor from Ashes (Honor and Duty Book 3) release.

Through most of the book we ride along with Tianna on her quest to figure out who she is, who is after her, and what the real deal is with Serena, Jimena, Vanessa, and their missing friend Catty.

Harlequin announced this morning that they've signed # 1 New York Times best - selling author Sylvia Day to a whopping seven - figure, two - book deal.

A publishing house might give a first - time author a six - figure deal, only to see the book flop.

News stories included Amazon's fake review lawsuit, three recent seven - figure publishing deals for indies, the luck factor of publishing, the reasoning behind Oyster's new online book store, and the traditionally published author survey.

The majority of authors will never receive that big book deal with a major publisher and gone are the days of the six - figure book advances for a debut author, but still, if your ultimate goal is to share a story with the world, if you put the time and effort into the craft of storytelling, you will find your audience.

To celebrate Scott's awesome news, I'm delighted to share with my blog readers Scott's original query letter that landed me as his agent and resulted in an auction for a mid-6 figure young adult book deal.

Advance figures are often intentionally kept secret unless they set new record highs for debuts (Garth Risk Hallberg's $ 2 million deal for City On Fire) or if they become the stuff of legend because they were so abysmally low in comparison to how well the book ended up selling (Roxane Gay's mega-hit Bad Feminist sold for $ 15,000).

The rumored King of the successful book deal, wherein an author is assured a potential six figure contract if only they have a mere following of 100,000 or more fans.

I'm talking about the number of six - figure (and beyond) book deals that an agent has closed.

The latter chapters of the book deal with Omar teaching himself the finer techniques of carpet - making (including figuring out how to build his own loom), and then becoming so successful that he needed help filling his orders.

Celebrity authors may strike seven - figure deals without breaking a sweat, but for unknown writers, having a book snapped up at a price like that is a little less common.

After turning down the St Martin's deal to self - publish, he subsequently signed up to a one - book deal with Amazon for a six - figure sum, but will continue to self - publish other titles.

And hey, turning down a six - figure book - deal is a good way to generate press and energy for your own self - published release; I don't say that cynically, I mean, very seriously, it's a savvy move.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Bella Andre spoke to GoodeReader about her recent seven - figure advance book deal with contemporary romance publisher Harlequin MIRA, who will handle the print editions of the eight books in Andre's award - winning Sullivans series.

Day is one of the reported 2 % of traditionally published authors who makes more than $ 100,000 per year from their book royalties, and her most recent figures from a new deal inked with St. Martin's Press will add to that statistic.