Sentences with phrase «first traditional deal»

One of my books was in a box - set that hit the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists in March, and I have my first traditional deal with Ullstein - Midnight, a German imprint, for Desecration - Verletzung.

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These deals are expected to generate about 25 hours of new daily programming, and mark the company's first real challenge to traditional cable.

«This is a first - of - its - kind deal which alters the traditional funding landscape, and we're excited to be a part of it,» added Highland Capital Partners» Manish Patel.

International Telephone and Telegraph backs Teck's first foray into Chile but frustrates its ability to do traditional mining deals.

You'll find out when the best time is to introduce food, the benefits of baby - led weaning over traditional pureed food, the best first foods and foods to avoid, the science of and how to deal with choking and gagging, introducing allergens, how much to feed, how to manage solid intake with breastfeeding and formula, and more!

Because this is the first study to take into account both so - called environmental DNA (eDNA) as well as more traditional types of data, he says, «we stand to learn a good deal more about how to interpret our records.»

First Snow isn't so much a traditional thriller as it is a psychological drama, dealing with how one's future is largely controlled by events of the past.

First, content areas in each classroom deal with critically reading texts (broadly defined to include audio, video, and the still image, along with traditional writing), as well as composing such texts for audiences within and beyond the classroom walls.

The styling is meant to show off the Urus» mix of luxury and performance, taking cues from Lambo's very - first off - roader, the LM002, while also mixing in a good deal of Lambo's traditional sports car cues as well.

Locke isn't the first self - published author to strike a deal with a traditional publishing house after becoming well known for his e-books.

6 min read Self - publishing has improved a great deal since 2002, when Lulu first broke the mold and began offer writers a means to publish without going the traditional route.

Everything you wanted to know about contemporary publishing (traditional or indie) but were afraid to ask: from your first draft to that movie deal: blogging, social media, marketing, platform building, querying, dealing with reviews and rejection and internet trolls.

After an exhaustive self - education into the publishing industry (reading books, studying websites, attending conferences, etc.), I found the key to unlock the publishing kingdom and landed my first traditional book deal.

That first step is expensive and nobody in traditional publishing has found a way to adequately deal with the slush pile problem.

On one front, this is essential material for the first - time author pursuing a traditional publishing deal, as publishers are well known for sticking quite rigidly to genre requirements, for the purposes of selling their products (our books) to the even more hide - bound book shops, who aren't interested in buying a book unless they know where to shelve it.

In part 1 and part 2 of this blog post series, I explained how I landed my first traditional book deal, signed with an agent, sold more books, and then ultimately decided to leave traditional publishing behind!

Traditional publishers build their business around the typical sales curve of a print book: put a lot of copies on bookstore shelves, see what sells in the first 90 days, and deal with returns and marginal ongoing demand on most titles.

Even if you get a traditional publishing deal, the days of big advances for first time writers are largely gone (unless you are extremely lucky), and you will still be expected to do a significant amount of marketing work on your own.

The character is at once dealing with a very specific situation — being a first - generation immigrant, negotiating the tricky divide between traditional family ways and the life of an American teenager — and something very universal, the need for teenagers to find their own identity and place in the world.

-LSB-...] How to Smartly Evaluate a Small Publisher (Jane Friedman) or any author interested in a traditional publishing deal, one of the first questions you'll face is: Do you need an agent?

For any author interested in a traditional publishing deal, one of the first questions you'll face is: Do you need an agent?

I did sign with an agent and I am anxious to sign that first deal with a traditional publisher that he is working to line up for me because I see value in getting hard copies into bookstores and gaining access to the international markets that would be difficult to penetrate as an indie - only writer.

Agree particularly that traditional publishing ain't the whole deal these days and not to go with the first offer you receive.

Like many new writers, I was convinced my first book was «The Next Big Thing», and only a huge deal with a big traditional publisher would do.

When digital - first or ebook - only imprints were first conceived of, they were criticized for changing the long - held dynamic of a traditional publishing deal.

But that's another thing to find and manage that comes with the deal (and the advance check you get to cash) if you do a deal with a traditional publisher (although, admittedly, you would probably have had to find the agent in the first place, and self - publishing could be a way to do that.)

And yet, it's also a strong case for at least trying the traditional path first — she was willing to take the time to put a book out on submission and was therefore able to get a deal on the table and actually see the numbers they were offering (plus clauses and timeline) before turning it down.

In 2011, I landed my first traditional publishing deal.

I've read from other writers that this is a big deal with traditional publishers, and that, if you can't sell first publishing rights anymore, deals will be a lot worse.

Some authors self - publish first with a view to getting a traditional deal — Emily Benet did that by serializing her novel online using Wattpad (p22), and shares her advice.

I could have traditional deals and anything else now because I have the freedom to be indie first.

After failing to secure a traditional publishing deal in 2000, Mr. Bendat, a public defender in Los Angeles, paid $ 99 to publish the first edition of his book with iUniverse, a print - on - demand company.

The first model (traditional publishing) provides a decent offer, showering you with rewards and a professional team of experts to deal with your issues... for a price.

The only compelling argument I've read so far is that traditional publishers provide advances and bankroll the writing process, but that's typically only true after one has already sold some work: few are those who ever got offered great publishing deals on their first manuscript in the traditional system either.

I actually got my traditional 3 - book deal after I self - published the first book in the series.

The deal turns the traditional arrangements around 180 degrees and has the Kindle version released first with the print book following several months later.

Self - publishing has improved a great deal since 2002, when Lulu first broke the mold and began offer writers a means to publish without going the traditional route.

I am a non-fiction body / mind / spirit author for a traditional publisher, and am currently working on the manuscript for the first book deal (wehew!)

But sadly there are still some influential people who believe that, first, self - published authors sell a lot of books because they are cheap (Kill Me Again is currently in the Kindle UK top 20 and only one book in the chart is more expensive) and, second, that if the writing was good, the author would be offered a traditional deal.

WTM 2012 saw the traditional first morning session before the exhibition opened and the new Thursday Speed Networking sessions, aimed at facilitating post WTM business deals.

Released during the era when traditional media first began to try and adapt video games for other forms of entertainment, a series of business deals and licensing agreements eventually brought us the Maniac Mansion television series on the now - defunct Family Channel.

It will deliver the first global survey of projects and initiatives dealing with traditional forms of food production in cities.

First, the fiduciaries need to be capable of dealing with digital assets, and not all traditional fiduciaries may be equally comfortable in the digital world.

For instance the first chapter deals with essential aspects of electronic evidence that will allow lawyers to transition from the traditional use of hardcopy evidence to documents and evidence in the digital age.

Although its traditional strength has been in private equity transactions — a field it dominates — it was also ranked first last year by the website Mergermarket in mergers and acquisitions, with 447 deals.

The first is that these deals are not negotiated in the same way traditional outsourcing deals are.

«When dealing with traditional lands where there is a legitimate right for the Crown to step in and take up land — such as for lumbering, mining, and infrastructure — First Nations have to receive the highest duty to consult and uphold the honour of the Crown,» says Gallagher.

«This is a first - of - its - kind deal which alters the traditional funding landscape, and we're excited to be a part of it,» added Highland Capital Partners» Manish Patel.

Traditional payments giant First Data sent a ripple through the bitcoin community last month when the company announced it had acquired mobile gift card provider and long - time bitcoin industry advocate Gyft as part of a deal with undisclosed terms.

After «on the job» learning through the school of hard knocks at first... I found the key that helped our investment company (based out of Charleston, South Carolina) get deals done more quickly, without having to go to banks for traditional funding...