Sentences with phrase «from agents and publishers»

«And I got messages from agents and publishers.

I had stacks of rejections from agents and publishers for books that included Maid for Love, book 1 in the Gansett series, Treading Water, book 1 in the series of that name, Georgia on My Mind, The Wreck, True North and The Fall.

So authors are taking seats away from agents and publishers, grabbing the big spoon, and taking the money that used to go to agents and publishers.

Is there any wonder so many authors are demanding to know what's going an and who are then walking away from agents and publishers in disgust and turning to indie publishing?

Some of them go on to get offers from agents and publishers and score major deals.

Yep, just as it is easier not to ask the hard questions — and demand answers — from their agents and publishers.

I've been sending queries and networking now for almost two years and I'm beginning to get some positive responses from both agents and publishers.

And yes, you could have definitely used those comments from USGS and FEMA experts to attract attention from agents and publishers!

After writing for countless hours, we then shake out our confidence and don it like a voluminous overcoat to protect us from the onslaught of rejections we receive from agents and publishers who tell us «no thanks».

«It's really simple: without Amazon, and more specifically KDP Select, I would still be receiving rejection letters from agents and publishers.

When they don't get gratification from agents and publishers, they say the system is broken and turn to VP.

Maybe those kind replies from agents and publishers weren't all phony and pre-written, after all.

I collected rejection letters from agents and publishers.

I have never been happier to thumb through a two - inch stack of rejection letters from agents and publishers.

Forums for authors with traditional publishing aspirations have long been peppered with threads about the query grind, the rejection letters and emails that pile up from agents and publishers, and the desire to quit and give up on the hopes of ever making it as a writer.

I consider all the early rejections from agents and publishers sort of a «training ground» for reader reviews.

You'll have some help along the way, from your agent and the publisher, but there's not a lot of money for them to spend promoting a new author especially.

However, there are some positive signs for our indie clients to appreciate their book - promoting service: they welcome EPUB and MOBI format of which most of you certain possess; they seem to speak to independent author directly apart from agent and publisher as they leave one button for you to proudly present who you are.

Not exact matches

West points out that while it helped to know that both her agent and publisher are from large, well - known firms, she maintains that if business owners mean what they say, say what they mean and are who they say they are, they can't go wrong striking a deal online.

I have been hearing lots of complaints recently from traditional publishers, authors, and agents that some of the changes in the publishing world are ruining books forever.

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That he has no agent, no publisher and has barely started the book does not disqualify him from making this bold declaration.

Despite dutifully following the suggestions delineated in Writer's Market, widely accepted as the bible of struggling authors, all I have to show for my efforts to date is a big pile of rejection letters from publishers and agents.

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Perhaps in a few days or weeks from now, you'll write to tell me that you just got a top literary agent, publisher, and book deal.

At a writer's conference, writers meet literary agents and editors from publishers.

My literary agent got offers from multiple publishers and my book deal was announced this week on Publishepublishers and my book deal was announced this week on PublishersPublishers Weekly!

After Mark helped me land a top literary agent, I got publishing offers from THREE well - known publishers: Amacom, Palgrave Macmillan, and McGraw - Hill (they're publishing my book in hardcover)!

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware I often receive questions from writers who are looking to hire an independent editor to polish their manuscripts, either for self - publication or for submission to agents and publishers, and want to know w... -LSB-...]

Where can you find a sample successful query letter that you can learn from and model — so you can get a top literary agent, publisher, and book deal?

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And, Publishers Marketplace only gives literary agents 21 book genres or categories to choose from when specifying areas of interest (in contrast, our Directory of Book Agents gives you 116 book genres or categories to choose agents 21 book genres or categories to choose from when specifying areas of interest (in contrast, our Directory of Book Agents gives you 116 book genres or categories to choose Agents gives you 116 book genres or categories to choose from).

While many good things can be learned from editors and agents (and to some extent publishers), the conversations are driven by meeting the expectation of a company, not a reader.

The truth has always been that most trad published books are damp squibs (speaking from experience), but self - publishing has allowed authors to give readers what they want to read instead of what agents and publishers think they want to read.

During the interview, Lakshmi also talks about how he worked with former literary agent Mark Malatesta to improve his manuscript and pitch materials, resulting in literary agency representation with his first choice literary agent, who then got offers from three major publishers: Penguin, Harper Collins, and Random House.

Older agents went into hiding, knowing their job wasn't to read slush, and new scam agents popped up everywhere, taking advantage of this new guideline from publishers by milking the writer of their money and crushing their dreams.

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Once when all the money from publishing books starts going directly to writers (and not various literary agents and publishers), writing will become profitable enough and more people will choose that as a profession.

«For 20 years, the Frankfurt Fellowship Programme has been bringing together publishers, agents and editors from 16 different countries.

I have read novels published by legacy publishers, wholly vetted by agents and editors from on high that were utter CRAP.

This also proved to be a golden opportunity for the publishers from the west and elsewhere in the world to interact directly with the public and their Chinese counterparts, something that they had to rely mostly on agents to get going.

A long - standing decree from publishers warned agents (and therefore, authors) against submitting manuscripts with main characters older than 18 or younger than mid-20s.

These last two weeks I have been watching a friend struggle with all the agent myths AFTER getting an offer from a major New York publisher for a multi-book deal that he marketed and sold himself.

This is where agents and publishers are worth their weight in editing gold; helping us separate the wheat from the chaff of our individual stories.

Which means your publisher and agent got $ 160 from your marketing efforts and you lost $ 60.

Seeing it from the publisher, author and agent perspective is enlightening.

One thing that separates The Editorial Department from others in the field is our track record of success in helping authors navigate the submissions process and find homes for their manuscripts, with top agents and publishers.

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.)

Finally, on a pure process level, I am wary of a world without agents or publishers: that would mean that you have large booksellers, who have substantial market power, dealing with authors directly, the vast majority of whom do not have any substantial market power, and where there are antitrust issues that may arise from collective action.

But they require writers to stand up for themselves, that their agents not work for the publishers, and that writers be willing to walk away from offers.