Sentences with phrase «gatekeepers at a publishing house»

Part of the stigma grew from the fact that vanity - published books were not vetted by the gatekeepers at a publishing house — whether large or small — and therefore did not benefit from editing, professional cover design, typesetting, and marketing.

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The «gatekeepers» who previously determined what books got to market at the major publishing houses have long ago lost their exclusive status.

A snapshot from 1997: Press releases were distributed via mail or broadcast fax, media databases consisted of gigantic printed directories, self - publishing was a curious endeavor just starting to raise eyebrows, social networking consisted of actually talking with people at a coffee shop or cocktail reception, and the «big houses» of publishing were still kings and the ultimate literary gatekeepers.