Sentences with phrase «interested agents or publishers»

Plus, I am interested in being traditionally published and this way interested agents or publishers can take a peek and see if I'm working on something they might like to see.

Writers who have been requested by an interested agent or publisher to give the book a polish.

-LSB-...] Here are some insights for those trying to interest an agent or publisher in their works: Jennifer Slattery discusses writing queries that get read, Steve Laube explains what happens in the agency after a writer sends in a proposal or query, and Jacob Warwick explains how to make powerful pitches to large publications.

How to Secure a Traditional Book Deal by Self - Publishing (Jane Friedman at Writer Unboxed): «It's not any easier to interest an agent or publisher when you're self - published, and since new authors are more likely to put out a low - quality effort (they rush, they don't sufficiently invest, they don't know their audience), chances are even lower their book will get picked up.»

Not exact matches

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).

You see, a book needs to come to life with its author knowing what audience is expected to read it, or else most publishers (and literary agents) won't be interested in it.

If you can get this across to the reader and immediately get them interested, you have a higher chance with an agent or publisher reading more than the opening paragraph.

While these niche topics won't interest traditional publishers or literary agents — it's still possible there's an audience waiting for you to publish that unique book!

Completed reviews run on the BlueInk website, which has special features designed to help publishers and literary agents find promising new material and to help librarians and booksellers discover titles their patrons will be interested in, such as those written by local authors or set in their regions.

Profiles of small publishers or agents who are interested in your genre (take them from websites — you don't have to bother the agents and editors)

But I'm not interested in seeing publishers, agents, or authors who choose a different path as The Enemy, either.

This also imitates the process of a conventional publishing process, where the publisher or agent is almost always as equally interested in the author as the manuscript.

Book agents also sometimes act as authors» representatives for the sale and / or licensing of books with foreign publishing houses, theatrical producers, film and TV producers, and magazine publishers (interested in publishing an excerpt from an author's book).

Our team will write content for and design a media - friendly package on an author and his or her new book that the author can use in coordinating coverage with interested media, scheduling events and querying agents and publishers.

When I hear an agent or publisher say that about self - published books, I know they — intentionally or otherwise — are focused on something they shouldn't be focused on if they are interested in finding books to sell.

-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?

The oft - stated fact that the vast majority of self - published books stink — usually said while implying an agent or publisher won't really consider them — is interesting.

While some previously published authors have found their way to our modest abode, they are ones who either have a particular interest in digital — the new market and its innovative possibilities, have found their current agents and publishers resistant to digital - based works, or have been bribed with delicious chocolate and excellent royalty rates (mostly chocolate though).

I find it interesting that people make this into an either / or thing, I'm doing both, indie publishing shorter works that there's no point offering a trad publisher, while my novel is in the hands of my agent.

Bloggers should be treated just like us authors would treat an agent or publisher that we're querying, which most definitely includes researching your site and trying to understand your interests.

You could get yourself an agent to help with 3 and 4 but you're also more likely to find an agent if you already have an offer or a firm interest from a publisher.

But for years he couldn't get a literary agent or publisher interested in his work, so he concluded that his childhood ambition was unrealistic and went back to computer programming.

You've written your book, spent years perfecting the characters, the details... but can't find an agent or publisher who is interested.

If you're interested in catapulting your book to bestsellerdom, whether you've got a literary agent and publisher, or you're self - published, we've got the Publishing Game books, audios, workshops, kits, consulting, and articles for you.

Make a list of agents or publishers who might be interested in your work.

As an extra for my clients, I even try to help them market their work with advice and suggestions as to who might be interested in their novels or nonfiction books (publisher, agent, etc.).

If you're interested in traditionally publishing, you'll need to evaluate whether you want to query an agent to represent you or if you'd rather submit directly to publishers open to unrepresented submissions.

Make sure you have a strong web presence because if an agent or publisher does decide they're interested in your work, that's the first thing they do... Google.

Editors trust agents to screen out unpublishable work or work that would never interest them, so when a literary agent takes a manuscript to a publisher, it will receive fair consideration.

I have just started tweeting in the hope I can attract the interest of an agent or publisher.

This is just one reason why, while acknowledging that there are valid reasons to choose self - publishing, I always suggest that writers who are really interested in a traditional - style writing career (including a wide readership and professional recognition) try going the commercial publishing route first, by searching for an agent and / or a commercial publisher.

Many of the published authors I know have sought representation elsewhere, such as the US or UK, or have attracted the attention of editors via competitions and only become agented once they have a publisher's interest, and yet several of these have become internationally best - selling authors — though their names continue to be barely recognised in Australia, except by devoted fans.

Self publishing books is an often - considered option for writers who have not yet garnered agent or publisher interest in their publishable manuscripts.

Courtney Milan (a client of Kristin Nelson) has a great series of posts about that agent / publisher conflict of interest and why, if agents do too much for clients, they are publishers, whether they use that term or not.

An author, publisher, agent, or other related entity («promoting entity») may choose to offer readers the opportunity to join an external, dedicated promotional email list for the purpose of providing those readers with information relevant to their reading interests.

That often leads to interest in the other areas, through the author's agent or publisher.

An agent's job is to sift through the thousands of mostly - unreadable manuscripts that wannabe authors send him every year and forward the ten or twenty that he thinks stand a chance to whichever publisher (s) he thinks will be most interested in them.

Even though there is no longer a stigma associated with being a self - published author (at least for most genres), once you self - publish a book, it will be exceedingly difficult to garner interest for that book from an agent or traditional publisher.