Sentences with phrase «many agents and publishers»

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.

It was the famous men or the would - be famous men flexing their skills, strutting their stuff, talking of agents and publishers and rights to this or that.

When it comes time to pitch the concept of your book - or a full length manuscript - make sure you get it into the hands of the agents and publishers who would be most drawn to and excited about your content.

Once the book was completed, I asked everyone I knew if they could introduce me to agents and publishers.

Getting a big following on social media is one of the easiest ways to impress agents and publishers, and it's a lot simpler than most authors realize.

Drawing on university training and journalism experience as a copy editor, as well as more than twenty - five years as a professional writer, editor, photographer, designer and videographer, I can give you the assistance you need to self - publish your book or get your manuscript ready to submit to agents and publishers.

These numbers aren't bad, but they're not going to get agents and publishers fighting over the chance to represent you, either.

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

When you're writing a query letter, you're basically asking book agents and publishers to invest in you (their time and money) as a «partner» to help your book become successful.

«We were looking for a way to cast a wider net and give authors and agents and publishers opportunities to work directly with us.

An author who finds an agent and a publisher quickly and when her book debuts it hits # 1 on the NY Times Bestseller List and then gets turned into a movie and she becomes an overnight success story.

«I got an agent and a publisher for my book within 3 weeks of submitting the proposal — and not a single rejection letter!

However, authors of such books can certainly make themselves more attractive to literary agents and publishers by bolstering their platform, since having influence and a large following is one indicator of an author's ability to get exposure and sell books.

Most authors know that you can pitch your completed book to literary agents and publishers, but you can also pitch your book idea.

Yes, you can get the attention of an agent and publisher with 60,000 book sales — especially since the traditional publishing averages LESS than 5,000.

If you shop your manuscript around to agents and publishers and no one bites, you always have the option to publish independently down the road.

And, since you already have a little bit of a following, if you say you'll do anything and everything to get the word out about your book (s), literary agents and publishers will believe you might be able to back it up.

Agents and publishers liked the writers» manuscripts, but for whatever reason didn't think they could sell them.

And then there were the agents and publishers, who tempted him with some very significant offers — we're talking seven - figure advances.

I was rejected by one 300 agents and publishers.

It's a fact of life because literary agents and publishers are human.

We can also help you write query letters, identify appropriate agents and publishers, or find the best direct routes to publication.

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.

Traditional publishing has to change, the relationship Agents and Publishers have with respect to Authors has to change.

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-...]

How many followers do I need to impress literary agents and publishers?

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

There are a lot of disillusioned authors who are tired of asking agents and publishers to pick them.

How important is social media for authors seeking literary agents and publishers?

I seriously considered seeking an agent and publisher for this novel.

One reason for rejection by literary agents and publishers is a lack of commercial appeal or relatability.

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So do agents and publishers.

Too many authors and too many agents and publishers are still hung up on their emotional connection to how they value their title.

In the mean time, I've burned my Excel spread sheet of Doom chronicling my agent and publisher rejections and will continue to sell books directly to readers!

But the query Mark helped me put together made agents and publishers want to keep reading.

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.

If you want to learn about writing, if you want to meet writers and agents and publishers and have a great time, this is the conference for you.

Are literary agents and publishers prejudiced?

Memoir Writers: Pesi Dinnerstein returns to share with you her story of getting an agent and a publisher.

Submitting books for reviews is like querying and submitting to agents and publishers.

When you professionally self - publish and build a following, you can get an agent and publisher to come to you.

It's a follow - up article to one I published a couple weeks ago called, Are Literary Agents and Publishers Prejudiced?

Agents and publishers are cherry - picking successful self - published books for traditional publishing.

If you're a nonfiction author, you need to write a query letter AND a book proposal to get a literary agent and a publisher (even if your book is already completed).

Do you appreciate the power that agents and publishers have to help you reach your goals?

Then, I attended a big writer's conference in which writers had the opportunity to attend classes and schedule appointments with agents and publishers.

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.

Plus, you'll be able to use a lot of the information that I «pull out of you» to help you get a literary agent and publisher — it's the exact information they're looking for, designed to help you identify (and communicate) more value in your query.

That's the truth, despite the fear that agents and publishers will avoid a book that falls into more than one genre.