Sentences with phrase «of agents and publishers»

se store and authors are still focused on the route of agents and publishers to reach readers.

Query Tracker is a huge collection of query information including thousands of agents and publishers — all «carefully screened for legitimacy and proficiency.»

QueryTracker, with a database containing thousands of agents and publishers, now allows you to search for the right fit via genre.

Now you can with Query Tracker's FREE database of agents and publishers.

There was still a very large and ugly stigma to self - publishing or small press publishing, at least in the eyes of agents and publishers.

To give you a ballpark estimate, most agents and publishers will tell you that they receive between 1,000 - 2,000 query letters each month, or between 12,000 - 24,000 per year, and there are literally thousands of agents and publishers.

Admittedly, fewer people are being published at the moment in the same way as fewer houses or automobiles are being sold but that doesn't mean that the days of agents and publishers» editors are numbered.

«A lot of agents and publishers talk about the need for male - interest titles, but a lot of publishers aren't producing a lot of books for male readers.

Another important piece of information you can find in writers» guide books such as The Writers» & Artists» Yearbook and on the websites of agents and publishers, are specific submission guidelines.

Prior to self - publishing becoming a viable alternative, the power to decide what readers could purchase rested in the hands of agents and publishers.

After traditionally publishing eight books, Davis found herself once again making the rounds of agents and publishers for her most recent novel, Till Human Voices Wake Us.

We've come a long way since the days when authors had no other option but to knock on the doors of agents and publishers — or failing that, from paying «vanity publishers» for the glory of seeing their name in print, along with 500 unsold copies languishing in the basement.

I began to follow the scam stories, and to take note of the names of agents and publishers that popped up over and over again.

In the past, publishing a book usually involved a traditional publishing house, an elite team of agents and publishers, and many high slush piles.

LK — A lot of agents and publishers are making trad pubbed authors do this stuff.

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.

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.

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.

I would LOVE the validation of an agent and publisher and all they have to offer.

The project was a first for Weinstein, who wanted to keep his agent / author relationship with Devlin «clean» and was wary of blurring the lines between the roles of agent and publisher.

Combining the functions of agent and publisher raises serious issues that I feel strongly about, but if Andrew wants to attempt to disintermediate publishers, that is his right.

Not exact matches

Before Dan Price caused a media firestorm by establishing a $ 70,000 minimum wage at his Seattle company, Gravity Payments... before Hollywood agents, reality - show producers, and book publishers began throwing elbows for a piece of the hip, 31 - year - old entrepreneur with the shoulder - length hair and Brad Pitt looks... before Rush Limbaugh called him a socialist and Harvard Business School professors asked to study his radical experiment in paying workers... an entry - level Gravity employee named Jason Haley got really pissed off at him.

Traditional publishing is a slog — find an agent, pitch a book and if it's picked up by a publisher, sign away the rights to your work, then spend years doing edits and waiting for the book to slot into a publishing schedule — and the majority of these people don't score a deal, because most entrepreneurs «aren't in a position to be commercially published,» says Sattersten.

While I am on the subject of the publishing industry, let me make one little tiny suggestion to publishers and book agents: Please, out of respect and courtesy to the authors who submit books to you, don't you think it would be wise to create a little form letter that you send to authors whose books you reject?

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.

A special note of gratitude is due to my literary agent, Mark Hamilton of A. M. Heath and Co. Ltd who has looked after me so well since the middle fifties, to the American publisher John McHale who first turned my mind to Luther, and to Boston College, America, who greatly daring allowed me to teach a Luther seminar for an invaluable semester in 1972.

At the same time, the Frankfurt book fair continued to be a popular meeting place for publishers and book agents of all kinds, Catholic and Protestant alike, a notable case of capitalism trumping theology.

FBI agents who raided the office of Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, were looking for records about payments to two women who claim they had affairs with the president, and information related to the publisher of The National Enquirer's role in silencing one of the women.

The west African tourism delegation among others were Hajia Barkisu, President of the Tour Operators Association in Nigeria, Mr Kwesi Eyison, The President of the Tour Operators Union in Ghana, Alhaji Rabo Salih, Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria, The President of The Travel Agents of Nigeria, Mr Bankole Bernard, The Chief Editor and Publisher of Africa's leading Travel and Tourism Magazine ATQ, and Founder of West Africa's biggest tourism expo, Akwaaba Nigeria, Weizor Accra, Mr Ikechi Ucko, Mrs Nancy Sam the President of Women in Tourism Ghana, Mr Abeiku Aggrey Santana, CEO of Kaya Tours Ghana, Ameyaw Debrah, Francis Doku were among the 26 West African Delegation drawn from Ghana and Nigeria.

But with enough focus, determination and faith, I landed the best agent for me, and my book found a home at one of the largest publishers.

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.

«Featuring an original storyline, trademark over-the-top open - world gameplay, and the look - and - feel of a distinctive superhero cosmos, Agents of Mayhem is a true Volition game,» said publisher Deep Silver.

According to the report, publisher and parent company Deep Silver was unhappy with the performance and reception of Agents of Mayhem.

At this stage in his tenure at the creative head of Marvel Television, Jeph Loeb has already presided over the TV debuts of some of the most beloved characters from both the comic book publisher and its Marvel Cinematic Universe counterpart, including Daredevil, the Punisher, Elektra, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, Peggy Carter, and Phil Coulson and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

However, I am quickly finding out that most publishers, agents, and cover designers really have no idea how to leverage this proven and accepted method of selecting a «winning» design for a new book.

The news is backed up by recent deals with major publishers for first novels, like Mango Bride by Marivi Soliven, an immigrant tale of two women, two cultures, family secrets and the fight to find a new life in America, sold to NAL this year by veteran agent Jill Marsal.

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.

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

Every publisher and literary agent will tell you that responsibility for the success of your book rests heavily upon you, its author.

«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.

The struggle through agent to publisher to hard copy is becoming almost more than it's worth, and with about as much chance of getting there as winning the lottery.

As a a literary agent, I find talent using the Big Four networks, and like many publishers I also scout talent using keywords typed in the search box to find authors of interesting blogs.

Smart writers and agents know the value of including outside endorsements with the query letters and proposals they send to book publishers.

Now I could go on and on about the illusionary «support» traditional publishers and agents say they give writers, but anyone who has dealt with that system for any length of time knows that's just gotten worse as well in the last ten years.

There are ways of being a very public agent... and there are ways of being more directional on a map between the author's creativity and the publisher.

This article is part of a free 15 - part tutorial about How to Write a Query Letter, written by Mark Malatesta, a former literary agent and former Marketing & Licensing Manager of a well - known book publisher.

This article shows you how, and is part of a free 15 - part training called How to Write an Irresistible Query Letter written by Mark Malatesta, a former book agent and former Marketing & Licensing Manager of a well - known book publisher.

The Rogue Reader initiative in New York, created and housed by Movable Type Management agent Jason Allen Ashlock and Adam Chromy is, similarly, a self - publishing program, a form of «assisted publishing» developed by an agency to take a part of clients» output in hand and help get it to an audience without a publisher in the traditional role.

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 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 and everything to get the word out about your book (s), literary agents and publishers will believe you might be able to back it and publishers will believe you might be able to back it up.