Sentences with phrase «of an acquisitions editor»

The book shares the processes successful authors have used to create business plans and proposals for their books and teaches you to view your ideas through the eyes of acquisitions editors and literary agents.

The reason is because advances can vary so wildly depending on a host of factors outside their control... and even the control of the acquisitions editor.

It offers great insight into the mind of the acquisition editor.

Train yourself to see you, your ideas and your work through the lens of an acquisitions editor.

The only way to get your manuscript onto the desk of an acquisitions editor at one of the big traditional publishers (unless you have a personal connection or you meet an editor at a writers» conference) is to sign with a literary agent.

But how many of you recognize this characterization of The Acquisitions Editor by Joe Konrath on his blog A Newbie's Guide to Publishing?

Economic cutbacks, combined with the sheer competition for shrinking publication lists, means your work must be virtually print - ready before it sees the light of an acquisition editor's desk.

For submission of manuscripts, this topnotch Chicago publishing company has a full list of acquisition editors designated to evaluate or review book proposals.

For self - publishing authors, ghostwriters can fulfill the role of acquisitions editor, content developer, and partner.

But it does means you move out of the acquisitions editor slush pile for good.

An agent can not only get your manuscript into the hands of an acquisitions editor for a major publishing house, he / she can negotiate your contract, getting you more in royalties and / or free copies of your book.

I typically have writers who want to blog a book go through what I call the «proposal process» during which you evaluate your idea for success through the eyes of an acquisitions editor.

This proprietary process, also known as «the Author Training Process,» helps you learn to see your idea through the eyes of an acquisitions editor and determine if it has what it takes to succeed in the marketplace.

«The Author Training Manual teaches you to produce a business plan for your book and to evaluate that plan through the lens of acquisitions editors — essential knowledge for any aspiring author.»