Sentences with phrase «of the slush pile by»

Anne Frank's bio was pulled out of a slush pile by a traditional publisher, not self - published — by anyone.

Australian mother and small business owner Rebecca James has sold world rights to her first two young adult novels for major bucks, going from mom to millionaire overnight after her manuscript was pulled out of the slush pile by a U.K. agent.

Not exact matches

While Wattpad has been likened in the past to becoming the new «slush pile» due to the high number of stories and authors that have been picked up by traditional publishers and have even reached the top of the bestseller lists in several countries, one of the lesser known innovations is the amount of Wattpad content that has been adapted for film, including serialized television shows and feature - length films, particularly in foreign markets.

Right now agents, because they have been given the slush piles by publishers, think they control most of the content going to traditional publishers.

Even Neal Pollack, a New York Times journalist who wrote an article in support of self - publishing, said he wouldn't recommend self - publishing for a first time author, as «a self - published book [by a new author] is almost certainly going to end up on the digital slush pile, with fewer readers than the average blog post.»

As far as I am concerned, the self - publishing «revolution» means that instead of the slush pile being confined to a professional editor's shelf it can now be delivered directly to your e-reader by Amazon.

Essentially, this active readership for self - published books has agreed to go through America's slush pile, and they (rightly) expect that at least some of their labor should be subsidized by lower prices and the occasional e-book giveaway.

It's a real issue, attested by slush piles that are chock full of stories that are weak because they adhere to «rules,» feel old - fashioned or in some other way are written the (outdated) way that writers think they should write in order to get published.

It deserves to sit in its very own electronic slush pile of the internet, where it can be found and enjoyed by thousands of people (soon to be tens of thousands if things continue to go well).

By first writing a series of successful books and establishing a readership, Penn was able to «jump the slush pile» and submit to various agents upon their request.

Sometimes you get tired of being outmaneuvered In some senses, what Amazon launched yesterday with Amazon Encore is neither that amazing a project, after all there have been several small - press or self - published titles taken on board by large publishers as I've mentioned on this blog before, nor is it even that innovative, Authonomy is at its core a way to tap the self published and slush - piled manuscripts out there in the wild.

You'll still need a way to get out of the agent slush pile, which can be done by meeting them at conferences.

Two things to keep in mind: The number of authors going the traditional route is not reflected by those who happen to land an agent and then go on to get published; their number includes those in the slush pile who do not go on to self - publish.

The 21st century cousin of the slush - pile submission is the query - by - tweet.

This is what Howey means by «the huge percentage of books that never make it out of the slush pile.»

By definition, writers in the slush pile have not... gone through the thought process, or done the legwork, necessary to put a well - targeted pitch into the mailbox of a specific person, they have trusted to luck or perhaps the dazzling quality of their work, or they simply haven't thought about it one way or the other.

Wikipedia describes the «slush pile» as the set of unsolicited manuscripts sent to publishers, and normally sifted through by young assistants.

New unheard - of author Robert Galbraith's Cuckoo Calling at first count was not doing so well getting noticed by anyone — including those agents / editors confident enough to admit they rejected the book in the slush pile.