Sentences with phrase «out 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

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.

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