Sentences with phrase «professional editor and a publisher»

I hired a professional editor and a publisher that cost quite a bit of money.

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The expert panel of CADI judges including Franco Pacini (director, The French Pastry School), Matthew Stevens (publisher, Dessert Professional), Liz Grossman (managing editor, Plate Magazine), and John Reed (American Culinary Federation / owner, Customized Culinary Solutions) will evaluate finalists in three categories of best new product, best flavor profile, and best sustainable product to determine the winners from the country's top pasty artisans to be on display at Chicago's Navy Pier on Sunday, October 20.

But I really think that technology is outpacing us — that we've had these traditional means of evaluating information, that we've relied on information gatekeepers like newspaper editors and publishers and we've had some sort of traditional markers of authority that we've relied on like reference lists or professional appearance, things that have served us well in eras before the internet.

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.

The National Indie Excellence ® Book Awards is judged by independent experts from all aspects of the indie book industry, including publishers, writers, editors, book cover designers and professional copywriters.

The Benjamin Franklin Book Awards are administered by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) with help from over 150 publishing professionals, including librarians, bookstore owners, reviewers, designers and editors.

The competition is judged by experts from all aspects of the book industry, including publishers, writers, editors, book cover designers and professional copywriters.

Publishers employ editors and artists who have particular notions (based on professional experience with what sells and what doesn't) about how your book should sound and look to appeal to specific reader tastes.

As far as publishing goes, the main thing, I think, self - publishers need to understand after all the other jazz about writing well and using the services of a professional editor, is that being a self - publisher means they've gone into business as publishers — even if just one time for their own book.

And now that publishers have jettisoned so many of their editors, those editing professionals can still create jobs for themselves.

Publishers will send acquisitions editors to industry events and professional conferences to try to spot hot areas and growing trends, but most new titles are still brought in by authors.

The Frankfurt Fellows 2017 are: Leonardo Archila, Publishing Director, Intermedio Editores, Columbia Dorothy Aubert, Editor, Hugo & Cie / Publisher & Founder, Belleville éditions, France Anish Chandy, Head of Business Development & Rights, Juggernaut Books, India Anne Isabel Cowley Meadows, Commissioning Editor, Granta & Portobello Books, UK Stella Soffia Jóhannsdóttir, Acquiring Editor, Forlagid, Iceland Tynan Kogane, Editor, New Directions Publishing, USA Johanna Laitinen, Executive Editor, Gummerus Kustannus, Finland Hernán López Winne, Co-founder und Editorial Director, Ediciones Godot Srl, Argentina Lisanne Mathijssen, Commissioning Editor, HarperCollins Holland, Netherlands Rita Mattar, Editor und Rights Manager, Companhia das Letras, Brazil Hiromi Morikawa, Foreign Rights Manager, Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, Japan Dominique Pleimling, Editorial Director, Eichborn / Bastei Lübbe, Germany Anna Slotorsz, Rights and Royalties Manager, Sonia Draga Sp. z o.o., Poland Mariia Shakura, Publisher, Book Club Family Leisure Club, Ukraine Flavia Vadrucci, Junior Editor, Marsilio Editori S.p.A., Italy Qian Yin, Foreign Rights Manager, Liaoning Science and Technology Publishing House Ltd., China Since 1998, the Frankfurt Fellowship Programme has been bringing together international publishing professionals in the run - up to the Frankfurter Buchmesse.

The Florida Authors and Publishers Association is an organization for authors, publishers, independent publishers, illustrators, editors, printers, and other professionals involved in the publishingPublishers Association is an organization for authors, publishers, independent publishers, illustrators, editors, printers, and other professionals involved in the publishingpublishers, independent publishers, illustrators, editors, printers, and other professionals involved in the publishingpublishers, illustrators, editors, printers, and other professionals involved in the publishing industry.

I hope more established authors continue to independently publish (using professional editors) and that e-book prices will drop a bit from the craziness we've been seeing since the price fixing when the publishers negotiated new pricing with Apple when the i - Pad was released.

Candace Johnson is a professional freelance editor, proofreader, writer, ghostwriter, and writing coach who has worked with traditional publishers, self - published authors, and independent book packagers on nonfiction subjects ranging from memoirs to alternative medical treatments to self - help, and on fiction ranging from romance to paranormal.

I worked the Association's booth on Saturday afternoon, ready to answer questions for the many publishers, authors, freelance editors, and occasional artists or other publishing professionals that stopped by the booth.

Publishers Marketplace is an online database of publishing professionals where you can track deals, sales, reviews, agents, editors, and publishing news.

The competition is judged by experts from different aspects of the book industry, including publishers, writers, editors, book cover designers and professional copywriters.

Publishing and Printing Costs: Traditional publishers cover all printing and publishing costs and assume all the risks of publication, which can prove a significant advantage to an author, since costs can range in the thousands of dollars, according to professional writer / editor Lillie Ammann's Self - Publishing Primer.

Try a freelance editor who comes recommended by a publishing professional or an editor you know has worked with a number of published authors and publishers.

The 13th Annual SCBWI International Winter Conference is held January 27 - 29 at the Grand Hyatt in New York City and brings together publishing professionals, including agents, editors, publishers, and other experts in the field to conduct workshops, panels and presentations for writers and illustrators.

Since I started working with the professionals I found on Reedsy, I have learned so much about the publishing industry and its standards: from learning about widows and orphans thanks to my copy editor, to understanding bleeds and crops from my designer, my team helped me acquire the knowledge I needed to become an indie publisher.

While it's important for you to do some of that research yourself, an experienced professional editor has already done much of it and can steer your book in a way that will appeal to both readers and publishers alike.

Professional editors, agents, publishers, and readers will get distracted by your unnecessary insertion of en - or em - dashes, overuse of commas, and misplacement of semi-colons.

And today self - publishers are seeking out their own freelance editors in the pursuit of a more professional product.

Established in 2007, the NIEA competition is judged by independent experts from all aspects of the indie book industry, including publishers, writers, editors, book cover designers and professional copywriters.

Be that as it may (and don't start me down the Snooki path), presumably the literary agents were gatekeepers of quality, who then passed their clients» wares to publishers, who further thinned the herd, resulting in a clumsy industry algorithm that spat out books at the opposite end of the sausage machine — and the presumption was those books were competently written, would be of interest to someone, and were executed in a superior fashion; professional cover designers drew up art, professional editors checked grammar and punctuation and spelling, etc..

It is certainly possible to directly pay an editor and proofreader in order to publish a professional - quality e-book without the involvement of a publisher, but I haven't seen that this is common with indie - published e-books with a few exceptions that I'm sure you'll immediately note.

Because their script was plucked off Amazon by the professional readers for publishers / agents, into the new slush pile and passed onto the senior or junior editor at an agency or publishing house.

Many of the same professionals who work for major publishers also freelance for self - publishers, and I know of more than one bestselling author who's moved to self - publishing and found professional editors and cover designers and formatters who are better than the ones they worked with at their publishers.

Thousands of forward - thinking publishing industry professionals and participants (journalists, bloggers, authors, publishers, literary agents, editors, formatters, cover designers, conference managers, book doctors, publishing consultants, retailers, librarians, educators, readers and more) who went out of their way to open doors for Smashwords and our authors and publishers

IDPF Digital Book 2013 is for executives and professionals across the publishing industry including senior leaders, marketers, publishers and editors, educators, school district administrators, librarians, production teams, distributors, and programmers and developers.

IDPF DigiCon @ BEA 2016 is for executives and professionals across the publishing industry including senior leaders, marketers, publishers and editors, educators, school district administrators, librarians, production teams, distributors, and programmers and developers.

Want to save money and time when using a professional editor (which every author should do) or before you send a manuscript to an agent or publisher?

Reedsy's curated marketplace gives authors access to the kinds of professional skills increasingly outsourced by publishers — editors, designers, and publicists.

Lorelei Logsdon is a professional freelance editor based in North Carolina, who specializes in full - service editing for independent authors and self - publishers.

The IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards ™ are administered by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) with help from over 150 publishing professionals, including librarians, bookstore owners, reviewers, designers and editors.

We hope this data will be shared and become a reference for all publishing professionals, whether they are authors, publishers, editors or designers.

IBPA's criteria for hybrid publishers will ensure the new hybrid model remains fair, ethical, professional, and sustainable,» said Elizabeth Turnbull, Senior Editor and Partner at Light Messages Publishing and Torchflame Books and member of the IBPA Advocacy Committee.

But from what your agent has requested I'd recommend that before sending anything back to him, you consider hiring a professional developmental editor to help you put together a proper proposal and, most importantly, to work with you on revising the manuscript to develop the narrative arc, your character and other elements as necessary to bring it to the level an agent and publisher would expect.

This program is a discussion of how professional editors from the industry's most prestigious publishers work with authors to make awesome comics and graphic novels as well as what else goes into an editor's job.

In fact, the largest number of editorial horror stories I've heard have come from not from writers at big and medium - sized publishers, but from unpublished or self - published writers who hired less - than - qualified independent editors (there are a lot of them out there), or from small press authors whose inexperienced publishers employed editors without the proper professional skills.

Patti Frazee is a professional copy editor and proofreader for various Twin Cities publishers, and she has worked with many indie authors.

Originally founded as The San Diego Publishers Alliance, the group is comprised of members from all areas of publishing and writing — authors, self - publishers, independent publishers, editors, book packagers, designers, consultants, promotional professionals, students,Publishers Alliance, the group is comprised of members from all areas of publishing and writing — authors, self - publishers, independent publishers, editors, book packagers, designers, consultants, promotional professionals, students,publishers, independent publishers, editors, book packagers, designers, consultants, promotional professionals, students,publishers, editors, book packagers, designers, consultants, promotional professionals, students, and more.

But it is based upon the personal and professional experience of reviewers, editors, and publishers having waded through a great deal of self - published books that are poorly written and badly in need of even the most basic editing.

Whether you are planning to self - publish or you are seeking a traditional publisher for your book, our professional writers and manuscript editors provide the following services to new authors and experienced fiction writers:

The Author's Assistants can help you locate a qualified editor and proofreader, work with a professional designer for your book's interior and cover art, take care of details like applying for the ISBN, LLCN and copyright, research a traditional publisher or help you find the perfect print - on - demand (POD) service to self - publish.

The American Society of Authors and Writers: Where writers go to meet with publishers, editors, agents, publicists, and film and television professionals when they need inspiration, talent, news, and support.

But from speaking with the professionals in the UK at a recent conference, editors, publishers and agents alike seemed pretty positive about this.

Months and months if not years are spent on new versions, writing query letters and submitting to agents or publishers, and a fortune spent on going conferences (eg SCBWI — the international Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) where manuscripts can be discussed with Top 5 editors and other industry professionals, and further expertise developed.