Sentences with phrase «published by big houses»

Another question is: How are the advances / royalties distributed across all of the authors published by the big houses?

(Yes, I realize that dull books are published by big houses all the time, but at least they're edited.)

I often see this as a complaint about many things published by big houses, but I can't ever see it as a negative.

We're not selling our ebooks to libraries right now, particularly if we are being published by the big houses.

Self - publish now and you could still be published by a big house later.

Despite all the excitement about self - publishing these days — and I'm a big proponent — many writers still dream of being published by a big house like St. Martin's Press or a prestigious literary publisher like Algonquin or Bloomsbury.

As an independently publishing author, you want your book to be positioned along with other titles, published by the bigger houses, and getting your book on the bookstore shelves can do just that.

Not exact matches

Consolidation among publishers last reached its heyday in the 1990s — as publishing houses sought to bulk up in response to the growing clout of Borders and Barnes & Noble — and by the early 2000s, the industry had settled into the «Big Six.»

This isn't a magazine that's pushed out every month by big publishing houses.

At the publishing house she works at, and which Christian bought, she is promoted to fiction editor, a job that comes with a big exposed - brick office and lots of responsibility («Increase the font size by two points,» she commands an underling, with a satisfied smirk).

As a fiction editor at a publishing house, we are treated to scenes where Ana is scolded by her husband for not changing her work email address to her newly married name, and her editorial notes consist of «make the font size two points bigger.»

For this handy how - to guide demystifies self publishing, convincingly presenting this path as an accessible and attractive alternative for those frustrated by failure with big - name commercial houses.

While most authors secretly want to be published by one of the big, well - known publishing houses, there are now so many wonderful benefits to self - publishing that you just can't ignore them.

And if you win, this signals that your work is of the same caliber as a book published by the big publishing houses.

As a publisher, my biggest concern is the clutter of the books being put out by the major publishing houses along with those that are just put up directly by authors.

The media makes a big deal about those who have scored by self - publishing and have gotten million - dollar contracts from the big houses.

Probably (1) get bought — or at least read; (2) make you money; (3) if self - published, get snagged by a «big house» and do more of [1] and [2]; (4) establish you as an «expert» or «authority» in its topic field; (5) get potential readers to want to know -LSB-...]

While most authors (like me) secretly want to be published by one of the big, well - known publishing houses, there are so many reasons why it's a good idea to self - publish — nine to be exact (but that's only because I was restricted by the cats.)

True, some self - published books do climb the bestseller lists because of the low price; several self - pubbed authors have been snatched up by the big houses.

We agree that self - publishing (1) can be a means of getting your words in print, (2) it will let you can control your tome's contents and design, (3) if you can market well, by self - publishing you can sidestep the big - house foot - dragging, (4) when your book is complementary to your greater purpose of displaying your expertise (as, for example, using your book to secure related speaking engagements), or (5) when self - publishing is the best (and perhaps only) way to get your words and ideas past the older, established houses so potential readers and buyers have a chance to see and decide about the merits of your independent offering.

The point is it doesn't matter if a book is self published or put out by an imprint or a big house it can be good or bad depending on your point of view.

EL James was an Indie and picked up by a big house; Harlequin publishes Weisz» Original Sinners series, which contains pedophilia, yet you're defending large publishing houses.

It should look like it was produced by a big New York publishing house, yet many self - published authors make the mistake of cutting corners and skipping over critical steps in the publishing process.

A statistic that is very real these days is that your chances of getting picked up by one of the big publishing houses is under 1 %.

With increased mechanization, publishing flourished, but by the end of the twentieth century, dozens of small publishing houses had been gobbled up into what became known as «the Big 6.»

Bob's books were previously published by the big publishing houses, but now Bob's focus is on self publishing.

I am in a quandary; as a self - published indie writer, like many of us denied by Big House publishers who do not want to take chances, I am in search of reviewers.

Something that was traditionally handled by big, lumbering publishing houses or by individuals with a lot of money, has now become a reality for anyone.

Compared to a book published by one of the big five conventional publishing houses, its sales were minimal.

Even for authors whose work is published by one of the big publishing houses, with all their clout and distribution, social media matters and reviews are crucial to online sales.

During that time Amazon Publishing went from being a notion floating around in Jeff Bezos» head to being the worst nightmare of the big publishing houses — the same publishing houses that wouldn't give me the time of day three years ago, bPublishing went from being a notion floating around in Jeff Bezos» head to being the worst nightmare of the big publishing houses — the same publishing houses that wouldn't give me the time of day three years ago, bpublishing houses — the same publishing houses that wouldn't give me the time of day three years ago, bpublishing houses that wouldn't give me the time of day three years ago, by the way.

You can also self - publish with either the hope of making a success outright or, like a startup venture, the hope of doing well enough to be noticed by a big house and picked up.

And there's the overtake by Big Publishing of smaller and independent houses, of course: Krüger has no love of a house that can put out more books than its publisher can read:

The publishing industry is volatile and there are many people involved in it, or are affected by it, from the «Big Six» publishers, down through the hundreds of smaller traditional publishing houses, the thousands of mini presses, and the hundreds of thousands of self publishers.

As the stigma of self - publishing vanishes, more and more self - published books are making it big and getting picked up by traditional publishing houses.

The same holds true with writing, especially when you're not pushed under the spotlight by the gargantuan marketing machine of a Big Five publishing house — and that only if you're a best - seller already.

If your goal is to be published by one of «The Big Five» (The Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster), yes, you will need agent representation.

Readers deserve and expect quality printed books that are indistinguishable from those published by Random House, HarperCollins, and the other big publishers.

After reading John Scalzi's article, I'm seriously considering throwing in the towel (not on writing - just on my ambitions of ever finding an agent let alone getting published by a big publishing house).

Each person you select for your team should have skills that will enhance your manuscript, bringing it on par with the ones produced by the big publishing houses.

She said that when it was finally rejected (because it was too similar to another book being published by a big name house), «we realized this was a concern we were likely going to run into elsewhere, so Hoover made the choice, in consultation with me, to go the independent publishing route and be the first to work with our agency in this capacity.»

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If you want to be published by one of the «Big Five» publishers — the New York houses that represent the large majority of what you'll find in your average bookstore — then you do need an agent.

Macmillan announced in late April that they would be the first Big Six house to routinely deliver a large portion of their ebook output — all the titles published by Tom Doherty's imprint, which includes both Tor and Forge — as DRM - free ebooks.

I have other writer friends (for instance, Michael J. Sullivan and Hugh Howey) who have achieved super-success first by self - publishing, but who then shrewdly parlayed their fame into select, carefully tailored deals with big publishing houses, which allowed them to expand their fan base to include bookstore customers, while still retaining most of their other rights.

There's stories online of authors being published by a traditional big house publisher who feel their covers didn't represent their book well, but had no say in the matter.

Getting published by one of the Big 5 book publishers is the goal of many authors, as being published by a major publishing house is perceived to have some advantages over smaller presses or self - publishing.

Authors dream of being picked up by large publishing house with visions of a big advance on royalties.

These are books that are represented by agents (most likely) and subsequently published by a major house - known as the Big Six - and any of their imprints.

It really shows that way more people prefer indie titles than stuff produced by the big publishing houses.