Sentences with phrase «published by major publishing houses»

Some of her clients have sold 320,000 + copies of their books and been published by major publishing houses.

My stories have been published by major publishing houses (HarperCollins & Harlequin), yet in 2012 I decided to take complete control of my work and self - publish.

We have worked with a variety of authors including first - time and self - published authors, authors who have been published by major publishing houses, and New York Times bestselling authors.

I have had more than 30 novels published by major publishing houses and I wouldn't claim to be an expert.

Although Authors United notes it has seen «fewer titles published by the major publishing houses each year» the number of new titles published annually has actually grown twelvefold since 2002, soaring to a whopping three million in 2010.

While some would say being published by a major publishing house makes one a legitimate author and being independently published or self - published means you are not I would say that is like saying only a person who has a recording produced by a major studio can be claimed to be a singer.

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.

It's always difficult to get published by a major publishing house, that's just the way it is.

I have absolutely no compunctions about giving something published by a major publishing house one star and a scorching review.

Not exact matches

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But I finished my first book, snagged an agent, then was rejected by all of the major publishing houses.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer BewareAnthologies, once a staple of genre publishing, have become a rarity at major publishing houses over the past couple of decades.Small presses still embrace the anthology format, however, as do genre readers — ... -LSB-...]

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.

Major houses do publish fiction — even first novels by unknown writers — but consider the risk involved and the competition for those contracts.

Jaffa Books was founded in 2011 by publisher Jacob Coates as an alternative option to the major publishing houses.

Instead of self - editing, and making my own cover, and throwing it onto KU, I started my own company, and I decided that I was going to release a book that was competitive with and indistinguishable from a release by a major publishing house.

-- Despite (I'm assuming) no discrimination against self - published books, ALL of these books were published by major houses — Random House; Little, Brown; Free Press etc..

Okay so by that logic, people who have novels published my major publishing houses that don't yet make a living from their writing are not authors either, right?

Major publishing houses do not want to take on, or even look at, manuscripts by authors who are not already published (and they do not count Indi publishers as published).

But the same holds true for those published by major houses.

Emboldened by whatever prestige their affiliation with a major publishing house my bring, they move on to writing the next book.

A recent trend in OEL manga is collaboration between established American authors, major publishing houses and manga publishers, such as Warriors: The Lost Warrior a manga adaptation of the popular young adult fiction series by Erin Hunter from TokyoPop and HarperCollins.

BlueInk reviews are penned by writers drawn from major mainstream publications, such as The New York Times and Washington Post, and editors of respected traditional publishing houses.

In 1967, he launched a freelance writing career, and has had some fifty books published by many major houses.

I've sold about 25 books (also many short stories, essays, and articles) and have been published by a variety of major houses and small presses.

They email or call a book publicist and say, «My book was published by [fill in the name of a major publishing house] in 2008, and that publisher failed to promote my book.

These days, authors whose books are being carried by major houses as well as those who are self - publishing, need to know how to promote and market their books.

The multimillion - seller author placed an ad last weekend in the New York Times Book Review and in Publishers Weekly (depicted below) advocating for government intervention — the same sort of bailout Goldman got — in order to save an industry besieged by bookstore closings and consolidation of the few remaining major publishing houses.

It'll playback DRM'd books you can purchase through the Connect Bookstore (more on that later), with titles provided by all the major publishing houses.

You had to submit your work to a major publishing house, hope that it was accepted by their editors and review boards, and pay exorbitant publishing fees.

Her books were published to great acclaim by a major trade publishing house until a couple of years ago when they decided, for reasons best known to themselves, not to continue.

BEEN CAUGHT STEALING by Jane's Addiction As you can imagine, I've been having a lot of conversations with various Contract Directors at all the major publishing houses as of late as we navigate contract negotiation.

I really never thought it would get published, let alone acquired by this major publishing house, and I was literally speechless when I got an email confirming their interest in acquiring Strays for the Aladdin Books imprint.

«Sure, every local bookstore promotes local authors, but its bread and butter is the same stuff that Amazon sells — mass - manufactured goods whose intellectual property was produced by one of the major publishing houses in Manhattan.»)

Several authors have found their Wattpad content requested by major publishing houses, and the site even launched a crowdsourcing... [Read more...]

Despite the fact that many people would love to have a book published by a major publisher such as Random House, I made the decision to turn Random House down.

They often assign greater credibility to titles released by a major publishing house than they do to those published by an unknown or less well - known author.

That is also an interesting commentary on the supposed high costs always cited by major publishing houses in justifying their alleged overheads, usually at an author's expense.

the organization of major book publishing houses based primarily in New York City and owned by a handful of (primarily foreign) media conglomerates....

The major publishing houses are still bringing out epic stories with complex world - building, often by well - established writers.

If your book was released by a major publishing house, would your reaction be, «Great!

Getting it done and out onto the market is a major step you should be proud of, whether by a publishing house or by being self - published.

Even if your books are published by a major New York house, unless you're Jonathan Franzen or Sue Grafton, chances are no one's going to be buying ads for your book or even helping you with your social media or website.

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.

Questions about being picked up by a major traditional publishing house, leaving those professionals without their royalties, have been raised, along with veiled concerns that this is nothing more than a carefully screened list of names that the author must still hire up front.

According to a New York Times article by David Streitfeld, publishers at a number of houses are concerned that Amazon's ability to pull in major bestselling authors, as well as take away the need for agents through its ebook publishing model, Kindle Direct Publishing, and through author submissions to itpublishing model, Kindle Direct Publishing, and through author submissions to itPublishing, and through author submissions to its imprint.

GoodEReader has posted several very informative articles that seek to educate authors of every ilk, whether they are traditionally published through a major publishing house with a four - book deal, self - published through an independent press, or have recently converted a manuscript to electronic format and uploaded it to an online site guided only by their own ability.

We've all read books, published by major houses, that suck.

There are people who think that being published by the major houses conveys some legitimacy, that anything published by them must be «good» while anything they don't publish must be «bad», when in fact we all know that what it actually means is, as you say, that they think that it will sell if they publish it.

Hopefully, we are headed toward a time when a book is judged by its merits and not the stamp put on it by the publishing house, and the vanity of being in the stable of a major publisher will lose its allure.