Sentences with phrase «publisher about a manuscript»

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When I first mentioned that I'd been asked by my publisher to take the word «vagina» out of my manuscript for A Year of Biblical Womanhood in deference to the general preferences of Christian bookstores, I never expected you guys to care, much less do something about it.

When it comes time to pitch the concept of your book - or a full length manuscript - make sure you get it into the hands of the agents and publishers who would be most drawn to and excited about your content.

The big evening hit at the Eccles was Patrick Stettner's «The Night Listener,» an eerie, Hitchcockian thriller starring Robin Williams as a gay late - night disk jockey whose publisher friend (Joe Morton) asks him to read a manuscript about a young boy (Rory Culkin) tortured by his parents and now dying of AIDS under the care of a foster mother in Wisconsin (Toni Collette).

One source of hope comes from a manuscript that Noone's publisher (Joe Morton) is about to put out.

Everyone from author to publisher could feel great about a manuscript and it fails all the same.

Not to worry — pay - to - play publishers only care about your money, not your manuscript.

During the interview, Lakshmi also talks about how he worked with former literary agent Mark Malatesta to improve his manuscript and pitch materials, resulting in literary agency representation with his first choice literary agent, who then got offers from three major publishers: Penguin, Harper Collins, and Random House.

A rough estimate pegs the number of manuscripts that print publishers get in a year at anywhere between 2000 — 3000, but only about 250 books are eventually published in the end.

The publisher can make decisions about your book you don't like, such as changing the title, manuscript, cover art, or other key elements.

In the old days of traditional publishing, if you were lucky enough to have your manuscript accepted by a publisher, you didn't have to worry about editing.

Visit our author's corner and find about the publishing process: how to choose a publisher, how publishing works and how to submit your manuscript!

That's what self - publication is about, being your own publisher and therefore controlling (though not necessarily personally performing) all the tasks involved in turning a manuscript into a book and getting it into the hands of readers.

As a Publisher and Consultant, I publish books digitally and in print for my clients and I give useful and relevant advice about the entire publishing process: from manuscript to published book.

Your friends, family, and publisher will do everything they can to spread the word about your work, but at the end of the day, with more books than ever being published and read, authors who think their work is done after the finished manuscript is in simply won't be read as widely as an author who (respectfully) continues to do everything he or she can to get their book into the hands of readers.»

Speaking about the rejection of her manuscript before going with Vagabondage, Watts points out the casual complaints she received from OTHER publishers about the unfortunate number of genres that exist simultaneously in her story.

Indeed, I will contact publishers by showing them a review on your book or an evaluation about your manuscript.

Learn about the different people and departments involved in the publishing process: • The various departments in a book publisher • The editorial process from manuscript to production hand - off • The production process from copyediting to finished book or e-book

I did my research and sent my manuscript off to about forty agents and a couple of publishers that took open submissions.

I knew nothing about what constitutes a typical word count, so I put a 150,000 word manuscript to e-reader, not realizing that the publisher taking it to print was going to have to break it up into almost a complete trilogy.

What's nice and unique about nonfiction, is that because it is idea - driven, it can be sold on proposal - basis to book publishers, as opposed to fiction (which needs to be sold on a fully - written and polished manuscript).

Even though she says she doesn't do happiness - «I don't trust it» - she had much to smile about in 2004 when Bloomsbury UK (J.K. Rowling's publisher) signed her up for a two - book deal at the age of 19 years, on the basis of the manuscript of The Icarus Girl that she wrote while studying for her A-Levels (exams taken before leaving UK high schools).

Also, it would help if publishers and editors read the damn manuscript or partial themselves, and not leave it up to young, newbie interns more interested in reading about werewolves and vampires or YA fiction.

When an author submits a book proposal to a publisher, that publisher will likely examine a variety of things about the author that do not have much to do with the author «s manuscript.

It's not actually that difficult to locate information about publishers who accept unsolicited manuscripts.

On November 9, Mystery Writers of America sent a letter to Harlequin about the «eHarlequin Manuscript Critique Service,» notifying Harlequin that it is in violation of our rules and suggesting steps that Harlequin could take to remain on our Approved Publishers list.

Many publishers want you to own the rights before they'll even think about purchasing a manuscript.

Most of my «final» manuscripts end up being revised and reshaped based on input from my agent before they get shown to publishers, and as a result they become significantly better than the «best» I originally could do (okay, so this might say more about my lack of talent...).

If you're not getting any answers to your questions about your manuscript and its value to publishers, why not have a book industry professional review the first ten pages of your manuscript?

However, only about 1 % of manuscripts find a traditional publishing deal — which means there are many manuscripts that are in the realm of possibility for a traditional publisher, but for some reason don't get picked up.

We all love to go into excited depth about our story... but in reality, if you're very brief and sharp about it, the agent or publisher may be compelled to request the manuscript and isn't that what we're going for?

If you're an author or a publisher trying to figure out what to do, you need to investigate the numbers in YOUR market segment, and think about YOUR goals, manuscript, skills and resources.

The part about publishers automatically rejecting manuscripts that haven't been professionally edited is a flat - out lie.

When you submit a book to a publisher, if they don't need another in that genre at the moment, if they published one similar to yours a month ago, or if they just don't particularly care for your manuscript, it's not about you.

Information pertaining to profiles of publishers as well as their requirements about manuscript submission will often be provided exhaustively on their websites.

For detailed information about the editorial process, read about what happens to your manuscript after you submit it to an editor and about a book publisher's editorial department.

This author, who was a New York Times best seller, talked with a group of us about how they never sent anything to their publisher without first having their own editor go over the manuscript.

I just... accidentally... come across what you had to say about authors not sending their manuscripts to publishers.

Here's something to think about... More than 50,000 manuscripts are produced each year, yet only about 5 % will be published by reputable, traditional publishers.

How about e-only publishers so authors can have editors and someone who can design cover art and format manuscripts into ebooks.

At any rate, I tend to think the reasons for the high rate of unsolicited manuscript acceptance among Australian publishers is as much about our market as anything else.

And if you do go for a contract with a publisher, they will take over the design and production of your book, so don't worry about the format of your manuscript.

If you are interested to submit your book or manuscript to Italian publishers, please contact me through the contact form and tell me about you and the plot.

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In the case of publishing, I've heard publishing execs boast about how only they can pay author advances (critical for authors seeking to make a living from writing, but less so for enthusiastic hobbyists), and only they can get a book onto that front table at a big bookseller chain (also important, but less so in the era of digital book stores), but I believe the most important role that publishers perform is the one they are strangely reluctant to celebrate: the editor and the process of editing an author's manuscript into a readable book.

Are we talking about agents that submit manuscripts to publishers for possible print publication only, or are we talking about agents who also contact the various performing arts producers; as in television, movies, stage, and yes radio?

I knew I wouldn't have a prayer of selling my finished manuscript to another publisher in time to get it out for the flood's 50th anniversary, which was an important publicity hook for the launch, and I wasn't about to let the three years I'd spent researching and writing it go down the drain.

Spencer's book came out in April 2010, about 1.5 years after his paper, and I assume it was probably a few months from the time he submitted the final manuscript to the publisher till it actually came off the presses.

The publishers harbor doubts about the value that they add to the research, given they suspect that research libraries, with timely access to the «peer - reviewed manuscript,» will not pay for the published version; 2.