Sentences with phrase «publisher about editing»

However, thinking like a publisher about editing, covers and marketing will help launch your indie publishing career.

Not exact matches

You can still submit your book, and if an agent cares enough about the idea or story, they may edit it for free, and sell it to a publisher, and the publisher may support it and market it.

Podcast: What Every Self - Publisher Ought to Know About Editing [8:16](Right click the link to save the podcast, or click the play button below to listen.)

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.

You will also have learned something about what you need to do (which is, very briefly, get your book edited, illustrated, designed, promoted, reviewed, and distributed — things a publisher routinely does, but which are difficult and expensive for an individual to do.

For authors who go with a traditional publisher, the publisher does the editing, so this guest post is about whether there's value in paying someone to edit before submitting to the traditional publishing industry (agents and editors).

You're still responsible for most of your marketing, have to deal with your agent / editor about stuff, have edits, copy - edits, galleys, have to write blog posts for publisher - set - up tours (not always to the most highly trafficked blogs), deal with tracking down missing royalty statements, etc..

With a traditional publisher, an author does not have to worry about editing their book.

But I think my biggest reservation about these books is that they don't have standards for editing and grammar the way that mainstream publishers do.

We're talking about publishers who pay 40 - 50 % royalties on ebooks while offering quality editing, cover art, and provide marketing support.

Out of that gross revenue, the publisher pays about 50 cents to convert the text to a digital file, typeset it in digital form and copy - edit it.

• Publishers Weekly asked 20 children's books editors to share some behind - the - scenes stories about their experiences editing some true classics, including The Napping House and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

I was last pitching to publishers a couple of years back and the questions I received weren't about writing or editing, they were «how many instagram followers do you have?»

Or authors might want to ask questions about the type of editing offered by the publisher before signing a contract.)

Dawn Davis — vice president and publisher of 37 INK, an imprint of Simon & Schuster's Atria Publishing Group — talks about editing Edward P. Jones, the lack of diversity in publishing, and what some of the most successful authors have in common.

I've discussed before the difference between editing, copy editing and proofing, but judging by the fact that someone over at ATH asked about how writers were going to get the excellent editing and other services that traditional publishers provide in the new indie publishing, I'm going to presume that I either haven't gotten through or that I need a boomier amplifier.

Some publishers spend thousands of dollars to edit each title because they care about it.

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I second Vaughn's comment about editing — as both an indie publisher and an editor, I think lack of editing can not only cripple an indie's first book but their «brand» as well.

Industry gurus have scared self - publishers out of their wits about the costs of editing!

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

You're quite right about sloppy editing, it can be a problem for major trade publishers as well as self - published authors.

I talked about the different types of editing self - publishers need to consider in my latest FAQ post.

I did the editing (the editor tried to literally «re-write «the book; did the covers: pictures, font, texts - everything; the marketing - bareli even the publisher knew about my book!

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.

Hence, about this, there are two options: or the author has a great writing talent or the editor of the traditional publisher did a great editing work.

Shortly after the long - awaited second printing of Black Mountain College: Experiment in Art (MIT Press, edited by Vincent Katz with essays by Martin Brody, Robert Creeley, Vincent Katz, and Kevin Power), poet, translator, art critic, editor, and curator Vincent Katz welcomed publisher Phong Bui to his Chelsea loft to talk about the history of the legendary college.

When you apply for a job in the field of publication and editing, it is best to write an assistant publisher cover letter along with your resume as it talks about the extra things that you have done and learnt in the course of your work experience, be it professional or in college or volunteering somewhere.

Katharine (Kathy) Hansen, Ph.D., creative director and associate publisher of Quintessential Careers, is an educator, author, and blogger who provides content for Quintessential Careers, edits its newsletter QuintZine, and blogs about applied storytelling at A Storied Career.

Katharine Hansen, creative director and associate publisher of Quintessential Careers, is an educator, author, and blogger who provides content for Quintessential Careers; edits QuintZine, an electronic newsletter for jobseekers; and blogs about storytelling in the job search at A Storied Career.