Scroll below to browse the latest posts on
our publishing agent blog, or use the category links in the sidebar on the right!
Not exact matches
One thing that really concerns me about trad
publishing is the idea your
agent will read your
blog.
Articles and
blog posts by Editorial Department staff on finding a literary
agent, getting
published, being
published, and the traditional
publishing marketplace in general.
Another had a
publishing industry
blog that
agents often visited, so the
agent knew her name.
That's changing, of course, but you definitely want to make note about what each
blog's policy is on such things in the same way you would pay attention to the submission criteria for querying an
agent or
publishing house.
My point is I wouldn't want an
agent watching my
blog and not just because of the self -
publishing thing.
Assistant
Blog, Writers» Conference, Writing
agents, am writing, book, books, community, Conference, critique, critiquing, edit, editing, editors, gathering, learning, Mount Hermon, publishers,
publishing houses, SoCal Christian Writers Conference, West Coast Writers» Conference, writer's, Writers» Conference, Writing 1 Comment
During his past time at WD Books (through 2017), he oversaw one of the biggest
blogs in
publishing: the Guide to Literary
Agents Blog.
Literary
agent Kristin Nelson has
published a helpful
blog post that rounds up a links from experts explaining the issues.
I am comfortable self -
publishing, but your
blog comment above is drawing me to check out the possibility of lining up an
agent who would be a natural fit to finding me a publisher.
Since then, she's
published her earnings on her
blog (she made over $ 250,000 in 2015) and taken on an
agent and a publisher for a print - only deal (she kept her ebook rights).
In part 1 and part 2 of this
blog post series, I explained how I landed my first traditional book deal, signed with an
agent, sold more books, and then ultimately decided to leave traditional
publishing behind!
> «Literary
agents open the door to self -
published writers «by Alan Rinzler, on his
blog The Book Deal: An Inside View of Book
Publishing.
Topics: • All aspects of the writing,
publishing, promotion process • How to write a nonfiction book proposal that explains and sells your book to
agents and acquisition editors • How to turn your
blog into an e-book • Why every author needs at least one editor and how to find a right one
I still like publishers, literary
agents, editors, promotional people, and all the rest of them, which is why I still feature them at my
blog while self
publishing my books.
During this insider interview on our literary
agent blog, Carol Plum - Ucci, author of more than half a dozen young adult novels
published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, in hardcover and paperback, including The Body of Christopher Creed, shares advice for authors of all genres about how to write,
publish, and / or promote their books.
Teresa has helped over 150 clients write and
publish fiction and nonfiction books, short stories, essays, and articles; launch websites and
blogs; complete synopses and book proposals; acquire literary
agents; self -
publish their books; and brainstorm creative marketing plans to promote their projects.
-LSB-...] «Literary
agents open the door to self -
published writers» by Alan Rinzler, on his
blog The Book Deal: An Inside View of Book -LSB-...]
Recently I read an interesting comment on the article Literary
agents open the door to self -
published writers by Alan Rinzler and
published on his
blog, The Book -LSB-...]
His Guide to Literary
Agents Blog was one of the largest
blogs in
publishing, and he wrote the platform guidebook Create Your Writer Platform.
Watch this
blog for an upcoming post on
agents and self -
published writers.
-LSB-...] have been written about traditional vs. self
publishing (this
blog is no exception, as my articles here and here prove), and
agent Rachelle Gardner's recent post added an intriguing twist to the -LSB-...]
Nathan Bransford is another American literary
agent with a
blog that often has tips for writers hoping to get
published.
For those of you submitting self -
published books,
agent - hunter Harry Bingham gave some great submission tips on the CompletelyNovel
blog.
From authors who want to have their work available once the physical edition has gone out of print and the rights have reverted, to those whose books we believe in and feel passionately about but couldn't sell — oftentimes, after approaching 20 or more houses — we realized that part of our job as
agents in this new
publishing milieu is to facilitate these works being made available as e-books and through POD and other editions,» from the DGLM
blog.
The Blood Red Pencil Writing - Partner Writers Helping Writers Writer Unboxed Fiction University Publishers Marketplace Agent Marie Lamba: Agent Mondays A Newbie's Guide to
Publishing Writer's Digest Guide to Literary
Agents Literary Rambles: Spotlighting Children's Book Authors,
Agents, and
Publishing Rachelle Gardner's
blog: Literary Agent Author Jody Hedlund
blog Author Nathan Bransford
blog Manuscript Wish List Writer's Digest Top 101 Best Websites for Writers
Janet Reid, a literary
agent, posted an item on her
blog last week on the issue of self -
published authors querying
agents in the hopes of getting a larger publisher to notice them.
Agents are also beginning to help self -
publishing authors to get professional outside developmental and copy - editing, a great jacket designer, set up their website and learn how to social network, make a video for YouTube, get on Facebook, and learn how to strategically
blog and tweet.
a
blog post I read this morning from an
agent discussing the role of
agents in the current world of
publishing
Pile on top of that a
blog post I read this morning from an
agent discussing the role of
agents in the current world of
publishing and, well, my head has exploded again.
Hopefully, they'll start to read the
blogs of
agents and agencies and see the
publishing world is changing.
With all of the defensiveness in recent articles and
blog posts / comments by
agents and publishers, I had a feeling the tide had turned toward self -
publishing.
Then here's the discerning
agent Jason Allen Ashlock of Movable Type Management at DBW's Expert
Publishing Blog with a series of Q&A s intended to reveal traditional insiders as «smart, indefatigable, book - loving people who are doing the very hard work of making the old new again.»
Topics include choosing the right tools for book creation and distribution, running your
publishing business, author brand and platform, social media marketing and traditional promotion, hybrid
publishing with trusted partners, attracting an
agent and a traditional
publishing deal, raising money for your book, sales and distribution, metadata, SEO, and book discovery in Amazon and all the online retailers, selling in brick - and - mortar bookstores and libraries, formatting and conversion, EPUB format and MOBI for Kindle and creating a full - color, fixed - layout book for the new tablet readers, printing, mailing lists, websites, and
blogs.
Although there are many ebook
blogs out there, this one is written by two literary
agents — Shana Cohen and Stuart Krichevsky — so it's geared more to the
publishing industry.
Richard White + Dec 5, 2013
Blog agent,
agent agent, author, authors, becoming a writer, books, how to get
published, manuscripts, publisher, publishers,
publishing 0 Comments
Chuck is an editor and author who runs the wildly popular Guide to Literary
Agents Blog, one of the biggest
blogs on
publishing.
When you submit your book proposal to literary
agents or publisher, convince these
publishing professionals your blogged book constitutes a viable product worthy of publication by showing them your
blog analytics.
I don't have time to summarize the entire panel here (and you don't have time to read a summary of the entire panel), but I did want to tackle the issue of timing, a common question among book publicists, authors,
agents and others in the
publishing industry, and one that we discussed last night: in order to most effectively promote a book, when do you begin setting up social networking profiles /
blogs / websites?
I am conducting interviews on my
blog with self -
published authors after listening to a talk by the literary
agent, April Eberhardt.
Literary journals and
agents generally reject work that has been posted online — they're looking for fresh, new, unpublished content — and if your work is featured on your author website or
blog, it's considered previously
published.
His Guide to Literary
Agents Blog is one of the largest
blogs in
publishing.
-LSB-...] this very interesting
blog post by Alan Rinzler in The Book Deal, four top literary
agents share their thoughts on the future of
publishing and the role of literary -LSB-...]
-LSB-...] The Book Deal, consulting editor Alan Rinzler's
blog, four
agents say they're essential for authors who want to
publish traditionally.
Nathan Bransford's Forum A relatively new forum attached to the
blog of literary
agent Nathan Bransford, the All Things
Publishing forum is becoming more popular every week.
As I am neither a traditionally
published author nor a registered
agent, what I say about the process, though credible, doesn't have quite the punch that this
blog does.
-LSB-...] from Alan Rinzler's
blog: 4 experts weight in on why writers still need
agents in today's
publishing world.
Published on the Guide to Literary
Agents blog, December 2008.
The advent of tablets and e-bookstores dramatically lowers the barrier to entry for these kinds of writers, who would previously have had to find an
agent and a publisher willing to take them on or self -
publish via the web or a
blog, and would have had to pay them a handsome share of any revenue as well.
Published in May, 2012 on the Guide to Literary
Agents blog.