Sentences with phrase «reader in a publishing house»

Later she gets a job as a reader in a publishing house whose smug and cynical editors are looking for «a Jewish writer».

Not exact matches

These publishing houses are much like their brick and mortar cousins, but instead of publishing in paperback, they publish strictly for e-book readers.

The Spanish - language publishing industry has developed with a great concentration of rights - holding — and therefore commercial control — in one country, Spain, where the «big three» (Planeta, Santillana, Random House Mondadori) have their headquarters, despite the fact that the Latin American countries in the aggregate are a much bigger potential market with hundreds of millions of readers.

The Rogue Reader initiative in New York, created and housed by Movable Type Management agent Jason Allen Ashlock and Adam Chromy is, similarly, a self - publishing program, a form of «assisted publishing» developed by an agency to take a part of clients» output in hand and help get it to an audience without a publisher in the traditional role.

It's a brutal system, and rejection is woven into the seams of the publishing industry in general (whether it's agents, editors of publishing houses or readers in the Amazon reviews, someone is going to tear your book apart).

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-...]

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.

I chose to publish via Amazon this summer because for me, getting my novel in the hands of readers and focusing on crafting a quality product is what matters most — not lining the pockets of literary agents, editors, marketeers, and publishing houses.

In 2010, the readers of Deadly Pleasures and Mystery News awarded him the Barry Award, for Best Mystery Short Story of the Year, for his story «The High House Writer,» which was published in the July / August 2009 issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery MagazinIn 2010, the readers of Deadly Pleasures and Mystery News awarded him the Barry Award, for Best Mystery Short Story of the Year, for his story «The High House Writer,» which was published in the July / August 2009 issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazinin the July / August 2009 issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.

In contrast to Frankfurt which is mostly a fair for publishing insiders (authors, publishing houses, journalists, etc), Leipzig book fair is a place to meet readers (many of those book bloggers).

I used to consult publishing houses in norway for translation rights, and you're one of the people I would have love to have gotten over, but the vast majority of fantasy readers in norway are at least semi-fluent in english, so there's not much pull there unless you have a major breakthrough like Pat Rothfuss or a movie / TV deal like George R.R.Martin or John Scalzi.

Publishing house Edgy Reads was created by New York Times bestselling suspense and thriller author CJ Lyons to share independently published titles with readers in print and digital formats.

The number of small publishing houses producing poor product in the industry causes reader opinion of the small - press in general to be poor.

Several Bonnier - owned publishing houses in Germany (Carlsen, Piper, and Ullstein) recently hosted an online romance festival for young adult readers called Herzenstage (literal translation: Days of the Heart).

In the context of publishing, it means developing a body of quality titles that an imprint or house (or a niche driven community) can be proud of, written by authors that the publisher and readers are happy to claim as their own.

They say the Gatekeepers (agents, slush readers, and first - line editors) are there for a reason, ensuring that new product is of the highest possible quality, that they've ensured that booksellers aren't loaded down with crap (and said brick and mortar booksellers are in complete agreement, only accepting books from major, established publishing houses), and that they and their staffs produce a truly professional final product, handling editing, design, and marketing so the author only has to worry about the words.

Most recently, the news coming out of Spreecast is that it has managed to attract the attention of traditional publishing houses» PR departments and the authors they work with in order to connect authors and readers of even bestselling books.

Rooted in one of the world's great publishing houses, the Faber Factory team have developed innovative ways to make sure ebooks get out to multiple retailers in multiple formats around the world, to monitor availability, sales and pricing in real time, and to promote ebooks to readers,» the press release stated.

(as it is called) is a further attempt to weaken the strong grip that the traditional publishing houses have maintained over the distribution of literature, allowing for the middleman to be cut out, so to speak, in the writer - to - reader relationship.

Lastly, on June 13th Chris Hayes, the host of MSNBC's Up with Chris Hayes and liberal broadcaster and journalist as well as being the editor at large at The Nation and the author of a new book called Twilight of the Elites published by Random House, will participate in an event to talk to readers via the platform.

That in turn has been helping some good authors, some published by large houses as well, get works into the hands of readers who might never have had access to those books because they would not sell in high enough volumes via traditional print ways.

It will be interesting to see what the other big publishing houses decide to do, I have a feeling your going to see the companies who do nt push for equivalent ebook to physical book pricing will have higher sales and in the end make more money off of ebooks AND «dead tree» books as well thanks to word of mouth from ebook readers.

Edward Necarsulmer IV began his career in book publishing as an intern at Random House Books for Young Readers.

Both Penguin Group and Random House have initiated their own short story digital publishing platforms and, while the programs do meet the needs of customers in terms of a low price - point and a shorter format than novels, the real gain to be made is not just in terms of bringing back readers» demands for a historically - loved format.

In the ongoing tensions between major publishing houses and public libraries over ebook lending, patrons have lost out on the opportunity to borrow bestselling digital titles but it may prove to be the reason readers turn to some smaller publishers» works instead of the Big Six in the coming yeaIn the ongoing tensions between major publishing houses and public libraries over ebook lending, patrons have lost out on the opportunity to borrow bestselling digital titles but it may prove to be the reason readers turn to some smaller publishers» works instead of the Big Six in the coming yeain the coming year.

If that book opened my eyes to the inequality women faced, my most recent nonfiction book, A Woman in the House (and Senate): How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country, published by Abrams Books for Young Readers in 2014, reminded me of the long and difficult struggle endured by the diverse and inspiring women who hammered down the doors of inequality in Congress.

Readers can learn more about «what it is like to have two writers in one house» in their joint Q&A, «A marriage made in publishing heaven.»

Lemaitre Publishing is a digital publishing house specialised in short non-fiction publications for the modePublishing is a digital publishing house specialised in short non-fiction publications for the modepublishing house specialised in short non-fiction publications for the modern reader.

There's all this talk about traditional publishing starting to be old fashioned and unable to keep up with the changes of our times... could it be true that these same editors and agents and publication houses are just as dragging in the times as to what their readers might want and crave and cling to?

Scout Publishing LLC, founded in 2013, is an independent publishing house established for readers, booksellers, and authors seeking books on gender, sexuality andPublishing LLC, founded in 2013, is an independent publishing house established for readers, booksellers, and authors seeking books on gender, sexuality andpublishing house established for readers, booksellers, and authors seeking books on gender, sexuality and identity.

Whether you've been published by a traditional publishing house or have self - published, you and your work need that web presence in order to reach your readers, and to find new ones.

But with this model, a reader can stumble across my book while browsing, order it and get a POD copy at the store in minutes, putting me on an even footing with all of the large publishing houses.

The great thing about bypassing the middleman (publishing house) is that it brings self - published authors in direct contact with their readers.

Large publishing houses are having to find more and more creative ways to reach out to readers, especially in the current climate in which readers are becoming accustomed to interacting with their favorite authors and with readers of similar genres on social media outlets.

Stephen Page, CEO of Faber & Faber, addressed how some of the business models happening in publishing today are exciting, such as the recent merger of Penguin and Random House, while Rebecca Smart, CEO of mid-sized publisher Osprey Group, addressed how they are responding to feedback from their own consumer readers to drive the development of new titles.

With more and more self - published authors getting «discovered» by the traditional publishing industry and in many cases having their originally self - published books redistributed by a major publishing house, what becomes of those few original copies that readers came to love from the very beginning?

Now and Then Reader, an in - house publishing company whose authors» works are available via Amazon's Kindle Singles, Apple's iBookstore, Google Books, Kobo, and Barnes and Noble, was formed as a collaboration to market short - form serious reading.

In internet - savvy circles [Amanda Hocking] has been embraced as a figurehead of the digital publishing revolution that is seen as blowing up the traditional book world — or «legacy publishing» as its detractors call it — and replacing it with the ebook, where direct contact between author and reader, free of the mediation of agent and publishing house, is but a few clicks away.

Readers checking out the «literary fiction» category in the Kindle store will primarily find books published by the Big 5 traditional houses — Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, MacMillan and Simon & Schuster.

In today's world it doesn't matter whether your book is published by a big - name publishing house, or by you; either way, the author, not the publisher, drives readers to the store, period.

He's a specialist, and knows how to provide readers with a smooth experience, in a traditional publishing house style, no matter what device they read on.

Kevin Sampsell, whose novel, This Is Between Us, will be published by Tin House Books in November, asks his eight favorite readers — Steve Almond, Derrick Brown, Michael Heald, Beth Lisick, Scott McClanahan, Alissa Nutting, and Jenny Zhang — to...

This can either be through a print on demand publishing company where they have in house publishers, editors, proof readers and graphic designers on staff to help you or if you choose a DIY platform such as CreateSpace.

Tinte & Feder, however, is not the first German - language imprint in the Amazon Publishing suite: it's preceded by Edition M, which was introduced last summer to house mystery and thriller work tailored to readers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

Four other books were finalists for the award: «Sex & Violence,» written by Carrie Mesrobian and published by Carolrhoda LAB, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group; «Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets,» written by Evan Roskos and published by Houghton Mifflin, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company; «Belle Epoque,» written by Elizabeth Ross and published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books; and «In the Shadow of Blackbirds,» written by Cat Winters and published by Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS.

Marking up eBooks to reflect print distribution models will, as you have pointed out, discourage readers like myself from buying and hurt the publishing houses in the long run.

However, Núñez said she likes the idea of «filleting» content,» in some markets called «chunking» it into smaller, salable parts, as in providing short stories, long - form journalism and academic texts as individual products, allowing readers to create anthologies, or «play lists,» while recognizing that often it is only the larger publishing houses that can make such an investment.

If you are interested in any of these works, which are still in the planning stages and not published, please contact me at [email protected] This could benefit your house as I can bring in dedicated readers, and I am not shy about promoting my work.

I love the feeling of being at the cutting edge of a revolution in publishing, and of letting the readers decide what they want to read without the filter of literary agents and print publishing houses.

Unfortunately for Chris and his readers, the publishing house decided to include all the footnotes in a section in the back... with no way of knowing what they were referencing.