Sentences with phrase «rounds of publishing houses»
In the past, an author had to make the necessary rounds of publishing houses and often, a lot of time would pass before the manuscript was approved by the publisher.
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Chris Palma, Google's manager for strategic partner development, said that the launch of Google Editions was set for «late June or July» during a round - table discussion on the company's predictions for digital publishing held at Random House.
Penguin Random House's #WriteNow program seeks writers who submit their work and then crawl their way through elimination rounds before ten are chosen to work closely with an editor for a year, hoping to land a publishing deal at the end of the process.
Plague of Doves, published in 2008, is the first in a trilogy that includes the award - winning novels The Round House and LaRose; all three books feature a small Ojibwe community in North Dakota.
With my interest in the novel rekindled (no pun intended), I penned a dark tale of lust, obsession and betrayal titled, The Butterfly Collector, and sent it round UK agents and publishing houses, collecting over 75 rejection slips in the process.
The final round of the contest is judged by acquiring editors from romance publishing houses.
One of my 2.5 novels made the rounds of major publishing houses in the early 1980s, while I built a career freelancing to magazines.
Virtually all books published by the major houses go through multiple rounds of editing for a few reasons.
To ensure that your book can compete with the best books published by the major houses, we encourage independent authors to follow the publishers» lead and put your book through at least two full rounds of editing if your budget and time line allow.
-LSB-...] In other publishing news, HarperCollins and the J.R.R. Tolkien estate file an $ 80 million suit against The Hobbit producers; Ella Delany explores the impact of the Penguin and Random House merger on literary agents; and Jane Friedman debuts her monthly round - up of the best writing business links.