Sentences with phrase «same agents and publishers»

Not exact matches

At the same time, the Frankfurt book fair continued to be a popular meeting place for publishers and book agents of all kinds, Catholic and Protestant alike, a notable case of capitalism trumping theology.

This is important to understand because the information that goes into a book proposal is the very same information that literary agents use to sell books to publishers; it's the same information that publishers use to promote books to bookstores, readers, and the media.

But that's not always the same, which is why I say to check the sites for wherever you are submitting if you are going the traditional route and trying to find an agent or publisher.

Assuming an agent / publisher's vetting, continue the print career (if you have one), while attempting to negotiate for your erights, or at least a higher ebook royalty... WHILE at the same time using ebooks to get out previous work, or recent work that went nowhere with your agent but was considered salable (as with my thriller SAVAGE NIGHTS, now on Kindle and soon all the formats), and also perhaps some new work targeted for ebook format only.

If you attempt to pursue getting your work published the same way writers did ten or more years ago (querying agents and publishers), then you're almost certainly going to be frustrated and find it an exercise in futility.

Agents and most publishers want to invest in career authors who write multiple books, mostly within the same or similar genre.

Editors, authors, agents, and publishers may submit more than one book, in the same categories or different ones, but an entry fee is charged for each book entered.

But more telling is that these same publishers are crying because Amazon is «gnawing away at the services that publishers, critics and agents used to provide.»

At the same time, I still chose to secure the help of an agent, and am working with him to find a traditional publisher for my big fat epic fantasy novel, and another large YA fantasy novel.

John Grisham was rejected by about 15 publishers and the same number of literary agents.

ThrillerFest VI took place at New York City's Grand Hyatt Hotel between July 6th and 9th, but those few days were nothing compared to the year - long preparation for the event, as well as the far reaching results of throwing authors, agents, editors, publishers, and all - around master craftsmen in the same venue for four days.

Trotting out many of the same anecdotes Ken Auletta used in his 2010 New Yorker article, writer George Packer cites innumerable unnamed agents and publishers who worry Amazon doesn't really care about books as they do.

ThrillerFest VI took place at New York City's Grand Hyatt Hotel between July 6th and 9th, but those few days were nothing compared to the year - long preparation for the event, as well as the far reaching results of throwing authors, agents, editors, publishers, and all - around master craftsmen in the same venue for four... [Read more...]

Admittedly, fewer people are being published at the moment in the same way as fewer houses or automobiles are being sold but that doesn't mean that the days of agents and publishers» editors are numbered.

The rejection with no notification sounds familiar, unfortunately, since many agents and publishers do the same thing, leaving an author frustrated after months of no response.

I really felt it was one of the more mainstream - type books I'd written in a long time (HA HA HA HA I used «I» and «mainstream» in the same sentence pardon me), and might just have a chance with agents / publishers.

-- If you want to be a writer or an author, — If you intend to submit manuscripts to agents and / or publishers, — If you intend to self - publish a book, the answer is still the same.

He reminded us that one could be both publisher and agent at the same time, «but one can not be both at the same time for the same client.»

The point is this: whether you choose to query literary agents or to publish through Amazon, et.al., you and the big mainstream publishers share the very same goal: to sell lots of books to lots of strangers.

It may be that your enthusiasm as an agent was off, that nobody else has the same enthusiasm for that client's work... For whatever reason, you may have put in all this work and can't get a sale from a publisher, but you want to continue helping the client.

Harder to land an agent (many of whom won't even respond to queries they aren't interested in anymore); agents are flooded by queries; submissions from agents take much longer to be evaluated by editors; publishers are much more risk - averse and seemingly chasing after the same trends.

Writers, agents, publishers and institutional brands are all grappling with the same dilemma: how to produce high - quality books and state of the art digital content whilst at the same time judiciously managing their costs.

My second thought was that the two articles I read, and the dire predictions and «woe - is - me» lamenting therein, were mostly coming from those same middlemen: publishers and agents.

June 29 San Francisco: digi.lit: Litquake's Digital Publishing Conference: «Litquake's digi.lit is a full - day conference that will explain and demystify the new digital publishing landscape.digi.lit will put you in the same room with authors, publishers, editors, marketers, agents, and booksellers who are defining the future of reading and publishing.»

The Publishers Rights Corner is adjacent to the Literary Agents & Scouts Centre (LitAg) and shares the same opening hours from 9.00 a.m. to 6.30 p.m..

She eventually landed an agent who submitted her book to over a dozen publishers, they all rejected it for the same reason, so the book of her dreams landed in a drawer and Darcie got on with her life.

Everyone is trying to jump on this — publishers & agents alike — and hope that some authors will think there's value in the same old same old, but I'm concerned for the aspiring author who does nt have the experience who thinks the big named agent is repping them, when not everything is disclosed.

Orna Ross, Founder and Director of ALLi comments: «Toby was a highly dynamic and creative publisher at Atlantic Books and is already demonstrating the same qualities as an agent.

Here is a little excerpt: This year I've been working more and more with authors, agents, and publishers, all of whom pretty much share the same goal: sell more books!

There is the issue of whether or not agents and publishers will accept a manuscript by an author who has self - published, at least if that individual intends on keeping the same name on their work.

Literary agents receive the same powerful publishing, metadata management and aggregated sales reporting tools Smashwords offers publishers, yet agents are designated as agents, not publishers.

What's significant in relation to Locke hitting the million - seller Kindle ebook mark is that it showcases that while choosing the Kindle Direct Publishing route removes agents and publishers from the equation, Locke makes less money with his 99 - cent gambit than he would selling the same number of books with a traditional publisher.

Writing conferences are one of the only reasons readers, writers, publishers, and agents all meet in the same building.