During
her time with major publishing houses, such as Simon & Schuster and Harcourt Brace, Renee Fountain had the fortune to work with some of the best authors and illustrators in the publishing world.
Not exact matches
I then moved on to Rodale Press and then Salem
House where I helped bring British books to the US, finally moving up the
publishing ladder to Pantheon's Associate Publisher, where I worked
with some of the
major cultural icons of our
time, including Noam Chomsky, Studs Terkel, Matt Groening and Art Spiegelman.
A New York literary agent can spend more
time with editors and publishers at
major New York
publishing houses (the people who buy most books).
Authors are — Gary McCarthy (3 million books in print,
published with New York's
major publishing houses), Frank Roderus (Spurs Award from the Western Writers of America — twice), Robert Vaughan (NY
Times Bestselling Author 7 times, Spur Award, Pulitzer Prize Nominee, etc. etc.), John Legg, L. J. Martin (his screenplay is optioned by a major NBC approved producer), and Chet Cunnin
Times Bestselling Author 7
times, Spur Award, Pulitzer Prize Nominee, etc. etc.), John Legg, L. J. Martin (his screenplay is optioned by a major NBC approved producer), and Chet Cunnin
times, Spur Award, Pulitzer Prize Nominee, etc. etc.), John Legg, L. J. Martin (his screenplay is optioned by a
major NBC approved producer), and Chet Cunningham!
We have worked
with a variety of authors including first -
time and self -
published authors, authors who have been
published by
major publishing houses, and New York
Times bestselling authors.
The others [the
major publishing houses] have a lot of capabilities, but they're in a race against
time to develop additional distribution among them to match what PRH will be able to create or, alternatively, to change what they are from a general trade publisher to a multi-niche publisher
with * strong * community capabilities that can be leveraged for other business models.
It's hard but I'm certain I want to take the
time to get a good agent and go
with a
major publishing house.
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.
An author willing to gamble on this self -
publishing model can make ten
times as much per book sold as compared
with royalty income from a
major trade
house.
She graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2008
with a degree in English and Philosophy, and now spends her
time typing code and hatching brain eggs for the future of
publishing in a
major publishing house.