Authors who have landed
traditional publishing deals include Stu Krieger, the screenwriter of The Land Before Time; Derek Loudermilk, the scientist, pro athlete, and The Art of Adventure podcaster; and Cecilia Perez - Matos, openly gay daughter of the former President of Venezuela.
Not exact matches
Taking matters into his own hands, he signed a
deal with Amazon to
publish the e-books of several of his most notable backlist titles —
including Invisible Man, Midnight's Children, and Lolita — without consulting their
traditional print publishers.
But there are several more,
including that self -
published books mean a low - quality product and that if you
publish your book yourself, you won't then get a
traditional publishing deal.
Publishers Lunch notes that Howey «had already made a
traditional publishing deal in the U.K. (with Century) and agent Kristin Nelson and her sub-agents have already licensed the book in over 18 territories» and also lists some other print - only
deals publishers have made in recent months —
including Simon & Schuster's print - only
deal last year with bestselling self -
published author John Locke.
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.
Popular serial author Samantha Warren explains the benefits of writing serial eBooks
include not having to meet minimum word counts or
deal with the gatekeepers of
traditional publishing who reject authors who aren't producing «massive tomes of literature.»
We discuss the differences between the two routes
including how to go after a
traditional publishing deal, control, financial expectations,
Learn from those who have gone before you,
including: - interviews with successful authors - both
traditional and self -
published - advice on getting
published and
dealing with agents - advice on writing and marketing your books - social media success stories and step - by - step tutorials - trends in digital
publishing - advice on
publishing careers - and much more!
If you get a
traditional publishing deal that
includes print publication (and many are digital - only these days), then you will get into some physical bookstores.
You've been
publishing a long time,
including some early
traditional deals.
She didn't tell us then that future would
include an exciting new agency with a cutting - edge outlook and
traditional publishing deal - making skills, but this development does fit into her forward - looking predictions.
Fact: Independent
publishing can lead to all sorts of opportunities,
including a book
deal with a
traditional publisher.