Not exact matches
Depending on what your publisher has planned for your book (which an editor often shares with you and your agent 6 months to a year before your book launches), and depending on your budget, a freelance publicist (who usually works on fewer books at any time than an in - house publicist) can supplement or enhance what your in - house publicist will
Depending on what your
publisher has planned for your book (which an editor often shares
with you and your agent 6 months to a year before your book launches), and
depending on your budget, a freelance publicist (who usually works on fewer books at any time than an in - house publicist) can supplement or enhance what your in - house publicist will
depending on your budget, a freelance publicist (who usually
works on fewer books at any time than an in - house publicist) can supplement or enhance what your in - house publicist will be doing.
As you noted above
with publishers, negotiability is going to
depend on how badly the parties want the deal (i.e. if an agent or
publisher really wants the
work and the author has options, then the agent or
publisher is likely to be willing to negotiate the terms of the contract).
Good literary agents
work with major publishing houses because big
publishers often pay more than small ones, though an agent may seek a deal
with a university or smaller press,
depending on the nature of the project.
A program designed by Audible.com to allow writers,
publishers, agents (whoever holds the rights) the opportunity to match their
work with an actor, reader, producer of their choosing who will record the book, upload it to the Audible.com site, and Audible will make it available for sale on Audible.com, Amazon, and iTunes (and others
depending on the distribution deal you select).
As for the metrics that you've described in measuring the «professional» standard, they are flawed in the following respects: Professional via publication —
publishers are profit - driven, not a good indicator of excellence; Professional through number in print — numbers can be altered
with marketing and time (by this logic, the Bible, Kuran, and the Communist Manifesto are perhaps the most professional
work ever written); Money — there are plenty of professional idiots out there
with more money than deserved; Peer review —
depends on the peer.
If you have a PDF file from your
publisher that was generated from a desktop publishing program like InDesign or Quark, we can usually
work with those too but may need to charge a slightly higher rate
depending on how the PDF was compiled.
So it really
depends on your evaluation of this specific
publisher, their track record, and the referrals of other authors they have
worked with.
When
working with publishers in different areas of the world, the benefits will
depend on the
publisher, the territory and the game.