Sentences with phrase «working at the publishing house»

I'd never even had it before until I started working at the publishing house (where they request this cake).

The new rub here is that Frank, while a bit stuck on himself, is a nice guy and a much more appealing romantic choice than ruthless businessman Joe, who, in turn, already has a partner of his own: Patricia Eden (Parker Posey), who works at a publishing house.

The film will follow Perkins work at the publishing house of Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, whom he joined in 1910 after a stint working at The New York Times.

Before joining the L. Perkins Agency, Latoya was an editor for over thirteen years working at publishing houses such as Kensington Publishing, Hachette Book Group, and Samhain Publishing.

In the past, she worked at a publishing house and apprenticed at a literary agency, where she evaluated agent queries.

Book Agent John Silbersack spent a decade and a half working at publishing houses before he became an agent.

Small bookstores are being shuttered, book chains are going out of business, libraries are suffering enormous budget cuts, and every publisher - and the people who work at these publishing houses - is feeling a great deal of pain and stress.

He attended art school in Munich but returned to Romania and work at a publishing house.

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She then linked to an article she published while she was working for The Daily Beast in December of that year that was titled, «Trump is thinking about a run at the White House again.»

Representative Kevin Brady, chairman of the tax - writing House Ways and Means Committee, told reporters that Republicans on the House - Senate negotiating committee working on the revamped bill had signed the finished product and the details would be published when the full House convenes at 5:30 p.m. EST..

Shawn's research has been published in the top psychology journal for work he did at UBS in partnership with Yale University to transform how stress impacts the body, and he recently did a two - hour interview with Oprah at her house to discuss his mission to bring positive psychology to the world.

Her previous work includes Publishing Director at Alpha International for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and Rights Manager at Random House, UK.

Enter Canal House Cooking, La Dolce Vita, # 7 in a series of self - published volumes from a multi-talented duo who have worked at food, cooking, and food writing / photography most of their lives.

Illustrators, whether self - employed or working for publishing houses or advertising agencies, typically spend long hours at the drafting table or at the computer.

It was time to sit back and wait to see if an editor at a publishing house believed in my work as much as my agent did.

At the publishing house she works at, and which Christian bought, she is promoted to fiction editor, a job that comes with a big exposed - brick office and lots of responsibility («Increase the font size by two points,» she commands an underling, with a satisfied smirkAt the publishing house she works at, and which Christian bought, she is promoted to fiction editor, a job that comes with a big exposed - brick office and lots of responsibility («Increase the font size by two points,» she commands an underling, with a satisfied smirkat, and which Christian bought, she is promoted to fiction editor, a job that comes with a big exposed - brick office and lots of responsibility («Increase the font size by two points,» she commands an underling, with a satisfied smirk).

After their honeymoon, Ana returns to work, being promoted to fiction editor at the publishing house Christian owns.

As a fiction editor at a publishing house, we are treated to scenes where Ana is scolded by her husband for not changing her work email address to her newly married name, and her editorial notes consist of «make the font size two points bigger.»

While Jason and Daniel have adopted a work hard / party hard mentality at their job designing cheapo novel covers for a publishing house and in their time spent at the local bars, Mikey plays the straight man — working like a dog as a resident at a hospital to support himself and his wife (Jessica Lucas).

Chenoweth will play Marylynne Keller, a woman who pitches a book about truth and perception to the publishing house at which Foster's character works.

Before starting her own agency, Ms. Unter worked in many aspects of the publishing industry: in editorial at a publishing house; as a copyright lawyer at an entertainment law firm; and as VP at a literary agency.

The responsibilities and workload of a book publicist can vary by publishing house depending on the staff size and resources — in a large publishing house, a publicist may work on three to five titles at a time, or multiple publicists may collaborate on the same title.

You may want to pay your editor to look at these as well as your manuscript (especially if they have significant experience of either being published traditionally or working in an agency or publishing house).

Anna has been in the publishing industry for almost ten years, working in editorial at Random House and then for Peter Fraser & Dunlop, a prominent literary agency.

Brian DeFiore started the agency in 1999, after close to twenty years working in mainstream publishing houses, including stints as an Editor at St. Martin's Press, as VP Editorial Director at Dell / Delacorte, as VP and Editor - in - Chief at Hyperion, and as SVP and Publisher of Villard Books / Random House Publishpublishing houses, including stints as an Editor at St. Martin's Press, as VP Editorial Director at Dell / Delacorte, as VP and Editor - in - Chief at Hyperion, and as SVP and Publisher of Villard Books / Random House PublishingPublishing Group.

I have been involved in reissuing out - of - print works for a new press and I am often aghast at the mistakes found in books by supposedly reputable publishing houses.

Past graduates have gone on to find work at a wide range of literary agencies, publishing houses, magazines, and newspapers, among them HarperCollins, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Simon and Schuster, the Gernert Agency, the Wylie Agency, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and the Wall Street Journal.

WIP — Work - in - Progress Simultaneous Submissions — A simultaneous submission is when you send your book or query letter to more than one publishing house or agent at the same time.

After all, that's the only thing any talented author needs — the right person at a literary agency and publishing house to actually read their work.

I think it would have worked the same if $ 0.99 never existed and $ 2 would have been the great thing for Indie writers to be discovered because established authors from publishing houses still sell their ebooks at over 5 times that price in most cases.

Work with in - house editors at the publishing house to further revise the manuscript.

The innate hostility and aggressiveness at my publishing house perfectly complemented the sweatshop - type work schedule and constant unspoken threats.

My business partner, Dana Cole, has been in the publishing world since 1979, starting at Alfred A. Knopf, a Random House Company, working with single color books.

During her tenure at these major publishing houses, she worked in the areas of subsidiary rights, marketing, sales, and editorial.

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.

At New York City's Housing Works Bookstore Café, Munroe organized a panel of digital publishing experts, including a representative from BiblioCrunch, which helps connect authors to publishing professionals who offer design, editing, and marketing services.

People working at traditional publishing houses are experts of their respective fields and are likely to make decisions regarding the title or cover.

The events at Housing Works and Village Books were targeted towards authors looking to publish their works, but Kobo Writing Life has also presented intimate one - author events that focus on e-book purchasing custoWorks and Village Books were targeted towards authors looking to publish their works, but Kobo Writing Life has also presented intimate one - author events that focus on e-book purchasing custoworks, but Kobo Writing Life has also presented intimate one - author events that focus on e-book purchasing customers.

Literary Agents and the Hybrid Author: A Conversation with Bob Mecoy and Kristin Nelson (Sangeeta Mehta for JaneFriedman.com): Book publishing is changing so quickly, and this is a great look at the hybrid author space, where authors can work with traditional houses while still self - publishing some of their works.

After completing the Columbia Publishing Course, Samantha found her passion for foreign rights and editorial through her internships and part - time work at three literary agencies, Ayesha Pande Literary, Writers House, and Chalberg & Sussman.

This is the guy many might have assumed was so thorough a torch - bearer for self - publishing and so outspoken a champion of entrepreneurial authors that he'd throw scones at the huge traditional British house that wanted to handle his new work.

In my own case, having fallen at the last hurdle with a couple of publishing houses, I set about the process of self - publishing ALBERTA CLIPPER 18 months after I had first thought about what it might be like to be a female meteorologist with a dark secret, working in an investment bank in Dublin.

We maintain a roster of highly credible reviewers — critics who have had their work published in high profile publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune; editors at respected traditional publishing houses.

Writing is rewriting as they say, and when you don't have an editor polishing the work as they do at most publishing houses, then the quality of the writing is degraded if you don't have the discipline of making it the best it can be when you self - publish.»

Her middle grade novel, Another Kind of Hurricane was published by Schwartz & Wade / Random House in July 2015, and she is currently at work on her second novel.

Not Looking For: Noir fiction; previously published or self - published works; new books in a series that was previously published at another house or self - published.

At least with self - publishing not only am I in charge of my own promo (as I pretty much would be with a publishing house anyway) but I am the one making the money for all my hard work.

After graduating from Harvard College with a degree in English literature, I began working in the book business, both as an independent editor with private clients, and as an acquiring and developmental editor at major publishing houses in the industry.

You can choose from great titles from hundreds of award - winning and diverse publishing houses at launch, not to mention the telethousands of international publishers Google works with around the world.»

What I love about self - publishing is the ability to carefully choose those third parties and to work directly with them, instead of being at the end of a long chain of faceless entities in a publishing house, many of whom have not read your work.