Sentences with phrase «writers and publishers do»

I suspect that romance writers and publishers do, in fact, have a clue.

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You don't have enough king James scripture verses in it for any Christian publisher to be interested in putting it out (I've talked to Christian agents about this, and they are as frustrated as the writers at how boxed in to rigid rules Christian books have to be) and that is a sad fact about book publishing today.

It didn't help that, back then, women writers of faith were such an underrepresented group online, several advertisers and publishers literally had no category for women like me, so they labeled me a «mommy blogger,» whether the term fit my work or not.

But I suspect it begins by doing the one thing we writers, editors, and publishers feel we have been forbidden from doing for so long: speak the truth.

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Full marks to Gollancz for publishing this collection of stories by one of Britain's consistently finest science fiction writers — but it, and other book publishers, would be doing themselves, writers and readers a favour by providing more outlets for short fiction.

Tracey Maurer, writer of over 100 nonfiction books, talked with students about how she does research, works with a publisher, and comes up with ideas for her texts.

Several folks commenting on these various blogs have pointed out that Amazon doesn't care about the writers and readers any more than the big publishers do.

We indie writers are trying to sell to people who also read print books, and Big Publisher books, and we need to look as good as those do.

Most publishers request authors to do this using the Author Questionnaire, a tool that assists in assembling the resources that a writer will use for marketing and publicity.

Agents and publishers liked the writers» manuscripts, but for whatever reason didn't think they could sell them.

Agents will have to became Writers Scouts, do their own research rather that being the writers search for the right Agent, and Publishers should start thinking as professional football teams, making their authors the best, supporting and coaching them to become even better, and marketing their authors liWriters Scouts, do their own research rather that being the writers search for the right Agent, and Publishers should start thinking as professional football teams, making their authors the best, supporting and coaching them to become even better, and marketing their authors liwriters search for the right Agent, and Publishers should start thinking as professional football teams, making their authors the best, supporting and coaching them to become even better, and marketing their authors like mad.

A lot of writers I know are hybrid writers, going both ways, which is also proving dangerous for traditional publishers, since a writer doing that has clear, clear, scary - clear comparisons between a book going traditional and a book going indie.

What does this mean to us as writers, publishers and readers.

The interesting thing here is that this particular technology movement is a dual one: part of the shift has to do with writers and publishers; and part of it, the most important part, has to do with reader - consumers.

While I know that the whole area of self publishing is the route many will take given the haughty attitude of most establishment publishers towards first time writers, that doesn't mean you are excluded from taking care and responsibility when presenting the reading public with your product.

-- Traditional publishers believe that writers are a dime - a-dozen and the publishers don't even want to bother with the writer's manuscripts.

I did want to provide a networking opportunity for writers and publishers, but I also wanted to create an opportunity for readers to meet authors they might have read as well as discover new authors.

It's the rare writer who can write the same story over and over as traditional publishers want them to do.

The writer — and the publisher — who fails to take heed, does so at his or her own detriment.

An idiosyncratic, at times impressionistic book, Publishing is at its best when it taps Godwin's often prickly frustrations with her publishers through the years, underscoring how even writers at the peak of their careers can fall prey to the corporate do - si - do and find themselves shunted aside without the aforementioned dance partner.

What the publishers did at Frankfurt was hump the right to sell their writers» work in other territories and languages, often pocketing a substantial portion of the earnings for themselves (the ever - paternalistic French were among the most egregious, raking off 50 percent of the take).

Hugh is a writer that every self publisher should meet and hear because his educational background has little to do with his writing and he only recently began selling his books.

But of course, since traditional publishers only pay attention to their big blockbuster writers and leave newbies to do their own marketing, one might as well go ahead on one's own and reap the (70 % royalty) benefits instead of the standard 8 % on nothing once «costs» have been paid...

As the weekend moved on, writer after writer slowly came to realize that the myth that publishing is hard (and only major traditional publishers can do it) is flat wrong.

Since you, the fiction writer, are not dealing with the publisher directly as you can do these days, your royalty statement and any money with it FIRST goes to an agent in the country of the publisher.

I'm going for the trade publisher for two main reasons — I want to be a writer, not a publisher; and I don't want to spend my money — I'd rather they spent theirs.

I've done proofreading, editing, critiquing, mentoring, and coauthoring for new and established authors, aspiring writers, editing networks, magazines, and book publishers.

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.

As the writers make the jump, they ask basic questions on how to do it, how to be treated with respect as a publisher, and even how to do simple things like setting up a publishing business.

I honestly think that's why most writers write, and why many don't bother to learn about the business aspect of it — or think that by going with a traditional publisher, they'll not have to worry about that aspect HA HA HA.

We're very lucky to be here during this transition in the publishing industry — so many opportunities for those who are willing to experiment and put in the work of learning to do the things that publishers used to do for writers.

So, nope, Indie Author has nothing to do with shoddy or slush - pile publishing, and Indie Publisher not necessarily is a writer (or an author) at all.

This myth is logical because of how indie publishing came about with the ebook revolution and then slowly indie publishers (writers) started understanding that with a little extra work, they could do a paper book.

I refused of course and I did feel that these publishers make money FROM writers not NOT FOR the writers.

These days the publishers save money by insisting you the writer do all of the promoting and still find time to write that next contracted novel as well as attend the book signings.

He goes through the patents filed by Amazon and Apple and doesn't quite find a solution, but believes that publishers and writers will find a common - ground that allows for used eBooks to help writers make a living, while also making their work more available and affordable.

For those of you who don't know, the bankruptcy clause in writer's publishing contract is not valid, and when your publisher drops into bankruptcy, your book is an asset of the company and is treated like one and can be sold off to anyone for any purpose and you have no say over anything.

Hugh Howey is a writer that every self publisher should meet and hear because his educational background has little to do with his writing and he only recently began selling his books.

On the one hand, there were traditional publishers, who pay writers royalties in exchange for the right to publish their books, assume all the financial risk (which is considerable — thousands of dollars must be invested in a book before publication), and provide all the expertise and people needed to publish successfully (as explained in What a Publisher Does).

While the best of these writers strive to learn craft and meet professional standards, they don't have to twist themselves and their work into virtual pretzels to satisfy agents and publishers.

The point all this begs to make — most germane to our our subject of self - publishing — is that writers whose books are in the hands of traditional publishers do not have the freedom to take their books for long walks down every possible promotion and marketing avenue, or to even have their books follow circuitous alleyways that can lead to fields of light.

But what I suggest to any of my clients or writers I am talking to who want to go the traditional route is to do both: self - publish and try and get a traditional publisher.

In this new world, my gut sense (meaning a wild guess) is that writers will be taking control over more and more aspects of sales, rights, and publishing of their work as they learn how to do it themselves, even when working with traditional publishers.

I have a feeling from what I read and hear from fellow writers that publishers and agents try to imply that the traditionally publishing authors do not have to bear the whole responsibility for their books.

How to Secure a Traditional Book Deal by Self - Publishing (Jane Friedman at Writer Unboxed): «It's not any easier to interest an agent or publisher when you're self - published, and since new authors are more likely to put out a low - quality effort (they rush, they don't sufficiently invest, they don't know their audience), chances are even lower their book will get picked up.»

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer BewareRecently, Big 5 publisher Simon & Schuster announced the launch of two adult trade speculative fiction imprints: Saga Press, which will do both print and digital, and Simon451, which will also do print an... -LSB-...]

To the good, writers with a story to tell (fiction or non) that doesn't fit into the traditional publishers» sweetspot can publish their books for relatively little money and find an audience.

Small and self - publishers don't pay advances, so the writer must work ahead of the payday.

However, I still don't really believe — and I can't prove it exactly, but I'm pretty sure — from when I talk to editors and writers, that they're not getting a lot of developmental editing from publishers because they're in a hurry.