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Long Odds for Authors Newly Published - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • “Robert was doing rather better than we expected him to,” she wrote. Ms. Dewey said it had sold an additional 5,000 copies in the United States, for a total of 13,500, which is “a great achievement for any unknown author.”
  • “It would have stayed on the path it was on, which is towards oblivion.”
  • “It’s the power of the author brand,” Mr. Entrekin said.
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  • “Most books come out and do nothing,” Ms. Coady said. “There are still too many books being published. We can only get behind so many books, and then hope they take off on their own. It worries me that so many slip through the cracks.”
  • “There’s no formula,” he said. “A publisher can only do so much. A book’s fate is ultimately in the hands of the book gods.”
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  • But if the book is as good as critics are now saying it is, why didn’t it sell more copies before, especially since the rise of online publishing has supposedly made it easier than ever for first-time authors?
  • Given how difficult it is for first-time fiction authors, especially in a crowded genre like mystery, to find both an agent and publisher, it’s not clear “The Cuckoo’s Calling” would have made it off the slush piles.
  • An editor there told The Telegraph in London that the book “didn’t stand out.”
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  • a publishing contract is hardly a guarantee of critical or commercial success.
  • Mr. Entrekin cited “Matterhorn,” by first-time novelist Karl Marlantes, which he published in 2010. The author “worked on the book for over 20 years and couldn’t find a publisher,” Mr. Entrekin said. Then, as the book was about to be published in a tiny first edition, Mr. Entrekin got a copy from a buyer at Barnes & Noble, loved it, and bought out the first printing.
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Story Beginnings - The Loft Literary Center - 0 views

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  • What are those authors doing in those precious first pages? In every book I looked at they were introducing me to a character so unique and compelling that I cared about what happened when the high stakes action came into play a few pages later. They opened not with a bang but with a voice—a choice well worth emulating. 
  • Rosanne Parry is teaching "Vampire-Free Fiction: Writing Real-World Novels for Young Readers"
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The rise of writer/fan collaboration - 0 views

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  • Perhaps the most radical example of this was the World Builder project launched in conjunction with Adam Christopher’s superhero noir novel, Empire State in 2011. The idea was to not just encourage fan art, but to give it the publisher’s seal of approval.
  • Collaborations between writers and fans are nothing new, but a new wave of projects are revisiting the concept with modern technology
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The Accessible NYTimes - 0 views

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  • publishing is like Hollywood — nobody ever does the marketing they promise.
  • Mr. Mamet is taking advantage of a new service being offered by his literary agency, ICM Partners, as a way to assume more control over the way his book is promoted.
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      whoelscher on 17 Apr 13
       
      Interesting direction for an agency to take. Is this the future for literary agents? Will they simply become self-publishing services? Will they maintain their role as gatekeepers or will they open up their services to everyone?
  • New Publisher Authors Trust: Themselves
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  • ICM, which will announce its new self-publishing service on Wednesday, is one of the biggest and most powerful agencies to offer the option. But others are doing the same as they seek to provide additional value to their writers while also extending their reach in the industry.
  • Trident Media Group
  • mostly for reissuing older titles, the backlist.
  • InkWell Management
  • she would not leave Harper completely because she loves her editor.
  • They treat it like a small business
  • the big publishers focused mostly on blockbuster books and fell short on other titles — by publishing too few copies, for instance, or limiting advertising to only a short period after a book was released.
  • If an author self-publishes, what, then, is the role of a literary agency?
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Ten ways self-publishing has changed the books world - 0 views

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  • The industry has long suffered the irony that effective publishing is most evident when invisible; it is only when standards are less than felicitous that we realise how well what we read is managed most of the time.
  • Gone is our confidence that publishers and agents know exactly what everyone wants to (or should) read
  • The copy editor, a traditionally marginalised figure, is now in strong demand.
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  • Now, as authors meet their readers at literary festivals, run blogs or tweet, they know their readers well and are no longer solely reliant on their publishers to mediate relationships.
  • Now that so many self-publishing authors are finding the market themselves, agents need to find new ways to make their work pay. If agencies are multi-faceted (film, television, after-dinner speaking) they may be protected, but smaller agencies will struggle.
  • The role of the agent is also changing.
  • New writing patterns are developing too: team writing; ghost writing; software to assist the crafting.
  • Self-publishing brings happiness.
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Author, Jody Hedlund: How to Know When to Quit Pursuing Publication - 0 views

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  • I'm not talking about throwing in the towel on writing.
  • if a writer is pursuing publication with the goal of making money, they're going to find themselves sorely disappointed.
  • hose who are pursuing publication for the money are probably better off getting a job at Walmart for a much steadier and reliable income.
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  • In the modern publication industry, writers are shouldering HUGE responsibilities. Not only are authors working on novels (sometimes multiple books in a year), but they're also writing enovellas and eshort stories to help with marketing visibility.
  • authors must also take a large role in marketing their books.
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From the Slush Pile… | Ploughshares - 0 views

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    "If you want to get out of the slush pile, one of the worst things you can do is write a lackluster first paragraph."
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