All tagged publishing a book
By Nicky Hackett
Reputable literary agents receive dozens of query letters a month, but they only take on a few new clients each year! Writing a compelling query letter is an important step for landing a good agent. Letters must be concise and professional and have all the information the agent expects, but they must also be intriguing and capture the agents’ attention.
By Nicky Hackett
The pay-to-publish world (also called subsidy or vanity publishing) includes publishers who sell their expertise to help launch unrecognized authors, unscrupulous pseudo-experts making as much as they can off inexperienced authors, and many others in between. Going with a subsidy publisher can be cheaper and seem easier than paying for quality editors, designers, and project managers, but it’s not uncommon to end up with a shoddy product. Here are five important things to know about paying to publish…