Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
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As we turn our attention to free-lance editors and how they fit into the publishing system, I’d like to start out with a description from Beth Adams …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
As we turn our attention to free-lance editors and how they fit into the publishing system, I’d like to start out with a description from Beth Adams …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
The final aspect of what an in-house editor brings to the table is…
–Understanding the interplay between the publisher, the author, the agent.
This is a delicate …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Beth Adams’s quote in my post yesterday about how editing is her favorite part of the process touched on an aspect of being an in-house editor that …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Yesterday we talked about how an in-house editor is the hub of the publishing house’s wheel when it comes to your book. (For the sake of simplicity, …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
As publishers continue the trend not to retain in-house editors but to use freelancers, the question becomes, Why didn’t publishers do this sooner? What good is an …
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Blogger: Rachel Kent
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This year at the Writing for the Soul writers’ conference, I was surprised to find on the first day of appointments that I only …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Winging my way to an author-agent-publisher meeting
You have the right idea? Check.
You have the right title? Check.
Now, it’s time to write an attention-getting proposal.
Yesterday I referred to editors and agents as …
Before the Publisher: Creating an Attention-Getting ProposalRead More
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Once you’ve found an idea that really clicks with you and one that should do well in the marketplace, it behooves you to take some time to …
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Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office, IL
The last stop on this week’s tour of Your Publishing House, Inc. is Production. This room is necessarily quite large, a suite actually, since it contains several rooms within for …
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Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office, IL
A little farther down the hallway at Your Publishing House, Inc. is the marketing department. You may be introduced to the marketing manager assigned to your book project as soon …