Publishing industry

Here is more great writing advice from Life, the Universe, and Everything. The theme of the presentation is about the publishing industry. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

Once an agent find a publisher it takes about a yr to publish after that
Publishers buy about 99% from agents
Tore is one of the final publishers who access unsolicited authors.
Horn your craft, write a great book find an agent
Some books will pitch an idea to an established author.
Publishers give book discounts 40-50% discount.
Returns of books can return a book in a month and get reimbursed. 20% of books is a good rate.
Submission grinder offers places looking for short stories.
Advances are lower but royalties come sooner until your book costs are earned out.
Sales and marketing can kill a book that has progressed all through others
Your book has to sell itself to multiple people. That is why so important to have a good pitch.
The quality of the writing is what sells.
Writing with an intent to teach a child something is not interesting.
http://storypublisher.com/
Most stories are rejected because of the prose/ writing.
Some people don’t spend the necessary time to fix the test of a book
People usually don’t sell their first book. Wring several books evolves our skill where you can sell later books.
If sales more than a 100K book I the level of sales for self-published before an editor will look at it. Royalties are determined if the publisher thinks that they’ll sell.
Publishers Marketplace: see what deals are happening in real time. You can also google authors agent.
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Query tacker.com lists who is doing well of who responded..
The alien is all what SF is about.
Worlds can be changed with words
People have an idea about life on other planets. Do you want to read more? To see something new, something wonderful. Something you never thought of before?
Books with new ideas adapt us to change.
We used fiction to experience on what could happen.
Support your local public library.
Each time an editor looks at a new book they’re looking to find the book that will lead a new reader to wonder like that seven yr old editor experience.
Average number of books written before they start selling: some authors sell their first book submitted.
Many writers start when young,
Silverberg says people have 1 million bad words before they start getting well.
People speed of success happens for different people at different times.
The finest writers edit knows things their writing is garbage.
Human beings like to tell and hear stories.
How will the stories be conveyed> market-wide changes
If you have a strong story and strong voice editors will work with you. Don’t file off all the rough edges.
Charles Dickens self-published. Wrote books and sold them on the streets of London.
Be nice to your assistant; know the name of the secretary. It’s the little people who can lose your contract or forget the check request. Get to know the staff at the bookstore. Be nice to the little people.
A strong and unique voice that has something to say is what draws agents/ editors. They are not just spinning a yarn but they have something to say to the world.
The agent /editor relationship to an author is private.
Be the type of person that the assistant will want to call you.