Comments on: Pay to read http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/pay-to-read/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Jill Edmondson http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/pay-to-read/comment-page-1/#comment-15605 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:04:51 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/12/pay-to-read/#comment-15605 Well, I have to say that I agree wholeheartedly with the above (at least re: fiction – I've never written nonfiction, so caan't comment on that).

Yes, know your marke, know where the publishers can fit you in their product line up.

Publishing is a business after all… Beautiful writing a literary merits are fine and dandy, but the book has to sell. Publishers don't pay staff, cover overhead and make a profit off warm fuzzy praise and group hugs.

I pitched my book (in query letters) but saying it was a beach book and would appeal to women 20-40 who liked Janet Evanovich's writing.

I got a contract within 4 months of looking (and about 6 months later another contract offer came in too).

My book came out about a month ago, and in a review in The Globe & Mail (Toronto) the columnists actually said "Blood and Groom has the fast and funny style that will appeal to fans of Janet Evanovich."

So: know your market, know your writing and the rest will fall into place sooner or later!

Cheers, Jill
http://www.jilledmondson.com

]]> By: Donna Gambale http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/pay-to-read/comment-page-1/#comment-15602 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:25:14 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/12/pay-to-read/#comment-15602 As someone who's been struggling with her pitch — and who flubbed it a couple times — I really appreciate this post! My next conference is the SCBWI Winter Conference in NYC, and I'm determined to be prepared — especially since I'll have a query-able novel by that time!

]]> By: Jm Diaz http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/pay-to-read/comment-page-1/#comment-15601 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:41:27 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/12/pay-to-read/#comment-15601 Your last paragraph is indeed, by far, the hardest to accomplish. Yet the most essential. Thank you for the post.

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