PUB 1010 Final Exam Questions And Answers Accurately Solved.
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Traditionally agents receive a _____ commission on everything an author gets paid (advance and royalties). - correct answer 15%
If you, an author, have written a textbook, do you need an agent? - correct answer ...
Traditionally agents receive a _____ commission on everything an author gets paid (advance and
royalties). - correct answer 15%
If you, an author, have written a textbook, do you need an agent? - correct answer
No, you don't.
True or false: All books need to be agented. - correct answer False
Platform and marketability of your book are more important if you are an author of: - correct answer
Nonfiction
A common complaint from writers about agents if they are unhappy with their agent is: - correct answer
They don't respond to messages enough
If you are a fiction writer, your manuscript _____ be edited further by your agent typically. - correct
answer will
It often takes a _______ and _________ of rejections before finding an agent. - correct answer
long time, hundreds
The first letter an aspiring author sends to an agent is called a ____ letter. - correct answer
query
There are generally two paths to becoming an agent.
One is to intern for an agent and work your way up the ladder.
, The other path might look like this: - correct answer Work in a relevant career
path and switch laterally to working as an agent.
A query letter or manuscript submission to an editor (at a publication or at a publisher), or to a literary
agent, is often referred to as being part of the ____ - correct answer slush pile
_____ publishing, as opposed to educational or religious publishing, focuses on regular readers at
standard bookstores. - correct answer trade
An ARC is an _____ - correct answer advance review copy
A frontlist book is a: - correct answer book that has come out in the last 6
months
Name the big 5 publishers: - correct answer HarperCollins, Penguin Random
House, Simon & Schuster, MacMillan, Hachette
This area of book publishing was the fastest growing segment in publishing for the past few years. One
of the reasons our book says it is a growing area is that prior to Covid, people's commutes to work have
been growing in length, leaving more time for this: - correct answer
audiobooks
Why has digitizing backlist titles been a challenge to the publishing industry? - correct answer
The books are no longer being promoted and were typically released prior to the current standard of
digitization, so it is more complicated to digitize these than to digitize newer books.
Name one reason why children's books are a stable market. - correct answer
There is always a demand for children's books, regardless of current trends.
This subcategory of the publishing house is typically established because an editor is being rewarded by
the publishing house. If a publishing house decides to sub-categorize books upon publication, then on
the printed book it might list what is called an ______ as the primary publisher (rather than the
publishing house's name). - correct answer imprint
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