Comments on: Question Week, Day 6: to market, to market http://dianapeterfreund.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/question-week-day-6-to-market-to-market/ Diversions, Bookaholic rants and raves, Writerly Chat, and Up-to-the-Minute News about my books Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:19:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Josie http://dianapeterfreund.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/question-week-day-6-to-market-to-market/#comment-5486 Josie Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:33:00 +0000 http://dianapeterfreund.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/question-week-day-6-to-market-to-market/#comment-5486 Thanks so much for the wonderful advice! Thanks so much for the wonderful advice!

]]> By: salty http://dianapeterfreund.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/question-week-day-6-to-market-to-market/#comment-5484 salty Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:12:00 +0000 http://dianapeterfreund.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/question-week-day-6-to-market-to-market/#comment-5484 thanks thanks

]]> By: Heather Harper http://dianapeterfreund.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/question-week-day-6-to-market-to-market/#comment-5483 Heather Harper Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:51:00 +0000 http://dianapeterfreund.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/question-week-day-6-to-market-to-market/#comment-5483 Excellent post, Diana. You continue to enlighten us. Thank you for sharing. Excellent post, Diana. You continue to enlighten us. Thank you for sharing.

]]> By: Robin Brande http://dianapeterfreund.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/question-week-day-6-to-market-to-market/#comment-5482 Robin Brande Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:36:00 +0000 http://dianapeterfreund.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/question-week-day-6-to-market-to-market/#comment-5482 Excellent--and very thorough!--post, Diana. You just did a bunch of new writers a huge favor. Excellent–and very thorough!–post, Diana. You just did a bunch of new writers a huge favor.

]]> By: Allison Winn Scotch http://dianapeterfreund.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/question-week-day-6-to-market-to-market/#comment-5481 Allison Winn Scotch Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:56:00 +0000 http://dianapeterfreund.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/question-week-day-6-to-market-to-market/#comment-5481 Great advice, Diana. It's the cold, hard truth, and that's what makes it so great. :) Great advice, Diana. It’s the cold, hard truth, and that’s what makes it so great. :)

]]> By: Diana Peterfreund http://dianapeterfreund.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/question-week-day-6-to-market-to-market/#comment-5480 Diana Peterfreund Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:24:00 +0000 http://dianapeterfreund.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/question-week-day-6-to-market-to-market/#comment-5480 An imprint (also called a "line") is a way for publishers to divide different types of books they publish for marketing purposes. Different imprints usually have different focuses, different publishing paradigms, etc. For instance, the publisher harlequin has an imprint called Red Dress Ink in which they publish chick lit (almost always in trade paperback), an imprint called Luna in which they publish female-focused fantasy, etc. <br/><br/>The publisher Pocket, which is a "division" of Simon & Schuster (often, divisions are the legal remnants of when there were many small publishing companies rather than huge international conglomerates), has a chick lit trade imprint called Downtown Press, and another imprint called MTV books, which publishes everything from pop culture to urban lit to Young adult.<br/><br/>The publisher TOR has a good explanation on their website explaining their various imprints:<br/><br/>http://www.tor.com/imprints.html An imprint (also called a “line”) is a way for publishers to divide different types of books they publish for marketing purposes. Different imprints usually have different focuses, different publishing paradigms, etc. For instance, the publisher harlequin has an imprint called Red Dress Ink in which they publish chick lit (almost always in trade paperback), an imprint called Luna in which they publish female-focused fantasy, etc.

The publisher Pocket, which is a “division” of Simon & Schuster (often, divisions are the legal remnants of when there were many small publishing companies rather than huge international conglomerates), has a chick lit trade imprint called Downtown Press, and another imprint called MTV books, which publishes everything from pop culture to urban lit to Young adult.

The publisher TOR has a good explanation on their website explaining their various imprints:

http://www.tor.com/imprints.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://dianapeterfreund.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/question-week-day-6-to-market-to-market/#comment-5478 Anonymous Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:26:00 +0000 http://dianapeterfreund.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/question-week-day-6-to-market-to-market/#comment-5478 Pardon my ignorance, but what is an imprint? Pardon my ignorance, but what is an imprint?

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