How does one differentiate between 'big,' 'medium,' and 'small' publishers? (Is there even a 'medium' category, or did I just make that up?) Where are the cut-offs, in terms of sales and/or books published per year?
The reason I'm asking is: I just had a conversation with my agent, and she referred to a particular publisher as 'small.' I was curious about her choice of words, because I'd always considered the company solidly mid-sized (it puts out about 100 books/year and has over a thousand books in print).
Actually, the real reason I'm asking is I'm trying to figure out if, by 'small,' my agent really meant: 'too small for me to want to submit to them.' We were talking about a book I've been working on, and I mentioned how I thought this publisher would be a perfect fit, and that's when she described it as 'small.'
So I'm not sure if it's my conception of size that's skewed, or if my agent was trying to hint at something...
The reason I'm asking is: I just had a conversation with my agent, and she referred to a particular publisher as 'small.' I was curious about her choice of words, because I'd always considered the company solidly mid-sized (it puts out about 100 books/year and has over a thousand books in print).
Actually, the real reason I'm asking is I'm trying to figure out if, by 'small,' my agent really meant: 'too small for me to want to submit to them.' We were talking about a book I've been working on, and I mentioned how I thought this publisher would be a perfect fit, and that's when she described it as 'small.'
So I'm not sure if it's my conception of size that's skewed, or if my agent was trying to hint at something...
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