Malle Vallik, Director for Editorial Digital Initiatives, recently spoke at an RWA conference in Florida about why you should write for Harlequin. She gave a lively presentation with lots of images, asides, stories and information. Malle’s in-person presentation would be a lot more vivid, but here are a few points from her speech…
The Five Key Points about Publishing with Harlequin
#1 – Lots of Publishing Opportunities
Romance is leading the way
- Digital First program
- Prequels/Sequels
- Cosmo
- Print and digital footholds
- Over 75 series books a month
- Over 120 total books a month
#2 – Author/Editor Relationship
Harlequin Editors are everywhereway
- Traditional methods
- Social Media – Twitter, Harlequin Community
- Outreach – Harlequin Blog, SOLD! Blog, SYTYCW
- Chapter Visits
- Judging
- Working with the “slush” pile
- Developing relations with agented and unagented authors
- Conferences
- 83 new to Harlequin authors acquired in 2012
- Over 50 series editors regularly acquiring
- Build relationships with authors over the years
#3 – Harlequin Brand
- Everyone knows our name – we are a destination in print and digital
- Commited space from print and e-tailers
- Marketing company as a whole
- We are trusted by readers
- Explore new programs
#4 – Publishing Expertise
- Relationships with Cosmo
- First major publisher to have all digital frontlist
- Trying different elements–Harlequin Digital First program
#5 – Harlequin Author Network
- Dedicated Concierge
- Access to Print and Digital Sales
- Communication with all areas of the company
- Latest news
- Marketing info
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There are many more reasons, of course, that we think we’re the best publishing company in the world! We hope that you agree as well.
Don’t forget to follow Malle @MalleVallik, @HarlequinBooks and all our editors!
Happy Writing!
