the insider's guide to getting your book published Howry, Michelle. text ohu Cincinnati, OH Writer's Digest c2002 2002 1st ed. monographic eng

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260 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Dozens of industry professionals provide writers with essential information about a variety of important topics -- everything from preparing a manuscript, getting it into the hands of an editor, how to market their books and gain publicity, plus what they should know about sub rights pt. I. Preparing and Submitting Your Manuscript -- Ch. 1. Do I Need an Agent? -- Do I Need an Agent? / Donya Dickerson, Kirsten Holm and Don Prues -- Why Publishers Value Literary Agents: One Editor's Perspective / Don Prues -- Ch. 2. How Do I Find the Right Agent for My Work? -- Agent Targeting: Finding the Agent Who Fits / John Morgan Wilson -- Targeting Agents: Make the Best Fit With an Agent Who Knows Your Market / Donya Dickerson -- Ch. 3. How Do I Approach an Agent? -- Queries That Made It Happen / Terri See and Tara Horton -- Interview With Scott Gold, Assistant at the Zachary Shuster Harmsworth Literary Agency -- Ch. 4. What Does an Agent Actually Do? -- Agent-Author Relationship: What a Writer Should Expect / Kelly Milner Halls -- Ch. 5. How Do I Evaluate My Agent? -- Agents and Ethics: Getting Published Without Losing Your Shirt / Jean V. Naggar -- Ch. 6. How Do I Approach Agents and Editors at Conferences? -- Maximize Your Writers Conference Experience / Karen Ostermann -- Meeting Agents at Conferences: How to Get Your Foot in the Door / Donya Dickerson -- Ch. 7. Should I Send an E-Query? -- E-Query Etiquette / Greg Daugherty -- Effects of Anthrax on Writers' Submissions / Robert Lee Brewer -- Ch. 8. What Should I Do Once I've Caught an Agent's or Editor's Interest? -- Commanding Book Proposals: The Rejection Slip's Greatest Enemy / Don Prues -- pt. II. Selling Your Manuscript -- Ch. 9. What Are Nonfiction Editors and Agents Looking For? -- Interview With Jennifer Repo, Editor at Perigee Books -- Interview With Faye Bender, Agent With the Doris S. Michaels Literary Agency, Inc -- Ch. 10. What Are Fiction Editors and Agents Looking For? -- Conversation With Nan A. Talese, Publisher and Editorial Director of Nan A. Talese/Doubleday Books / Laurel Touby -- Interview With Jonathan Galassi, Editor in Chief, Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Anne Bowling -- Interview With Donald Maass, President of the Donald Maass Literary Agency and Author of Writing the Breakout Novel -- Ch. 11. What Are Children's Book Editors and Agents Looking For? -- Interview With Steven Malk, Literary Agent for Writers House -- Interview With Three Scholastic Editors -- pt. III. Publishing 101 -- What You Need to Know After Your Book Is Sold -- Ch. 12. What Happens to My Book Once It Reaches an Editor's Desk? -- Making of a Book / John Scognamiglio -- Ch. 13. How Do I Work With My Editor Throughout the Publishing Process? -- What a Good Editor Will Do for You / Jerry Gross -- Editors: Can't Work With 'Em, Can't Work Without 'Em / Robin Hemley -- Ch. 14. What Do I Need to Know Before I Sign a Contract? -- Offer You Can Refuse / Timothy Perrin -- Subsidiary Rights: Much More Than a Book / Donya Dickerson -- Ch. 15. How Will My Publisher Promote My Book -- and How Can I Help? -- Speak Up for Your Writing / Patricia L. Fry -- Interview With Fauzia Burke, President and Founder of FSB Associates -- Ch. 16. What Can I Expect After My Book Is Published? -- Interview With Betsy Lerner, Literary Agent With the Gernert Company and Author of The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers -- pt. IV. Trends in Publishing Today -- Ch. 17. What Do I Need to Know About E-Publishing? -- Mixed Review of E-Publishing: An Interview With PWs John Baker / Paula Deimling -- Interview With Richard Curtis, President of Richard Curtis Associates, Inc., and Founder of e-Reads -- Ch. 18. Do All the Mergers in Publishing Mean It's Harder for Me to Get Published? -- Conglomeratization of Publishing: Two Agents Give Their Two Cents / Deborah Way -- Ch. 19. Are All the Good Agents and Publishers in New York City? -- Interview With Linda Mead, Literary Agent With LitWest Group, LLC -- Interview With Duncan Murrell, Editor With Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill -- Ch. 20. Should I Consider Self-Publishing My Book? -- Self-Publishing: Take a Chance and Change Your Life / Tom Ross and Marilyn Ross -- Embraced by the Light: A Self-Published Best-Seller / Katie Struckel Brogan. edited by Michelle Howry. Includes index. Authorship Marketing Authors and publishers Editing Literary agents Autoría Agentes literarios Editores y autores Autores y editores financieros PN 161 A265 2002 070.5/2 1582971528 (alk. paper) 2002016811 DLC 020129 20230410130534.0 126607