Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.02
EAN: 9780028623924
ISBN: 0028623924
Label: Alpha
Manufacturer: Alpha
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 300
Publication Date: June 22, 1998
Publisher: Alpha
Sales Rank: 400820
Studio: Alpha

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Product Description:


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published expertly guides you through the entire publishing business, from creating sensational ideas to writing eye-grabbing query letters, and from negotiating contracts to working with your editor and promoting the book when it's done. It provides clever ways to research the market and size up the competition, gives expert advice on finding the right agent, and includes a sample proposal, agent agreement, book contract, and press release.



Amazon.com Review:
Okay, so maybe you aren't a "complete idiot." But if the publishing industry's mysterious ways leave you feeling fairly ignorant, this easy-to-read volume (hey, it's written for idiots) can turn you into a competent insider in no time. If The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published were reduced to one sentence, it would read: The book business is a business--so be businesslike. Don't send a query letter on pink stationery. Don't stalk your editor. Don't bribe the sales reps. That's obvious, but there's more. Between them Sheree Bykofsky and Jennifer Basye Sander have sold, publicized, written, packaged, acquired, edited, agented, and published books. They know whence they speak, and they freely impart their well-earned knowledge here.

The first step to being businesslike is learning the business. While Bykofsky and Sander include the usual stuff about query letters, book proposals, agents, and contracts, they also offer assistance on settling on a subject, information on how manuscripts become books and how books get into stores, and advice on keeping your book in the stores once it gets there. They augment their own publishing wisdom with that of their colleagues. When choosing a topic, don't be put off by a seemingly saturated market; Ben Dominitz of Prima Publishing claims that two of the best reasons to publish a book are "one, because no one has published a book on that topic, and two, because everyone has published a book on that topic." Never settle for a first offer from a publisher; says author and former lawyer Tim Perrin, "You should always say, 'Oh? Is that all?' ... It's never failed for me." And lastly, how does one land that coveted appearance on Oprah®? "All you have to do," says La Jolla-based publicist Arielle Ford, "is call ... the Prayer Line." Scoff if you dare, but two of Ford's clients got booked after leaving prayers. The book provides the phone number, as well as other useful ones. --Jane Steinberg




Rating: - Fantastic "How To Book" For Writers!
While I was out of town and scouring the local bookstore I came upon this wonderful and insightful book.
I had published articles before but never a book, so, I thought, "WHY NOT." I purchased The Idiots Guide To Publishing and got more information than I ever expected,wow!
Now that I am armed with this information it is time to revamp, rewrite and regenerate my in progress work.
Thank you Sheree and Jennifer, and I can't say it enough.

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Rating: - lol
I read THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO GETTING PUBLISHED while riding Amtrak. My thirteen-year old daughters were mortified when I'd occasionally burst into laughter. Despite the fact that I've been published before, I found the book to be very informative as well as entertaining, and downright funny in places.

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Rating: - The HOW TO instruction manual for all authors
If I could give this book 10 stars, I would! The information is presented in a user friendly and yet scholarly manner. It is an invaluable reference manual for getting published. As a first time author, I was able to have my proposal reviewed by a major US publisher who complimented my on my "excellent proposal". I had never written a query letter nor a proposal before, but I followed the templates in the book exactly, and was rewarded for my knowledge and presentation. THAT IS THE BEST REVIEW I ... Read More

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Rating: - Tough words for an equally tough business.
It was discouraging to read page after page of the uphill endeavor I was facing - to some degree I didn't believe it'd be that arduous. I came close to giving up the idea of seeing my words in print.

Now that I have one book published and a zillion more twirling around in my head, I know every word in "The Idiot's Guide to Getting Published" was true. It was tough stuff to read for an equally tough business. Now I liken it to being an actor and wanting to be discovered; but don't give ... Read More

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Rating: - Future Writer
I found the book to be useful and informative. It provides no-nonense, real-world appplications of the writing and publishing field. Plenty of examples and resources.

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