The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published,9780028623924

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published

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ISBN13: 9780028623924
ISBN10: 0028623924
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-07-01
Publisher(s): Alpha Books
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Sheree Bykofsky, the founder and owner of the Sheree Bykofsky Literary Agency, has written and represented hundreds of successful titles over her long publishing career. She regularly teaches university courses on publishing and speaks at writers’ conferences across the country.

Peter J. Sander has an MBA from Indiana University and has worked in high-tech marketing for almost 20 years.   He wrote co-wrote The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Daytrading Like a Pro and The Pocket Idiot’s Guide® to Living on a Budget. He lives in Granite Bay, California.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Great Expectations: In Which You Begin to Write 1(48)
1 So, Why Write How to decide what really motivates you-and where it might lead.
3(10)
2 Write What? The major book categories explained.
13(10)
3 If You Need an Idea, Stalk the Bestseller List Learn how the pros create book ideas with big sales potential.
23(8)
4 Super-Stealth Market Research Techniques The best ways for you to identify the market and the competition for your book.
31(10)
5 What's Hot, What's Not An insider's look at what's selling now, in which categories.
41(8)
Part 2: Gone with the Wind: Submitting to Publishers 49(38)
6 Submit What? What you need to know about the submission process to make sure your proposal is reviewed.
51(8)
7 Query Letters That Sell Nonfiction How to write an effective query letter to an editor or agent.
59(10)
8 Bullet-Proof Nonfiction Book Proposals Writing proposals that can really sell your book.
69(10)
9 Fun with Fiction How the proposal protocol works for fiction.
79(8)
Part 3: Romancing the Stone: How to Get a Book Contract 87(58)
10 What's An Agent For, Anyway? Learn just what an agent can-and cannot-do for you.
89(8)
11 Finding and Working with an Agent How to get an agent interested in you and your work.
97(10)
12 What You Can Expect From an Agent How agents try to sell books.
107(8)
13 Submitting Without an Agent Doing it all on your own (and succeeding).
115(10)
14 Behind Closed Doors The mysteries of editorial meetings revealed.
125(8)
15 The Party of the First Part Understanding a book publishing contract.
133(12)
Part 4: War and Peace: Working with a Publisher 145(76)
16 I Signed a Contract--Now What? Meeting deadlines and other writerly struggles.
147(10)
17 Saying Goodbye to Your Baby Properly preparing your manuscript for your publisher.
157(8)
18 Welcome to the Home Team! Understanding the production process and how to do your part.
165(10)
19 Proper Care and Feeding of Your Editor How to maintain a good relationship with your editor.
175(8)
20 So How Does My Book Get Into the Stores? Catalogs, conferences, sales reps, and the stores' book buyers. The Byzantine world of the retail book store.
183(10)
21 Maximum Publicity for Maximum Sales Understanding publicity and what it can do for your book.
193(10)
22 Television and Online Publicity How to publicize yourself and your book.
203(10)
23 Real Life Publicity and Marketing Ideas Stories of real authors and how they made their book sales soar.
213(8)
Part 5: My Brilliant Career: Continuing Your Career as an Author 221(28)
24 After the Party is Over Understanding the life cycle of a book.
223(10)
25 Writing for Money Ideas on how to make money with your writing skills.
233(8)
26 Working with Book Packagers What packagers do and how you can link up with them.
241(8)
Appendix A Great Books for Writers 249(2)
Appendix B More Good Resources 251(4)
Appendix C Sample Proposal 255(14)
Appendix D Sample Author-Agent Agreement 269(4)
Appendix E Sample Publishing Contract 273(8)
Appendix F Sample Press Release 281(2)
Glossary 283(8)
Index 291

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