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9780028639192

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published, 2E

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    9780028639192

  • ISBN10:

    0028639197

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-08-09
  • Publisher: PENGUIN PUTNAM INC
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Table of Contents

Part 1: Great Expectations: In Which You Begin to Write 1(52)
So, Why Write?
3(10)
How to decide what really motivates you---and where it might lead
Write What?
13(10)
The major book categories explained
If You Need an Idea, Stalk the Bestseller List
23(10)
How the pros create book ideas with big sales potential
Super-Stealth Market Research Techniques
33(10)
The best ways for you to identify the market and the competition for your book
What's Hot, What's Not
43(10)
An insider's look at what's selling now, in which categories
Part 2: Gone with the Wind: Submitting to Publishers 53(38)
Submit What?
55(8)
What you need to know about the submission process to make sure your proposal is reviewed
Query Letters That Sell Nonfiction
63(10)
How to write an effective query letter to an editor or agent
Bulletproof Nonfiction Book Proposals
73(10)
Writing proposals that can really sell your book
Fun with Fiction
83(8)
How the proposal protocol works for fiction
Part 3: Romancing the Stone: How to Get a Book Contract 91(64)
What's an Agent For, Anyway?
93(10)
Just what an agent can---and cannot---do for you
Finding and Working with an Agent
103(10)
How to get an agent interested in you and your work
What You Can Expect from an Agent
113(8)
How agents try to sell books
Submitting Without an Agent
121(12)
Doing it all on your own (and succeeding)
Behind Closed Doors
133(8)
The mysteries of editorial meetings revealed
The Party of the First Part
141(14)
Understanding a book publishing contract
Part 4: War and Peace: Working with a Publisher 155(82)
I Signed a Contract---Now What?
157(10)
Meeting deadlines and other writerly struggles
Saying Goodbye to Your Baby
167(10)
Properly preparing your manuscript for your publisher
Welcome to the Home Team!
177(10)
Understanding the production process and how to do your part
Proper Care and Feeding of Your Editor
187(8)
How to maintain a good relationship with your editor
So How Does My Book Get into the Stores?
195(10)
Catalogs, conferences, sales reps, and the stores' book buyers. The Byzantine world of the retail book store
Maximum Publicity for Maximum Sales
205(12)
Understanding publicity and what it can do for your book
Television and Online Publicity
217(10)
How to publicize yourself and your book
Real-Life Publicity and Mareting Ideas
227(10)
Stories of real authors and how they made their book sales soar
Part 5: My Brilliant Career: Continuing Your Career as an Author 237(86)
After the Party Is Over
239(10)
Understanding the life cycle of a book
Writing for Money
249(10)
Ideas on how to make money with your writing skills
Working with Book Packagers
259(64)
What packagers do, and how you can link up with them
Appendixes
A Great Books for Writers
267(2)
B More Good Resources
269(4)
C Sample Proposals: Christmas Miracles and The Quotable Businesswoman
273(20)
D Sample Author/Agent Agreement
293(4)
E Sample Publishing Contract
297(8)
F Sample Press Release
305(2)
G Sample Collaboration Agreement
307(6)
H Selected Writers' Conferences
313(10)
Glossary 323(8)
Index 331

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