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

by Bykofsky, Sheree; Basye Sande, Jennifer

• ISBN13: 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